Sel’tso climate — normals and trends
Sel’tso (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 659 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sel’tso averages 146 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Sel’tso has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 164 to 128 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 6 August 2010) and the coldest -41.1 °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
Sel’tsoBryansk Oblast
- coords
- 53.37°, 34.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
2.1°C
Annual rainfall
659mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
19.0km/h
Seasonal range
26.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
146 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
113.6 cm
Average feels-like high
6.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °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
38.5 °C
6 August 2010
Coldest day
-41.1 °C
17 January 1940
Wettest day
51 mm
22 June 1973
Windiest day
51.9 km/h
7 February 1970
Strongest gust
93.2 km/h
5 October 1997
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
16 July 1951
Coldest feels-like
-46.2 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.6 cm
2 April 1944
Sunniest day
16.0 h
2 July 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.2 °C | +7.3 °C | 36 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | -2.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 13 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +7.1 °C | 59 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 47 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 36 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 20.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 152 mm | +76 mm |
| Jul | 25.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 116 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 21.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 67 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 19 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 10.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 76 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 6.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 53 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 0.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 56 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sel’tso?
Sel’tso has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 659 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sel’tso?
The hottest day measured in Sel’tso between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2010, reaching 38.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sel’tso?
The coldest day measured in Sel’tso between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1940, at -41.1 °C.
Does it snow in Sel’tso?
Yes. Sel’tso gets on average 113.6 cm of snow per year and has around 146 frost days.
Has the climate of Sel’tso warmed?
Yes: Sel’tso warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sel’tso?
The wettest day measured in Sel’tso between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 1973, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sel’tso?
The windiest day measured in Sel’tso between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1970, with winds reaching 51.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sel’tso?
The warmest month in Sel’tso is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sel’tso?
Sel’tso receives on average 659 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sel’tso?
Sel’tso gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sel’tso?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sel’tso between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with 17.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sel’tso?
Yes: Sel’tso has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sel’tso?
In Sel’tso, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 16 July 1951, and the lowest was -46.2 °C on 17 January 1940.
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