Kurgan, Russia climate

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental

Kurgan has a strongly seasonal cold-temperate climate (Warm-summer humid continental, Köppen Dfb). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 26°C, while the coldest is January averaging around −20°C at night. Precipitation totals about 392 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — July alone averages 64 mm while February barely receives 14 mm. At latitude 55°N, day length swings from 6.8 hours in midwinter to 17.2 hours at midsummer.

☀️ Summers

Warm

Highs near 26°C in July.

About 7 days a year above 32 °C

❄️ Winters

Bitterly cold

Lows near −20°C in January.

About 182 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Fairly dry

About 392 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in July

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

+0.6 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Kurgan climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	−12	−9	−1	11	20	25	26	24	17	9	−2	−9
Avg temp (°C)	−16	−14	−6	5	13	18	20	18	12	4	−6	−13
Avg low (°C)	−20	−19	−11	0	7	12	14	12	6	0	−9	−17
Precipitation (mm)	18	14	18	22	38	53	64	50	34	33	28	21

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	−12	−9	−1	11	20	25
Avg temp (°C)	−16	−14	−6	5	13	18
Avg low (°C)	−20	−19	−11	0	7	12
Precipitation (mm)	18	14	18	22	38	53

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	26	24	17	9	−2	−9
Avg temp (°C)	20	18	12	4	−6	−13
Avg low (°C)	14	12	6	0	−9	−17
Precipitation (mm)	64	50	34	33	28	21

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	13	11	9	8	9	10	10	11	10	11	12	14
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	—	0.4	3	2	2	0.2	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	31	28	29	15	4	0.1	—	0.0	3	15	27	30

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	13	11	9	8	9	10
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	—	0.4	3
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	31	28	29	15	4	0.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	10	11	10	11	12	14
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	2	2	0.2	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	—	0.0	3	15	27	30

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	63	61	58	63	63	61	61	65	69	72	66	64
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	3	4	6	4	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	15	13	14	12	12	13	13	13	10	8	12	14
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	13	11	12	14	14	13	13	15	17	20	15	14
Relative humidity (%)	97	97	95	77	68	66	64	65	70	81	91	96
Wind speed (m/s)	3.7	3.8	4.0	3.7	3.3	2.8	2.6	2.7	3.0	3.4	3.4	3.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	63	61	58	63	63	61
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	3	4	6	4	5	4
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	15	13	14	12	12	13
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	13	11	12	14	14	13
Relative humidity (%)	97	97	95	77	68	66
Wind speed (m/s)	3.7	3.8	4.0	3.7	3.3	2.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	61	65	69	72	66	64
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	5	3	3	3	3	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	13	13	10	8	12	14
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	13	15	17	20	15	14
Relative humidity (%)	64	65	70	81	91	96
Wind speed (m/s)	2.6	2.7	3.0	3.4	3.4	3.6

Methodology & sources

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

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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