Zernograd climate — normals and trends
Zernograd (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 529 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Zernograd averages 103 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Zernograd has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 1 August 2010) and the coldest -35.7 °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
ZernogradRostov Oblast
- coords
- 46.85°, 40.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
529mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
35 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.2 cm
Average feels-like high
11.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °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
40.1 °C
1 August 2010
Coldest day
-35.7 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
44 mm
29 July 1997
Windiest day
54.6 km/h
12 April 1997
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
19 January 1983
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-41.7 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.9 cm
16 December 1940
Sunniest day
15.0 h
5 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.0 °C | +6.5 °C | 25 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | -0.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 25 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +6.7 °C | 25 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 37 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 38 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 63 mm | +11 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 13 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 31.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 10 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 25 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 16.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 49 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 13.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 11 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 2.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 32 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zernograd?
Zernograd has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 529 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zernograd?
The hottest day measured in Zernograd between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2010, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zernograd?
The coldest day measured in Zernograd between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.7 °C.
Does it snow in Zernograd?
Yes. Zernograd gets on average 54.2 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Zernograd warmed?
Yes: Zernograd warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zernograd?
The wettest day measured in Zernograd between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1997, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zernograd?
The windiest day measured in Zernograd between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1997, with winds reaching 54.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zernograd?
The warmest month in Zernograd is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Zernograd?
Zernograd receives on average 529 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zernograd?
Zernograd gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zernograd?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zernograd between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1940, with 14.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zernograd?
Yes: Zernograd has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zernograd?
In Zernograd, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -41.7 °C on 10 January 1940.
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