Vichuga climate — normals and trends
Vichuga (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 660 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 (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Vichuga averages 170 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Vichuga has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 181 to 159 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 29 July 2010) and the coldest -45.8 °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
VichugaIvanovo Oblast
- coords
- 57.21°, 41.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.8°C
Average daily high
7.4°C
Average daily low
0.0°C
Annual rainfall
660mm
Sunshine / day
6.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
29.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
170 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
145.1 cm
Average feels-like high
4.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.6 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
36.3 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest day
-45.8 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
73 mm
24 August 1998
Windiest day
45.3 km/h
24 October 1989
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
4 June 1947
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-51.1 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
19.9 cm
4 February 2018
Sunniest day
17.0 h
17 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.6 °C | +7.7 °C | 39 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | -2.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 10 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 6.4 °C | +6.9 °C | 32 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 11.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 56 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 107 mm | +46 mm |
| Jun | 20.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 93 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 64 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 105 mm | +35 mm |
| Sep | 17.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 22 mm | -44 mm |
| Oct | 8.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 49 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 3.7 °C | +4.7 °C | 58 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | -1.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 40 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vichuga?
Vichuga has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 660 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vichuga?
The hottest day measured in Vichuga between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2010, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vichuga?
The coldest day measured in Vichuga between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -45.8 °C.
Does it snow in Vichuga?
Yes. Vichuga gets on average 145.1 cm of snow per year and has around 170 frost days.
Has the climate of Vichuga warmed?
Yes: Vichuga warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vichuga?
The wettest day measured in Vichuga between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1998, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vichuga?
The windiest day measured in Vichuga between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1989, with winds reaching 45.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vichuga?
The warmest month in Vichuga is July (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Vichuga?
Vichuga receives on average 660 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vichuga?
Vichuga gets on average 6.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,409 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vichuga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vichuga between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 2018, with 19.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vichuga?
Yes: Vichuga has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vichuga?
In Vichuga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -51.1 °C on 31 December 1978.
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