Molochansk climate — normals and trends
Molochansk (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 468 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Molochansk averages 105 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.
Molochansk has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -32.9 °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
MolochanskZaporizhzhia Oblast
- coords
- 47.20°, 35.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
14.2°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
468mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
17.9km/h
Seasonal range
26.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
105 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
27 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
93 d/yr
Annual snowfall
45.6 cm
Average feels-like high
11.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
40.3 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-32.9 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
78 mm
25 July 1952
Windiest day
63.3 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
102.2 km/h
28 October 1969
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-39.7 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.5 cm
10 April 1965
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 | 6.1 °C | +6.6 °C | 12 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 0.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 22 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +7.2 °C | 34 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 72 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 56 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 37 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 32.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 9 mm | -33 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 12 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 33 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 46 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +5.3 °C | 24 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 30 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Molochansk?
Molochansk has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 468 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Molochansk?
The hottest day measured in Molochansk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Molochansk?
The coldest day measured in Molochansk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -32.9 °C.
Does it snow in Molochansk?
Yes. Molochansk gets on average 45.6 cm of snow per year and has around 105 frost days.
Has the climate of Molochansk warmed?
Yes: Molochansk warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Molochansk?
The wettest day measured in Molochansk between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1952, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Molochansk?
The windiest day measured in Molochansk between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 63.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Molochansk?
The warmest month in Molochansk is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Molochansk?
Molochansk receives on average 468 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Molochansk?
Molochansk gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Molochansk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Molochansk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1965, with 14.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Molochansk?
Yes: Molochansk has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Molochansk?
In Molochansk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -39.7 °C on 10 January 1940.
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