Zavetnoye climate — normals and trends
Zavetnoye (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 372 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Zavetnoye averages 122 frost days, 46 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Zavetnoye has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 134 to 110 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.5 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -38.5 °C (on 9 January 1940).
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
ZavetnoyeRostov Oblast
- coords
- 47.12°, 43.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
14.0°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
372mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
20.7km/h
Seasonal range
30.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
46 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
38.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
42.5 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-38.5 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
68 mm
26 July 1979
Windiest day
59.0 km/h
4 March 2006
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
4 March 2006
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-43.7 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.2 cm
17 November 2020
Sunniest day
15.2 h
1 July 2014
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 | 3.3 °C | +6.0 °C | 21 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | -1.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 19 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +6.7 °C | 29 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 29 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 61 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 26 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 25 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 15 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 9 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 58 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +5.1 °C | 11 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 1.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 16 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zavetnoye?
Zavetnoye has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 372 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zavetnoye?
The hottest day measured in Zavetnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 42.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zavetnoye?
The coldest day measured in Zavetnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -38.5 °C.
Does it snow in Zavetnoye?
Yes. Zavetnoye gets on average 57.6 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Zavetnoye warmed?
Yes: Zavetnoye warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zavetnoye?
The wettest day measured in Zavetnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1979, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zavetnoye?
The windiest day measured in Zavetnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with winds reaching 59.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zavetnoye?
The warmest month in Zavetnoye is July (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Zavetnoye?
Zavetnoye receives on average 372 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zavetnoye?
Zavetnoye gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zavetnoye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zavetnoye between 1940 and 2025 was 17 November 2020, with 16.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zavetnoye?
Yes: Zavetnoye has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zavetnoye?
In Zavetnoye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -43.7 °C on 9 January 1940.
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