Bessarabske climate — normals and trends
Bessarabske (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 475 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bessarabske averages 93 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 83 rainy days per year.
Bessarabske has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 111 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 23 July 2007) and the coldest -28.3 °C (on 24 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BessarabskeOdesa
- coords
- 46.19°, 29.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
475mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
83 d/yr
Annual snowfall
44.8 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.9 °C
23 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
92 mm
5 August 1972
Windiest day
51.1 km/h
26 November 2023
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
26 November 2023
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
27.9 cm
20 April 2017
Sunniest day
15.2 h
19 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.1 °C | +6.4 °C | 14 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 1.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 12 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | +6.2 °C | 21 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 20 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | -1.4 °C | 99 mm | +47 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 8 mm | -55 mm |
| Jul | 31.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 16 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 30.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 16 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 17 mm | -21 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 75 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 57 mm | +20 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 7 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bessarabske?
Bessarabske has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 475 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bessarabske?
The hottest day measured in Bessarabske between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2007, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bessarabske?
The coldest day measured in Bessarabske between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Bessarabske?
Yes. Bessarabske gets on average 44.8 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Bessarabske warmed?
Yes: Bessarabske warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bessarabske?
The wettest day measured in Bessarabske between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1972, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bessarabske?
The windiest day measured in Bessarabske between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 2023, with winds reaching 51.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bessarabske?
The warmest month in Bessarabske is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Bessarabske?
Bessarabske receives on average 475 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 83 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bessarabske?
Bessarabske gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bessarabske?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bessarabske between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2017, with 27.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bessarabske?
Yes: Bessarabske has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bessarabske?
In Bessarabske, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 26 July 2025, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 24 January 1942.
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