Yashkul' climate — normals and trends
Yashkul' (Russia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 298 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Yashkul' averages 112 frost days, 64 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 68 rainy days per year.
Yashkul' has warmed by +1.8 °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 125 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.5 °C (on 7 August 1940) and the coldest -35.5 °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
Yashkul'Kalmykiya Republic
- coords
- 46.17°, 45.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
298mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
30.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
112 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
64 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
68 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.8 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
35 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °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
43.5 °C
7 August 1940
Coldest day
-35.5 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
29 May 1961
Windiest day
61.5 km/h
4 March 2006
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
4 March 2006
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
11 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-41.0 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
15 March 2009
Sunniest day
14.7 h
4 July 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +5.6 °C | 18 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 15 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 12.6 °C | +5.9 °C | 16 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 18.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 19 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 39 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 27 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 35.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 5 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 9 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 24.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 23 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 17.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 53 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 4 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 2.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 17 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yashkul'?
Yashkul' has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 298 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yashkul'?
The hottest day measured in Yashkul' between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1940, reaching 43.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yashkul'?
The coldest day measured in Yashkul' between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.5 °C.
Does it snow in Yashkul'?
Yes. Yashkul' gets on average 41.8 cm of snow per year and has around 112 frost days.
Has the climate of Yashkul' warmed?
Yes: Yashkul' warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yashkul'?
The wettest day measured in Yashkul' between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1961, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yashkul'?
The windiest day measured in Yashkul' between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with winds reaching 61.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yashkul'?
The warmest month in Yashkul' is July (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Yashkul'?
Yashkul' receives on average 298 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yashkul'?
Yashkul' gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yashkul'?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yashkul' between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 2009, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yashkul'?
Yes: Yashkul' has on average 35 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yashkul'?
In Yashkul', between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 11 July 2010, and the lowest was -41.0 °C on 11 January 1940.
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