Yaroslavskiy climate — normals and trends
Yaroslavskiy (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 687 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 August (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-17.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Yaroslavskiy averages 169 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Yaroslavskiy has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 175 to 163 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 17 July 1958) and the coldest -38.2 °C (on 6 January 1951).
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
YaroslavskiyPrimorskiy (Maritime) Kray
- coords
- 44.19°, 132.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.3°C
Average daily high
9.6°C
Average daily low
-0.6°C
Annual rainfall
687mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
38.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
169 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.9 cm
Average feels-like high
7.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
35.7 °C
17 July 1958
Coldest day
-38.2 °C
6 January 1951
Wettest day
122 mm
31 August 1965
Windiest day
41.8 km/h
29 August 2012
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
29 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
41.7 °C
9 August 1949
Coldest feels-like
-44.0 °C
6 January 1951
Snowiest day
30.8 cm
5 March 2007
Sunniest day
14.9 h
26 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -6.4 °C | +4.8 °C | 3 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | -2.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 5 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 4.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 18 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 61 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 83 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 94 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 160 mm | +52 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 212 mm | +81 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 50 mm | -38 mm |
| Oct | 11.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 22 mm | -34 mm |
| Nov | 4.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 18 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | -5.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 8 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yaroslavskiy?
Yaroslavskiy has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 687 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yaroslavskiy?
The hottest day measured in Yaroslavskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1958, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yaroslavskiy?
The coldest day measured in Yaroslavskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1951, at -38.2 °C.
Does it snow in Yaroslavskiy?
Yes. Yaroslavskiy gets on average 64.9 cm of snow per year and has around 169 frost days.
Has the climate of Yaroslavskiy warmed?
Yes: Yaroslavskiy warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yaroslavskiy?
The wettest day measured in Yaroslavskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 1965, with 122 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yaroslavskiy?
The windiest day measured in Yaroslavskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 2012, with winds reaching 41.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yaroslavskiy?
The warmest month in Yaroslavskiy is August (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-17.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Yaroslavskiy?
Yaroslavskiy receives on average 687 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yaroslavskiy?
Yaroslavskiy gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yaroslavskiy?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yaroslavskiy between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2007, with 30.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yaroslavskiy?
Yes: Yaroslavskiy has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yaroslavskiy?
In Yaroslavskiy, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 9 August 1949, and the lowest was -44.0 °C on 6 January 1951.
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