Severodvinsk climate — normals and trends
Severodvinsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.5 °C and it receives 556 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 (15.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Severodvinsk averages 193 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Severodvinsk has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 208 to 178 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 13 July 1972) and the coldest -43.1 °C (on 11 January 1987).
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
SeverodvinskArkhangelskaya oblast
- coords
- 64.56°, 39.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.5°C
Average daily high
4.6°C
Average daily low
-1.9°C
Annual rainfall
556mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
193 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
138.3 cm
Average feels-like high
1.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
34.4 °C
13 July 1972
Coldest day
-43.1 °C
11 January 1987
Wettest day
45 mm
23 August 1976
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
2 June 1962
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
26 December 1992
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-48.4 °C
11 January 1987
Snowiest day
19.0 cm
14 May 2000
Sunniest day
19.8 h
24 June 2024
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 | -4.5 °C | +5.0 °C | 58 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | -4.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 7 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 1.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 48 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 5.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 27 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 13.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 51 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 15.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 70 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 20.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 64 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 46 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 39 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 7.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 44 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 1.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 57 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | -3.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 62 mm | +29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Severodvinsk?
Severodvinsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.5 °C and it receives 556 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Severodvinsk?
The hottest day measured in Severodvinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1972, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Severodvinsk?
The coldest day measured in Severodvinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1987, at -43.1 °C.
Does it snow in Severodvinsk?
Yes. Severodvinsk gets on average 138.3 cm of snow per year and has around 193 frost days.
Has the climate of Severodvinsk warmed?
Yes: Severodvinsk warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Severodvinsk?
The wettest day measured in Severodvinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1976, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Severodvinsk?
The windiest day measured in Severodvinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1962, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Severodvinsk?
The warmest month in Severodvinsk is July (15.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Severodvinsk?
Severodvinsk receives on average 556 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Severodvinsk?
Severodvinsk gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Severodvinsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Severodvinsk between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 2000, with 19.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Severodvinsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Severodvinsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Severodvinsk?
In Severodvinsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -48.4 °C on 11 January 1987.
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