Umba climate — normals and trends
Umba (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.3 °C and it receives 546 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 (14.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Umba averages 196 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.
Umba has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 205 to 187 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.4 °C (on 5 August 2014) and the coldest -37.2 °C (on 27 January 1999).
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
UmbaMurmansk
- coords
- 66.69°, 34.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.3°C
Average daily high
4.0°C
Average daily low
-1.8°C
Annual rainfall
546mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
196 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
123 d/yr
Annual snowfall
168.7 cm
Average feels-like high
0.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
7.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
30.4 °C
5 August 2014
Coldest day
-37.2 °C
27 January 1999
Wettest day
50 mm
27 July 1946
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
2 February 1993
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
2 February 1993
Hottest feels-like
31.8 °C
1 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-42.9 °C
27 January 1999
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
28 April 1970
Sunniest day
22.4 h
29 June 2022
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 | -6.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 57 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | -3.3 °C | +4.6 °C | 21 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 0.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 42 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 2.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 35 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 11.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 53 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 14.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 47 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 20.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 88 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 18.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 96 mm | +35 mm |
| Sep | 14.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 48 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 6.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 67 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | -0.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 73 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | -2.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 63 mm | +21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Umba?
Umba has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.3 °C and it receives 546 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Umba?
The hottest day measured in Umba between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2014, reaching 30.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Umba?
The coldest day measured in Umba between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1999, at -37.2 °C.
Does it snow in Umba?
Yes. Umba gets on average 168.7 cm of snow per year and has around 196 frost days.
Has the climate of Umba warmed?
Yes: Umba warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Umba?
The wettest day measured in Umba between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1946, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Umba?
The windiest day measured in Umba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1993, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Umba?
The warmest month in Umba is July (14.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Umba?
Umba receives on average 546 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Umba?
Umba 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 Umba?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Umba between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1970, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Umba?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Umba.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Umba?
In Umba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.8 °C on 1 August 2018, and the lowest was -42.9 °C on 27 January 1999.
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