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Weather extremes

How extreme does Kharkiv's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Kharkiv has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Kharkiv station 9 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Kharkiv has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Jun 14, 1998

That is about 27°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Kharkiv (typical high near 77°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Jun 14, 1998
2 104°F Aug 8, 2010
3 104°F Aug 10, 2010
❄️ Coldest night
-23°F Dec 16, 1997

About 43°F colder than a normal December night in Kharkiv (typical low near 20°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -23°F Dec 16, 1997
2 -20°F Dec 17, 1997
3 -19°F Jan 11, 1987
🌧️ Most rain in one day
5.63 in Nov 18, 1995

More rain in a single day than Kharkiv usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 1.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.63 in Nov 18, 1995
2 3.50 in Jul 14, 2020
3 2.51 in Jul 23, 2002

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Kharkiv's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 104°F is about 27°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Kharkiv's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as −23°F. A single day has delivered over 6 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Kharkiv, a weather station, about 9 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →