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How extreme does Rostov-on-Don's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Rostov-on-Don 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 Taganrog (Lighthouse) station 57 km away. Updated through June 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 Rostov-on-Don has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
105°F Aug 7, 2010

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Rostov-on-Don (typical high near 85°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 105°F Aug 7, 2010
2 104°F Aug 11, 2010
3 103°F Aug 8, 2010
❄️ Coldest night
-17°F Jan 23, 2006

About 41°F colder than a normal January night in Rostov-on-Don (typical low near 24°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -17°F Jan 23, 2006
2 -13°F Jan 21, 1973
3 -12°F Jan 18, 1976
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.30 in Jun 24, 1989

More rain in a single day than Rostov-on-Don usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 2.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.30 in Jun 24, 1989
2 2.85 in Sep 9, 1996
3 2.63 in Jun 24, 2018

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.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 105°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Rostov-on-Don's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 105°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, Rostov-on-Don's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 105°F and as low as −17°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 27 years of daily observations at Rostov-na-donu, a weather station, about 9 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →