Zheleznogorsk climate — normals and trends
Zheleznogorsk (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 639 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zheleznogorsk averages 144 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Zheleznogorsk has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 163 to 125 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -39.0 °C (on 22 January 1942).
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
ZheleznogorskKursk Oblast
- coords
- 52.34°, 35.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.1°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
2.3°C
Annual rainfall
639mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
20.0km/h
Seasonal range
26.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
144 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.0 cm
Average feels-like high
6.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-39.0 °C
22 January 1942
Wettest day
59 mm
9 August 1973
Windiest day
67.8 km/h
11 December 1967
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
16 July 1951
Coldest feels-like
-44.0 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.2 cm
23 March 2013
Sunniest day
16.0 h
28 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.3 °C | +7.4 °C | 26 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | -3.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 12 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 9.0 °C | +7.8 °C | 56 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 44 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 41 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 21.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 106 mm | +38 mm |
| Jul | 26.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 78 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 122 mm | +58 mm |
| Sep | 19.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 15 mm | -38 mm |
| Oct | 10.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 101 mm | +50 mm |
| Nov | 7.1 °C | +5.0 °C | 42 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 0.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 42 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zheleznogorsk?
Zheleznogorsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 639 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 8 August 2010, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zheleznogorsk?
The coldest day measured in Zheleznogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1942, at -39.0 °C.
Does it snow in Zheleznogorsk?
Yes. Zheleznogorsk gets on average 112.0 cm of snow per year and has around 144 frost days.
Has the climate of Zheleznogorsk warmed?
Yes: Zheleznogorsk warmed by +3.2 °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 9 August 1973, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zheleznogorsk?
The windiest day measured in Zheleznogorsk between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1967, with winds reaching 67.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zheleznogorsk?
The warmest month in Zheleznogorsk is July (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Zheleznogorsk?
Zheleznogorsk receives on average 639 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zheleznogorsk?
Zheleznogorsk gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 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 23 March 2013, with 21.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zheleznogorsk?
Yes: Zheleznogorsk has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zheleznogorsk?
In Zheleznogorsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 16 July 1951, and the lowest was -44.0 °C on 22 January 1942.
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