Yelets climate — normals and trends
Yelets (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 590 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 (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Yelets averages 150 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Yelets has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 167 to 133 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 2 August 2010) and the coldest -39.2 °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
YeletsLipetsk Oblast
- coords
- 52.61°, 38.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
9.6°C
Average daily low
1.9°C
Annual rainfall
590mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
20.3km/h
Seasonal range
28.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
150 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
115.7 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
40.1 °C
2 August 2010
Coldest day
-39.2 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
42 mm
6 July 1960
Windiest day
64.7 km/h
11 December 1967
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
31 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-44.4 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
10 January 1985
Sunniest day
15.7 h
27 June 1951
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 | 1.5 °C | +7.5 °C | 37 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | -4.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 18 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +8.2 °C | 41 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 28 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 43 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 73 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 27.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 76 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 23.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 69 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 10 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 10.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 81 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 6.9 °C | +5.4 °C | 40 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | -1.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 40 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yelets?
Yelets has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 590 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yelets?
The hottest day measured in Yelets between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2010, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yelets?
The coldest day measured in Yelets between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -39.2 °C.
Does it snow in Yelets?
Yes. Yelets gets on average 115.7 cm of snow per year and has around 150 frost days.
Has the climate of Yelets warmed?
Yes: Yelets warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yelets?
The wettest day measured in Yelets between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1960, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yelets?
The windiest day measured in Yelets between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1967, with winds reaching 64.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yelets?
The warmest month in Yelets is July (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Yelets?
Yelets receives on average 590 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yelets?
Yelets gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yelets?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yelets between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1985, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yelets?
Yes: Yelets has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yelets?
In Yelets, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 31 July 2010, and the lowest was -44.4 °C on 22 January 1942.
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