Sotnikovskoye climate — normals and trends
Sotnikovskoye (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 464 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Sotnikovskoye averages 102 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.
Sotnikovskoye has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 115 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.1 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -35.9 °C (on 11 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
SotnikovskoyeStavropol Kray
- coords
- 45.00°, 43.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
464mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
28.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
102 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
50 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
96 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
42.1 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-35.9 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
2 June 1956
Windiest day
56.2 km/h
5 March 2022
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
5 March 2022
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
15 August 1948
Coldest feels-like
-41.4 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.4 cm
30 January 1987
Sunniest day
14.6 h
26 June 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 °C | +6.0 °C | 18 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | -1.6 °C | -2.5 °C | 31 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +5.3 °C | 21 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 63 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 72 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 27.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 41 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 34.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 14 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 13 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 54 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 16.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 71 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 6 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 25 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sotnikovskoye?
Sotnikovskoye has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 464 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sotnikovskoye?
The hottest day measured in Sotnikovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 42.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sotnikovskoye?
The coldest day measured in Sotnikovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.9 °C.
Does it snow in Sotnikovskoye?
Yes. Sotnikovskoye gets on average 58.2 cm of snow per year and has around 102 frost days.
Has the climate of Sotnikovskoye warmed?
Yes: Sotnikovskoye warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sotnikovskoye?
The wettest day measured in Sotnikovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1956, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sotnikovskoye?
The windiest day measured in Sotnikovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2022, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sotnikovskoye?
The warmest month in Sotnikovskoye is July (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Sotnikovskoye?
Sotnikovskoye receives on average 464 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sotnikovskoye?
Sotnikovskoye gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sotnikovskoye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sotnikovskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1987, with 15.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sotnikovskoye?
Yes: Sotnikovskoye has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sotnikovskoye?
In Sotnikovskoye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 15 August 1948, and the lowest was -41.4 °C on 11 January 1940.
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