Shakhovskaya climate — normals and trends
Shakhovskaya (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 680 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Shakhovskaya averages 158 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Shakhovskaya 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 173 to 143 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 4 August 2010) and the coldest -42.4 °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
ShakhovskayaMoscow Oblast
- coords
- 56.03°, 35.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.7°C
Average daily high
8.2°C
Average daily low
1.0°C
Annual rainfall
680mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
26.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
158 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
127.9 cm
Average feels-like high
5.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.6 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
37.4 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest day
-42.4 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
90 mm
24 August 1941
Windiest day
43.6 km/h
31 August 1986
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
11 January 1991
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-47.0 °C
17 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
8 May 1941
Sunniest day
17.0 h
25 June 2010
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.2 °C | +7.4 °C | 50 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | -2.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 9 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 7.5 °C | +6.6 °C | 34 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 12.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 51 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 70 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 140 mm | +57 mm |
| Jul | 25.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 120 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 116 mm | +36 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 15 mm | -50 mm |
| Oct | 8.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 72 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 4.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 76 mm | +28 mm |
| Dec | -0.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 48 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shakhovskaya?
Shakhovskaya has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 680 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shakhovskaya?
The hottest day measured in Shakhovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2010, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shakhovskaya?
The coldest day measured in Shakhovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -42.4 °C.
Does it snow in Shakhovskaya?
Yes. Shakhovskaya gets on average 127.9 cm of snow per year and has around 158 frost days.
Has the climate of Shakhovskaya warmed?
Yes: Shakhovskaya warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shakhovskaya?
The wettest day measured in Shakhovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1941, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shakhovskaya?
The windiest day measured in Shakhovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 1986, with winds reaching 43.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shakhovskaya?
The warmest month in Shakhovskaya is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Shakhovskaya?
Shakhovskaya receives on average 680 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shakhovskaya?
Shakhovskaya gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shakhovskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shakhovskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1941, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shakhovskaya?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Shakhovskaya.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shakhovskaya?
In Shakhovskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -47.0 °C on 17 January 1940.
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