Rudnya climate — normals and trends
Rudnya (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 710 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Rudnya averages 147 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Rudnya has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 165 to 129 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 6 August 2010) and the coldest -39.2 °C (on 17 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
RudnyaSmolensk Oblast
- coords
- 54.95°, 31.09°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.4°C
Average daily high
8.9°C
Average daily low
1.8°C
Annual rainfall
710mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
147 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
125.8 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
37.2 °C
6 August 2010
Coldest day
-39.2 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
80 mm
27 July 2009
Windiest day
48.5 km/h
5 October 1997
Strongest gust
95.0 km/h
7 August 1987
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
14 July 1951
Coldest feels-like
-45.3 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.4 cm
14 November 1992
Sunniest day
16.0 h
13 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.8 °C | +6.6 °C | 62 mm | +21 mm |
| Feb | -2.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 11 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 8.4 °C | +6.8 °C | 47 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 37 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | -1.6 °C | 92 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 106 mm | +25 mm |
| Jul | 24.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 124 mm | +33 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 64 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 18.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 35 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 70 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 4.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 74 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | 1.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 51 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rudnya?
Rudnya has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 710 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rudnya?
The hottest day measured in Rudnya between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2010, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rudnya?
The coldest day measured in Rudnya between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -39.2 °C.
Does it snow in Rudnya?
Yes. Rudnya gets on average 125.8 cm of snow per year and has around 147 frost days.
Has the climate of Rudnya warmed?
Yes: Rudnya warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rudnya?
The wettest day measured in Rudnya between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2009, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rudnya?
The windiest day measured in Rudnya between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1997, with winds reaching 48.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rudnya?
The warmest month in Rudnya is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Rudnya?
Rudnya receives on average 710 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rudnya?
Rudnya gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Rudnya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rudnya between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 1992, with 17.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Rudnya?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rudnya.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rudnya?
In Rudnya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 14 July 1951, and the lowest was -45.3 °C on 16 January 1940.
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