Volgodonsk climate — normals and trends
Volgodonsk (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 444 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 (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Volgodonsk averages 110 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Volgodonsk has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 125 to 95 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 1 August 2015) and the coldest -34.0 °C (on 11 January 1940).
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
VolgodonskRostov Oblast
- coords
- 47.51°, 42.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
444mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
20.4km/h
Seasonal range
29.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
35 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
32 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °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
40.3 °C
1 August 2015
Coldest day
-34.0 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
61 mm
8 August 1984
Windiest day
56.0 km/h
7 March 1954
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
22 October 1998
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
21 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-39.4 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
22 October 1999
Sunniest day
15.1 h
22 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +6.2 °C | 21 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | -1.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 26 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +6.1 °C | 23 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 35 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 33 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 42 mm | +6 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 8 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 6 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 4 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 42 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 10.9 °C | +5.2 °C | 12 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 1.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 21 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Volgodonsk?
Volgodonsk has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 444 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Volgodonsk?
The hottest day measured in Volgodonsk between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2015, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Volgodonsk?
The coldest day measured in Volgodonsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -34.0 °C.
Does it snow in Volgodonsk?
Yes. Volgodonsk gets on average 62.0 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Volgodonsk warmed?
Yes: Volgodonsk warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Volgodonsk?
The wettest day measured in Volgodonsk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1984, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Volgodonsk?
The windiest day measured in Volgodonsk between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1954, with winds reaching 56.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Volgodonsk?
The warmest month in Volgodonsk is July (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Volgodonsk?
Volgodonsk receives on average 444 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Volgodonsk?
Volgodonsk gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Volgodonsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Volgodonsk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 1999, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Volgodonsk?
Yes: Volgodonsk has on average 32 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Volgodonsk?
In Volgodonsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 21 July 2021, and the lowest was -39.4 °C on 9 January 1940.
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