Zolochiv climate — normals and trends
Zolochiv (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.4 °C and it receives 583 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 (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zolochiv averages 132 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.
Zolochiv has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 150 to 114 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -36.0 °C (on 23 January 1942).
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
ZolochivKharkiv Oblast
- coords
- 50.27°, 35.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.4°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
3.5°C
Annual rainfall
583mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
18.7km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
132 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
113 d/yr
Annual snowfall
96.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
39.4 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-36.0 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
71 mm
26 August 1981
Windiest day
50.3 km/h
25 May 1945
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
23 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
12 August 1951
Coldest feels-like
-41.9 °C
22 January 1942
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
18 January 1970
Sunniest day
15.3 h
5 July 2006
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.8 °C | +6.8 °C | 23 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | -2.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 17 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +7.9 °C | 47 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 19 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 88 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 58 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 28.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 63 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 61 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 9 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 85 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 8.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 31 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 0.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 41 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zolochiv?
Zolochiv has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.4 °C and it receives 583 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zolochiv?
The hottest day measured in Zolochiv between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zolochiv?
The coldest day measured in Zolochiv between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -36.0 °C.
Does it snow in Zolochiv?
Yes. Zolochiv gets on average 96.8 cm of snow per year and has around 132 frost days.
Has the climate of Zolochiv warmed?
Yes: Zolochiv warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zolochiv?
The wettest day measured in Zolochiv between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1981, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zolochiv?
The windiest day measured in Zolochiv between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1945, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zolochiv?
The warmest month in Zolochiv is July (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Zolochiv?
Zolochiv receives on average 583 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zolochiv?
Zolochiv gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zolochiv?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zolochiv between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1970, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zolochiv?
Yes: Zolochiv has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zolochiv?
In Zolochiv, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 12 August 1951, and the lowest was -41.9 °C on 22 January 1942.
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