On November 5, 2024, the period without frost, which lasted 198 days from April 21, ended in Kyiv, according to the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, UNN reports.
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According to the observations of the Observatory's weather station, on November 5, for the first time this fall, the air temperature in Kyiv dropped to -2.1°C, which marks the end of the frost-free period that had lasted since April 21 - 198 days in total. The average long-term date of the first frost in the air is October 21, and the duration of the frost-free period is 197 days.
The observatory's climatologists inform that the shortest frost-free periods in the capital were in 1902 and 1945 - only 144 days, and the record longest - 232 days - was recorded in 2023.
"Despite the fact that winter has already reminded us of itself, its official beginning will take place when the average daily air temperature steadily passes through 0°C and goes down. The average date of such a transition in Kyiv is November 29," the agency said.
Мокрий сніг та до 5 градусів морозу: прогноз погоди на сьогодні05.11.24, 08:19