Petrove climate — normals and trends
Petrove (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 518 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Petrove averages 117 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Petrove has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 135 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -34.4 °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
PetroveKirovohrad Oblast
- coords
- 48.34°, 33.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
518mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
26.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
65.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 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 = 0.41 · 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
39.4 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.4 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
8 September 1988
Windiest day
53.1 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
28 October 1969
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
5 August 2017
Coldest feels-like
-40.7 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.4 cm
25 December 2018
Sunniest day
15.4 h
30 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +6.8 °C | 14 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -0.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 17 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +7.4 °C | 23 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 42 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 92 mm | +41 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 36 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 16 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 28.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 29 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 22.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 24 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 71 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +5.3 °C | 35 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 2.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 33 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Petrove?
Petrove has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 518 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Petrove?
The hottest day measured in Petrove between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Petrove?
The coldest day measured in Petrove between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -34.4 °C.
Does it snow in Petrove?
Yes. Petrove gets on average 65.0 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Petrove warmed?
Yes: Petrove warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Petrove?
The wettest day measured in Petrove between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 1988, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Petrove?
The windiest day measured in Petrove between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 53.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Petrove?
The warmest month in Petrove is July (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Petrove?
Petrove receives on average 518 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Petrove?
Petrove 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 Petrove?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Petrove between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2018, with 19.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Petrove?
Yes: Petrove has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Petrove?
In Petrove, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 5 August 2017, and the lowest was -40.7 °C on 10 January 1940.
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