Saky climate — normals and trends
Saky (Ukraine) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 384 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Saky averages 63 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 82 rainy days per year.
Saky has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 77 to 49 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -28.4 °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
SakyCrimea
- coords
- 45.13°, 33.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.9°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
384mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
19.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
63 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
82 d/yr
Annual snowfall
21.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
25 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
40.2 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-28.4 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
114 mm
24 July 1952
Windiest day
56.9 km/h
26 November 2023
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
11 November 2007
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
3 March 1987
Sunniest day
15.0 h
27 June 2019
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 | 9.1 °C | +5.4 °C | 11 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | -2.1 °C | 18 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +5.1 °C | 9 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 48 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 28 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 11 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 31.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 3 mm | -26 mm |
| Aug | 29.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 30 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 16.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 41 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 15.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 19 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 30 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saky?
Saky has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 384 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saky?
The hottest day measured in Saky between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saky?
The coldest day measured in Saky between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -28.4 °C.
Does it snow in Saky?
Yes. Saky gets on average 21.4 cm of snow per year and has around 63 frost days.
Has the climate of Saky warmed?
Yes: Saky warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saky?
The wettest day measured in Saky between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1952, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saky?
The windiest day measured in Saky between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 2023, with winds reaching 56.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saky?
The warmest month in Saky is July (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Saky?
Saky receives on average 384 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 82 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saky?
Saky gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saky?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saky between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1987, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saky?
Yes: Saky has on average 25 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saky?
In Saky, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 10 January 1940.
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