Novodonetskoye climate — normals and trends
Novodonetskoye (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 528 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 (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Novodonetskoye averages 123 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Novodonetskoye has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 139 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 17 July 2016) 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
NovodonetskoyeDonetsk Oblast
- coords
- 48.64°, 36.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
12.6°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
528mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
123 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
17 July 2016
Coldest day
-35.6 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
70 mm
4 August 2019
Windiest day
49.9 km/h
28 January 1964
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
12 August 1951
Coldest feels-like
-41.4 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
23 December 1962
Sunniest day
15.0 h
16 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +6.8 °C | 17 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | -2.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 22 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +7.7 °C | 42 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 26 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 21.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 68 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 25.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 48 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 31.9 °C | +5.0 °C | 30 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 33 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 10 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 79 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 29 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 1.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 37 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Novodonetskoye?
Novodonetskoye has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 528 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Novodonetskoye?
The hottest day measured in Novodonetskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2016, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Novodonetskoye?
The coldest day measured in Novodonetskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.6 °C.
Does it snow in Novodonetskoye?
Yes. Novodonetskoye gets on average 75.5 cm of snow per year and has around 123 frost days.
Has the climate of Novodonetskoye warmed?
Yes: Novodonetskoye warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Novodonetskoye?
The wettest day measured in Novodonetskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2019, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Novodonetskoye?
The windiest day measured in Novodonetskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1964, with winds reaching 49.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Novodonetskoye?
The warmest month in Novodonetskoye is July (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Novodonetskoye?
Novodonetskoye receives on average 528 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Novodonetskoye?
Novodonetskoye 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 Novodonetskoye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Novodonetskoye between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1962, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Novodonetskoye?
Yes: Novodonetskoye has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Novodonetskoye?
In Novodonetskoye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 12 August 1951, and the lowest was -41.4 °C on 9 January 1940.
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