The average annual temperature in Kyiv is 3.2 degrees above normal – Sreznevsky Observatory
At the same time, the world overall is 1.1 degrees. Climatologists from the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory have analyzed the warmest year in Kyiv in 140 years.
+10,9°С
Observations from the observatory’s meteorological station show that last year’s average annual temperature in Kyiv rose to + 10.9 ° C, which is 3.2 ° C higher than the climatic norm. Thus, 2020 was a record year since 1881.
Situation by months:
- For 11 months of the year, the average monthly temperatures were higher than the climatic norm;
- May – the only month that was colder than the climatic norm;
- January, February, March had the highest deviations from the average long-term indicators by 6.4 ° С, 6.7 ° С, 5.8 ° С, respectively;
- December 7 – the coldest day (minus 9.5 ° C), September 1 – the hottest day (the temperature in the shade reached + 34.7 ° C).
In total, 36 temperature records were set in Kyiv in 2020, with the highest number in March – 12.
