Stepnoye climate — normals and trends
Stepnoye (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 583 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 (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Stepnoye averages 92 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Stepnoye has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 107 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -30.4 °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
StepnoyeStavropol Kray
- coords
- 44.27°, 44.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.2°C
Average daily high
15.8°C
Average daily low
7.0°C
Annual rainfall
583mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
92 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
48 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
55.5 cm
Average feels-like high
13.9 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
42.2 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-30.4 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
31 July 1989
Windiest day
53.0 km/h
29 October 1969
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
22 December 1995
Hottest feels-like
43.7 °C
8 August 2007
Coldest feels-like
-35.8 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
7 March 1942
Sunniest day
14.3 h
28 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | +5.6 °C | 19 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | -0.6 °C | -2.7 °C | 28 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 36 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 92 mm | +41 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 61 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 49 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 34.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 25 mm | -43 mm |
| Aug | 31.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 54 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | -1.4 °C | 96 mm | +41 mm |
| Oct | 16.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 74 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 12.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 1 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 21 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Stepnoye?
Stepnoye has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 583 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Stepnoye?
The hottest day measured in Stepnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 42.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Stepnoye?
The coldest day measured in Stepnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -30.4 °C.
Does it snow in Stepnoye?
Yes. Stepnoye gets on average 55.5 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.
Has the climate of Stepnoye warmed?
Yes: Stepnoye warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Stepnoye?
The wettest day measured in Stepnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1989, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Stepnoye?
The windiest day measured in Stepnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1969, with winds reaching 53.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Stepnoye?
The warmest month in Stepnoye is July (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Stepnoye?
Stepnoye receives on average 583 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Stepnoye?
Stepnoye gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Stepnoye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Stepnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1942, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Stepnoye?
Yes: Stepnoye has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Stepnoye?
In Stepnoye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 8 August 2007, and the lowest was -35.8 °C on 11 January 1940.
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