Polyarnyye Zori climate — normals and trends
Polyarnyye Zori (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.5 °C and it receives 595 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (14.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Polyarnyye Zori averages 202 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Polyarnyye Zori has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 210 to 194 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.7 °C (on 25 July 2018) and the coldest -37.7 °C (on 27 January 1999).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Polyarnyye ZoriMurmansk
- coords
- 67.37°, 32.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.5°C
Average daily high
3.1°C
Average daily low
-2.3°C
Annual rainfall
595mm
Sunshine / day
6.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
202 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
180.9 cm
Average feels-like high
-0.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
7.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.17 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
29.7 °C
25 July 2018
Coldest day
-37.7 °C
27 January 1999
Wettest day
55 mm
20 July 1984
Windiest day
42.9 km/h
2 February 1993
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
1 January 1973
Hottest feels-like
31.2 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-42.9 °C
27 January 1999
Snowiest day
23.6 cm
26 May 1986
Sunniest day
22.3 h
4 July 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -7.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 57 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | -3.3 °C | +5.4 °C | 24 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | -0.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 41 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 2.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 36 mm | +0 mm |
| May | 9.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 62 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 13.1 °C | -0.7 °C | 57 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 19.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 65 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 17.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 117 mm | +47 mm |
| Sep | 13.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 45 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 5.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 78 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | -1.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 72 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | -3.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 63 mm | +23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Polyarnyye Zori?
Polyarnyye Zori has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.5 °C and it receives 595 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Polyarnyye Zori?
The hottest day measured in Polyarnyye Zori between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2018, reaching 29.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Polyarnyye Zori?
The coldest day measured in Polyarnyye Zori between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1999, at -37.7 °C.
Does it snow in Polyarnyye Zori?
Yes. Polyarnyye Zori gets on average 180.9 cm of snow per year and has around 202 frost days.
Has the climate of Polyarnyye Zori warmed?
Yes: Polyarnyye Zori warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Polyarnyye Zori?
The wettest day measured in Polyarnyye Zori between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1984, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Polyarnyye Zori?
The windiest day measured in Polyarnyye Zori between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1993, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Polyarnyye Zori?
The warmest month in Polyarnyye Zori is July (14.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Polyarnyye Zori?
Polyarnyye Zori receives on average 595 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Polyarnyye Zori?
Polyarnyye Zori gets on average 6.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,373 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Polyarnyye Zori?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Polyarnyye Zori between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1986, with 23.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Polyarnyye Zori?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Polyarnyye Zori.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Polyarnyye Zori?
In Polyarnyye Zori, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.2 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -42.9 °C on 27 January 1999.
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