Verkhnodniprovsk climate — normals and trends
Verkhnodniprovsk (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Verkhnodniprovsk averages 110 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Verkhnodniprovsk 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 130 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -34.1 °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
VerkhnodniprovskDnipropetrovsk Oblast
- coords
- 48.66°, 34.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
12.7°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
522mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
17.3km/h
Seasonal range
26.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
39.6 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.1 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
59 mm
24 September 2014
Windiest day
50.4 km/h
28 October 1969
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
24 May 1992
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
12 August 1951
Coldest feels-like
-40.0 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.1 cm
25 December 2018
Sunniest day
15.3 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 | 4.4 °C | +6.7 °C | 17 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -0.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 20 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +7.3 °C | 36 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 27 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 106 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 43 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 31 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 58 mm | +15 mm |
| Sep | 22.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 15 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 72 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 33 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 2.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 36 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Verkhnodniprovsk?
Verkhnodniprovsk has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 522 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Verkhnodniprovsk?
The hottest day measured in Verkhnodniprovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Verkhnodniprovsk?
The coldest day measured in Verkhnodniprovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -34.1 °C.
Does it snow in Verkhnodniprovsk?
Yes. Verkhnodniprovsk gets on average 69.6 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Verkhnodniprovsk warmed?
Yes: Verkhnodniprovsk warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Verkhnodniprovsk?
The wettest day measured in Verkhnodniprovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2014, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Verkhnodniprovsk?
The windiest day measured in Verkhnodniprovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1969, with winds reaching 50.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Verkhnodniprovsk?
The warmest month in Verkhnodniprovsk is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Verkhnodniprovsk?
Verkhnodniprovsk receives on average 522 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Verkhnodniprovsk?
Verkhnodniprovsk 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 Verkhnodniprovsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Verkhnodniprovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2018, with 23.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Verkhnodniprovsk?
Yes: Verkhnodniprovsk has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Verkhnodniprovsk?
In Verkhnodniprovsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 12 August 1951, and the lowest was -40.0 °C on 10 January 1940.
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