Altai Krai

Verkh-Katunskoye, Russia Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Verkh-Katunskoye, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 26°C; the coldest is January, with an average low of -19°C. A normal year brings 601 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Verkh-Katunskoye through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.-60-40-200204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Oct 2

Normal high
13°C
Normal low
2°C
Reanalysis high
24°Cin 2010
Reanalysis low
-3°Cin 1992
Chance of a wet day
34%
Daylight
11 h 33 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January-11°C-19°C2°C (2007)-46°C (2001)30 mm8.8
February-8°C-17°C4°C (2016)-44°C (2001)26 mm7.8
March-1°C-10°C18°C (2008)-32°C (1995)34 mm9.2
April10°C-1°C29°C (2020)-20°C (1993)48 mm10.7
May18°C6°C32°C (2004)-7°C (1991)68 mm12.6
June24°C12°C34°C (1992)1°C (2007)65 mm13.7
July26°C15°C40°C (1992)6°C (2011)71 mm14.6
August25°C13°C39°C (2002)3°C (2014)57 mm11.5
September18°C6°C33°C (2007)-6°C (2004)46 mm10.9
October9°C0°C26°C (1997)-20°C (2016)55 mm12.0
November-2°C-9°C17°C (2019)-35°C (2016)57 mm13.3
December-9°C-17°C4°C (2013)-45°C (2009)44 mm12.5
Year8°C-2°C601 mm138

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

601 mm in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Verkh-Katunskoye, in percent.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Verkh-Katunskoye.

The muggiest month is July, when 2 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January-17°C92%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February-14°C92%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March-8°C89%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April0°C74%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May6°C68%94%5%1%0%0%0%
June12°C68%60%28%11%1%0%0%
July13°C65%41%39%19%2%0%0%
August10°C62%78%18%3%0%0%0%
September4°C65%99%1%0%0%0%0%
October-1°C72%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November-8°C85%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December-14°C91%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is August, with the sky 58 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is November, at 75 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 14.8 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 20, with 16 h 50 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 21, with 7 h 39 min.

Hours of daylight at Verkh-Katunskoye through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Verkh-Katunskoye in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-10-02. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.