Yuzhno-Kurilsk climate — normals and trends
Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 1,119 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 (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Yuzhno-Kurilsk averages 122 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Yuzhno-Kurilsk has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 24.8 °C (on 26 August 2023) and the coldest -16.7 °C (on 15 February 2001).
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
Yuzhno-KurilskSakhalin Oblast
- coords
- 44.03°, 145.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.5°C
Average daily high
6.6°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,119mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
34.6km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
208.2 cm
Average feels-like high
2.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.2 °C
Average peak gust
47.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.14 · 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
24.8 °C
26 August 2023
Coldest day
-16.7 °C
15 February 2001
Wettest day
131 mm
11 September 1992
Windiest day
96.9 km/h
1 March 1978
Strongest gust
149.4 km/h
8 October 2015
Hottest feels-like
28.7 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-25.7 °C
21 February 1998
Snowiest day
47.1 cm
7 April 1976
Sunniest day
15.0 h
2 July 1942
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 | 0.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 80 mm | +4 mm |
| Feb | -0.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 51 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 0.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 83 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 3.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 161 mm | +81 mm |
| May | 7.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 70 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 13.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 75 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 19.0 °C | +5.7 °C | 55 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 71 mm | -47 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 118 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 85 mm | -32 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 141 mm | +27 mm |
| Dec | 2.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 163 mm | +64 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
Yuzhno-Kurilsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 1,119 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
The hottest day measured in Yuzhno-Kurilsk between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 2023, reaching 24.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
The coldest day measured in Yuzhno-Kurilsk between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2001, at -16.7 °C.
Does it snow in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
Yes. Yuzhno-Kurilsk gets on average 208.2 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Yuzhno-Kurilsk warmed?
Yes: Yuzhno-Kurilsk warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
The wettest day measured in Yuzhno-Kurilsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1992, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
The windiest day measured in Yuzhno-Kurilsk between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1978, with winds reaching 96.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
The warmest month in Yuzhno-Kurilsk is August (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is February (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
Yuzhno-Kurilsk receives on average 1,119 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
Yuzhno-Kurilsk gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yuzhno-Kurilsk between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1976, with 47.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
Yes: Yuzhno-Kurilsk has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yuzhno-Kurilsk?
In Yuzhno-Kurilsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.7 °C on 25 July 2025, and the lowest was -25.7 °C on 21 February 1998.
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