Svetlograd climate — normals and trends
Svetlograd (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 515 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Svetlograd averages 102 frost days, 41 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Svetlograd has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 116 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 21 July 2021) and the coldest -35.0 °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
SvetlogradStavropol Kray
- coords
- 45.33°, 42.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
515mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
27.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
102 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
41 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
17 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
21 July 2021
Coldest day
-35.0 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
65 mm
30 July 1979
Windiest day
57.5 km/h
29 October 1969
Strongest gust
107.6 km/h
22 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
15 August 1948
Coldest feels-like
-39.8 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
30 January 1987
Sunniest day
14.9 h
28 June 2020
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 | +6.3 °C | 20 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | -1.5 °C | -2.7 °C | 34 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 12.6 °C | +5.6 °C | 24 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 59 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 84 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 39 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 34.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 11 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 20 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 22.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 68 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 16.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 78 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 10 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 43 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Svetlograd?
Svetlograd has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 515 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Svetlograd?
The hottest day measured in Svetlograd between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2021, reaching 42.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Svetlograd?
The coldest day measured in Svetlograd between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.0 °C.
Does it snow in Svetlograd?
Yes. Svetlograd gets on average 58.9 cm of snow per year and has around 102 frost days.
Has the climate of Svetlograd warmed?
Yes: Svetlograd warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Svetlograd?
The wettest day measured in Svetlograd between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1979, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Svetlograd?
The windiest day measured in Svetlograd between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1969, with winds reaching 57.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Svetlograd?
The warmest month in Svetlograd is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Svetlograd?
Svetlograd receives on average 515 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Svetlograd?
Svetlograd gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Svetlograd?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Svetlograd between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1987, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Svetlograd?
Yes: Svetlograd has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Svetlograd?
In Svetlograd, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 15 August 1948, and the lowest was -39.8 °C on 11 January 1940.
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