Yelan' climate — normals and trends
Yelan' (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 497 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 (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yelan' averages 150 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Yelan' has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 164 to 136 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 28 July 2010) and the coldest -40.0 °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
Yelan'Volgograd Oblast
- coords
- 50.95°, 43.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.5°C
Average daily high
10.7°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
497mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
20.5km/h
Seasonal range
30.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
150 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
105.5 cm
Average feels-like high
7.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
41.0 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest day
-40.0 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
68 mm
27 June 1973
Windiest day
71.5 km/h
8 February 1958
Strongest gust
103.7 km/h
30 March 1942
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
1 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-45.8 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.7 cm
19 April 1979
Sunniest day
16.0 h
26 June 1940
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 | 1.0 °C | +7.4 °C | 29 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | -5.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 34 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +8.0 °C | 54 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 21 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 27 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 66 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 29.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 33 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 26.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 17 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 21.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 4 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 64 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 7.9 °C | +6.0 °C | 37 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | -1.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 35 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yelan'?
Yelan' has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 497 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yelan'?
The hottest day measured in Yelan' between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2010, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yelan'?
The coldest day measured in Yelan' between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -40.0 °C.
Does it snow in Yelan'?
Yes. Yelan' gets on average 105.5 cm of snow per year and has around 150 frost days.
Has the climate of Yelan' warmed?
Yes: Yelan' warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yelan'?
The wettest day measured in Yelan' between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1973, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yelan'?
The windiest day measured in Yelan' between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1958, with winds reaching 71.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yelan'?
The warmest month in Yelan' is July (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Yelan'?
Yelan' receives on average 497 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yelan'?
Yelan' gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yelan'?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yelan' between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1979, with 18.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yelan'?
Yes: Yelan' has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yelan'?
In Yelan', between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 1 August 2010, and the lowest was -45.8 °C on 22 January 1942.
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