Ytyk-Kyuyël' climate — normals and trends
Ytyk-Kyuyël' (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Dwd) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -10.1 °C and it receives 271 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-42.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Ytyk-Kyuyël' averages 236 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 60 rainy days per year.
Ytyk-Kyuyël' has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 239 to 233 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 6 July 2022) and the coldest -61.5 °C (on 18 January 1952).
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
Ytyk-Kyuyël'Sakha
- coords
- 62.36°, 133.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-10.1°C
Average daily high
-5.2°C
Average daily low
-15.5°C
Annual rainfall
271mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
60.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
236 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
60 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.5 cm
Average feels-like high
-8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-19.4 °C
Average peak gust
23.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.13 · 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
36.8 °C
6 July 2022
Coldest day
-61.5 °C
18 January 1952
Wettest day
36 mm
24 July 2021
Windiest day
33.5 km/h
26 March 2015
Strongest gust
76.0 km/h
26 March 2015
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
7 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-66.5 °C
18 January 1952
Snowiest day
11.3 cm
18 September 1984
Sunniest day
18.8 h
26 June 1945
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 | -30.5 °C | +8.5 °C | 10 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | -26.4 °C | +4.4 °C | 4 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | -14.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 5.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 22 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 28 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 20.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 51 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 40 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 22.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 25 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 11.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 29 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | -5.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 4 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | -23.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 14 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | -41.1 °C | -3.2 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
Ytyk-Kyuyël' has a dry-winter subarctic, extreme winter climate (Köppen Dwd). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -10.1 °C and it receives 271 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
The hottest day measured in Ytyk-Kyuyël' between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2022, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
The coldest day measured in Ytyk-Kyuyël' between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1952, at -61.5 °C.
Does it snow in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
Yes. Ytyk-Kyuyël' gets on average 47.5 cm of snow per year and has around 236 frost days.
Has the climate of Ytyk-Kyuyël' warmed?
Yes: Ytyk-Kyuyël' warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
The wettest day measured in Ytyk-Kyuyël' between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2021, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
The windiest day measured in Ytyk-Kyuyël' between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2015, with winds reaching 33.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
The warmest month in Ytyk-Kyuyël' is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-42.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
Ytyk-Kyuyël' receives on average 271 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
Ytyk-Kyuyël' gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ytyk-Kyuyël' between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1984, with 11.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ytyk-Kyuyël'.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ytyk-Kyuyël'?
In Ytyk-Kyuyël', between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 7 July 1998, and the lowest was -66.5 °C on 18 January 1952.
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