Volchansk climate — normals and trends
Volchansk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.1 °C and it receives 552 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-17.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Volchansk averages 204 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Volchansk has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 212 to 196 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 15 July 2020) and the coldest -45.6 °C (on 8 December 1968).
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
VolchanskSverdlovsk Oblast
- coords
- 59.94°, 60.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.1°C
Average daily high
4.1°C
Average daily low
-4.0°C
Annual rainfall
552mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
34.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
204 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
127.7 cm
Average feels-like high
0.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.8 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
35.2 °C
15 July 2020
Coldest day
-45.6 °C
8 December 1968
Wettest day
61 mm
8 August 2008
Windiest day
37.2 km/h
20 May 1994
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
25 April 1997
Hottest feels-like
35.8 °C
9 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-51.5 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
24.0 cm
13 May 1974
Sunniest day
18.0 h
7 July 1941
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 | -8.1 °C | +5.9 °C | 36 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | -7.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 23 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 1.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 7 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 6.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 81 mm | +45 mm |
| May | 14.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 80 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 22.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 65 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 20.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 58 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 59 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 14.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 59 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 6.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 33 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | -0.4 °C | +5.4 °C | 49 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | -11.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 51 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Volchansk?
Volchansk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.1 °C and it receives 552 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Volchansk?
The hottest day measured in Volchansk between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 2020, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Volchansk?
The coldest day measured in Volchansk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1968, at -45.6 °C.
Does it snow in Volchansk?
Yes. Volchansk gets on average 127.7 cm of snow per year and has around 204 frost days.
Has the climate of Volchansk warmed?
Yes: Volchansk warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Volchansk?
The wettest day measured in Volchansk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2008, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Volchansk?
The windiest day measured in Volchansk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 1994, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Volchansk?
The warmest month in Volchansk is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-17.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Volchansk?
Volchansk receives on average 552 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Volchansk?
Volchansk 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 Volchansk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Volchansk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1974, with 24.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Volchansk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Volchansk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Volchansk?
In Volchansk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.8 °C on 9 July 2020, and the lowest was -51.5 °C on 31 December 1978.
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