Volnovakha climate — normals and trends
Volnovakha (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 482 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Volnovakha averages 116 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Volnovakha has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 131 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 10 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
VolnovakhaDonetsk Oblast
- coords
- 47.60°, 37.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
482mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
18.3km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
59.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
38.4 °C
10 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.1 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
23 August 1960
Windiest day
49.3 km/h
14 December 1981
Strongest gust
107.6 km/h
24 September 2014
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
31 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-41.0 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.2 cm
17 March 1966
Sunniest day
15.0 h
29 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 | 4.3 °C | +6.0 °C | 17 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | -0.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 21 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +7.1 °C | 27 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 41 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 67 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 55 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 31.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 11 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 8 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 19 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 14.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 63 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 20 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 1.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 25 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Volnovakha?
Volnovakha has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 482 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Volnovakha?
The hottest day measured in Volnovakha between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2010, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Volnovakha?
The coldest day measured in Volnovakha between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -34.1 °C.
Does it snow in Volnovakha?
Yes. Volnovakha gets on average 59.2 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Volnovakha warmed?
Yes: Volnovakha warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Volnovakha?
The wettest day measured in Volnovakha between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1960, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Volnovakha?
The windiest day measured in Volnovakha between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1981, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Volnovakha?
The warmest month in Volnovakha is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Volnovakha?
Volnovakha receives on average 482 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Volnovakha?
Volnovakha gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Volnovakha?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Volnovakha between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1966, with 18.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Volnovakha?
Yes: Volnovakha has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Volnovakha?
In Volnovakha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 31 July 1957, and the lowest was -41.0 °C on 10 January 1940.
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