Sokolovyy climate — normals and trends
Sokolovyy (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 479 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sokolovyy averages 154 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Sokolovyy has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 168 to 140 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 1 August 2010) and the coldest -39.7 °C (on 22 January 1942).
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
SokolovyySaratov Oblast
- coords
- 51.57°, 45.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
479mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
31.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
154 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.9 cm
Average feels-like high
6.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °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
39.5 °C
1 August 2010
Coldest day
-39.7 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
57 mm
27 June 1985
Windiest day
70.2 km/h
8 February 1958
Strongest gust
107.6 km/h
8 February 1958
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
1 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-45.0 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
16 February 2010
Sunniest day
16.0 h
25 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 | -0.2 °C | +7.6 °C | 22 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | -5.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 36 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 6.9 °C | +7.9 °C | 36 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 17 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 52 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 23.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 51 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 28.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 30 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 25.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 35 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 8 mm | -35 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 55 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 7.2 °C | +6.3 °C | 43 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | -1.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 33 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sokolovyy?
Sokolovyy has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 479 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sokolovyy?
The hottest day measured in Sokolovyy between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2010, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sokolovyy?
The coldest day measured in Sokolovyy between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -39.7 °C.
Does it snow in Sokolovyy?
Yes. Sokolovyy gets on average 110.9 cm of snow per year and has around 154 frost days.
Has the climate of Sokolovyy warmed?
Yes: Sokolovyy warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sokolovyy?
The wettest day measured in Sokolovyy between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1985, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sokolovyy?
The windiest day measured in Sokolovyy between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1958, with winds reaching 70.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sokolovyy?
The warmest month in Sokolovyy is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Sokolovyy?
Sokolovyy receives on average 479 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sokolovyy?
Sokolovyy gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sokolovyy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sokolovyy between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 2010, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sokolovyy?
Yes: Sokolovyy has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sokolovyy?
In Sokolovyy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 1 August 2010, and the lowest was -45.0 °C on 22 January 1942.
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