Volokolamsk climate — normals and trends
Volokolamsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 665 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Volokolamsk averages 159 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Volokolamsk has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 174 to 144 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 4 August 2010) and the coldest -42.2 °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
VolokolamskMoscow Oblast
- coords
- 56.03°, 35.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.7°C
Average daily high
8.2°C
Average daily low
1.0°C
Annual rainfall
665mm
Sunshine / day
6.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.3km/h
Seasonal range
26.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
159 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
128.4 cm
Average feels-like high
5.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
37.4 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest day
-42.2 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
102 mm
24 August 1941
Windiest day
44.9 km/h
30 November 1974
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
11 January 1991
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-47.2 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
14 December 1981
Sunniest day
17.0 h
11 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.2 °C | +7.5 °C | 45 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | -2.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 9 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 7.4 °C | +6.5 °C | 34 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 12.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 55 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 78 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 122 mm | +44 mm |
| Jul | 25.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 115 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 20.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 110 mm | +33 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 14 mm | -49 mm |
| Oct | 8.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 68 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 4.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 78 mm | +29 mm |
| Dec | -0.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 49 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Volokolamsk?
Volokolamsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 665 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Volokolamsk?
The hottest day measured in Volokolamsk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2010, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Volokolamsk?
The coldest day measured in Volokolamsk between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -42.2 °C.
Does it snow in Volokolamsk?
Yes. Volokolamsk gets on average 128.4 cm of snow per year and has around 159 frost days.
Has the climate of Volokolamsk warmed?
Yes: Volokolamsk warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Volokolamsk?
The wettest day measured in Volokolamsk between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1941, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Volokolamsk?
The windiest day measured in Volokolamsk between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1974, with winds reaching 44.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Volokolamsk?
The warmest month in Volokolamsk is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Volokolamsk?
Volokolamsk receives on average 665 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Volokolamsk?
Volokolamsk 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 Volokolamsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Volokolamsk between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1981, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Volokolamsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Volokolamsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Volokolamsk?
In Volokolamsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -47.2 °C on 31 December 1978.
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