Sorokyne climate — normals and trends
Sorokyne (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 502 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Sorokyne averages 127 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Sorokyne 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 142 to 112 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 13 July 2025) and the coldest -36.4 °C (on 9 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
SorokyneLuhansk Oblast
- coords
- 48.29°, 39.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
12.6°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
502mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
18.8km/h
Seasonal range
28.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
127 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
77.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
40.4 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest day
-36.4 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
48 mm
30 March 2023
Windiest day
51.2 km/h
3 February 1959
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
14 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-42.6 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
32.8 cm
30 March 2023
Sunniest day
15.0 h
1 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.7 °C | +6.8 °C | 25 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | -4.4 °C | -2.4 °C | 31 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +7.1 °C | 36 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 17 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 21.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 59 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 24 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 7 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 6 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 14.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 52 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 9.9 °C | +5.3 °C | 22 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 0.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 32 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sorokyne?
Sorokyne has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 502 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sorokyne?
The hottest day measured in Sorokyne between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2025, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sorokyne?
The coldest day measured in Sorokyne between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -36.4 °C.
Does it snow in Sorokyne?
Yes. Sorokyne gets on average 77.4 cm of snow per year and has around 127 frost days.
Has the climate of Sorokyne warmed?
Yes: Sorokyne warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sorokyne?
The wettest day measured in Sorokyne between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2023, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sorokyne?
The windiest day measured in Sorokyne between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1959, with winds reaching 51.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sorokyne?
The warmest month in Sorokyne is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Sorokyne?
Sorokyne receives on average 502 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sorokyne?
Sorokyne gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sorokyne?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sorokyne between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2023, with 32.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sorokyne?
Yes: Sorokyne has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sorokyne?
In Sorokyne, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 13 July 2025, and the lowest was -42.6 °C on 10 January 1940.
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