Vetluga climate — normals and trends
Vetluga (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.4 °C and it receives 642 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Vetluga averages 175 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Vetluga has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 186 to 164 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 7 August 2010) and the coldest -48.0 °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
VetlugaNizhny Novgorod Oblast
- coords
- 57.86°, 45.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.4°C
Average daily high
7.0°C
Average daily low
-0.5°C
Annual rainfall
642mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
30.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
175 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
145.1 cm
Average feels-like high
3.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °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
36.2 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest day
-48.0 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
68 mm
12 July 2015
Windiest day
43.4 km/h
14 March 1972
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
14 March 1972
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
9 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-53.1 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
24.5 cm
17 October 1971
Sunniest day
17.6 h
21 June 2020
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 | -1.7 °C | +7.6 °C | 47 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | -4.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 13 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 5.1 °C | +5.7 °C | 38 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 10.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 55 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 59 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 20.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 110 mm | +38 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 43 mm | -41 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 154 mm | +85 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 16 mm | -46 mm |
| Oct | 8.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 41 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 3.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 63 mm | +16 mm |
| Dec | -3.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 38 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vetluga?
Vetluga has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.4 °C and it receives 642 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vetluga?
The hottest day measured in Vetluga between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2010, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vetluga?
The coldest day measured in Vetluga between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -48.0 °C.
Does it snow in Vetluga?
Yes. Vetluga gets on average 145.1 cm of snow per year and has around 175 frost days.
Has the climate of Vetluga warmed?
Yes: Vetluga warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vetluga?
The wettest day measured in Vetluga between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2015, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vetluga?
The windiest day measured in Vetluga between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1972, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vetluga?
The warmest month in Vetluga is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Vetluga?
Vetluga receives on average 642 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vetluga?
Vetluga gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vetluga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vetluga between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1971, with 24.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vetluga?
Yes: Vetluga has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vetluga?
In Vetluga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 9 August 2010, and the lowest was -53.1 °C on 31 December 1978.
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