Poltava climate — normals and trends
Poltava (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 556 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 (21.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Poltava averages 123 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Poltava has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 143 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -35.2 °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
PoltavaPoltava Oblast
- coords
- 49.59°, 34.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
556mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
18.3km/h
Seasonal range
26.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
123 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
79.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
-35.2 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
53 mm
24 September 2014
Windiest day
54.6 km/h
27 January 1964
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
24 May 1992
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
12 August 1951
Coldest feels-like
-40.9 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
22.4 cm
25 December 2018
Sunniest day
15.5 h
2 July 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +6.8 °C | 16 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | -1.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 17 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +7.6 °C | 38 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 21 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 111 mm | +59 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 54 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 66 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 30 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 76 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | +4.9 °C | 30 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 1.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 38 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Poltava?
Poltava has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 556 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Poltava?
The hottest day measured in Poltava between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Poltava?
The coldest day measured in Poltava between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -35.2 °C.
Does it snow in Poltava?
Yes. Poltava gets on average 79.5 cm of snow per year and has around 123 frost days.
Has the climate of Poltava warmed?
Yes: Poltava warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Poltava?
The wettest day measured in Poltava between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2014, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Poltava?
The windiest day measured in Poltava between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1964, with winds reaching 54.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Poltava?
The warmest month in Poltava is July (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Poltava?
Poltava receives on average 556 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Poltava?
Poltava 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 Poltava?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Poltava between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2018, with 22.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Poltava?
Yes: Poltava has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Poltava?
In Poltava, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 12 August 1951, and the lowest was -40.9 °C on 10 January 1940.
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