Sambek climate — normals and trends
Sambek (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 509 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Sambek averages 121 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 99 rainy days per year.
Sambek has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 136 to 106 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 13 July 2025) and the coldest -35.4 °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
SambekRostov Oblast
- coords
- 47.74°, 39.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
509mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
121 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
99 d/yr
Annual snowfall
70.7 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
40.3 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest day
-35.4 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
36 mm
17 June 2021
Windiest day
53.0 km/h
24 September 2014
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
24 September 2014
Hottest feels-like
40.5 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-42.9 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
22.5 cm
6 February 2020
Sunniest day
15.0 h
31 May 1940
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 | 4.1 °C | +6.7 °C | 22 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | -3.9 °C | -2.5 °C | 31 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +6.6 °C | 35 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 25 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 42 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 57 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 12 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 16 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 11 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 14.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 52 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +5.6 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 33 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sambek?
Sambek has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 509 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sambek?
The hottest day measured in Sambek between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2025, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sambek?
The coldest day measured in Sambek between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -35.4 °C.
Does it snow in Sambek?
Yes. Sambek gets on average 70.7 cm of snow per year and has around 121 frost days.
Has the climate of Sambek warmed?
Yes: Sambek warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sambek?
The wettest day measured in Sambek between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 2021, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sambek?
The windiest day measured in Sambek between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2014, with winds reaching 53.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sambek?
The warmest month in Sambek is July (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Sambek?
Sambek receives on average 509 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 99 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sambek?
Sambek gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sambek?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sambek between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2020, with 22.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sambek?
Yes: Sambek has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sambek?
In Sambek, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -42.9 °C on 10 January 1940.
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