Bilenke climate — normals and trends
Bilenke (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 512 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 (21.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bilenke averages 122 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Bilenke has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 106 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 17 July 2016) and the coldest -35.7 °C (on 9 January 1940).
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
BilenkeDonetsk Oblast
- coords
- 48.77°, 37.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
512mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
27.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
74.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
39.3 °C
17 July 2016
Coldest day
-35.7 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
69 mm
4 August 2019
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
16 March 1944
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
14 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
25 July 2001
Coldest feels-like
-41.3 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
17 December 2009
Sunniest day
15.0 h
16 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +6.6 °C | 21 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | -1.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 18 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +7.7 °C | 39 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 19 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 65 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 55 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 22 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 18 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 9 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 92 mm | +54 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 31 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 34 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bilenke?
Bilenke has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 512 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bilenke?
The hottest day measured in Bilenke between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2016, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bilenke?
The coldest day measured in Bilenke between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -35.7 °C.
Does it snow in Bilenke?
Yes. Bilenke gets on average 74.5 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Bilenke warmed?
Yes: Bilenke warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bilenke?
The wettest day measured in Bilenke between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2019, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bilenke?
The windiest day measured in Bilenke between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1944, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bilenke?
The warmest month in Bilenke is July (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Bilenke?
Bilenke receives on average 512 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bilenke?
Bilenke gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bilenke?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bilenke between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2009, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bilenke?
Yes: Bilenke has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bilenke?
In Bilenke, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 25 July 2001, and the lowest was -41.3 °C on 9 January 1940.
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