Svitlovodsk climate — normals and trends
Svitlovodsk (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 541 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Svitlovodsk averages 111 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Svitlovodsk has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 132 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -34.0 °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
SvitlovodskKirovohrad Oblast
- coords
- 49.06°, 33.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
541mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
26.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
111 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
72.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
33.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °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
37.9 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.0 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
31 August 1997
Windiest day
46.4 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
22 February 1953
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest feels-like
-39.7 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
22.8 cm
25 December 2018
Sunniest day
15.5 h
30 June 2025
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 | 4.5 °C | +6.7 °C | 15 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 13 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +7.0 °C | 36 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 41 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 92 mm | +40 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 53 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 31 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 26.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 22.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 20 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 73 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +5.1 °C | 34 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 37 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Svitlovodsk?
Svitlovodsk has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 541 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Svitlovodsk?
The hottest day measured in Svitlovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Svitlovodsk?
The coldest day measured in Svitlovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -34.0 °C.
Does it snow in Svitlovodsk?
Yes. Svitlovodsk gets on average 72.4 cm of snow per year and has around 111 frost days.
Has the climate of Svitlovodsk warmed?
Yes: Svitlovodsk warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Svitlovodsk?
The wettest day measured in Svitlovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 1997, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Svitlovodsk?
The windiest day measured in Svitlovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 46.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Svitlovodsk?
The warmest month in Svitlovodsk is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Svitlovodsk?
Svitlovodsk receives on average 541 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Svitlovodsk?
Svitlovodsk gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Svitlovodsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Svitlovodsk between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2018, with 22.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Svitlovodsk?
Yes: Svitlovodsk has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Svitlovodsk?
In Svitlovodsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 7 August 2012, and the lowest was -39.7 °C on 10 January 1940.
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