Prokhladnyy climate — normals and trends
Prokhladnyy (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 651 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Prokhladnyy averages 102 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Prokhladnyy has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 120 to 84 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 28 July 2000) and the coldest -30.5 °C (on 23 January 1972).
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
ProkhladnyyKabardino-Balkariya Republic
- coords
- 43.76°, 44.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
651mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
26.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
102 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.1 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
24.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °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
40.6 °C
28 July 2000
Coldest day
-30.5 °C
23 January 1972
Wettest day
61 mm
1 June 1948
Windiest day
42.9 km/h
24 February 1977
Strongest gust
85.0 km/h
31 January 2002
Hottest feels-like
43.7 °C
31 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-35.3 °C
8 February 2012
Snowiest day
12.9 cm
3 March 1955
Sunniest day
14.4 h
2 July 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | +5.7 °C | 14 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | -2.1 °C | 29 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +5.4 °C | 37 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 101 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 67 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 29 mm | -59 mm |
| Jul | 32.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 17 mm | -52 mm |
| Aug | 31.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 19 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 95 mm | +38 mm |
| Oct | 16.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 63 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 12.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 2 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 38 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Prokhladnyy?
Prokhladnyy has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 651 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Prokhladnyy?
The hottest day measured in Prokhladnyy between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2000, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Prokhladnyy?
The coldest day measured in Prokhladnyy between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1972, at -30.5 °C.
Does it snow in Prokhladnyy?
Yes. Prokhladnyy gets on average 69.1 cm of snow per year and has around 102 frost days.
Has the climate of Prokhladnyy warmed?
Yes: Prokhladnyy warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Prokhladnyy?
The wettest day measured in Prokhladnyy between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1948, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Prokhladnyy?
The windiest day measured in Prokhladnyy between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1977, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Prokhladnyy?
The warmest month in Prokhladnyy is July (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Prokhladnyy?
Prokhladnyy receives on average 651 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Prokhladnyy?
Prokhladnyy gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Prokhladnyy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Prokhladnyy between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1955, with 12.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Prokhladnyy?
Yes: Prokhladnyy has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Prokhladnyy?
In Prokhladnyy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 31 July 2011, and the lowest was -35.3 °C on 8 February 2012.
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