Proletarsk climate — normals and trends
Proletarsk (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 477 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 (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Proletarsk averages 104 frost days, 40 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.
Proletarsk has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 1 August 2015) and the coldest -35.9 °C (on 11 January 1940).
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
ProletarskRostov Oblast
- coords
- 46.70°, 41.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
477mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
18.3km/h
Seasonal range
28.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
40 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
96 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
41.5 °C
1 August 2015
Coldest day
-35.9 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
44 mm
26 April 1980
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
6 March 1954
Strongest gust
95.8 km/h
9 December 2016
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
2 August 1954
Coldest feels-like
-41.1 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
13.8 cm
22 November 1953
Sunniest day
15.0 h
17 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 °C | +5.7 °C | 20 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 22 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +6.1 °C | 27 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 51 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 46 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 53 mm | +10 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 6 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 8 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 22 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 41 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +5.2 °C | 10 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 2.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 21 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Proletarsk?
Proletarsk has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 477 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Proletarsk?
The hottest day measured in Proletarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2015, reaching 41.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Proletarsk?
The coldest day measured in Proletarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.9 °C.
Does it snow in Proletarsk?
Yes. Proletarsk gets on average 54.6 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Proletarsk warmed?
Yes: Proletarsk warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Proletarsk?
The wettest day measured in Proletarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1980, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Proletarsk?
The windiest day measured in Proletarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1954, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Proletarsk?
The warmest month in Proletarsk is July (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Proletarsk?
Proletarsk receives on average 477 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Proletarsk?
Proletarsk gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Proletarsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Proletarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1953, with 13.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Proletarsk?
Yes: Proletarsk has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Proletarsk?
In Proletarsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 2 August 1954, and the lowest was -41.1 °C on 11 January 1940.
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