Khorol climate — normals and trends
Khorol (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 566 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 (20.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Khorol averages 122 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Khorol has warmed by +3.0 °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 141 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -35.6 °C (on 11 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
KhorolPoltava Oblast
- coords
- 49.78°, 33.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
566mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
26.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
78.8 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-35.6 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
51 mm
21 June 1963
Windiest day
49.9 km/h
12 March 1945
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
29 June 1980
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-40.7 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.2 cm
25 December 2018
Sunniest day
15.8 h
27 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +7.0 °C | 14 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | -0.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 11 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +7.5 °C | 38 mm | +0 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 33 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | -1.1 °C | 85 mm | +30 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 59 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 47 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 31 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 20 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 72 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | +4.9 °C | 33 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 2.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 32 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khorol?
Khorol has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 566 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khorol?
The hottest day measured in Khorol between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khorol?
The coldest day measured in Khorol between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.6 °C.
Does it snow in Khorol?
Yes. Khorol gets on average 78.8 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Khorol warmed?
Yes: Khorol warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khorol?
The wettest day measured in Khorol between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1963, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khorol?
The windiest day measured in Khorol between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1945, with winds reaching 49.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khorol?
The warmest month in Khorol is July (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Khorol?
Khorol receives on average 566 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khorol?
Khorol 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 Khorol?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khorol between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2018, with 20.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khorol?
Yes: Khorol has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khorol?
In Khorol, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 8 August 2010, and the lowest was -40.7 °C on 10 January 1940.
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