Valerik climate — normals and trends
Valerik (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 711 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Valerik averages 99 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Valerik has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 81 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -29.3 °C (on 11 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
ValerikChechnya
- coords
- 43.18°, 45.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
14.9°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
711mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
81.5 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
25.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
39.2 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-29.3 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
60 mm
16 July 1982
Windiest day
32.1 km/h
25 October 2003
Strongest gust
76.0 km/h
12 November 2015
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-34.3 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
12 October 1948
Sunniest day
14.1 h
29 June 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 24 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 0.0 °C | -2.5 °C | 39 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 13.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 58 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 78 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 58 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 52 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 31.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 17 mm | -61 mm |
| Aug | 30.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 28 mm | -42 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | -1.1 °C | 148 mm | +80 mm |
| Oct | 16.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 58 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 12.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 9 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 57 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Valerik?
Valerik has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 711 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Valerik?
The hottest day measured in Valerik between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Valerik?
The coldest day measured in Valerik between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -29.3 °C.
Does it snow in Valerik?
Yes. Valerik gets on average 81.5 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Valerik warmed?
Yes: Valerik warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Valerik?
The wettest day measured in Valerik between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1982, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Valerik?
The windiest day measured in Valerik between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2003, with winds reaching 32.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Valerik?
The warmest month in Valerik is July (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Valerik?
Valerik receives on average 711 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Valerik?
Valerik gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Valerik?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Valerik between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Valerik?
Yes: Valerik has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Valerik?
In Valerik, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 11 January 1940.
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