Zainsk climate — normals and trends
Zainsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.5 °C and it receives 580 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zainsk averages 175 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Zainsk has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 187 to 163 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 20 August 2021) and the coldest -48.7 °C (on 1 January 1979).
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
ZainskTatarstan Republic
- coords
- 55.32°, 52.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.5°C
Average daily high
7.3°C
Average daily low
-0.5°C
Annual rainfall
580mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
17.9km/h
Seasonal range
32.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
175 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
138.8 cm
Average feels-like high
3.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
37.4 °C
20 August 2021
Coldest day
-48.7 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
56 mm
17 July 1987
Windiest day
49.7 km/h
20 October 1973
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
2 February 2015
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
11 July 1954
Coldest feels-like
-53.9 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
13 March 1968
Sunniest day
17.0 h
25 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.0 °C | +7.1 °C | 66 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | -6.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 19 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 3.5 °C | +5.2 °C | 28 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +5.3 °C | 54 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 60 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 105 mm | +41 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 39 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 92 mm | +32 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 26 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 10.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 46 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 4.2 °C | +6.1 °C | 62 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | -4.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 59 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zainsk?
Zainsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.5 °C and it receives 580 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zainsk?
The hottest day measured in Zainsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 2021, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zainsk?
The coldest day measured in Zainsk between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -48.7 °C.
Does it snow in Zainsk?
Yes. Zainsk gets on average 138.8 cm of snow per year and has around 175 frost days.
Has the climate of Zainsk warmed?
Yes: Zainsk warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zainsk?
The wettest day measured in Zainsk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1987, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zainsk?
The windiest day measured in Zainsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1973, with winds reaching 49.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zainsk?
The warmest month in Zainsk is July (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Zainsk?
Zainsk receives on average 580 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zainsk?
Zainsk gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zainsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zainsk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1968, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zainsk?
Yes: Zainsk has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zainsk?
In Zainsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 11 July 1954, and the lowest was -53.9 °C on 1 January 1979.
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