Volokonovka climate — normals and trends
Volokonovka (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 577 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Volokonovka averages 136 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Volokonovka has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 154 to 118 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 5 August 2010) and the coldest -37.2 °C (on 22 January 1942).
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
VolokonovkaBelgorod Oblast
- coords
- 50.49°, 37.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.1°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
577mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
19.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
104.3 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
39.3 °C
5 August 2010
Coldest day
-37.2 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
49 mm
18 June 1967
Windiest day
56.3 km/h
29 March 1942
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
12 August 1951
Coldest feels-like
-43.6 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
2 December 2015
Sunniest day
15.1 h
27 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.4 °C | +6.9 °C | 24 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | -3.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 19 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +8.4 °C | 46 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 16 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 81 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 66 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 29.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 52 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 48 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 21.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 3 mm | -42 mm |
| Oct | 11.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 89 mm | +45 mm |
| Nov | 8.1 °C | +5.1 °C | 36 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 0.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 42 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Volokonovka?
Volokonovka has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 577 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Volokonovka?
The hottest day measured in Volokonovka between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2010, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Volokonovka?
The coldest day measured in Volokonovka between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -37.2 °C.
Does it snow in Volokonovka?
Yes. Volokonovka gets on average 104.3 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Volokonovka warmed?
Yes: Volokonovka warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Volokonovka?
The wettest day measured in Volokonovka between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1967, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Volokonovka?
The windiest day measured in Volokonovka between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1942, with winds reaching 56.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Volokonovka?
The warmest month in Volokonovka is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Volokonovka?
Volokonovka receives on average 577 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Volokonovka?
Volokonovka gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Volokonovka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Volokonovka between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 2015, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Volokonovka?
Yes: Volokonovka has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Volokonovka?
In Volokonovka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 12 August 1951, and the lowest was -43.6 °C on 22 January 1942.
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