Tayga climate — normals and trends
Tayga (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.4 °C and it receives 608 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-17.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Tayga averages 202 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Tayga has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 212 to 192 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 10 July 1975) and the coldest -46.4 °C (on 6 January 2001).
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
TaygaKemerovo Oblast
- coords
- 56.07°, 85.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.4°C
Average daily high
4.5°C
Average daily low
-3.9°C
Annual rainfall
608mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.2km/h
Seasonal range
35.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
202 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
175.2 cm
Average feels-like high
1.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °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
35.1 °C
10 July 1975
Coldest day
-46.4 °C
6 January 2001
Wettest day
38 mm
26 August 1956
Windiest day
45.9 km/h
9 April 1989
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
9 April 1989
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
7 June 1955
Coldest feels-like
-51.4 °C
6 January 2001
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
11 November 1997
Sunniest day
17.0 h
15 June 1940
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 | -7.5 °C | +6.7 °C | 41 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | -6.9 °C | +4.6 °C | 25 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 0.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 32 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 10.3 °C | +4.8 °C | 70 mm | +31 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 37 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 59 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 54 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 150 mm | +80 mm |
| Sep | 16.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 53 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 3.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 23 mm | -36 mm |
| Nov | -2.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 90 mm | +33 mm |
| Dec | -9.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 66 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tayga?
Tayga has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.4 °C and it receives 608 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tayga?
The hottest day measured in Tayga between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1975, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tayga?
The coldest day measured in Tayga between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2001, at -46.4 °C.
Does it snow in Tayga?
Yes. Tayga gets on average 175.2 cm of snow per year and has around 202 frost days.
Has the climate of Tayga warmed?
Yes: Tayga warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tayga?
The wettest day measured in Tayga between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1956, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tayga?
The windiest day measured in Tayga between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1989, with winds reaching 45.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tayga?
The warmest month in Tayga is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-17.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Tayga?
Tayga receives on average 608 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tayga?
Tayga gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tayga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tayga between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1997, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tayga?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tayga.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tayga?
In Tayga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 7 June 1955, and the lowest was -51.4 °C on 6 January 2001.
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