Selenginsk climate — normals and trends
Selenginsk (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -1.0 °C and it receives 489 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-21.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Selenginsk averages 217 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Selenginsk has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 221 to 213 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 29 July 2007) and the coldest -44.2 °C (on 1 February 2010).
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
SelenginskBuryatiya Republic
- coords
- 52.01°, 106.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-1.0°C
Average daily high
4.1°C
Average daily low
-5.8°C
Annual rainfall
489mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.2km/h
Seasonal range
38.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
217 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
94.8 cm
Average feels-like high
0.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-9.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
33.8 °C
29 July 2007
Coldest day
-44.2 °C
1 February 2010
Wettest day
68 mm
23 June 1953
Windiest day
39.3 km/h
11 May 1954
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
11 May 1954
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
25 June 2025
Coldest feels-like
-49.0 °C
2 February 2006
Snowiest day
23.8 cm
19 September 2009
Sunniest day
16.0 h
6 June 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 | -11.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 10 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | -11.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 8 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 0.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 20 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 10.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 30 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 47 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 21.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 39 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 44 mm | -51 mm |
| Aug | 20.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 188 mm | +91 mm |
| Sep | 16.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 66 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 2.2 °C | -3.2 °C | 46 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | -2.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 37 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | -13.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 27 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Selenginsk?
Selenginsk has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -1.0 °C and it receives 489 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Selenginsk?
The hottest day measured in Selenginsk between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2007, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Selenginsk?
The coldest day measured in Selenginsk between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2010, at -44.2 °C.
Does it snow in Selenginsk?
Yes. Selenginsk gets on average 94.8 cm of snow per year and has around 217 frost days.
Has the climate of Selenginsk warmed?
Yes: Selenginsk warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Selenginsk?
The wettest day measured in Selenginsk between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1953, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Selenginsk?
The windiest day measured in Selenginsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1954, with winds reaching 39.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Selenginsk?
The warmest month in Selenginsk is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-21.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Selenginsk?
Selenginsk receives on average 489 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Selenginsk?
Selenginsk gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Selenginsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Selenginsk between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 2009, with 23.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Selenginsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Selenginsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Selenginsk?
In Selenginsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 25 June 2025, and the lowest was -49.0 °C on 2 February 2006.
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