Sos'va climate — normals and trends
Sos'va (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.1 °C and it receives 534 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sos'va averages 195 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Sos'va has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 204 to 186 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 15 July 2020) and the coldest -48.3 °C (on 8 December 1968).
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
Sos'vaSverdlovsk Oblast
- coords
- 59.18°, 61.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.1°C
Average daily high
5.2°C
Average daily low
-3.2°C
Annual rainfall
534mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
34.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
195 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.8 cm
Average feels-like high
1.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
37.0 °C
15 July 2020
Coldest day
-48.3 °C
8 December 1968
Wettest day
63 mm
19 June 2017
Windiest day
37.2 km/h
20 May 1994
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
25 April 1997
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
16 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-53.3 °C
8 December 1968
Snowiest day
20.3 cm
17 September 1942
Sunniest day
18.0 h
17 June 1944
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 | -6.9 °C | +6.4 °C | 28 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -5.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 20 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 2.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 10 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 8.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 78 mm | +43 mm |
| May | 16.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 87 mm | +33 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 48 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 21.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 60 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 55 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 15.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 44 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 7.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 24 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 0.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 41 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | -10.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 54 mm | +30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sos'va?
Sos'va has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.1 °C and it receives 534 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sos'va?
The hottest day measured in Sos'va between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2020, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sos'va?
The coldest day measured in Sos'va between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1968, at -48.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sos'va?
Yes. Sos'va gets on average 110.8 cm of snow per year and has around 195 frost days.
Has the climate of Sos'va warmed?
Yes: Sos'va warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sos'va?
The wettest day measured in Sos'va between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2017, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sos'va?
The windiest day measured in Sos'va between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1994, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sos'va?
The warmest month in Sos'va is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-16.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Sos'va?
Sos'va receives on average 534 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sos'va?
Sos'va gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sos'va?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sos'va between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1942, with 20.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sos'va?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sos'va.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sos'va?
In Sos'va, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 16 July 2020, and the lowest was -53.3 °C on 8 December 1968.
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