Sokol climate — normals and trends
Sokol (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 657 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sokol averages 177 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Sokol 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 189 to 165 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.0 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -47.8 °C (on 16 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
SokolVologda Oblast
- coords
- 59.46°, 40.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.1°C
Average daily high
6.5°C
Average daily low
-0.7°C
Annual rainfall
657mm
Sunshine / day
6.5h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
177 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
148.6 cm
Average feels-like high
3.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
35.0 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-47.8 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
53 mm
16 August 2006
Windiest day
46.1 km/h
13 May 2000
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
25 May 1955
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-53.0 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.3 cm
5 November 2019
Sunniest day
17.4 h
22 June 1953
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.8 °C | +7.9 °C | 68 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | -3.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 9 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 4.8 °C | +5.7 °C | 50 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 8.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 82 mm | +39 mm |
| May | 16.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 102 mm | +44 mm |
| Jun | 18.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 83 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 24.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 54 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 19.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 122 mm | +47 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 39 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 6.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 49 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 2.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 97 mm | +46 mm |
| Dec | -1.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 56 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sokol?
Sokol has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 657 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sokol?
The hottest day measured in Sokol between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 35.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sokol?
The coldest day measured in Sokol between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -47.8 °C.
Does it snow in Sokol?
Yes. Sokol gets on average 148.6 cm of snow per year and has around 177 frost days.
Has the climate of Sokol warmed?
Yes: Sokol warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sokol?
The wettest day measured in Sokol between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2006, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sokol?
The windiest day measured in Sokol between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 2000, with winds reaching 46.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sokol?
The warmest month in Sokol is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Sokol?
Sokol receives on average 657 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sokol?
Sokol gets on average 6.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,373 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sokol?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sokol between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 2019, with 16.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sokol?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sokol.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sokol?
In Sokol, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 8 August 2010, and the lowest was -53.0 °C on 16 January 1940.
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