Sokol'skoye climate — normals and trends
Sokol'skoye (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.9 °C and it receives 654 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sokol'skoye averages 165 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Sokol'skoye 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 178 to 152 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 7 August 2010) and the coldest -43.6 °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
Sokol'skoyeNizhny Novgorod Oblast
- coords
- 57.14°, 43.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.9°C
Average daily high
7.0°C
Average daily low
0.6°C
Annual rainfall
654mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
29.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
165 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
145.9 cm
Average feels-like high
3.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
35.9 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest day
-43.6 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
60 mm
15 September 1952
Windiest day
47.5 km/h
24 October 1989
Strongest gust
95.4 km/h
27 August 1986
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-48.7 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
17 October 1971
Sunniest day
17.1 h
25 June 2024
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 | -1.1 °C | +7.5 °C | 46 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | -3.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 12 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 5.3 °C | +6.1 °C | 32 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 10.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 57 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 87 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 20.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 89 mm | +15 mm |
| Jul | 25.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 70 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 20.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 111 mm | +42 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 24 mm | -41 mm |
| Oct | 8.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 42 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 3.7 °C | +4.8 °C | 63 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | -2.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 41 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sokol'skoye?
Sokol'skoye has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.9 °C and it receives 654 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sokol'skoye?
The hottest day measured in Sokol'skoye between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2010, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sokol'skoye?
The coldest day measured in Sokol'skoye between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -43.6 °C.
Does it snow in Sokol'skoye?
Yes. Sokol'skoye gets on average 145.9 cm of snow per year and has around 165 frost days.
Has the climate of Sokol'skoye warmed?
Yes: Sokol'skoye warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sokol'skoye?
The wettest day measured in Sokol'skoye between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1952, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sokol'skoye?
The windiest day measured in Sokol'skoye between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1989, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sokol'skoye?
The warmest month in Sokol'skoye is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Sokol'skoye?
Sokol'skoye receives on average 654 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sokol'skoye?
Sokol'skoye gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sokol'skoye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sokol'skoye between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1971, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sokol'skoye?
Yes: Sokol'skoye has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sokol'skoye?
In Sokol'skoye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -48.7 °C on 31 December 1978.
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