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Verkhoyansk, Russia climate

Dfd Extremely cold subarctic

Verkhoyansk has a strongly seasonal subarctic climate (Extremely cold subarctic, Köppen Dfd). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 74°F, while the coldest is January averaging around −54°F at night. Precipitation totals about 7 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — July alone averages 1.3 inches while April barely receives 0.17 inches. At latitude 68°N, day length swings from 0.0 hours in midwinter to 24.0 hours at midsummer.

☀️ Summers

Mild

Highs near 74°F in July.

About 2 days a year above 90 °F

❄️ Winters

Bitterly cold

Lows near −54°F in January.

About 254 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Very dry

About 7 in of rain a year.

Wettest in July

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

+1.8 °F 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

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Verkhoyansk climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	−43	−34	−2	29	50	69	74	67	47	17	−22	−41
Avg temp (°F)	−48	−43	−19	12	39	57	62	54	38	8	−29	−46
Avg low (°F)	−54	−52	−35	−5	28	45	50	42	28	−1	−35	−51
Precipitation (in)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.2	1.3	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	−43	−34	−2	29	50	69
Avg temp (°F)	−48	−43	−19	12	39	57
Avg low (°F)	−54	−52	−35	−5	28	45
Precipitation (in)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	74	67	47	17	−22	−41
Avg temp (°F)	62	54	38	8	−29	−46
Avg low (°F)	50	42	28	−1	−35	−51
Precipitation (in)	1.3	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.3

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	10	9	6	4	6	10	10	9	8	11	12	9
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	2	0.1	—	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	30	28	31	29	20	2	0.3	4	20	31	29	30

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	10	9	6	4	6	10
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	30	28	31	29	20	2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	10	9	8	11	12	9
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	2	0.1	—	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	0.3	4	20	31	29	30

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	46	38	38	49	67	66	66	67	72	69	57	46
Relative humidity (%)	97	97	97	96	83	74	74	78	86	92	97	97
Wind speed (mph)	2.5	2.3	2.7	2.7	2.0	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.8	2.1	2.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	46	38	38	49	67	66
Relative humidity (%)	97	97	97	96	83	74
Wind speed (mph)	2.5	2.3	2.7	2.7	2.0	1.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	66	67	72	69	57	46
Relative humidity (%)	74	78	86	92	97	97
Wind speed (mph)	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.8	2.1	2.4

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Verhojansk, a weather station, about 1 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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