Pustoshka climate — normals and trends
Pustoshka (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 713 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Pustoshka averages 143 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Pustoshka has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 162 to 124 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -41.1 °C (on 16 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
PustoshkaPskov Oblast
- coords
- 56.34°, 29.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.4°C
Average daily high
8.8°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
713mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
143 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
126.3 cm
Average feels-like high
5.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
35.5 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-41.1 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
49 mm
8 July 2008
Windiest day
47.2 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
14 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
35.8 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-46.4 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
10 May 1978
Sunniest day
16.4 h
27 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 °C | +6.6 °C | 72 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | -2.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 24 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +6.0 °C | 54 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 34 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 14.3 °C | -2.1 °C | 143 mm | +80 mm |
| Jun | 19.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 156 mm | +78 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 159 mm | +69 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 63 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 29 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 9.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 64 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 3.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 44 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 50 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pustoshka?
Pustoshka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 713 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pustoshka?
The hottest day measured in Pustoshka between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pustoshka?
The coldest day measured in Pustoshka between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -41.1 °C.
Does it snow in Pustoshka?
Yes. Pustoshka gets on average 126.3 cm of snow per year and has around 143 frost days.
Has the climate of Pustoshka warmed?
Yes: Pustoshka warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pustoshka?
The wettest day measured in Pustoshka between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 2008, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pustoshka?
The windiest day measured in Pustoshka between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pustoshka?
The warmest month in Pustoshka is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Pustoshka?
Pustoshka receives on average 713 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pustoshka?
Pustoshka gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pustoshka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pustoshka between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1978, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pustoshka?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pustoshka.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pustoshka?
In Pustoshka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.8 °C on 8 August 2010, and the lowest was -46.4 °C on 16 January 1940.
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