Climate averages 1991–2020
Kurgan weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Kurgan: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shadrinsk (128 km away). In August its highs average 21.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kurgan, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kurgan ranks joint 113th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 58th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Kurgan is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kurgan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.6°C-18.1°C | -18.1°C | 17 | 5.5 | 7.88 h |
| February | -9.4°C-16.6°C | -16.6°C | 15 | 4.6 | 9.610 h |
| March | -1.4°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 23 | 6.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.6°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 28 | 6.8 | 14.114 h |
| May | 18.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 43 | 8.3 | 16.216 h |
| June | 22.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 53 | 9.6 | 17.417 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 78 | 11.1 | 16.917 h |
| August, selected | 21.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 54 | 10.4 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 43 | 8.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 36 | 8.6 | 10.511 h |
| November | -3.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 27 | 6.8 | 8.48 h |
| December | -9.5°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 23 | 6.6 | 7.27 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Shadrinsk in AugustRussia · 128 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Tyumen in AugustRussia · 190 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Kamensk-Ural’skiy in AugustRussia · 238 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Kopeysk in AugustRussia · 239 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Chelyabinsk in AugustRussia · 250 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Petropavl in AugustKazakhstan · 250 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Kostanay in AugustKazakhstan · 272 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Troitsk in AugustRussia · 285 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 52 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kurgan) is explained once on the Kurgan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.