The weather in the western, northern, and Vinnytsia regions on the last day of January is expected to be dry, with temperatures at night expected to be 12-17° below zero, during the day 9-14° below zero, and in Zakarpattia during the day from 3° below zero to 2° above zero, according to the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center.
The rest of the country is expected to see snow on Saturday, January 31, with rain in the southeast of Ukraine, and freezing rain and wet snow in the south, most of the central regions, and the Kharkiv region. The temperature during the day is expected to be 5-10° below zero, in the Azov region and in the Luhansk region from 3° below zero to 2° above zero, and in Crimea 1-6° above zero.
There will be icy patches on the country’s roads in some places. The wind will be north-easterly and northerly, 7-12 m/s, with gusts of 15-20 m/s in some places in the north-east of the country.
In Kyiv, there will be no precipitation on January 31. There will be icy patches on the roads in some places. The wind will be northeast, 7-12 m/s. The temperature at night will be 13-15° below zero, and during the day 10-12° below zero.
According to data from the Boris Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, for the entire period of meteorological observations in Kyiv since 1881, the highest temperature on January 31 was recorded at 8.1°C in 2015, and the lowest was 25.2° below zero (at night) in 1954.
On Sunday, February 1, cold weather is expected in Ukraine: temperatures at night will be 20-25°C, during the day 13-18°C below zero, and in the southern, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions, temperatures at night will be 12-17°C, during the day 8-13°C below zero. In Crimea, temperatures are expected to be 3-8° below zero at night and during the day, and in Zakarpattia, 4-9° below zero at night and around 0° during the day.
No precipitation, only light snow in the southeastern part at night. There will be icy patches on the roads in some places. The wind will be mainly northern, 5-10 m/s.
In Kyiv on February 1, it will be cold with no precipitation, with temperatures of 20-22° at night and 14-16° below zero during the day. There will be icy patches on the roads in some places. The wind will be from the north, 5-10 m/s.
