Sarai climate — normals and trends
Sarai (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 594 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 (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sarai averages 157 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Sarai has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 169 to 145 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 28 July 2010) and the coldest -39.2 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
SaraiRyazan Oblast
- coords
- 53.73°, 41.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.2°C
Average daily high
9.0°C
Average daily low
1.3°C
Annual rainfall
594mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
29.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
157 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
122.0 cm
Average feels-like high
5.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °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
38.9 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest day
-39.2 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
76 mm
22 July 1953
Windiest day
54.9 km/h
24 March 1971
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
24 June 2002
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-45.2 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
16.6 cm
6 December 1980
Sunniest day
16.2 h
1 July 2014
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 | 0.7 °C | +7.6 °C | 47 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | -4.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 22 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +7.9 °C | 37 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 33 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 36 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 21.1 °C | -1.3 °C | 130 mm | +69 mm |
| Jul | 26.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 91 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 22.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 76 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 22 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 10.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 66 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 6.1 °C | +5.5 °C | 54 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | -1.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 35 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sarai?
Sarai has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 594 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sarai?
The hottest day measured in Sarai between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2010, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sarai?
The coldest day measured in Sarai between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -39.2 °C.
Does it snow in Sarai?
Yes. Sarai gets on average 122.0 cm of snow per year and has around 157 frost days.
Has the climate of Sarai warmed?
Yes: Sarai warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sarai?
The wettest day measured in Sarai between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1953, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sarai?
The windiest day measured in Sarai between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1971, with winds reaching 54.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sarai?
The warmest month in Sarai is July (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sarai?
Sarai receives on average 594 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sarai?
Sarai gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sarai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sarai between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1980, with 16.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sarai?
Yes: Sarai has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sarai?
In Sarai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 4 August 2010, and the lowest was -45.2 °C on 31 December 1978.
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