Melitopol climate — normals and trends
Melitopol (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 414 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Melitopol averages 93 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Melitopol has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 109 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -32.8 °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
MelitopolZaporizhzhia Oblast
- coords
- 46.85°, 35.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
414mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
26.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
34.3 cm
Average feels-like high
12.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
39.6 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-32.8 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
50 mm
5 July 1960
Windiest day
64.2 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
28 October 1969
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
1 August 1998
Coldest feels-like
-39.9 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.9 cm
17 March 1966
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.4 °C | +5.9 °C | 10 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 0.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 18 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +6.4 °C | 30 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 35 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 45 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 32 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 32.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 8 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 12 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 33 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 34 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 12.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 19 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 27 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Melitopol?
Melitopol has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 414 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Melitopol?
The hottest day measured in Melitopol between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Melitopol?
The coldest day measured in Melitopol between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -32.8 °C.
Does it snow in Melitopol?
Yes. Melitopol gets on average 34.3 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Melitopol warmed?
Yes: Melitopol warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Melitopol?
The wettest day measured in Melitopol between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1960, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Melitopol?
The windiest day measured in Melitopol between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 64.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Melitopol?
The warmest month in Melitopol is July (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Melitopol?
Melitopol receives on average 414 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Melitopol?
Melitopol gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Melitopol?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Melitopol between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1966, with 17.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Melitopol?
Yes: Melitopol has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Melitopol?
In Melitopol, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 1 August 1998, and the lowest was -39.9 °C on 10 January 1940.
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