Petropavlivka climate — normals and trends
Petropavlivka (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 517 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Petropavlivka averages 120 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Petropavlivka has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 137 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 17 July 2016) and the coldest -36.3 °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
PetropavlivkaDnipropetrovsk Oblast
- coords
- 48.46°, 36.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
517mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.9 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
17 July 2016
Coldest day
-36.3 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
80 mm
4 August 2019
Windiest day
50.1 km/h
18 October 1958
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
12 August 1951
Coldest feels-like
-41.6 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
30 March 1969
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 | 4.3 °C | +6.7 °C | 16 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | -1.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 23 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +7.5 °C | 37 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 39 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 68 mm | +16 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 43 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 31.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 21 mm | -26 mm |
| Aug | 28.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 31 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 14 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 14.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 72 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 30 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 1.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 40 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Petropavlivka?
Petropavlivka has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 517 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Petropavlivka?
The hottest day measured in Petropavlivka between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2016, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Petropavlivka?
The coldest day measured in Petropavlivka between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -36.3 °C.
Does it snow in Petropavlivka?
Yes. Petropavlivka gets on average 68.9 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Petropavlivka warmed?
Yes: Petropavlivka warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Petropavlivka?
The wettest day measured in Petropavlivka between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2019, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Petropavlivka?
The windiest day measured in Petropavlivka between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1958, with winds reaching 50.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Petropavlivka?
The warmest month in Petropavlivka is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Petropavlivka?
Petropavlivka receives on average 517 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Petropavlivka?
Petropavlivka gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Petropavlivka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Petropavlivka between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1969, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Petropavlivka?
Yes: Petropavlivka has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Petropavlivka?
In Petropavlivka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 12 August 1951, and the lowest was -41.6 °C on 11 January 1940.
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