Zimovniki climate — normals and trends
Zimovniki (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 440 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Zimovniki averages 113 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Zimovniki 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 127 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.4 °C (on 30 July 2011) and the coldest -35.7 °C (on 9 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
ZimovnikiRostov Oblast
- coords
- 47.15°, 42.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
14.2°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
440mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
29.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
113 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
42 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
59.3 cm
Average feels-like high
11.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 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 = 0.34 · 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
41.4 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest day
-35.7 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
60 mm
8 August 1984
Windiest day
56.2 km/h
7 March 1954
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
22 October 1998
Hottest feels-like
42.5 °C
30 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-41.0 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
22 October 1999
Sunniest day
15.1 h
22 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +6.2 °C | 20 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | -1.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 26 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +6.3 °C | 27 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 43 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 39 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 41 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 33.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 5 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 10 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 5 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 46 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 11 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 1.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 17 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zimovniki?
Zimovniki has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 440 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zimovniki?
The hottest day measured in Zimovniki between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2011, reaching 41.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zimovniki?
The coldest day measured in Zimovniki between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -35.7 °C.
Does it snow in Zimovniki?
Yes. Zimovniki gets on average 59.3 cm of snow per year and has around 113 frost days.
Has the climate of Zimovniki warmed?
Yes: Zimovniki warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zimovniki?
The wettest day measured in Zimovniki between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1984, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zimovniki?
The windiest day measured in Zimovniki between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1954, with winds reaching 56.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zimovniki?
The warmest month in Zimovniki is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Zimovniki?
Zimovniki receives on average 440 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zimovniki?
Zimovniki 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 Zimovniki?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zimovniki between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 1999, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zimovniki?
Yes: Zimovniki has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zimovniki?
In Zimovniki, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 30 July 2011, and the lowest was -41.0 °C on 9 January 1940.
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