Kovel climate — normals and trends
Kovel (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 672 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kovel averages 112 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Kovel has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 131 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 1 July 2019) and the coldest -36.2 °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
KovelVolyn Oblast
- coords
- 51.22°, 24.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
672mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
112 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
36.8 °C
1 July 2019
Coldest day
-36.2 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
60 mm
6 September 1992
Windiest day
51.1 km/h
3 November 1981
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
20 February 1943
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
13 July 1951
Coldest feels-like
-41.5 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.9 cm
15 March 2013
Sunniest day
15.5 h
17 June 2021
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 | 4.7 °C | +6.2 °C | 27 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 1.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 18 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +6.9 °C | 48 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 38 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | -2.9 °C | 64 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 63 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 25.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 134 mm | +45 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 19 mm | -52 mm |
| Sep | 21.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 77 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 42 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 7.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 53 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 21 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kovel?
Kovel has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 672 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kovel?
The hottest day measured in Kovel between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2019, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kovel?
The coldest day measured in Kovel between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -36.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kovel?
Yes. Kovel gets on average 75.1 cm of snow per year and has around 112 frost days.
Has the climate of Kovel warmed?
Yes: Kovel warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kovel?
The wettest day measured in Kovel between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1992, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kovel?
The windiest day measured in Kovel between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1981, with winds reaching 51.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kovel?
The warmest month in Kovel is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Kovel?
Kovel receives on average 672 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kovel?
Kovel gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kovel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kovel between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 2013, with 20.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kovel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kovel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kovel?
In Kovel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 13 July 1951, and the lowest was -41.5 °C on 11 January 1940.
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