Samarskoye climate — normals and trends
Samarskoye (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 510 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Samarskoye averages 102 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.
Samarskoye has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 86 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 13 July 2025) and the coldest -34.9 °C (on 10 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
SamarskoyeRostov Oblast
- coords
- 46.94°, 39.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
510mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
27.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
102 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
98 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.6 cm
Average feels-like high
11.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
40.4 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest day
-34.9 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
46 mm
25 May 2012
Windiest day
55.6 km/h
12 April 1997
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
12 April 1997
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-41.8 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.0 cm
16 December 1940
Sunniest day
15.0 h
29 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +6.6 °C | 27 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | -1.2 °C | -1.7 °C | 30 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +6.5 °C | 28 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 37 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 32 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 62 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 6 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 7 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 22 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 48 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 9 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 34 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Samarskoye?
Samarskoye has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 510 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Samarskoye?
The hottest day measured in Samarskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2025, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Samarskoye?
The coldest day measured in Samarskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -34.9 °C.
Does it snow in Samarskoye?
Yes. Samarskoye gets on average 53.6 cm of snow per year and has around 102 frost days.
Has the climate of Samarskoye warmed?
Yes: Samarskoye warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Samarskoye?
The wettest day measured in Samarskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 2012, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Samarskoye?
The windiest day measured in Samarskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1997, with winds reaching 55.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Samarskoye?
The warmest month in Samarskoye is July (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Samarskoye?
Samarskoye receives on average 510 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Samarskoye?
Samarskoye gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Samarskoye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Samarskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1940, with 14.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Samarskoye?
Yes: Samarskoye has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Samarskoye?
In Samarskoye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -41.8 °C on 10 January 1940.
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