Zorya climate — normals and trends
Zorya (Ukraine) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 454 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zorya averages 85 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Zorya has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 102 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 6 August 2017) and the coldest -26.3 °C (on 25 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
ZoryaOdesa
- coords
- 45.99°, 29.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
15.0°C
Average daily low
7.0°C
Annual rainfall
454mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
36.5 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
40.0 °C
6 August 2017
Coldest day
-26.3 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
134 mm
5 August 1972
Windiest day
50.2 km/h
26 November 2023
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
26 November 2023
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
26.0 cm
29 December 2014
Sunniest day
15.1 h
23 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.4 °C | +6.0 °C | 12 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 14 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +6.0 °C | 20 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 17 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | -1.3 °C | 79 mm | +30 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 5 mm | -53 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 14 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 14 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 17 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 15.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 72 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 56 mm | +20 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 7 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zorya?
Zorya has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 454 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zorya?
The hottest day measured in Zorya between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2017, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zorya?
The coldest day measured in Zorya between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -26.3 °C.
Does it snow in Zorya?
Yes. Zorya gets on average 36.5 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Zorya warmed?
Yes: Zorya warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zorya?
The wettest day measured in Zorya between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1972, with 134 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zorya?
The windiest day measured in Zorya between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 2023, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zorya?
The warmest month in Zorya is July (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Zorya?
Zorya receives on average 454 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zorya?
Zorya gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zorya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zorya between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 2014, with 26.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zorya?
Yes: Zorya has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zorya?
In Zorya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 26 July 2025, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 10 January 1940.
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