Donets climate — normals and trends
Donets (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 552 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 (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Donets averages 126 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Donets has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 144 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 5 August 2010) and the coldest -34.7 °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
DonetsKharkiv Oblast
- coords
- 49.51°, 36.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
552mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
39.1 °C
5 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.7 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
57 mm
19 August 1969
Windiest day
48.6 km/h
18 October 1958
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
12 August 1951
Coldest feels-like
-40.6 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
18 January 1970
Sunniest day
15.1 h
6 July 1942
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 | 3.4 °C | +6.7 °C | 21 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -2.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 20 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +7.9 °C | 33 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 14 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 89 mm | +34 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 46 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 30.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 39 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 48 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 6 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 79 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 9.1 °C | +5.0 °C | 30 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 1.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 38 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Donets?
Donets has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 552 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Donets?
The hottest day measured in Donets between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2010, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Donets?
The coldest day measured in Donets between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -34.7 °C.
Does it snow in Donets?
Yes. Donets gets on average 84.1 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Donets warmed?
Yes: Donets warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Donets?
The wettest day measured in Donets between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1969, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Donets?
The windiest day measured in Donets between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1958, with winds reaching 48.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Donets?
The warmest month in Donets is July (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Donets?
Donets receives on average 552 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Donets?
Donets 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 Donets?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Donets between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1970, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Donets?
Yes: Donets has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Donets?
In Donets, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 12 August 1951, and the lowest was -40.6 °C on 9 January 1940.
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