Climate averages 1991–2020
Shostka weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Shostka: daytime highs average 3.4°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Konotop (73 km away). In March its highs average 4.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Shostka, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Shostka ranks 59th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 13th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 6.3°C; Shostka is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.2°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Shostka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 39 | 9.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | -2.3°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 35 | 8.7 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 3.4°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 39 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 43 | 9.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 61 | 11.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 63 | 11.3 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 85 | 12.6 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 50 | 8.2 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 52 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 47 | 9.2 | 10.711 h |
| November | 3.0°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 43 | 8.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | -1.6°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 41 | 8.9 | 7.98 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Konotop in MarchUkraine · 73 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia in MarchRussia · 139 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Sumy in MarchUkraine · 140 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Chernihiv in MarchUkraine · 156 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Bryansk in MarchRussia · 167 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Homyel' in MarchBelarus · 182 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Kursk in MarchRussia · 187 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Orël in MarchRussia · 215 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 36 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shostka) is explained once on the Shostka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.