Sovetskaya climate — normals and trends
Sovetskaya (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 549 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Sovetskaya averages 96 frost days, 43 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.
Sovetskaya has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 112 to 80 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -30.5 °C (on 8 February 2012).
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
SovetskayaStavropol Kray
- coords
- 44.03°, 44.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
549mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
43 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
106 d/yr
Annual snowfall
63.2 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °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
42.0 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-30.5 °C
8 February 2012
Wettest day
48 mm
28 August 2000
Windiest day
48.1 km/h
24 February 1977
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
21 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
43.5 °C
28 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-35.8 °C
8 February 2012
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
20 November 1985
Sunniest day
14.4 h
8 July 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.6 °C | +5.8 °C | 15 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 0.0 °C | -2.3 °C | 30 mm | 0 mm |
| Mar | 13.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 34 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 81 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 52 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 24 mm | -41 mm |
| Jul | 34.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 14 mm | -40 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 28 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 80 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 16.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 60 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 12.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 4 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 31 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sovetskaya?
Sovetskaya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 549 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sovetskaya?
The hottest day measured in Sovetskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 42.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sovetskaya?
The coldest day measured in Sovetskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2012, at -30.5 °C.
Does it snow in Sovetskaya?
Yes. Sovetskaya gets on average 63.2 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Sovetskaya warmed?
Yes: Sovetskaya warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sovetskaya?
The wettest day measured in Sovetskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2000, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sovetskaya?
The windiest day measured in Sovetskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1977, with winds reaching 48.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sovetskaya?
The warmest month in Sovetskaya is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Sovetskaya?
Sovetskaya receives on average 549 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sovetskaya?
Sovetskaya gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sovetskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sovetskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1985, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sovetskaya?
Yes: Sovetskaya has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sovetskaya?
In Sovetskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 28 July 2011, and the lowest was -35.8 °C on 8 February 2012.
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