Zelenokumsk climate — normals and trends
Zelenokumsk (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 482 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zelenokumsk averages 97 frost days, 52 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Zelenokumsk has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 111 to 83 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 21 July 2021) and the coldest -33.4 °C (on 11 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
ZelenokumskStavropol Kray
- coords
- 44.41°, 43.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
15.8°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
482mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
15.7km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
97 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
52 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
27 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
42.2 °C
21 July 2021
Coldest day
-33.4 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
53 mm
20 April 1995
Windiest day
53.2 km/h
5 March 2022
Strongest gust
95.4 km/h
5 March 2022
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
8 August 2007
Coldest feels-like
-38.8 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
20 November 1985
Sunniest day
14.4 h
28 June 2025
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 | 6.2 °C | +5.7 °C | 20 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | -0.8 °C | -2.6 °C | 31 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 25 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 63 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 64 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 27.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 34 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 34.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 19 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 32.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 25 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 61 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 69 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 4 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 26 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zelenokumsk?
Zelenokumsk has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 482 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zelenokumsk?
The hottest day measured in Zelenokumsk between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2021, reaching 42.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zelenokumsk?
The coldest day measured in Zelenokumsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -33.4 °C.
Does it snow in Zelenokumsk?
Yes. Zelenokumsk gets on average 57.7 cm of snow per year and has around 97 frost days.
Has the climate of Zelenokumsk warmed?
Yes: Zelenokumsk warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zelenokumsk?
The wettest day measured in Zelenokumsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1995, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zelenokumsk?
The windiest day measured in Zelenokumsk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2022, with winds reaching 53.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zelenokumsk?
The warmest month in Zelenokumsk is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Zelenokumsk?
Zelenokumsk receives on average 482 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zelenokumsk?
Zelenokumsk gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zelenokumsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zelenokumsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1985, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zelenokumsk?
Yes: Zelenokumsk has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zelenokumsk?
In Zelenokumsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 8 August 2007, and the lowest was -38.8 °C on 11 January 1940.
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