Hirnytskyi climate — normals and trends
Hirnytskyi (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 502 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 (-5.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Hirnytskyi averages 124 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Hirnytskyi has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 140 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 10 August 2010) and the coldest -34.2 °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
HirnytskyiDonetsk Oblast
- coords
- 48.02°, 37.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
502mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
70.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
38.4 °C
10 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.2 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
2 June 2021
Windiest day
45.7 km/h
14 December 1981
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
14 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
31 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-40.5 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
17 December 2009
Sunniest day
15.0 h
31 May 1940
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 | 3.8 °C | +6.1 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | -1.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 24 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +7.5 °C | 32 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 26 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 56 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 50 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 32.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 13 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 28.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 7 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 15 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 66 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +5.1 °C | 28 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 31 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Hirnytskyi?
Hirnytskyi has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 502 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hirnytskyi?
The hottest day measured in Hirnytskyi between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2010, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Hirnytskyi?
The coldest day measured in Hirnytskyi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -34.2 °C.
Does it snow in Hirnytskyi?
Yes. Hirnytskyi gets on average 70.6 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Hirnytskyi warmed?
Yes: Hirnytskyi warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Hirnytskyi?
The wettest day measured in Hirnytskyi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 2021, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Hirnytskyi?
The windiest day measured in Hirnytskyi between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1981, with winds reaching 45.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Hirnytskyi?
The warmest month in Hirnytskyi is July (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Hirnytskyi?
Hirnytskyi receives on average 502 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Hirnytskyi?
Hirnytskyi gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hirnytskyi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hirnytskyi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2009, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Hirnytskyi?
Yes: Hirnytskyi has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hirnytskyi?
In Hirnytskyi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 31 July 1957, and the lowest was -40.5 °C on 9 January 1940.
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