Tikhvin climate — normals and trends
Tikhvin (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.0 °C and it receives 709 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Tikhvin averages 165 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Tikhvin has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 180 to 150 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 28 July 2010) and the coldest -44.3 °C (on 30 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
TikhvinLeningradskaya Oblast'
- coords
- 59.64°, 33.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.0°C
Average daily high
7.7°C
Average daily low
0.2°C
Annual rainfall
709mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
26.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
165 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
141.1 cm
Average feels-like high
4.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °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
36.4 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest day
-44.3 °C
30 December 1978
Wettest day
52 mm
31 August 2022
Windiest day
39.3 km/h
21 January 1957
Strongest gust
87.5 km/h
26 October 1985
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
18 July 2001
Coldest feels-like
-49.4 °C
30 December 1978
Snowiest day
20.7 cm
23 March 1971
Sunniest day
18.0 h
26 June 1946
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.3 °C | +6.9 °C | 94 mm | +50 mm |
| Feb | -3.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 28 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 4.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 68 mm | +29 mm |
| Apr | 9.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 47 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 89 mm | +30 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 138 mm | +62 mm |
| Jul | 25.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 74 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 113 mm | +28 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 49 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 8.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 30 mm | -38 mm |
| Nov | 3.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 82 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | 0.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 85 mm | +33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tikhvin?
Tikhvin has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.0 °C and it receives 709 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tikhvin?
The hottest day measured in Tikhvin between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2010, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tikhvin?
The coldest day measured in Tikhvin between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1978, at -44.3 °C.
Does it snow in Tikhvin?
Yes. Tikhvin gets on average 141.1 cm of snow per year and has around 165 frost days.
Has the climate of Tikhvin warmed?
Yes: Tikhvin warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tikhvin?
The wettest day measured in Tikhvin between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 2022, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tikhvin?
The windiest day measured in Tikhvin between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1957, with winds reaching 39.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tikhvin?
The warmest month in Tikhvin is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Tikhvin?
Tikhvin receives on average 709 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tikhvin?
Tikhvin 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 Tikhvin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tikhvin between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1971, with 20.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tikhvin?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tikhvin.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tikhvin?
In Tikhvin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 18 July 2001, and the lowest was -49.4 °C on 30 December 1978.
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