Tiksi climate — normals and trends
Tiksi (Russia) has a tundra climate (ET) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -13.4 °C and it receives 254 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 (6.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-32.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Tiksi averages 276 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 65 rainy days per year.
Tiksi has warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.41 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 292 to 260 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 23.8 °C (on 7 July 1991) and the coldest -51.2 °C (on 4 February 1967).
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
TiksiSakha
- coords
- 71.69°, 128.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-13.4°C
Average daily high
-11.3°C
Average daily low
-15.7°C
Annual rainfall
254mm
Sunshine / day
6.1h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
21.4km/h
Seasonal range
38.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
276 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
65 d/yr
Annual snowfall
95.3 cm
Average feels-like high
-16.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-21.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
7.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.5 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
23.8 °C
7 July 1991
Coldest day
-51.2 °C
4 February 1967
Wettest day
47 mm
22 July 1963
Windiest day
68.2 km/h
26 January 2025
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
3 March 1985
Hottest feels-like
26.2 °C
7 July 1991
Coldest feels-like
-57.5 °C
4 February 1967
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
12 September 1946
Sunniest day
23.6 h
8 June 2024
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 | -29.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | -26.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 8 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | -21.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | -10.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 12 mm | +2 mm |
| May | -1.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 24 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 3.7 °C | -1.6 °C | 26 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 10.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 14 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 10.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 16 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 3.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 56 mm | +20 mm |
| Oct | -5.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 39 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | -24.5 °C | -1.8 °C | 6 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | -28.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 28 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tiksi?
Tiksi has a tundra climate (Köppen ET). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -13.4 °C and it receives 254 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tiksi?
The hottest day measured in Tiksi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1991, reaching 23.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tiksi?
The coldest day measured in Tiksi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1967, at -51.2 °C.
Does it snow in Tiksi?
Yes. Tiksi gets on average 95.3 cm of snow per year and has around 276 frost days.
Has the climate of Tiksi warmed?
Yes: Tiksi warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tiksi?
The wettest day measured in Tiksi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 1963, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tiksi?
The windiest day measured in Tiksi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 2025, with winds reaching 68.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tiksi?
The warmest month in Tiksi is July (6.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-32.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Tiksi?
Tiksi receives on average 254 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 65 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tiksi?
Tiksi gets on average 6.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,227 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tiksi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tiksi between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1946, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tiksi?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tiksi.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tiksi?
In Tiksi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 26.2 °C on 7 July 1991, and the lowest was -57.5 °C on 4 February 1967.
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