Verkhniye Kigi climate — normals and trends
Verkhniye Kigi (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.2 °C and it receives 604 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 (-14.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Verkhniye Kigi averages 188 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Verkhniye Kigi 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 198 to 178 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 11 July 2023) and the coldest -49.5 °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
Verkhniye KigiBashkortostan Republic
- coords
- 55.41°, 58.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.2°C
Average daily high
6.3°C
Average daily low
-2.1°C
Annual rainfall
604mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
32.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
188 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
134.2 cm
Average feels-like high
2.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
37.4 °C
11 July 2023
Coldest day
-49.5 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
62 mm
3 September 1953
Windiest day
51.6 km/h
20 October 1973
Strongest gust
114.5 km/h
20 October 1973
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
29 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-54.6 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
29.8 cm
17 May 1981
Sunniest day
16.3 h
4 July 2004
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 | -4.3 °C | +6.8 °C | 45 mm | +22 mm |
| Feb | -5.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 6 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 3.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 46 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 12.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 69 mm | +31 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 51 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 80 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 21.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 101 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 84 mm | +14 mm |
| Sep | 15.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 58 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 8.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 38 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 2.5 °C | +5.6 °C | 72 mm | +30 mm |
| Dec | -5.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 39 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Verkhniye Kigi?
Verkhniye Kigi has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.2 °C and it receives 604 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Verkhniye Kigi?
The hottest day measured in Verkhniye Kigi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Verkhniye Kigi?
The coldest day measured in Verkhniye Kigi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -49.5 °C.
Does it snow in Verkhniye Kigi?
Yes. Verkhniye Kigi gets on average 134.2 cm of snow per year and has around 188 frost days.
Has the climate of Verkhniye Kigi warmed?
Yes: Verkhniye Kigi warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Verkhniye Kigi?
The wettest day measured in Verkhniye Kigi between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1953, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Verkhniye Kigi?
The windiest day measured in Verkhniye Kigi between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1973, with winds reaching 51.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Verkhniye Kigi?
The warmest month in Verkhniye Kigi is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-14.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Verkhniye Kigi?
Verkhniye Kigi receives on average 604 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Verkhniye Kigi?
Verkhniye Kigi gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Verkhniye Kigi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Verkhniye Kigi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 1981, with 29.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Verkhniye Kigi?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Verkhniye Kigi.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Verkhniye Kigi?
In Verkhniye Kigi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 29 July 1952, and the lowest was -54.6 °C on 1 January 1979.
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