Shpola climate — normals and trends
Shpola (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 567 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Shpola averages 116 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Shpola has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 135 to 97 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -36.8 °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
ShpolaCherkasy Oblast
- coords
- 49.01°, 31.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
567mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
16.2km/h
Seasonal range
25.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
38.4 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-36.8 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
61 mm
12 October 2024
Windiest day
43.7 km/h
8 March 1950
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
30 November 1988
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
15 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-42.0 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.9 cm
18 January 2018
Sunniest day
15.9 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 | 4.6 °C | +6.7 °C | 21 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | -0.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 10 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +7.3 °C | 13 mm | -25 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 28 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | -1.5 °C | 86 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 32 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 43 mm | -24 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 28 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 21 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 12.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 75 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 9.9 °C | +5.0 °C | 49 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 2.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 31 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shpola?
Shpola has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 567 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shpola?
The hottest day measured in Shpola between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shpola?
The coldest day measured in Shpola between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -36.8 °C.
Does it snow in Shpola?
Yes. Shpola gets on average 75.7 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Shpola warmed?
Yes: Shpola warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shpola?
The wettest day measured in Shpola between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 2024, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shpola?
The windiest day measured in Shpola between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1950, with winds reaching 43.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shpola?
The warmest month in Shpola is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Shpola?
Shpola receives on average 567 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shpola?
Shpola 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 Shpola?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shpola between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2018, with 23.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shpola?
Yes: Shpola has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shpola?
In Shpola, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 15 July 2024, and the lowest was -42.0 °C on 11 January 1940.
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