03 January 2026
(PHOTO: THE WEATHER LAB)
Climate Forecasting System (CFS) data allow forecasters to predict that January 2026 in Odesa region, as well as in Ukraine as a whole, will be marked by higher than normal air temperature and humidity.
This was reported by the analysts of THE WEATHER LAB platform with reference to the CFS data.
In particular, in January, the temperature is expected to be 1.5-2 degrees Celsius above the climate norm, as well as an increased amount of precipitation - about 10 millimeters more than average.
The climatic norm for January:
The Climate Forecasting System or Coupled Forecasting System (CFS) is a medium- and long-term numerical weather forecasting and climate model used by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) to combine weather and climate time scales. The medium-term model forecasts at intervals of one week to four weeks, while the long-term model forecasts based on three-month moving averages for about nine months.
PHOTO: THE WEATHER LAB
Last year, data from the Climate Forecasting System (CFS) enabled forecasters to predict that November in Odesa would be marked by above-normal temperatures. The temperature increase was expected to be 1.5-2 degrees above normal for this period of the year in the city. Precipitation, on the other hand, is forecast to be 20-30 millimeters below normal.
On September 30, an extraordinary downpour raged in the Odesa region. In Odesa, 11 people died during the storm - nine drowned, including a family of five in their home, and two more died of heart attacks caused by stress while being caught in the city's current. The former mayor of Odesa, Hennadiy Trukhanov, two of his deputies and six other officials have been charged with negligence in connection with the storm. The mayor was placed under round-the-clock house arrest, and his deputy, Anna Pozdnyakova, under nightly house arrest. The others were sent to a pre-trial detention center with the right to bail.
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