Ust-Nera climate — normals and trends
Ust-Nera (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Dwd) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -13.9 °C and it receives 368 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 (13.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-40.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ust-Nera averages 267 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Ust-Nera has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 273 to 261 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 28 July 2001) and the coldest -61.7 °C (on 8 January 1982).
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-NeraSakha
- coords
- 64.57°, 143.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-13.9°C
Average daily high
-9.5°C
Average daily low
-18.9°C
Annual rainfall
368mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
6.8km/h
Seasonal range
54.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
267 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
73.4 cm
Average feels-like high
-13.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-22.8 °C
Average peak gust
24.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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
32.6 °C
28 July 2001
Coldest day
-61.7 °C
8 January 1982
Wettest day
44 mm
12 July 2004
Windiest day
22.3 km/h
2 July 2008
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
16 April 1988
Hottest feels-like
32.1 °C
7 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-66.2 °C
8 January 1982
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
13 September 1943
Sunniest day
20.1 h
25 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 | -38.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Feb | -32.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | -19.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 1.2 °C | +6.8 °C | 18 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 11.8 °C | +6.2 °C | 28 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 16.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 107 mm | +32 mm |
| Jul | 19.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 134 mm | +41 mm |
| Aug | 16.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 112 mm | +36 mm |
| Sep | 6.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 56 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | -11.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | -33.4 °C | -3.1 °C | 2 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | -32.0 °C | +5.3 °C | 19 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ust-Nera?
Ust-Nera has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Köppen Dwd). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -13.9 °C and it receives 368 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ust-Nera?
The hottest day measured in Ust-Nera between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2001, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ust-Nera?
The coldest day measured in Ust-Nera between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1982, at -61.7 °C.
Does it snow in Ust-Nera?
Yes. Ust-Nera gets on average 73.4 cm of snow per year and has around 267 frost days.
Has the climate of Ust-Nera warmed?
Yes: Ust-Nera warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ust-Nera?
The wettest day measured in Ust-Nera between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2004, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ust-Nera?
The windiest day measured in Ust-Nera between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2008, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ust-Nera?
The warmest month in Ust-Nera is July (13.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-40.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Ust-Nera?
Ust-Nera receives on average 368 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ust-Nera?
Ust-Nera 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 Ust-Nera?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ust-Nera between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 1943, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ust-Nera?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ust-Nera.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ust-Nera?
In Ust-Nera, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.1 °C on 7 July 2022, and the lowest was -66.2 °C on 8 January 1982.
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