Verkhniy Ufaley climate — normals and trends
Verkhniy Ufaley (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.7 °C and it receives 561 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 (-14.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Verkhniy Ufaley averages 190 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Verkhniy Ufaley has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 200 to 180 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -44.5 °C (on 1 January 1979).
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
Verkhniy UfaleyChelyabinsk Oblast
- coords
- 56.05°, 60.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.7°C
Average daily high
5.6°C
Average daily low
-2.3°C
Annual rainfall
561mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
32.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
190 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
122.4 cm
Average feels-like high
2.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
37.4 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-44.5 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
52 mm
3 September 1953
Windiest day
42.4 km/h
1 November 1968
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
29 April 2018
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-50.8 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
27.7 cm
18 May 1960
Sunniest day
16.3 h
20 June 1944
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 | -4.7 °C | +7.1 °C | 30 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | -5.0 °C | +4.3 °C | 4 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 2.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 36 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 11.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 69 mm | +33 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 39 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 125 mm | +51 mm |
| Jul | 20.8 °C | -1.1 °C | 92 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 20.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 61 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 14.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 68 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 7.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 24 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 1.8 °C | +5.7 °C | 43 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | -7.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 39 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Verkhniy Ufaley?
Verkhniy Ufaley has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.7 °C and it receives 561 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Verkhniy Ufaley?
The hottest day measured in Verkhniy Ufaley between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Verkhniy Ufaley?
The coldest day measured in Verkhniy Ufaley between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -44.5 °C.
Does it snow in Verkhniy Ufaley?
Yes. Verkhniy Ufaley gets on average 122.4 cm of snow per year and has around 190 frost days.
Has the climate of Verkhniy Ufaley warmed?
Yes: Verkhniy Ufaley warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Verkhniy Ufaley?
The wettest day measured in Verkhniy Ufaley between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1953, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Verkhniy Ufaley?
The windiest day measured in Verkhniy Ufaley between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 1968, with winds reaching 42.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Verkhniy Ufaley?
The warmest month in Verkhniy Ufaley is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Verkhniy Ufaley?
Verkhniy Ufaley receives on average 561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Verkhniy Ufaley?
Verkhniy Ufaley gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Verkhniy Ufaley?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Verkhniy Ufaley between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 1960, with 27.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Verkhniy Ufaley?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Verkhniy Ufaley.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Verkhniy Ufaley?
In Verkhniy Ufaley, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -50.8 °C on 1 January 1979.
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