Porkhov climate — normals and trends
Porkhov (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 678 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Porkhov averages 142 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Porkhov has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 161 to 123 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 4 August 2010) and the coldest -41.8 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
PorkhovPskov Oblast
- coords
- 57.77°, 29.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.4°C
Average daily high
8.9°C
Average daily low
1.8°C
Annual rainfall
678mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
24.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
142 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
114.3 cm
Average feels-like high
5.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
35.1 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest day
-41.8 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
76 mm
24 August 2017
Windiest day
47.4 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
7 August 1987
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-46.8 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
18.0 cm
10 May 1978
Sunniest day
17.3 h
21 June 2005
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.2 °C | +6.7 °C | 86 mm | +46 mm |
| Feb | -2.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 7.1 °C | +5.3 °C | 50 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 48 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 114 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 170 mm | +90 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 149 mm | +68 mm |
| Aug | 20.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 108 mm | +25 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 20 mm | -45 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 35 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 40 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 2.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 57 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Porkhov?
Porkhov has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 678 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Porkhov?
The hottest day measured in Porkhov between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2010, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Porkhov?
The coldest day measured in Porkhov between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -41.8 °C.
Does it snow in Porkhov?
Yes. Porkhov gets on average 114.3 cm of snow per year and has around 142 frost days.
Has the climate of Porkhov warmed?
Yes: Porkhov warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Porkhov?
The wettest day measured in Porkhov between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2017, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Porkhov?
The windiest day measured in Porkhov between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 47.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Porkhov?
The warmest month in Porkhov is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Porkhov?
Porkhov receives on average 678 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Porkhov?
Porkhov gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Porkhov?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Porkhov between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1978, with 18.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Porkhov?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Porkhov.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Porkhov?
In Porkhov, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -46.8 °C on 31 December 1978.
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