Kirovsk climate — normals and trends
Kirovsk (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 499 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kirovsk averages 122 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Kirovsk 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 139 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 27 July 1971) and the coldest -35.9 °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
KirovskLuhansk Oblast
- coords
- 48.64°, 38.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
499mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
17.9km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.7 cm
Average feels-like high
10.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 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 = 0.39 · 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
27 July 1971
Coldest day
-35.9 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
54 mm
4 August 2019
Windiest day
45.9 km/h
26 February 1940
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
14 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
40.5 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-41.6 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
21.6 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 | 4.0 °C | +6.9 °C | 22 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | -1.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 23 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +7.7 °C | 29 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 17.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 14 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 37 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 32.9 °C | +5.2 °C | 19 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 9 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 11 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 70 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 34 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 1.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 30 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kirovsk?
Kirovsk has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 499 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kirovsk?
The hottest day measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1971, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kirovsk?
The coldest day measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -35.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kirovsk?
Yes. Kirovsk gets on average 75.7 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Kirovsk warmed?
Yes: Kirovsk warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kirovsk?
The wettest day measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2019, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kirovsk?
The windiest day measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1940, with winds reaching 45.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kirovsk?
The warmest month in Kirovsk is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kirovsk?
Kirovsk receives on average 499 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kirovsk?
Kirovsk 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 Kirovsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kirovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2009, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kirovsk?
Yes: Kirovsk has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kirovsk?
In Kirovsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 13 July 2025, and the lowest was -41.6 °C on 9 January 1940.
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