Poshekhon'ye climate — normals and trends
Poshekhon'ye (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.6 °C and it receives 700 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Poshekhon'ye averages 170 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Poshekhon'ye has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 182 to 158 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 22 July 1981) and the coldest -46.2 °C (on 9 January 1987).
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
Poshekhon'yeYaroslavl Oblast
- coords
- 58.50°, 39.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.6°C
Average daily high
6.9°C
Average daily low
0.0°C
Annual rainfall
700mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
170 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
161.3 cm
Average feels-like high
3.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
35.9 °C
22 July 1981
Coldest day
-46.2 °C
9 January 1987
Wettest day
49 mm
21 June 1995
Windiest day
47.8 km/h
28 October 2019
Strongest gust
96.5 km/h
28 October 2019
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-51.5 °C
9 January 1987
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
2 April 1961
Sunniest day
17.1 h
21 June 2012
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.4 °C | +7.8 °C | 68 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | -3.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 16 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 5.2 °C | +5.7 °C | 53 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 9.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 50 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 73 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 19.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 127 mm | +48 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 80 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 88 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 17.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 26 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 7.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 52 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 3.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 77 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | -1.1 °C | +4.3 °C | 74 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Poshekhon'ye?
Poshekhon'ye has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.6 °C and it receives 700 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Poshekhon'ye?
The hottest day measured in Poshekhon'ye between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1981, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Poshekhon'ye?
The coldest day measured in Poshekhon'ye between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1987, at -46.2 °C.
Does it snow in Poshekhon'ye?
Yes. Poshekhon'ye gets on average 161.3 cm of snow per year and has around 170 frost days.
Has the climate of Poshekhon'ye warmed?
Yes: Poshekhon'ye warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Poshekhon'ye?
The wettest day measured in Poshekhon'ye between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1995, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Poshekhon'ye?
The windiest day measured in Poshekhon'ye between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2019, with winds reaching 47.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Poshekhon'ye?
The warmest month in Poshekhon'ye is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Poshekhon'ye?
Poshekhon'ye receives on average 700 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Poshekhon'ye?
Poshekhon'ye 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 Poshekhon'ye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Poshekhon'ye between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1961, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Poshekhon'ye?
Yes: Poshekhon'ye has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Poshekhon'ye?
In Poshekhon'ye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -51.5 °C on 9 January 1987.
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