Ust'-Katav climate — normals and trends
Ust'-Katav (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.0 °C and it receives 681 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-14.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ust'-Katav averages 191 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Ust'-Katav has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 201 to 181 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -44.3 °C (on 24 January 1969).
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'-KatavChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 54.94°, 58.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.0°C
Average daily high
6.2°C
Average daily low
-2.3°C
Annual rainfall
681mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
31.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
191 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
158.2 cm
Average feels-like high
2.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
36.6 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-44.3 °C
24 January 1969
Wettest day
64 mm
5 July 1967
Windiest day
47.9 km/h
9 February 1958
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
20 October 1973
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-49.3 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
29.7 cm
17 May 1981
Sunniest day
16.2 h
25 June 2013
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 | -4.5 °C | +6.3 °C | 52 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | -5.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 10 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 3.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 52 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 12.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 60 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 39 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 21.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 81 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 21.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 121 mm | +18 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 120 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 15.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 61 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 8.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 38 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 2.3 °C | +5.4 °C | 73 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | -5.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 32 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ust'-Katav?
Ust'-Katav has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.0 °C and it receives 681 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ust'-Katav?
The hottest day measured in Ust'-Katav between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ust'-Katav?
The coldest day measured in Ust'-Katav between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1969, at -44.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ust'-Katav?
Yes. Ust'-Katav gets on average 158.2 cm of snow per year and has around 191 frost days.
Has the climate of Ust'-Katav warmed?
Yes: Ust'-Katav warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ust'-Katav?
The wettest day measured in Ust'-Katav between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1967, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ust'-Katav?
The windiest day measured in Ust'-Katav between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1958, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ust'-Katav?
The warmest month in Ust'-Katav is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Ust'-Katav?
Ust'-Katav receives on average 681 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ust'-Katav?
Ust'-Katav gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ust'-Katav?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ust'-Katav between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 1981, with 29.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ust'-Katav?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ust'-Katav.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ust'-Katav?
In Ust'-Katav, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -49.3 °C on 1 January 1979.
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