Zolotonosha climate — normals and trends
Zolotonosha (Ukraine) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 563 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 (20.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Zolotonosha averages 114 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Zolotonosha has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 134 to 94 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 8 August 2010) and the coldest -34.6 °C (on 11 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
ZolotonoshaCherkasy Oblast
- coords
- 49.67°, 32.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
563mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
25.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
77.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.7 °C
Average peak gust
33.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
38.0 °C
8 August 2010
Coldest day
-34.6 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
3 June 1980
Windiest day
47.3 km/h
27 January 1964
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
30 September 1995
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
17 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-39.8 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
22.4 cm
18 January 2018
Sunniest day
15.9 h
20 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +6.7 °C | 21 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | -0.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 10 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +7.3 °C | 28 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 36 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 69 mm | +19 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 38 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 28.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 48 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 37 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 17 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 12.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 67 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | +4.8 °C | 43 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 33 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zolotonosha?
Zolotonosha has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 563 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zolotonosha?
The hottest day measured in Zolotonosha between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2010, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zolotonosha?
The coldest day measured in Zolotonosha between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -34.6 °C.
Does it snow in Zolotonosha?
Yes. Zolotonosha gets on average 77.0 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Zolotonosha warmed?
Yes: Zolotonosha warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zolotonosha?
The wettest day measured in Zolotonosha between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 1980, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zolotonosha?
The windiest day measured in Zolotonosha between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1964, with winds reaching 47.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zolotonosha?
The warmest month in Zolotonosha is July (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Zolotonosha?
Zolotonosha receives on average 563 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zolotonosha?
Zolotonosha gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zolotonosha?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zolotonosha between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2018, with 22.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zolotonosha?
Yes: Zolotonosha has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zolotonosha?
In Zolotonosha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 17 July 2024, and the lowest was -39.8 °C on 11 January 1940.
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