Novyi Melitopol climate — normals and trends
Novyi Melitopol (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 423 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 (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Novyi Melitopol averages 95 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Novyi Melitopol has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 111 to 79 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -32.5 °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
Novyi MelitopolZaporizhzhia Oblast
- coords
- 46.85°, 35.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
423mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
95 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
35.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
18 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 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
39.5 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-32.5 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
59 mm
25 July 1952
Windiest day
60.7 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
105.8 km/h
28 October 1969
Hottest feels-like
40.5 °C
7 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-39.4 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.6 cm
17 March 1966
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 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 | 6.6 °C | +6.1 °C | 10 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 0.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 21 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +6.7 °C | 28 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 41 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 49 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 36 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 32.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 8 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 10 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 32 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 36 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 20 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 26 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Novyi Melitopol?
Novyi Melitopol has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 423 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Novyi Melitopol?
The hottest day measured in Novyi Melitopol between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Novyi Melitopol?
The coldest day measured in Novyi Melitopol between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -32.5 °C.
Does it snow in Novyi Melitopol?
Yes. Novyi Melitopol gets on average 35.2 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.
Has the climate of Novyi Melitopol warmed?
Yes: Novyi Melitopol warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Novyi Melitopol?
The wettest day measured in Novyi Melitopol between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1952, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Novyi Melitopol?
The windiest day measured in Novyi Melitopol between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 60.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Novyi Melitopol?
The warmest month in Novyi Melitopol is July (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Novyi Melitopol?
Novyi Melitopol receives on average 423 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Novyi Melitopol?
Novyi 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 Novyi Melitopol?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Novyi Melitopol between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1966, with 15.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Novyi Melitopol?
Yes: Novyi Melitopol has on average 18 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Novyi Melitopol?
In Novyi Melitopol, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 7 July 2020, and the lowest was -39.4 °C on 10 January 1940.
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