Smolenskaya climate — normals and trends
Smolenskaya (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 754 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Smolenskaya averages 82 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Smolenskaya has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 17 July 2016) and the coldest -33.1 °C (on 10 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
SmolenskayaKrasnodar Krai
- coords
- 44.79°, 38.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
754mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
27 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
63.1 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
39.0 °C
17 July 2016
Coldest day
-33.1 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
57 mm
22 August 1978
Windiest day
52.0 km/h
26 February 1965
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
10 March 2000
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-38.7 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
12 March 1968
Sunniest day
15.0 h
1 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 | 8.9 °C | +5.2 °C | 47 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 0.6 °C | -4.3 °C | 39 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +5.5 °C | 35 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | -0.7 °C | 55 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 68 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 57 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 34 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 20 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 72 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 17.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 99 mm | +43 mm |
| Nov | 16.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 10 mm | -60 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 64 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Smolenskaya?
Smolenskaya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 754 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Smolenskaya?
The hottest day measured in Smolenskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2016, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Smolenskaya?
The coldest day measured in Smolenskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -33.1 °C.
Does it snow in Smolenskaya?
Yes. Smolenskaya gets on average 63.1 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Smolenskaya warmed?
Yes: Smolenskaya warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Smolenskaya?
The wettest day measured in Smolenskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1978, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Smolenskaya?
The windiest day measured in Smolenskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1965, with winds reaching 52.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Smolenskaya?
The warmest month in Smolenskaya is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Smolenskaya?
Smolenskaya receives on average 754 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Smolenskaya?
Smolenskaya gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Smolenskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Smolenskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1968, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Smolenskaya?
Yes: Smolenskaya has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Smolenskaya?
In Smolenskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -38.7 °C on 10 January 1940.
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