Verkhotur'ye climate — normals and trends
Verkhotur'ye (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.4 °C and it receives 547 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 (-15.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Verkhotur'ye averages 192 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Verkhotur'ye has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 202 to 182 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 16 July 2020) and the coldest -47.6 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
Verkhotur'yeSverdlovsk Oblast
- coords
- 58.86°, 60.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.4°C
Average daily high
5.5°C
Average daily low
-2.8°C
Annual rainfall
547mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
33.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
192 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
114.2 cm
Average feels-like high
2.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.6 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
37.9 °C
16 July 2020
Coldest day
-47.6 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
60 mm
29 July 1948
Windiest day
39.7 km/h
17 May 1981
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
25 April 1997
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
29 June 1954
Coldest feels-like
-53.3 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
21.5 cm
2 May 2007
Sunniest day
18.0 h
29 June 1950
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 | -6.0 °C | +6.7 °C | 29 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | -5.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 18 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 2.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 14 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 9.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 81 mm | +45 mm |
| May | 16.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 98 mm | +43 mm |
| Jun | 23.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 42 mm | -33 mm |
| Jul | 21.4 °C | -1.1 °C | 86 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 38 mm | -40 mm |
| Sep | 15.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 47 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 7.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 27 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 0.9 °C | +5.4 °C | 42 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | -9.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 58 mm | +34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Verkhotur'ye?
Verkhotur'ye has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.4 °C and it receives 547 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Verkhotur'ye?
The hottest day measured in Verkhotur'ye between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2020, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Verkhotur'ye?
The coldest day measured in Verkhotur'ye between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -47.6 °C.
Does it snow in Verkhotur'ye?
Yes. Verkhotur'ye gets on average 114.2 cm of snow per year and has around 192 frost days.
Has the climate of Verkhotur'ye warmed?
Yes: Verkhotur'ye warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Verkhotur'ye?
The wettest day measured in Verkhotur'ye between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1948, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Verkhotur'ye?
The windiest day measured in Verkhotur'ye between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 1981, with winds reaching 39.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Verkhotur'ye?
The warmest month in Verkhotur'ye is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-15.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Verkhotur'ye?
Verkhotur'ye receives on average 547 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Verkhotur'ye?
Verkhotur'ye gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Verkhotur'ye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Verkhotur'ye between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2007, with 21.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Verkhotur'ye?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Verkhotur'ye.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Verkhotur'ye?
In Verkhotur'ye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 29 June 1954, and the lowest was -53.3 °C on 31 December 1978.
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