Cold waves in Ukraine
17 cold waves have been recorded in Ukraine by Global Incident Tracker, 17 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 4 October 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.
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In 2026
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Total recorded
Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.
Most recent cold waves in Ukraine
Ground frost warning — Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Donetsk oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Kharkiv oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kirovohrad oblast, Kyiv oblast and city, Luhansk oblast, Lviv oblast, Pol
Moderate
Frost warning — Chernivtsi oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Lviv oblast, Ternopil oblast
Moderate
Ground frost warning — Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Donetsk oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Kharkiv oblast, Kherson oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kirovohrad oblast, Kyiv ob
Moderate
Ground frost warning — Cherkasy oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kirovohrad oblast, Kyiv oblast, Lviv oblast, Mykolaiv oblast, Odessa oblast, Rivne oblast, Ternopil oblast, Vinnytsia oblast, Volyn oblast, Zakarp
Moderate
Ground frost warning — Cherkasy oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kirovohrad oblast, Kyiv oblast, Mykolaiv oblast, Odessa oblast, Rivne oblast, Vinnytsia oblast, Volyn oblast, Zakarpattia oblast, Zhytomyr oblast
Moderate
Severe ground frost warning — Chernivtsi oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Lviv oblast, Ternopil oblast
Severe
Ground frost warning — Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Donetsk oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Kharkiv oblast, Kherson oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kirovohrad oblast, Kyiv ob
Moderate
Ground frost warning — Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Carpathians mountain, Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Donetsk oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Kharkiv oblast, Kherson oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kiro
Moderate
Frost warning — Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Donetsk oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Kharkiv oblast, Kherson oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kirovohrad oblast, Kyiv oblast an
Moderate
Frost warning — Chernivtsi oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Lviv oblast, Ternopil oblast
Moderate
Ground frost warning — Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Donetsk oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Kharkiv oblast, Kherson oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kirovohrad oblast, Kyiv ci
Moderate
Ground frost warning — Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Donetsk oblast, Kharkiv oblast, Kherson oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kirovohrad oblast, Kyiv oblast, Luhansk oblast, Mykolaiv oblast, Odes
Moderate
Severe ground frost warning — Chernivtsi oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Lviv oblast, Ternopil oblast
Severe
Ground frost warning — Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Kharkiv oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kirovohrad oblast, Kyiv oblast, Luhansk oblast, Lviv oblast, Poltava oblast, Rivne oblast
Moderate
Frost warning — Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Kharkiv oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kirovohrad oblast, Kyiv oblast and city, Luhansk oblast, Lviv oblast, Poltava oblast, Rivne obla
Moderate
Ground frost warning — Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kyiv oblast, Lviv oblast, Poltava oblast, Rivne oblast, Sumy oblast, Ternopil oblast, Vinnytsia oblast, Volyn oblast, Zakarpatti
Moderate
Frost warning — Cherkasy oblast, Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Khmelnytskyi oblast, Kyiv oblast and city, Lviv oblast, Poltava oblast, Rivne oblast, Sumy oblast, Ternopil oblast, Vinnytsia oblast, Volyn oblast, Zakarpat
Moderate
When they happen
October carries the most cold waves we hold for Ukraine — 15 of 17. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.
| Month | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | |
| February | 0 | |
| March | 0 | |
| April | 0 | |
| May | 0 | |
| June | 0 | |
| July | 0 | |
| August | 0 | |
| September | 2 | |
| October | 15 | |
| November | 0 | |
| December | 0 |
Where this data comes from
Cold waves have official real-time feeds, and ours come from US NWS · Meteoalarm · national services (CAP) · news.