Verkhnyaya Khava climate — normals and trends
Verkhnyaya Khava (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 585 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 (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Verkhnyaya Khava averages 146 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Verkhnyaya Khava has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 162 to 130 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 2 August 2010) and the coldest -39.3 °C (on 22 January 1942).
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
Verkhnyaya KhavaVoronezh Oblast
- coords
- 51.84°, 39.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
585mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
28.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
146 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.4 cm
Average feels-like high
7.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
40.2 °C
2 August 2010
Coldest day
-39.3 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
50 mm
16 August 1980
Windiest day
67.4 km/h
30 March 1942
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
30 March 1942
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
17 July 2016
Coldest feels-like
-44.1 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
19 April 2017
Sunniest day
15.6 h
14 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.6 °C | +7.4 °C | 40 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | -4.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 27 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 9.0 °C | +8.1 °C | 42 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 19 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 42 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 108 mm | +47 mm |
| Jul | 28.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 79 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 58 mm | +8 mm |
| Sep | 20.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 8 mm | -41 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 90 mm | +41 mm |
| Nov | 7.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 37 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | -0.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 36 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Verkhnyaya Khava?
Verkhnyaya Khava has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 585 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Verkhnyaya Khava?
The hottest day measured in Verkhnyaya Khava between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2010, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Verkhnyaya Khava?
The coldest day measured in Verkhnyaya Khava between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -39.3 °C.
Does it snow in Verkhnyaya Khava?
Yes. Verkhnyaya Khava gets on average 112.4 cm of snow per year and has around 146 frost days.
Has the climate of Verkhnyaya Khava warmed?
Yes: Verkhnyaya Khava warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Verkhnyaya Khava?
The wettest day measured in Verkhnyaya Khava between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1980, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Verkhnyaya Khava?
The windiest day measured in Verkhnyaya Khava between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1942, with winds reaching 67.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Verkhnyaya Khava?
The warmest month in Verkhnyaya Khava is July (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Verkhnyaya Khava?
Verkhnyaya Khava receives on average 585 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Verkhnyaya Khava?
Verkhnyaya Khava 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 Verkhnyaya Khava?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Verkhnyaya Khava between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2017, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Verkhnyaya Khava?
Yes: Verkhnyaya Khava has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Verkhnyaya Khava?
In Verkhnyaya Khava, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 17 July 2016, and the lowest was -44.1 °C on 22 January 1942.
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