Svitlodarsk climate — normals and trends
Svitlodarsk (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 522 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 (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Svitlodarsk averages 125 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Svitlodarsk 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 141 to 109 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 17 July 2016) and the coldest -35.5 °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
SvitlodarskDonetsk Oblast
- coords
- 48.43°, 38.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
522mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
125 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
79.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 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
38.1 °C
17 July 2016
Coldest day
-35.5 °C
9 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
4 August 2019
Windiest day
45.5 km/h
14 December 1981
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
14 December 1981
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
31 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-41.4 °C
9 January 1940
Snowiest day
24.2 cm
17 December 2009
Sunniest day
15.0 h
31 May 1940
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 | 3.5 °C | +6.5 °C | 21 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | -2.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 25 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +7.5 °C | 37 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 17 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 21.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 52 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 64 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 31.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 18 mm | -33 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 12 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 19 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 77 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 9.6 °C | +5.2 °C | 32 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 0.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 34 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Svitlodarsk?
Svitlodarsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 522 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Svitlodarsk?
The hottest day measured in Svitlodarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2016, reaching 38.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Svitlodarsk?
The coldest day measured in Svitlodarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1940, at -35.5 °C.
Does it snow in Svitlodarsk?
Yes. Svitlodarsk gets on average 79.6 cm of snow per year and has around 125 frost days.
Has the climate of Svitlodarsk warmed?
Yes: Svitlodarsk warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Svitlodarsk?
The wettest day measured in Svitlodarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2019, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Svitlodarsk?
The windiest day measured in Svitlodarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1981, with winds reaching 45.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Svitlodarsk?
The warmest month in Svitlodarsk is July (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Svitlodarsk?
Svitlodarsk receives on average 522 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Svitlodarsk?
Svitlodarsk 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 Svitlodarsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Svitlodarsk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2009, with 24.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Svitlodarsk?
Yes: Svitlodarsk has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Svitlodarsk?
In Svitlodarsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 31 July 1957, and the lowest was -41.4 °C on 9 January 1940.
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