Velikiye Luki climate — normals and trends
Velikiye Luki (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 684 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Velikiye Luki averages 144 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Velikiye Luki has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 162 to 126 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 4 August 2010) and the coldest -41.8 °C (on 16 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
Velikiye LukiPskov Oblast
- coords
- 56.34°, 30.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.4°C
Average daily high
8.9°C
Average daily low
1.9°C
Annual rainfall
684mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
144 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
116.1 cm
Average feels-like high
5.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
36.7 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest day
-41.8 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
67 mm
5 September 2006
Windiest day
48.0 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
7 August 1987
Hottest feels-like
36.2 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-47.2 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
28 November 1969
Sunniest day
16.3 h
28 June 2010
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 | 2.1 °C | +6.8 °C | 69 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | -2.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 19 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 7.9 °C | +6.1 °C | 48 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 39 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 144 mm | +81 mm |
| Jun | 19.3 °C | -1.1 °C | 115 mm | +37 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 155 mm | +65 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 74 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 29 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 9.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 72 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 56 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 50 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Velikiye Luki?
Velikiye Luki has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 684 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Velikiye Luki?
The hottest day measured in Velikiye Luki between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2010, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Velikiye Luki?
The coldest day measured in Velikiye Luki between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -41.8 °C.
Does it snow in Velikiye Luki?
Yes. Velikiye Luki gets on average 116.1 cm of snow per year and has around 144 frost days.
Has the climate of Velikiye Luki warmed?
Yes: Velikiye Luki warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Velikiye Luki?
The wettest day measured in Velikiye Luki between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 2006, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Velikiye Luki?
The windiest day measured in Velikiye Luki between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Velikiye Luki?
The warmest month in Velikiye Luki is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Velikiye Luki?
Velikiye Luki receives on average 684 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Velikiye Luki?
Velikiye Luki gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Velikiye Luki?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Velikiye Luki between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1969, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Velikiye Luki?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Velikiye Luki.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Velikiye Luki?
In Velikiye Luki, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.2 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -47.2 °C on 16 January 1940.
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