Zakamensk climate — normals and trends
Zakamensk (Russia) has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -3.1 °C and it receives 510 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 (15.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-24.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zakamensk averages 239 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Zakamensk has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 246 to 232 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 10 July 2005) and the coldest -47.4 °C (on 4 January 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
ZakamenskBuryatiya Republic
- coords
- 50.38°, 103.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-3.1°C
Average daily high
3.7°C
Average daily low
-9.4°C
Annual rainfall
510mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
39.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
239 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
67.8 cm
Average feels-like high
0.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-13.1 °C
Average peak gust
28.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
32.7 °C
10 July 2005
Coldest day
-47.4 °C
4 January 2001
Wettest day
57 mm
23 August 1969
Windiest day
35.3 km/h
20 April 2016
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
9 May 1949
Hottest feels-like
34.2 °C
26 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-52.1 °C
4 January 2001
Snowiest day
16.3 cm
4 September 1992
Sunniest day
16.0 h
13 June 1941
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 | -14.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | 0 mm |
| Feb | -10.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 0.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 8 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 11.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 11 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 15.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 42 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 90 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 21.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 80 mm | -52 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 94 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 14.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 72 mm | +15 mm |
| Oct | 1.1 °C | -3.2 °C | 28 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | -4.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 19 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | -14.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zakamensk?
Zakamensk has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -3.1 °C and it receives 510 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zakamensk?
The hottest day measured in Zakamensk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2005, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zakamensk?
The coldest day measured in Zakamensk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2001, at -47.4 °C.
Does it snow in Zakamensk?
Yes. Zakamensk gets on average 67.8 cm of snow per year and has around 239 frost days.
Has the climate of Zakamensk warmed?
Yes: Zakamensk warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zakamensk?
The wettest day measured in Zakamensk between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1969, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zakamensk?
The windiest day measured in Zakamensk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2016, with winds reaching 35.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zakamensk?
The warmest month in Zakamensk is July (15.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-24.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Zakamensk?
Zakamensk receives on average 510 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zakamensk?
Zakamensk gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zakamensk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zakamensk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1992, with 16.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zakamensk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zakamensk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zakamensk?
In Zakamensk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.2 °C on 26 July 2002, and the lowest was -52.1 °C on 4 January 2001.
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