Kremenchuk climate — normals and trends
Kremenchuk (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 538 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kremenchuk averages 113 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Kremenchuk has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 133 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -34.3 °C (on 10 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
KremenchukPoltava Oblast
- coords
- 49.06°, 33.40°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
538mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
26.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
113 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
71.7 cm
Average feels-like high
10.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
38.6 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.3 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
55 mm
31 August 1997
Windiest day
46.4 km/h
22 February 1953
Strongest gust
89.6 km/h
22 February 1953
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
18 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-40.0 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.6 cm
25 December 2018
Sunniest day
15.5 h
2 July 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +6.8 °C | 15 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 13 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +7.2 °C | 37 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 37 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 19.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 90 mm | +38 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 52 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 36 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 27 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 22.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 18 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 72 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +5.1 °C | 33 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 38 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kremenchuk?
Kremenchuk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 538 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kremenchuk?
The hottest day measured in Kremenchuk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kremenchuk?
The coldest day measured in Kremenchuk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -34.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kremenchuk?
Yes. Kremenchuk gets on average 71.7 cm of snow per year and has around 113 frost days.
Has the climate of Kremenchuk warmed?
Yes: Kremenchuk warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kremenchuk?
The wettest day measured in Kremenchuk between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 1997, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kremenchuk?
The windiest day measured in Kremenchuk between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1953, with winds reaching 46.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kremenchuk?
The warmest month in Kremenchuk is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kremenchuk?
Kremenchuk receives on average 538 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kremenchuk?
Kremenchuk gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kremenchuk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kremenchuk between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2018, with 23.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kremenchuk?
Yes: Kremenchuk has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kremenchuk?
In Kremenchuk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 18 July 2024, and the lowest was -40.0 °C on 10 January 1940.
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