Kupyansk climate — normals and trends
Kupyansk (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 551 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 (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kupyansk averages 129 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Kupyansk has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 147 to 111 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 5 August 2010) and the coldest -35.4 °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
KupyanskKharkiv Oblast
- coords
- 49.71°, 37.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
3.8°C
Annual rainfall
551mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
129 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
90.3 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
0.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °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
39.3 °C
5 August 2010
Coldest day
-35.4 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
47 mm
30 August 1954
Windiest day
55.9 km/h
28 January 1964
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.5 °C
12 August 1951
Coldest feels-like
-42.1 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
22.5 cm
18 January 1970
Sunniest day
15.0 h
12 July 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.0 °C | +6.8 °C | 21 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | -2.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 20 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +8.4 °C | 36 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 14 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 81 mm | +28 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 55 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 30.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 39 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 49 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 3 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 86 mm | +43 mm |
| Nov | 8.8 °C | +5.0 °C | 34 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 0.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 38 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kupyansk?
Kupyansk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 551 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kupyansk?
The hottest day measured in Kupyansk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2010, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kupyansk?
The coldest day measured in Kupyansk between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -35.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kupyansk?
Yes. Kupyansk gets on average 90.3 cm of snow per year and has around 129 frost days.
Has the climate of Kupyansk warmed?
Yes: Kupyansk warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kupyansk?
The wettest day measured in Kupyansk between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1954, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kupyansk?
The windiest day measured in Kupyansk between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1964, with winds reaching 55.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kupyansk?
The warmest month in Kupyansk is July (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Kupyansk?
Kupyansk receives on average 551 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kupyansk?
Kupyansk 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 Kupyansk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kupyansk between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1970, with 22.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kupyansk?
Yes: Kupyansk has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kupyansk?
In Kupyansk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 12 August 1951, and the lowest was -42.1 °C on 22 January 1942.
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