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Weather extremes

How extreme does Elista's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Elista has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Elista station 4 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Elista has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
110°F Jul 30, 2011

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Elista (typical high near 90°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 110°F Jul 30, 2011
2 108°F Jul 31, 2011
3 106°F Jul 26, 1971
❄️ Coldest night
-26°F Jan 21, 1973

About 46°F colder than a normal January night in Elista (typical low near 20°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -26°F Jan 21, 1973
2 -24°F Jan 18, 2006
3 -23°F Feb 8, 1977
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.80 in Sep 9, 1974

More rain in a single day than Elista usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 1.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.80 in Sep 9, 1974
2 2.46 in Jun 19, 2002
3 2.25 in May 7, 1989

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 110°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Elista's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 110°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Elista's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 110°F and as low as −26°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Elista, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →