Zelenchukskaya climate — normals and trends
Zelenchukskaya (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 1,661 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 (15.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zelenchukskaya averages 166 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 195 rainy days per year.
Zelenchukskaya has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 178 to 154 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.6 °C (on 31 July 2000) and the coldest -27.7 °C (on 14 January 1950).
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
ZelenchukskayaKarachayevo-Cherkesiya Republic
- coords
- 43.85°, 41.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.0°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
0.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,661mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
20.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
166 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
195 d/yr
Annual snowfall
229.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.4 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
31.6 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
75 mm
28 July 1960
Windiest day
27.2 km/h
23 January 1993
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
23 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
14 January 1950
Snowiest day
32.5 cm
13 December 1951
Sunniest day
14.9 h
28 June 2020
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 | 5.3 °C | +5.8 °C | 30 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | -1.9 °C | -2.6 °C | 60 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 9.9 °C | +6.2 °C | 84 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 10.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 204 mm | +66 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 268 mm | +57 mm |
| Jun | 18.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 189 mm | -63 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 134 mm | -121 mm |
| Aug | 22.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 173 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 16.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 178 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 151 mm | +54 mm |
| Nov | 12.6 °C | +5.9 °C | 29 mm | -42 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 80 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zelenchukskaya?
Zelenchukskaya has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 1,661 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zelenchukskaya?
The hottest day measured in Zelenchukskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2000, reaching 31.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zelenchukskaya?
The coldest day measured in Zelenchukskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Zelenchukskaya?
Yes. Zelenchukskaya gets on average 229.8 cm of snow per year and has around 166 frost days.
Has the climate of Zelenchukskaya warmed?
Yes: Zelenchukskaya warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zelenchukskaya?
The wettest day measured in Zelenchukskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1960, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zelenchukskaya?
The windiest day measured in Zelenchukskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1993, with winds reaching 27.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zelenchukskaya?
The warmest month in Zelenchukskaya is July (15.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Zelenchukskaya?
Zelenchukskaya receives on average 1,661 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 195 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zelenchukskaya?
Zelenchukskaya gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zelenchukskaya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zelenchukskaya between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1951, with 32.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zelenchukskaya?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zelenchukskaya.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zelenchukskaya?
In Zelenchukskaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 14 January 1950.
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