Sharkan climate — normals and trends
Sharkan (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.5 °C and it receives 637 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 (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-13.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sharkan averages 184 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Sharkan has warmed by +2.7 °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 196 to 172 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 31 July 2010) and the coldest -48.1 °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
SharkanUdmurtiya Republic
- coords
- 57.30°, 53.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.5°C
Average daily high
6.2°C
Average daily low
-1.4°C
Annual rainfall
637mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
32.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
184 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
164.0 cm
Average feels-like high
3.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
37.0 °C
31 July 2010
Coldest day
-48.1 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
66 mm
20 July 1956
Windiest day
43.2 km/h
20 October 1973
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
2 February 2015
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
30 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-53.6 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
20.8 cm
18 November 1967
Sunniest day
17.0 h
7 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.8 °C | +7.3 °C | 70 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | -5.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 17 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 2.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 33 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 10.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 65 mm | +25 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 77 mm | +21 mm |
| Jun | 21.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 135 mm | +63 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 37 mm | -43 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 123 mm | +57 mm |
| Sep | 15.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 34 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 8.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 43 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 2.5 °C | +5.6 °C | 88 mm | +37 mm |
| Dec | -6.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 70 mm | +24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sharkan?
Sharkan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.5 °C and it receives 637 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sharkan?
The hottest day measured in Sharkan between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2010, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sharkan?
The coldest day measured in Sharkan between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -48.1 °C.
Does it snow in Sharkan?
Yes. Sharkan gets on average 164.0 cm of snow per year and has around 184 frost days.
Has the climate of Sharkan warmed?
Yes: Sharkan warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sharkan?
The wettest day measured in Sharkan between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1956, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sharkan?
The windiest day measured in Sharkan between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1973, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sharkan?
The warmest month in Sharkan is July (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-13.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Sharkan?
Sharkan receives on average 637 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sharkan?
Sharkan 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 Sharkan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sharkan between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1967, with 20.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sharkan?
Yes: Sharkan has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sharkan?
In Sharkan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 30 July 2010, and the lowest was -53.6 °C on 31 December 1978.
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