Velyka Znamianka climate — normals and trends
Velyka Znamianka (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 450 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Velyka Znamianka averages 100 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Velyka Znamianka has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 82 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -32.9 °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
Velyka ZnamiankaZaporizhzhia Oblast
- coords
- 47.45°, 34.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
450mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
26.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
100 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.6 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
17 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
-32.9 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
51 mm
25 July 1952
Windiest day
55.6 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
17 July 2016
Coldest feels-like
-39.5 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
10 April 1965
Sunniest day
15.2 h
6 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +6.6 °C | 11 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 0.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 18 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +7.4 °C | 20 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 31 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 59 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 28 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 9 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 14 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 29 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 57 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 11.9 °C | +5.2 °C | 29 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 3.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 29 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Velyka Znamianka?
Velyka Znamianka has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 450 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Velyka Znamianka?
The hottest day measured in Velyka Znamianka between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Velyka Znamianka?
The coldest day measured in Velyka Znamianka between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -32.9 °C.
Does it snow in Velyka Znamianka?
Yes. Velyka Znamianka gets on average 47.6 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.
Has the climate of Velyka Znamianka warmed?
Yes: Velyka Znamianka warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Velyka Znamianka?
The wettest day measured in Velyka Znamianka between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1952, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Velyka Znamianka?
The windiest day measured in Velyka Znamianka between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 55.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Velyka Znamianka?
The warmest month in Velyka Znamianka is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Velyka Znamianka?
Velyka Znamianka receives on average 450 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Velyka Znamianka?
Velyka Znamianka gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Velyka Znamianka?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Velyka Znamianka between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1965, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Velyka Znamianka?
Yes: Velyka Znamianka has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Velyka Znamianka?
In Velyka Znamianka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 17 July 2016, and the lowest was -39.5 °C on 10 January 1940.
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