Ust'-Barguzin climate — normals and trends
Ust'-Barguzin (Russia) has a dry-summer subarctic climate (Dsc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -2.0 °C and it receives 501 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 August (14.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Ust'-Barguzin averages 210 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Ust'-Barguzin 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 216 to 204 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.5 °C (on 9 August 2015) and the coldest -40.8 °C (on 3 February 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
Ust'-BarguzinBuryatiya Republic
- coords
- 53.41°, 109.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-2.0°C
Average daily high
0.7°C
Average daily low
-4.5°C
Annual rainfall
501mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
36.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
210 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
134.3 cm
Average feels-like high
-2.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-8.8 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
30.5 °C
9 August 2015
Coldest day
-40.8 °C
3 February 2001
Wettest day
76 mm
20 July 1988
Windiest day
54.9 km/h
28 September 1945
Strongest gust
86.8 km/h
9 September 1977
Hottest feels-like
30.5 °C
9 August 2015
Coldest feels-like
-46.2 °C
3 February 2001
Snowiest day
24.0 cm
18 April 1948
Sunniest day
16.2 h
16 June 2023
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 | -14.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 9 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | -16.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 8 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | -4.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 20 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 3.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 29 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 8.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 35 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 14.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 29 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 16.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 34 mm | -40 mm |
| Aug | 17.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 158 mm | +84 mm |
| Sep | 14.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 134 mm | +60 mm |
| Oct | 2.0 °C | -2.6 °C | 89 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | -1.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 74 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | -12.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 34 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ust'-Barguzin?
Ust'-Barguzin has a dry-summer subarctic climate (Köppen Dsc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -2.0 °C and it receives 501 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ust'-Barguzin?
The hottest day measured in Ust'-Barguzin between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2015, reaching 30.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ust'-Barguzin?
The coldest day measured in Ust'-Barguzin between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2001, at -40.8 °C.
Does it snow in Ust'-Barguzin?
Yes. Ust'-Barguzin gets on average 134.3 cm of snow per year and has around 210 frost days.
Has the climate of Ust'-Barguzin warmed?
Yes: Ust'-Barguzin warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ust'-Barguzin?
The wettest day measured in Ust'-Barguzin between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1988, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ust'-Barguzin?
The windiest day measured in Ust'-Barguzin between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1945, with winds reaching 54.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ust'-Barguzin?
The warmest month in Ust'-Barguzin is August (14.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-22.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Ust'-Barguzin?
Ust'-Barguzin receives on average 501 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ust'-Barguzin?
Ust'-Barguzin gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ust'-Barguzin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ust'-Barguzin between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1948, with 24.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ust'-Barguzin?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ust'-Barguzin.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ust'-Barguzin?
In Ust'-Barguzin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.5 °C on 9 August 2015, and the lowest was -46.2 °C on 3 February 2001.
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