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Climate
[edit]Under the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system, the Dnipropetrovsk has been variously categorized as having either a semi-arid climate (BSk in the original classification[1][2][3] and BSkn in modified Köppen classification)[4] or a Mediterranean climate (Csa). During the summer, Dnipropetrovsk is very warm (average day temperature in July is 24 to 28 °C (75 to 82 °F), even hot sometimes 32 to 36 °C (90 to 97 °F). Temperatures as high as 36 °C (97 °F) have been recorded in May. Winter is not so cold (average day temperature in January is −4 to 0 °C (25 to 32 °F), but when there is no snow and the wind blows hard, it feels extremely cold. A mix of snow and rain happens usually in December.
As the city exemplifies the urban heat island effect, temperatures in commercial areas and in the industrialized areas along interstates are often higher than in the suburbs, often as much as 2.8 °C (5 °F).The city lies in the USDA plant hardiness zones 7a and 7b (Downtown).[5]
The best time for visiting the city is in late spring — late April and May, and early in autumn: September, October, when the city's trees turn yellow. Other times are mainly dry with a few showers.[6]
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Owing to geography, heavy reliance on automobiles, and the coal-using industries, such as metallurgical coke-chemical plants, Dnipropetrovsk suffers from air pollution in the form of smog.[7] "However, the city is characterized with significant pollution of air with industrial emissions."[8] The "severely polluted air and water" and allegedly "vast areas of decimated landscape" of Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk are considered by some to be an environmental crisis.[9] Though exactly where in Dnipropetrovsk these areas might be found is not stated.[9]
| Climate data for Dnipropetrovsk | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.3 (54.1) |
17.5 (63.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
36.1 (97.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
39.8 (103.6) |
40.9 (105.6) |
36.5 (97.7) |
32.6 (90.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) |
0.0 (32.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
5.2 (41.4) |
0.2 (32.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.7 (25.3) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.1 (21.0) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −30.0 (−22.0) |
−27.8 (−18.0) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−27.8 (−18.0) |
−30.0 (−22.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45 (1.8) |
43 (1.7) |
43 (1.7) |
38 (1.5) |
42 (1.7) |
60 (2.4) |
54 (2.1) |
43 (1.7) |
41 (1.6) |
37 (1.5) |
46 (1.8) |
47 (1.9) |
539 (21.2) |
| Average rainy days | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 130 |
| Average snowy days | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 63 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 88 | 85 | 79 | 67 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 87 | 88 | 75 |
| Source: Pogoda.ru.net[10] | |||||||||||||
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- ^ Depending on the climatologist's threshold, BSk if based upon the annual mean temperature (<18.0 °C or 64.4 °F), BSh if based upon the daily average temperature in the coldest month (≥0 °C or 32 °F).
- ^ "Climate Classification and Climatic Regions of the World". PhysicalGeography.net. Retrieved Jul 25, 2016.
- ^ "The climate of the Ukraine". weatheronline.co.uk. Retrieved Jul 25, 2016.
- ^ E. Bouma (2005). "Development of comparable agro-climatic zones for the international exchange of data on the efficacy and crop safety of plant protection products". Bulletin OEPP/EPPO, Blackwell Publishing, Ltd.: 1075–1082.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help); Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Ukraine Hardiness Zone Zone Map". Based on the USDA Hardiness Zone Map. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ See also: klimadiagramme.de — Climate in Dnipropetrovsk URL accessed on 20 March 2007
- ^ "Ten most polluted cities in Ukraine?". June 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine – Population". Mfa.gov.ua. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ a b www.mongabay.com Russia – Geography states: "Since 1990 Russian experts have added to the list the following less spectacular but equally threatening environmental crises: the Dnepropetrovsk-Donets and Kuznets coal-mining and metallurgical centres, which have severely polluted air and water and vast areas of decimated landscape;..."
- ^ "Pogoda.ru.net" (in Russian). May 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2012.