Climate averages 1991–2020

Vol’sk weather
in August.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 16.3°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 32 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Vol’sk · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Vol’sk: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Balakovo (28 km away). In August its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Vol’sk, with 30 mm of rain.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vol’sk ranks joint 39th of 236 for the warmest August highs and 22nd of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Vol’sk is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 45 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Vol’sk climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Vol’sk, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -6.4°C-11.6°C-11.6°C408.98.38 h
February -6.1°C-11.8°C-11.8°C327.69.910 h
March 0.3°C-6.3°C-6.3°C347.711.812 h
April 12.0°C2.0°C2.0°C377.813.914 h
May 20.4°C9.9°C9.9°C387.315.716 h
June 24.8°C15.1°C15.1°C488.916.617 h
July 27.1°C17.6°C17.6°C407.316.216 h
August, selected 25.8°C16.3°C16.3°C325.814.715 h
September 19.1°C10.6°C10.6°C456.712.713 h
October 10.6°C4.1°C4.1°C378.210.711 h
November 1.3°C-3.0°C-3.0°C347.48.99 h
December -4.6°C-9.4°C-9.4°C388.57.88 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.

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August in nearby cities

Distance from Vol’sk

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Vol’sk) is explained once on the Vol’sk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.