Zheleznovodsk climate — normals and trends
Zheleznovodsk (Russia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 594 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zheleznovodsk averages 106 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Zheleznovodsk has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 122 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 21 July 2021) and the coldest -30.1 °C (on 8 February 2012).
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
ZheleznovodskStavropol Kray
- coords
- 44.14°, 43.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
594mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
15.9km/h
Seasonal range
25.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
106 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
76.4 cm
Average feels-like high
12.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
40.5 °C
21 July 2021
Coldest day
-30.1 °C
8 February 2012
Wettest day
73 mm
20 June 2002
Windiest day
50.1 km/h
29 October 1969
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
6 February 2024
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
15 August 1948
Coldest feels-like
-34.6 °C
8 February 2012
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
20 November 1985
Sunniest day
14.7 h
28 June 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.1 °C | +6.5 °C | 16 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | -0.8 °C | -2.7 °C | 43 mm | +11 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +6.1 °C | 34 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 77 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 68 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 43 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +5.3 °C | 20 mm | -38 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 14 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 21.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 79 mm | +34 mm |
| Oct | 15.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 83 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 13.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 1 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 35 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zheleznovodsk?
Zheleznovodsk has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 594 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zheleznovodsk?
The hottest day measured in Zheleznovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2021, reaching 40.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zheleznovodsk?
The coldest day measured in Zheleznovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2012, at -30.1 °C.
Does it snow in Zheleznovodsk?
Yes. Zheleznovodsk gets on average 76.4 cm of snow per year and has around 106 frost days.
Has the climate of Zheleznovodsk warmed?
Yes: Zheleznovodsk warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zheleznovodsk?
The wettest day measured in Zheleznovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 2002, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zheleznovodsk?
The windiest day measured in Zheleznovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1969, with winds reaching 50.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zheleznovodsk?
The warmest month in Zheleznovodsk is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Zheleznovodsk?
Zheleznovodsk receives on average 594 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zheleznovodsk?
Zheleznovodsk gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zheleznovodsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zheleznovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1985, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zheleznovodsk?
Yes: Zheleznovodsk has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zheleznovodsk?
In Zheleznovodsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 15 August 1948, and the lowest was -34.6 °C on 8 February 2012.
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