Pregradnaya climate — normals and trends
Pregradnaya (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,323 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Pregradnaya averages 151 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 162 rainy days per year.
Pregradnaya has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 163 to 139 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 1 September 2010) and the coldest -28.7 °C (on 6 February 1966).
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
PregradnayaKarachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic
- coords
- 43.95°, 41.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
1.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,323mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
151 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
162 d/yr
Annual snowfall
151.4 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.7 °C
Average peak gust
25.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °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
34.4 °C
1 September 2010
Coldest day
-28.7 °C
6 February 1966
Wettest day
82 mm
20 June 2002
Windiest day
30.6 km/h
11 April 1985
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
23 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-33.4 °C
6 February 1966
Snowiest day
24.4 cm
13 December 1951
Sunniest day
14.9 h
7 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.5 °C | +6.3 °C | 22 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | -0.5 °C | -2.9 °C | 46 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +7.0 °C | 67 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 12.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 203 mm | +66 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 227 mm | +21 mm |
| Jun | 20.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 111 mm | -83 mm |
| Jul | 25.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 67 mm | -84 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 49 mm | -87 mm |
| Sep | 19.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 131 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 14.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 146 mm | +58 mm |
| Nov | 14.9 °C | +6.6 °C | 41 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 78 mm | +23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pregradnaya?
Pregradnaya has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,323 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pregradnaya?
The hottest day measured in Pregradnaya between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 2010, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pregradnaya?
The coldest day measured in Pregradnaya between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1966, at -28.7 °C.
Does it snow in Pregradnaya?
Yes. Pregradnaya gets on average 151.4 cm of snow per year and has around 151 frost days.
Has the climate of Pregradnaya warmed?
Yes: Pregradnaya warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pregradnaya?
The wettest day measured in Pregradnaya between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 2002, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pregradnaya?
The windiest day measured in Pregradnaya between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1985, with winds reaching 30.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pregradnaya?
The warmest month in Pregradnaya is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Pregradnaya?
Pregradnaya receives on average 1,323 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 162 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pregradnaya?
Pregradnaya gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pregradnaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pregradnaya between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1951, with 24.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pregradnaya?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pregradnaya.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pregradnaya?
In Pregradnaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -33.4 °C on 6 February 1966.
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