{"id":67164,"date":"2026-04-01T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versii.net\/%d0%b1%d0%b5%d0%b7-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b8\/2026\/67164\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:20:00","slug":"this-hasnt-been-seen-in-135-years-march-in-kyiv-has-set-a-weather-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/society\/2026\/67164\/","title":{"rendered":"This hasn&#8217;t been seen in 135 years: March in Kyiv has set a weather record."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last time such a situation occurred was in early spring 1891 <\/p>\n<p>March 2026 in Kyiv surprised specialists not only with its abnormal warmth. Observation data indicate a unique situation that was last recorded in the previous century.<\/p>\n<p>This was reported by RBK-Ukraine, citing a publication from the press service of the Central Geophysical Observatory (CGO) named after Boris Sreznevsky on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read also<\/strong>: There hasn&#8217;t been such cold in 15 years: what was the biggest frost that hit Kyiv this winter<br \/>\nWhat record did March set in Kyiv<\/p>\n<p>The CGO named after Boris Sreznevsky reported that according to data from the combined hydrometeorological station &#8220;Kyiv&#8221;, this March has become the driest in the capital in the last 135 years.<\/p>\n<p>It is specified that only 1 mm of precipitation fell on Prospect Nauki, which is 3% of the monthly norm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Therefore, <strong>the first month of the calendar spring turned out to be the driest in Kyiv since 1891<\/strong>&#8220;, &#8211; specialists reported.<\/p>\n<p>What was the air temperature in the capital<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainians were informed that the average monthly air temperature in Kyiv in March was 6.7\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is <strong>4.2\u00b0C above the climatic norm<\/strong>&#8220;, &#8211; emphasized the CGO.<\/p>\n<p>It is also noted that this March in the capital became <strong>the fourth warmest<\/strong> since observations began.<\/p>\n<p>On which day of March was it the coldest and vice versa<\/p>\n<p>According to CGO data, the coldest day in Kyiv during the first month of spring was March 1.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, the minimum temperature dropped to -1.6\u00b0C by morning.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>the warmest day in March in the capital turned out to be the 27th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On that day, the maximum temperature rose to +17.8\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"611\" src=\"\/static\/ckef2\/img\/image_21042.png\" width=\"683\" \/>Weather summary in Kyiv for March 2026 (screenshot: facebook.com\/CGO.Official)<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that earlier, the head of the Cherkasy Hydrometeorological Center, Vitaliy Postryhan, told RBK-Ukraine what the weather might be like after a warm March.<\/p>\n<p>He also confirmed that March 2026 turned out to be unique.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that earlier we reported when spring officially arrived in Kyiv and how long winter actually lasted in the city.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, we explained why spring actually comes three times and what April might be like in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Read also about which cities in Ukraine experienced historically warm weather in March and when exactly new temperature records were recorded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time such a situation occurred was in early spring 1891. 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