Bolhrad climate — normals and trends
Bolhrad (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 464 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bolhrad averages 86 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 82 rainy days per year.
Bolhrad has warmed by +2.2 °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 103 to 69 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 23 July 2007) and the coldest -26.6 °C (on 25 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
BolhradOdesa
- coords
- 45.68°, 28.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
464mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
86 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
82 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.8 cm
Average feels-like high
13.2 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
33.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °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
39.7 °C
23 July 2007
Coldest day
-26.6 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
68 mm
4 October 1998
Windiest day
51.3 km/h
26 November 2023
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
26 November 2023
Hottest feels-like
41.9 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest feels-like
-32.4 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.9 cm
29 December 2014
Sunniest day
15.0 h
27 June 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.7 °C | +6.6 °C | 14 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 2.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 5 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 14.5 °C | +6.0 °C | 26 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 18 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | -1.2 °C | 69 mm | +16 mm |
| Jun | 28.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 9 mm | -52 mm |
| Jul | 31.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 43 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 30.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 5 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 24 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 15.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 80 mm | +48 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 54 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 7 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bolhrad?
Bolhrad has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 464 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bolhrad?
The hottest day measured in Bolhrad between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2007, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bolhrad?
The coldest day measured in Bolhrad between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -26.6 °C.
Does it snow in Bolhrad?
Yes. Bolhrad gets on average 40.8 cm of snow per year and has around 86 frost days.
Has the climate of Bolhrad warmed?
Yes: Bolhrad warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bolhrad?
The wettest day measured in Bolhrad between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1998, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bolhrad?
The windiest day measured in Bolhrad between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 2023, with winds reaching 51.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bolhrad?
The warmest month in Bolhrad is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Bolhrad?
Bolhrad receives on average 464 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 82 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bolhrad?
Bolhrad gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bolhrad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bolhrad between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 2014, with 23.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bolhrad?
Yes: Bolhrad has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bolhrad?
In Bolhrad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 7 August 2012, and the lowest was -32.4 °C on 25 January 1942.
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