Taganrog climate — normals and trends
Taganrog (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 499 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Taganrog averages 91 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Taganrog has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 108 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 7 August 2010) and the coldest -32.1 °C (on 10 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
TaganrogRostov Oblast
- coords
- 47.24°, 38.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
499mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
22.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
91 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.1 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
37 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
37.2 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest day
-32.1 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
47 mm
24 May 1992
Windiest day
68.2 km/h
24 September 2014
Strongest gust
114.5 km/h
24 September 2014
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
7 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-39.9 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.7 cm
18 January 1959
Sunniest day
15.0 h
27 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +5.4 °C | 22 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | -1.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 28 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +5.0 °C | 22 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 31 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 45 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 66 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 31.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 3 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 4 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 22.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 14 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 14.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 49 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 13 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 2.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 37 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Taganrog?
Taganrog has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 499 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taganrog?
The hottest day measured in Taganrog between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2010, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Taganrog?
The coldest day measured in Taganrog between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -32.1 °C.
Does it snow in Taganrog?
Yes. Taganrog gets on average 53.1 cm of snow per year and has around 91 frost days.
Has the climate of Taganrog warmed?
Yes: Taganrog warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Taganrog?
The wettest day measured in Taganrog between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 1992, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Taganrog?
The windiest day measured in Taganrog between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2014, with winds reaching 68.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Taganrog?
The warmest month in Taganrog is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Taganrog?
Taganrog receives on average 499 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Taganrog?
Taganrog gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Taganrog?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taganrog between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1959, with 17.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Taganrog?
Yes: Taganrog has on average 37 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taganrog?
In Taganrog, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 7 July 2020, and the lowest was -39.9 °C on 10 January 1940.
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