Orikhiv climate — normals and trends
Orikhiv (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 480 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Orikhiv averages 108 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.
Orikhiv 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 125 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -33.9 °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
OrikhivZaporizhzhia Oblast
- coords
- 47.58°, 35.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
13.8°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
480mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
26.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
96 d/yr
Annual snowfall
52.1 cm
Average feels-like high
11.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
39.7 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-33.9 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
91 mm
25 July 1952
Windiest day
59.3 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
111.2 km/h
24 September 2014
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
4 July 1954
Coldest feels-like
-40.6 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.5 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 | 5.6 °C | +6.6 °C | 13 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | -0.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 21 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +7.2 °C | 31 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 65 mm | +23 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 71 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 46 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 12 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 28.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 11 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 24 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 55 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 11.7 °C | +5.3 °C | 23 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 3.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 33 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Orikhiv?
Orikhiv has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 480 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Orikhiv?
The hottest day measured in Orikhiv between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Orikhiv?
The coldest day measured in Orikhiv between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -33.9 °C.
Does it snow in Orikhiv?
Yes. Orikhiv gets on average 52.1 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Orikhiv warmed?
Yes: Orikhiv warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Orikhiv?
The wettest day measured in Orikhiv between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1952, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Orikhiv?
The windiest day measured in Orikhiv between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 59.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Orikhiv?
The warmest month in Orikhiv is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Orikhiv?
Orikhiv receives on average 480 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Orikhiv?
Orikhiv gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Orikhiv?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Orikhiv between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1965, with 17.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Orikhiv?
Yes: Orikhiv has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Orikhiv?
In Orikhiv, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 4 July 1954, and the lowest was -40.6 °C on 10 January 1940.
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