Merefa climate — normals and trends
Merefa (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 563 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 (21.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Merefa averages 127 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Merefa has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 145 to 109 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -34.6 °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
MerefaKharkiv Oblast
- coords
- 49.82°, 36.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
3.8°C
Annual rainfall
563mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
17.9km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
127 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
89.5 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
0.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °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
39.3 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.6 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
65 mm
26 August 1981
Windiest day
47.7 km/h
18 October 1958
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
12 August 1951
Coldest feels-like
-40.6 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
21.2 cm
18 January 1970
Sunniest day
15.2 h
5 July 2006
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.2 °C | +6.7 °C | 21 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -2.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 18 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +7.7 °C | 38 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 15 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 98 mm | +44 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 56 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 29.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 45 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 45 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 10 mm | -33 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 80 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 8.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 25 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 1.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 38 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Merefa?
Merefa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 563 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Merefa?
The hottest day measured in Merefa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Merefa?
The coldest day measured in Merefa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -34.6 °C.
Does it snow in Merefa?
Yes. Merefa gets on average 89.5 cm of snow per year and has around 127 frost days.
Has the climate of Merefa warmed?
Yes: Merefa warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Merefa?
The wettest day measured in Merefa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1981, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Merefa?
The windiest day measured in Merefa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1958, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Merefa?
The warmest month in Merefa is July (21.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Merefa?
Merefa receives on average 563 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Merefa?
Merefa gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Merefa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Merefa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1970, with 21.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Merefa?
Yes: Merefa has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Merefa?
In Merefa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 12 August 1951, and the lowest was -40.6 °C on 10 January 1940.
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