In Ukraine, a drought continues: in the south and east, soil moisture reserves are critically low.

Throughout the second decade of August 2025 in Ukraine, the weather was moderately warm and almost rainless. Average daily air temperatures on most days were close to normal or 2–3°С lower. Only locally did some areas experience rainfall, with the highest amount of precipitation recorded at the Selyatyn weather station (Chernivtsi region) — 56 mm, which is 144% of the decadal norm. This is reported by APK-Inform in a report by UkrHydrometcenter. Temperature regime. The average decadal air temperature ranged from +18.0°С in the north (Chernihiv region) to +23.2°С in the south (Kherson region). On the hottest days, the temperature reached +30–34°С, and in some places in Zakarpattia and Mykolaiv regions — up to +35°С. The minimum temperature on cool nights dropped to +4–9°С, and in the southern regions — to +10–14°С. The decadal sunshine duration was recorded at 103–125 hours, which is 10–36 hours more than the average long-term values. On most of the country's territory, there were ...