Valday climate — normals and trends
Valday (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 745 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Valday averages 159 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Valday has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 172 to 146 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 7 August 2010) and the coldest -42.1 °C (on 30 December 1978).
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
ValdayNovgorod Oblast
- coords
- 57.98°, 33.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.3°C
Average daily high
7.7°C
Average daily low
0.8°C
Annual rainfall
745mm
Sunshine / day
6.6h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
26.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
159 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
152.4 cm
Average feels-like high
4.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
36.1 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest day
-42.1 °C
30 December 1978
Wettest day
56 mm
5 August 1989
Windiest day
45.1 km/h
27 October 2019
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
18 October 1967
Hottest feels-like
37.7 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-47.7 °C
30 December 1978
Snowiest day
19.9 cm
30 November 2012
Sunniest day
17.3 h
22 June 2024
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 | 0.9 °C | +7.2 °C | 84 mm | +38 mm |
| Feb | -2.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 19 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 6.3 °C | +5.8 °C | 52 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 10.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 51 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 15.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 80 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 18.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 166 mm | +84 mm |
| Jul | 25.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 83 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 105 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 39 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 8.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 49 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 3.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 55 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 0.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 70 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Valday?
Valday has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 745 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Valday?
The hottest day measured in Valday between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2010, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Valday?
The coldest day measured in Valday between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1978, at -42.1 °C.
Does it snow in Valday?
Yes. Valday gets on average 152.4 cm of snow per year and has around 159 frost days.
Has the climate of Valday warmed?
Yes: Valday warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Valday?
The wettest day measured in Valday between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1989, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Valday?
The windiest day measured in Valday between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2019, with winds reaching 45.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Valday?
The warmest month in Valday is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Valday?
Valday receives on average 745 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Valday?
Valday gets on average 6.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,409 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Valday?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Valday between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2012, with 19.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Valday?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Valday.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Valday?
In Valday, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.7 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -47.7 °C on 30 December 1978.
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