Zapadnaya Dvina climate — normals and trends
Zapadnaya Dvina (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 728 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zapadnaya Dvina averages 153 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Zapadnaya Dvina 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 169 to 137 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 4 August 2010) and the coldest -41.7 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
Zapadnaya DvinaTver Oblast
- coords
- 56.26°, 32.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.0°C
Average daily high
8.5°C
Average daily low
1.3°C
Annual rainfall
728mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
153 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
137.8 cm
Average feels-like high
5.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
37.2 °C
4 August 2010
Coldest day
-41.7 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
66 mm
27 July 2009
Windiest day
43.4 km/h
13 November 1983
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
11 January 1991
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-46.9 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
14.9 cm
12 January 2016
Sunniest day
16.4 h
19 June 2023
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 | +7.0 °C | 81 mm | +38 mm |
| Feb | -2.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 14 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 7.7 °C | +6.4 °C | 44 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 42 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 91 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | -1.1 °C | 104 mm | +23 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 117 mm | +25 mm |
| Aug | 20.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 71 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 18.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 32 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 9.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 77 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 3.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 72 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 0.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 55 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zapadnaya Dvina?
Zapadnaya Dvina has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 728 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zapadnaya Dvina?
The hottest day measured in Zapadnaya Dvina between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2010, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zapadnaya Dvina?
The coldest day measured in Zapadnaya Dvina between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -41.7 °C.
Does it snow in Zapadnaya Dvina?
Yes. Zapadnaya Dvina gets on average 137.8 cm of snow per year and has around 153 frost days.
Has the climate of Zapadnaya Dvina warmed?
Yes: Zapadnaya Dvina warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zapadnaya Dvina?
The wettest day measured in Zapadnaya Dvina between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2009, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zapadnaya Dvina?
The windiest day measured in Zapadnaya Dvina between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1983, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zapadnaya Dvina?
The warmest month in Zapadnaya Dvina is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Zapadnaya Dvina?
Zapadnaya Dvina receives on average 728 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zapadnaya Dvina?
Zapadnaya Dvina gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zapadnaya Dvina?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zapadnaya Dvina between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2016, with 14.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zapadnaya Dvina?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zapadnaya Dvina.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zapadnaya Dvina?
In Zapadnaya Dvina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -46.9 °C on 31 December 1978.
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