Urkarakh climate — normals and trends
Urkarakh (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 810 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 (19.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Urkarakh averages 118 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Urkarakh has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 136 to 100 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 20 July 1968) and the coldest -26.6 °C (on 12 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
UrkarakhDagestan
- coords
- 42.16°, 47.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
810mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
22.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
114.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
26.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
33.5 °C
20 July 1968
Coldest day
-26.6 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
75 mm
3 June 2016
Windiest day
32.6 km/h
13 January 1968
Strongest gust
92.2 km/h
12 March 1968
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
20 July 1968
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
13.7 cm
21 November 2019
Sunniest day
14.1 h
24 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 30 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | -0.3 °C | -2.0 °C | 40 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +5.7 °C | 24 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 12.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 102 mm | +42 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 58 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 20.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 64 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 39 mm | -40 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 59 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | -1.2 °C | 265 mm | +164 mm |
| Oct | 14.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 77 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 31 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 60 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Urkarakh?
Urkarakh has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 810 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Urkarakh?
The hottest day measured in Urkarakh between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1968, reaching 33.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Urkarakh?
The coldest day measured in Urkarakh between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -26.6 °C.
Does it snow in Urkarakh?
Yes. Urkarakh gets on average 114.8 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Urkarakh warmed?
Yes: Urkarakh warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Urkarakh?
The wettest day measured in Urkarakh between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2016, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Urkarakh?
The windiest day measured in Urkarakh between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1968, with winds reaching 32.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Urkarakh?
The warmest month in Urkarakh is July (19.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Urkarakh?
Urkarakh receives on average 810 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Urkarakh?
Urkarakh gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Urkarakh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Urkarakh between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 2019, with 13.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Urkarakh?
Yes: Urkarakh has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Urkarakh?
In Urkarakh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 20 July 1968, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 12 January 1940.
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