Greater Caucasus · Dagestan · RussiaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Baraftau

208 mSnow likely Jan–Feb

Elevation208 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation59 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul26°average high

42.07° N, 48.12° EElevation 208 mUTC+3 · Moscow Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Baraftau in brief

Baraftau rises to 208 m in the Greater Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 26°, while nights fall below freezing in 3 months of the year.

The nearest town in the atlas is Chinar, 4.4 km to the NE at 65 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Baraftau by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	4°	4°	7°	13°	18°	23°	26°	26°	21°	16°	10°	5°
Average low	-2°	-2°	1°	6°	11°	16°	19°	19°	15°	10°	4°	0°
Precipitation	29 mm	39 mm	33 mm	31 mm	49 mm	38 mm	44 mm	49 mm	61 mm	63 mm	48 mm	37 mm
Cloud cover	53%	55%	52%	46%	42%	32%	23%	26%	36%	47%	55%	53%
Daylight	9h 27	10h 35	11h 53	13h 20	14h 33	15h 14	14h 58	13h 55	12h 32	11h 08	9h 50	9h 08
Month score	40	37	40	58	81	89	85	84	81	63	34	38

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Snow likely Jan–Feb

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	350 m	350 m	800 m	1,600 m	2,450 m	3,200 m	3,650 m	3,650 m	3,000 m	2,150 m	1,300 m	600 m
Summit	❄ snow	❄ snow	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C