Sirius climate — normals and trends
Sirius (Russia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 1,367 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 August (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Sirius averages 34 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.
Sirius has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 44 to 24 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -13.3 °C (on 19 January 1964).
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
SiriusKrasnodar Krai
- coords
- 43.41°, 39.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.8°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
9.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,367mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
10.1km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
34 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
167 d/yr
Annual snowfall
170.2 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
7.9 °C
Average peak gust
27.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
35.6 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-13.3 °C
19 January 1964
Wettest day
92 mm
24 September 2013
Windiest day
32.2 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
17 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-18.8 °C
18 January 1964
Snowiest day
30.2 cm
24 February 1952
Sunniest day
15.0 h
28 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 | 8.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 85 mm | -66 mm |
| Feb | 3.7 °C | -1.9 °C | 129 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 77 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 12.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 120 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 102 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 20.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 70 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 25.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 41 mm | -51 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 58 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 141 mm | +37 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 192 mm | +79 mm |
| Nov | 16.6 °C | +4.6 °C | 45 mm | -85 mm |
| Dec | 8.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 189 mm | +35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sirius?
Sirius has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 1,367 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sirius?
The hottest day measured in Sirius between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sirius?
The coldest day measured in Sirius between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1964, at -13.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sirius?
Yes. Sirius gets on average 170.2 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.
Has the climate of Sirius warmed?
Yes: Sirius warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sirius?
The wettest day measured in Sirius between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2013, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sirius?
The windiest day measured in Sirius between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 32.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sirius?
The warmest month in Sirius is August (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Sirius?
Sirius receives on average 1,367 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sirius?
Sirius gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sirius?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sirius between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1952, with 30.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sirius?
Yes: Sirius has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sirius?
In Sirius, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -18.8 °C on 18 January 1964.
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