Kurakhove climate — normals and trends
Kurakhove (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 491 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kurakhove averages 120 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Kurakhove has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 136 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 10 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
KurakhoveDonetsk Oblast
- coords
- 47.98°, 37.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
491mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
65.7 cm
Average feels-like high
10.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
39.1 °C
10 August 2010
Coldest day
-35.6 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
63 mm
23 August 1960
Windiest day
46.1 km/h
16 March 1944
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
14 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
25 July 2001
Coldest feels-like
-41.1 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.1 cm
17 December 2009
Sunniest day
15.0 h
16 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +6.4 °C | 14 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | -1.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 22 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +7.5 °C | 35 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 31 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 73 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 50 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 31.9 °C | +4.6 °C | 14 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 11 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 17 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 14.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 74 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 25 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 1.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 36 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kurakhove?
Kurakhove has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 491 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kurakhove?
The hottest day measured in Kurakhove between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2010, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kurakhove?
The coldest day measured in Kurakhove between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kurakhove?
Yes. Kurakhove gets on average 65.7 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Kurakhove warmed?
Yes: Kurakhove warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kurakhove?
The wettest day measured in Kurakhove between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1960, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kurakhove?
The windiest day measured in Kurakhove between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1944, with winds reaching 46.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kurakhove?
The warmest month in Kurakhove is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kurakhove?
Kurakhove receives on average 491 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kurakhove?
Kurakhove gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kurakhove?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kurakhove between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2009, with 23.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kurakhove?
Yes: Kurakhove has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kurakhove?
In Kurakhove, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 25 July 2001, and the lowest was -41.1 °C on 10 January 1940.
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