Zheleznogorsk climate — normals and trends
Zheleznogorsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 0.4 °C and it receives 530 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-18.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zheleznogorsk averages 205 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Zheleznogorsk has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 213 to 197 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 21 July 2002) and the coldest -47.9 °C (on 6 January 2001).
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
ZheleznogorskKrasnoyarsk Krai
- coords
- 56.25°, 93.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
0.4°C
Average daily high
5.1°C
Average daily low
-4.5°C
Annual rainfall
530mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
36.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
205 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
134.0 cm
Average feels-like high
1.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-8.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
37.8 °C
21 July 2002
Coldest day
-47.9 °C
6 January 2001
Wettest day
78 mm
10 August 2025
Windiest day
46.4 km/h
5 April 2025
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
5 April 2025
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
21 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-52.9 °C
4 February 2001
Snowiest day
11.9 cm
27 September 2000
Sunniest day
16.9 h
19 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 | -7.5 °C | +6.8 °C | 36 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | -8.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 25 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | 2.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 20 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 11.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 55 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 44 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 67 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 59 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 21.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 190 mm | +122 mm |
| Sep | 15.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 64 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 3.3 °C | -1.7 °C | 30 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | -1.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 63 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | -9.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 48 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zheleznogorsk?
Zheleznogorsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 0.4 °C and it receives 530 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zheleznogorsk?
The hottest day measured in Zheleznogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2002, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zheleznogorsk?
The coldest day measured in Zheleznogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2001, at -47.9 °C.
Does it snow in Zheleznogorsk?
Yes. Zheleznogorsk gets on average 134.0 cm of snow per year and has around 205 frost days.
Has the climate of Zheleznogorsk warmed?
Yes: Zheleznogorsk warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zheleznogorsk?
The wettest day measured in Zheleznogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2025, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zheleznogorsk?
The windiest day measured in Zheleznogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 2025, with winds reaching 46.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zheleznogorsk?
The warmest month in Zheleznogorsk is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-18.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Zheleznogorsk?
Zheleznogorsk receives on average 530 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zheleznogorsk?
Zheleznogorsk gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zheleznogorsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zheleznogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2000, with 11.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zheleznogorsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zheleznogorsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zheleznogorsk?
In Zheleznogorsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 21 July 2002, and the lowest was -52.9 °C on 4 February 2001.
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