Shalazhi climate — normals and trends
Shalazhi (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,334 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Shalazhi averages 139 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 185 rainy days per year.
Shalazhi has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 150 to 128 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -27.9 °C (on 12 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
ShalazhiChechnya
- coords
- 43.09°, 45.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,334mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
8.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
139 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
185 d/yr
Annual snowfall
138.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.6 °C
Average peak gust
26.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
33.4 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-27.9 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
84 mm
22 July 2009
Windiest day
19.9 km/h
25 October 2003
Strongest gust
74.2 km/h
21 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-33.0 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
25.3 cm
12 October 1948
Sunniest day
14.1 h
2 July 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 19 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | -2.5 °C | -3.3 °C | 38 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 9.8 °C | +5.0 °C | 74 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 12.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 123 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 138 mm | -39 mm |
| Jun | 20.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 169 mm | -56 mm |
| Jul | 25.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 145 mm | -87 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 95 mm | -95 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | -1.2 °C | 210 mm | +90 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 75 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 12.0 °C | +5.4 °C | 4 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 2.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 48 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shalazhi?
Shalazhi has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,334 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shalazhi?
The hottest day measured in Shalazhi between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shalazhi?
The coldest day measured in Shalazhi between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -27.9 °C.
Does it snow in Shalazhi?
Yes. Shalazhi gets on average 138.3 cm of snow per year and has around 139 frost days.
Has the climate of Shalazhi warmed?
Yes: Shalazhi warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shalazhi?
The wettest day measured in Shalazhi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2009, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shalazhi?
The windiest day measured in Shalazhi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2003, with winds reaching 19.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shalazhi?
The warmest month in Shalazhi is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Shalazhi?
Shalazhi receives on average 1,334 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 185 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shalazhi?
Shalazhi gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shalazhi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shalazhi between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 25.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shalazhi?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Shalazhi.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shalazhi?
In Shalazhi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -33.0 °C on 12 January 1940.
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