Zadonsk climate — normals and trends
Zadonsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.9 °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 (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zadonsk averages 149 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Zadonsk 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 166 to 132 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 2 August 2010) and the coldest -39.3 °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
ZadonskLipetsk Oblast
- coords
- 52.39°, 38.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.9°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
1.9°C
Annual rainfall
590mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
20.3km/h
Seasonal range
28.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
149 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
115.2 cm
Average feels-like high
6.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 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 = 0.51 · 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
40.3 °C
2 August 2010
Coldest day
-39.3 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
42 mm
4 August 1989
Windiest day
63.9 km/h
11 December 1967
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
1 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-44.8 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
10 January 1985
Sunniest day
15.7 h
21 June 1944
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 | 1.6 °C | +7.6 °C | 39 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | -4.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 19 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 8.6 °C | +8.3 °C | 51 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 28 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 43 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 90 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 100 mm | +31 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | -0.8 °C | 80 mm | +24 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 11 mm | -38 mm |
| Oct | 10.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 80 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 7.0 °C | +5.4 °C | 44 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | -0.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 41 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zadonsk?
Zadonsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 590 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zadonsk?
The hottest day measured in Zadonsk between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2010, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zadonsk?
The coldest day measured in Zadonsk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -39.3 °C.
Does it snow in Zadonsk?
Yes. Zadonsk gets on average 115.2 cm of snow per year and has around 149 frost days.
Has the climate of Zadonsk warmed?
Yes: Zadonsk warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zadonsk?
The wettest day measured in Zadonsk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1989, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zadonsk?
The windiest day measured in Zadonsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1967, with winds reaching 63.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zadonsk?
The warmest month in Zadonsk is July (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Zadonsk?
Zadonsk receives on average 590 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zadonsk?
Zadonsk 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 Zadonsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zadonsk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1985, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zadonsk?
Yes: Zadonsk has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zadonsk?
In Zadonsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 1 August 2010, and the lowest was -44.8 °C on 22 January 1942.
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