Svetlyy climate — normals and trends
Svetlyy (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 676 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Svetlyy averages 90 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Svetlyy 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 111 to 69 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 10 August 1992) and the coldest -31.5 °C (on 25 January 1942).
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
SvetlyyKaliningrad Oblast
- coords
- 54.68°, 20.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
676mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
20.1km/h
Seasonal range
20.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
90 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.5 cm
Average feels-like high
8.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
39.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
36.8 °C
10 August 1992
Coldest day
-31.5 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
55 mm
18 August 1957
Windiest day
61.7 km/h
4 December 1999
Strongest gust
130.0 km/h
4 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
37.4 °C
30 July 1994
Coldest feels-like
-37.3 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
20.3 cm
25 April 1955
Sunniest day
16.6 h
23 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +4.7 °C | 91 mm | +42 mm |
| Feb | 1.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 20 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 9.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 13.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 22 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 14.0 °C | -2.4 °C | 52 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 19.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 91 mm | +27 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 121 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 21.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 66 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 101 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 92 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 5.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 38 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 28 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Svetlyy?
Svetlyy has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 676 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Svetlyy?
The hottest day measured in Svetlyy between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1992, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Svetlyy?
The coldest day measured in Svetlyy between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -31.5 °C.
Does it snow in Svetlyy?
Yes. Svetlyy gets on average 62.5 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.
Has the climate of Svetlyy warmed?
Yes: Svetlyy warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Svetlyy?
The wettest day measured in Svetlyy between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 1957, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Svetlyy?
The windiest day measured in Svetlyy between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1999, with winds reaching 61.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Svetlyy?
The warmest month in Svetlyy is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Svetlyy?
Svetlyy receives on average 676 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Svetlyy?
Svetlyy 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 Svetlyy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Svetlyy between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1955, with 20.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Svetlyy?
Yes: Svetlyy has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Svetlyy?
In Svetlyy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 30 July 1994, and the lowest was -37.3 °C on 25 January 1942.
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