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Weather extremes

How extreme does Poltava's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Poltava 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 Poltava station 2 km away. Updated through June 2026 — 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 Poltava has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Aug 8, 2010

That is about 22°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Poltava (typical high near 81°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Aug 8, 2010
2 101°F Aug 2, 2010
3 101°F Aug 5, 2010
❄️ Coldest night
-21°F Jan 11, 1987

About 41°F colder than a normal January night in Poltava (typical low near 20°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -21°F Jan 11, 1987
2 -20°F Feb 10, 1985
3 -20°F Feb 13, 1994
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.78 in Jun 2, 2007

More rain in a single day than Poltava usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 2.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.78 in Jun 2, 2007
2 2.82 in Jul 6, 2003
3 2.81 in Sep 9, 2007

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 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Poltava's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 103°F is about 22°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, Poltava'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 103°F and as low as −21°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 30 years of daily observations at Poltava, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →