Salekhard climate — normals and trends
Salekhard (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -5.8 °C and it receives 484 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 (14.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-23.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Salekhard averages 241 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Salekhard has warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.41 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 252 to 230 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 3 July 1989) and the coldest -50.1 °C (on 9 January 2000).
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
SalekhardYamalo-Nenets
- coords
- 66.53°, 66.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-5.8°C
Average daily high
-2.7°C
Average daily low
-9.3°C
Annual rainfall
484mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
24.3km/h
Seasonal range
38.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
241 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
148.9 cm
Average feels-like high
-7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-14.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.5 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
33.5 °C
3 July 1989
Coldest day
-50.1 °C
9 January 2000
Wettest day
66 mm
21 July 1979
Windiest day
97.6 km/h
7 May 1940
Strongest gust
119.2 km/h
7 April 1940
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
20 June 1955
Coldest feels-like
-55.6 °C
9 January 2000
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
7 May 2010
Sunniest day
22.0 h
25 June 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -17.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 27 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | -12.6 °C | +7.0 °C | 24 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | -7.3 °C | +5.3 °C | 24 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | -2.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 40 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 2.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 37 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 16.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 99 mm | +35 mm |
| Jul | 16.7 °C | -1.8 °C | 70 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | +4.8 °C | 109 mm | +43 mm |
| Sep | 12.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 44 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 0.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 36 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | -11.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 60 mm | +32 mm |
| Dec | -19.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 31 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Salekhard?
Salekhard has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -5.8 °C and it receives 484 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salekhard?
The hottest day measured in Salekhard between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1989, reaching 33.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Salekhard?
The coldest day measured in Salekhard between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2000, at -50.1 °C.
Does it snow in Salekhard?
Yes. Salekhard gets on average 148.9 cm of snow per year and has around 241 frost days.
Has the climate of Salekhard warmed?
Yes: Salekhard warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Salekhard?
The wettest day measured in Salekhard between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1979, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Salekhard?
The windiest day measured in Salekhard between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1940, with winds reaching 97.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Salekhard?
The warmest month in Salekhard is July (14.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-23.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Salekhard?
Salekhard receives on average 484 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Salekhard?
Salekhard gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Salekhard?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salekhard between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2010, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Salekhard?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Salekhard.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salekhard?
In Salekhard, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 20 June 1955, and the lowest was -55.6 °C on 9 January 2000.
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