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How extreme does Vologda's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Vologda 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 Vologda station 10 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 Vologda has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
101°F Aug 22, 1972

That is about 32°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Vologda (typical high near 69°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Aug 22, 1972
2 98°F Aug 6, 2010
3 95°F Jun 24, 2021
❄️ Coldest night
-52°F Jan 10, 1987

About 59°F colder than a normal January night in Vologda (typical low near 7°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -52°F Jan 10, 1987
2 -51°F Jan 9, 1987
3 -50°F Jan 11, 1987
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.26 in Aug 4, 1976

About 81% of a typical August's rain in a single day (Vologda averages roughly 2.8 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.26 in Aug 4, 1976
2 2.16 in Jun 21, 1986
3 2.05 in Jul 26, 1991

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.

-70°-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 101°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Vologda's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 101°F is about 32°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, Vologda's warmest days reach the mid-70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 0s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 101°F and as low as −52°F. A single day has delivered over 2 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 30 years of daily observations at Vologda, a weather station, about 10 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →