Volodarskiy climate — normals and trends
Volodarskiy (Russia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 210 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Volodarskiy averages 124 frost days, 59 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 51 rainy days per year.
Volodarskiy has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 137 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.1 °C (on 4 August 1940) and the coldest -34.6 °C (on 8 February 2012).
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
VolodarskiyAstrakhan Oblast
- coords
- 46.40°, 48.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
15.0°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
210mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
18.3km/h
Seasonal range
31.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
59 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
51 d/yr
Annual snowfall
31.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
35 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
42.1 °C
4 August 1940
Coldest day
-34.6 °C
8 February 2012
Wettest day
51 mm
27 July 1983
Windiest day
47.2 km/h
2 April 1946
Strongest gust
89.3 km/h
8 October 1957
Hottest feels-like
43.3 °C
12 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-40.3 °C
18 February 1951
Snowiest day
17.0 cm
15 March 1946
Sunniest day
14.9 h
23 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 11 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | -1.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 9 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +6.3 °C | 23 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 21 mm | +0 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 19 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 37 mm | +17 mm |
| Jul | 33.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 17 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 6 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 12 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 17.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 38 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 10.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 2 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 17 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Volodarskiy?
Volodarskiy has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 210 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Volodarskiy?
The hottest day measured in Volodarskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1940, reaching 42.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Volodarskiy?
The coldest day measured in Volodarskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2012, at -34.6 °C.
Does it snow in Volodarskiy?
Yes. Volodarskiy gets on average 31.6 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Volodarskiy warmed?
Yes: Volodarskiy warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Volodarskiy?
The wettest day measured in Volodarskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1983, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Volodarskiy?
The windiest day measured in Volodarskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1946, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Volodarskiy?
The warmest month in Volodarskiy is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Volodarskiy?
Volodarskiy receives on average 210 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 51 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Volodarskiy?
Volodarskiy gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Volodarskiy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Volodarskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1946, with 17.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Volodarskiy?
Yes: Volodarskiy has on average 35 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Volodarskiy?
In Volodarskiy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 12 July 2010, and the lowest was -40.3 °C on 18 February 1951.
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