Staraya Russa climate — normals and trends
Staraya Russa (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.4 °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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Staraya Russa averages 144 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Staraya Russa 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 162 to 126 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 4 August 2010) and the coldest -41.3 °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
Staraya RussaNovgorod Oblast
- coords
- 58.00°, 31.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.4°C
Average daily high
8.9°C
Average daily low
1.8°C
Annual rainfall
661mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
144 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.6 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
36.4 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest day
-41.3 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
52 mm
8 August 1953
Windiest day
48.1 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
18 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
24 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-46.7 °C
30 December 1978
Snowiest day
17.6 cm
30 November 2012
Sunniest day
17.6 h
23 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.2 °C | +7.0 °C | 79 mm | +41 mm |
| Feb | -2.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 29 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 7.3 °C | +5.6 °C | 52 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 11.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 47 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 15.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 101 mm | +43 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 149 mm | +72 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 131 mm | +51 mm |
| Aug | 20.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 96 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 20 mm | -44 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 44 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | 4.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 43 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 1.6 °C | +3.9 °C | 60 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Staraya Russa?
Staraya Russa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 661 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Staraya Russa?
The hottest day measured in Staraya Russa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2010, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Staraya Russa?
The coldest day measured in Staraya Russa between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -41.3 °C.
Does it snow in Staraya Russa?
Yes. Staraya Russa gets on average 110.6 cm of snow per year and has around 144 frost days.
Has the climate of Staraya Russa warmed?
Yes: Staraya Russa warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Staraya Russa?
The wettest day measured in Staraya Russa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1953, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Staraya Russa?
The windiest day measured in Staraya Russa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 48.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Staraya Russa?
The warmest month in Staraya Russa is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Staraya Russa?
Staraya Russa receives on average 661 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Staraya Russa?
Staraya Russa gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Staraya Russa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Staraya Russa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2012, with 17.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Staraya Russa?
Yes: Staraya Russa has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Staraya Russa?
In Staraya Russa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 24 July 2010, and the lowest was -46.7 °C on 30 December 1978.
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