Sol'tsy climate — normals and trends
Sol'tsy (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 661 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Sol'tsy averages 145 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Sol'tsy has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 164 to 126 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 4 August 2010) and the coldest -41.9 °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
Sol'tsyNovgorod Oblast
- coords
- 58.12°, 30.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.3°C
Average daily high
8.8°C
Average daily low
1.7°C
Annual rainfall
661mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
25.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
145 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.1 cm
Average feels-like high
5.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
36.0 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest day
-41.9 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
75 mm
7 August 1987
Windiest day
43.8 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
4 November 2013
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-47.4 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
30 November 2012
Sunniest day
17.6 h
16 June 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.1 °C | +6.8 °C | 86 mm | +48 mm |
| Feb | -2.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 24 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 7.1 °C | +5.3 °C | 49 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 11.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 45 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 99 mm | +42 mm |
| Jun | 18.9 °C | -1.4 °C | 148 mm | +70 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 160 mm | +80 mm |
| Aug | 20.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 116 mm | +36 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 24 mm | -40 mm |
| Oct | 9.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 44 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 4.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 43 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 1.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 58 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sol'tsy?
Sol'tsy has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 661 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sol'tsy?
The hottest day measured in Sol'tsy between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2010, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sol'tsy?
The coldest day measured in Sol'tsy between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -41.9 °C.
Does it snow in Sol'tsy?
Yes. Sol'tsy gets on average 112.1 cm of snow per year and has around 145 frost days.
Has the climate of Sol'tsy warmed?
Yes: Sol'tsy warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sol'tsy?
The wettest day measured in Sol'tsy between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1987, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sol'tsy?
The windiest day measured in Sol'tsy between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 43.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sol'tsy?
The warmest month in Sol'tsy is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Sol'tsy?
Sol'tsy receives on average 661 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sol'tsy?
Sol'tsy 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 Sol'tsy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sol'tsy between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2012, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sol'tsy?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sol'tsy.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sol'tsy?
In Sol'tsy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -47.4 °C on 16 January 1940.
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