Sychëvka climate — normals and trends
Sychëvka (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.8 °C and it receives 663 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sychëvka averages 156 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Sychëvka has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 171 to 141 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 4 August 2010) and the coldest -41.4 °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
SychëvkaSmolensk Oblast
- coords
- 55.83°, 34.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.8°C
Average daily high
8.4°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
663mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
26.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
156 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
125.3 cm
Average feels-like high
5.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
37.1 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest day
-41.4 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
44 mm
6 September 1993
Windiest day
45.9 km/h
15 September 1998
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
11 January 1991
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-46.6 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
14 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.6 h
19 June 2023
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 | 1.6 °C | +7.4 °C | 54 mm | +18 mm |
| Feb | -2.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 10 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 7.9 °C | +6.8 °C | 35 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 49 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 67 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 19.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 111 mm | +32 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 116 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 78 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 25 mm | -38 mm |
| Oct | 8.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 98 mm | +42 mm |
| Nov | 4.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 77 mm | +29 mm |
| Dec | -0.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 46 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sychëvka?
Sychëvka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.8 °C and it receives 663 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sychëvka?
The hottest day measured in Sychëvka between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2010, reaching 37.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sychëvka?
The coldest day measured in Sychëvka between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -41.4 °C.
Does it snow in Sychëvka?
Yes. Sychëvka gets on average 125.3 cm of snow per year and has around 156 frost days.
Has the climate of Sychëvka warmed?
Yes: Sychëvka warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sychëvka?
The wettest day measured in Sychëvka between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1993, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sychëvka?
The windiest day measured in Sychëvka between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1998, with winds reaching 45.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sychëvka?
The warmest month in Sychëvka is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Sychëvka?
Sychëvka receives on average 663 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sychëvka?
Sychëvka gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sychëvka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sychëvka between 1940 and 2025 was 14 April 1970, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sychëvka?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sychëvka.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sychëvka?
In Sychëvka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -46.6 °C on 31 December 1978.
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