Shakhtarsk's weather extremes

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Shakhtarsk has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do. This station's daily record ended in 2022, so these are historical extremes from that period, not records updated to today.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–2022), from the Artemivsk station 69 km away. Updated through February 2022 — 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 Shakhtarsk has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

103°F Jul 25, 2001

That is about 18°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Shakhtarsk (typical high near 85°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Jul 25, 2001

2 103°F Jul 26, 2001

3 103°F Jul 9, 2002

❄️ Coldest night

-30°F Jan 23, 2006

About 45°F colder than a normal January night in Shakhtarsk (typical low near 15°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -30°F Jan 23, 2006

2 -27°F Mar 12, 1987

3 -25°F Feb 10, 1985

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.09 in Feb 13, 1992

More rain in a single day than Shakhtarsk usually gets in the whole month of February (typical February total about 0.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.09 in Feb 13, 1992

2 4.02 in Jan 12, 1994

3 3.15 in Dec 6, 1992

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.

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Shakhtarsk's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 103°F is about 18°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, Shakhtarsk's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as −30°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 15 years of daily observations at Debaltseve, a weather station, about 38 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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