Zalari climate — normals and trends
Zalari (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -0.5 °C and it receives 420 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-22.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zalari averages 213 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Zalari has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 216 to 210 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 24 June 1977) and the coldest -51.1 °C (on 8 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
ZalariIrkutsk Oblast
- coords
- 53.56°, 102.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-0.5°C
Average daily high
5.0°C
Average daily low
-5.9°C
Annual rainfall
420mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
41.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
213 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
63.9 cm
Average feels-like high
1.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-9.7 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
38.9 °C
24 June 1977
Coldest day
-51.1 °C
8 January 2001
Wettest day
72 mm
3 July 1944
Windiest day
48.5 km/h
30 March 1940
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
16 May 1990
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
2 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-56.4 °C
8 January 2001
Snowiest day
16.3 cm
11 April 1963
Sunniest day
16.1 h
23 June 2000
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -11.7 °C | +5.9 °C | 9 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | -10.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 10 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 1.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 19 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 11.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 27 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 25 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 47 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 58 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 22.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 112 mm | +32 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 1.6 °C | -4.0 °C | 30 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | -2.0 °C | +4.8 °C | 21 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | -15.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 13 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zalari?
Zalari has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -0.5 °C and it receives 420 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zalari?
The hottest day measured in Zalari between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1977, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zalari?
The coldest day measured in Zalari between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2001, at -51.1 °C.
Does it snow in Zalari?
Yes. Zalari gets on average 63.9 cm of snow per year and has around 213 frost days.
Has the climate of Zalari warmed?
Yes: Zalari warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zalari?
The wettest day measured in Zalari between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1944, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zalari?
The windiest day measured in Zalari between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1940, with winds reaching 48.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zalari?
The warmest month in Zalari is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-22.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Zalari?
Zalari receives on average 420 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zalari?
Zalari gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zalari?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zalari between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1963, with 16.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zalari?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zalari.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zalari?
In Zalari, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 2 July 2024, and the lowest was -56.4 °C on 8 January 2001.
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