Lagoon · Ukraine · Russia
Molochnyi lyman
Lake in Ukraine
- Area
- 221km²
- Average depth
- 6.6m
- Elevation
- 0m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 130km
- Volume
- 1.5km³
Molochnyi lyman is a lagoon in Ukraine. It covers 221 km². On average it is 6.6 m deep. Its surface lies 0 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Molochnyi lyman?
The water is warmest in July, around 25 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 72 days a year, from around 13 December to 22 February.
On the shore, afternoons reach 29 °C on average in July and 2 °C in January. The driest month is August (30 mm of rain), the wettest June (50 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (75 readings). Shallow bays and beaches are often warmer.
From above
The whole lake from space
Month by month
The year at the lake, month by month
Not a forecast: these are averages over many years. Water is the 2013–2021 average; air, rain, sun and wind are the 1991–2020 average.
Water: 2013–2021 averageClimate: 1991–2020 average
| Month | Water°C | Water high°C | Air high°C | Air low°C | Rainmm | Rainy daysdays | Sunh/day | Windkm/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Ice | — | 2 | -2 | 50 | 10 | 1.7 | 22 |
| February | Ice | — | 3 | -1 | 38 | 8 | 3.0 | 23 |
| March | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 4.9 | 22 |
| April | 12 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 32 | 7 | 7.5 | 19 |
| May | 20 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 42 | 9 | 9.4 | 17 |
| June | 25 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 50 | 10 | 9.9 | 17 |
| July | 25 | 26 | 29 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 10.3 | 17 |
| August | 24 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 9.9 | 18 |
| September | 20 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 34 | 6 | 7.5 | 20 |
| October | 13 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 4.8 | 21 |
| November | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 2.1 | 22 |
| December | Ice | — | 4 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 1.3 | 23 |
Water: LakeTEMP (Landsat 8, 2013–2021). Air, rain, sun and wind: NASA POWER, 1991–2020 averages. A rainy day has at least 1 mm of rain. Sunshine hours are derived from measured solar radiation.
Size & depth
How big, how deep
- On average, water stays in the lake for about 3.3 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 4,698 km² of land.
- About 14 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Molochnyi lyman
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 14beaches and swimming spots
- —campsites
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 1viewpoints
- 27hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Private boarding house "Peace 9", Azov Deluxe, Mercury, Peresyp, Azov Dacha and 22 more
- —fishing spots
- 5restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Kyrylivka3,464 people
- Myrne2,859 people
- Okhrimivka2,094 people
- Radyvonivka1,809 people
- Hirsivka1,313 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Gelendzhik Airport (GDZ), 298 km in a straight line.
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Recent years
How each month compared
Afternoon high on the shore. The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years below show the difference from it: warmer in orange, cooler in blue.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–2020 average | 1.9 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 13.0 | 20.5 | 25.6 | 28.6 | 28.5 | 22.7 | 15.3 | 8.5 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | +1.8 | +1.7 | +2.8 | +0.5 | −1.9 | −0.2 | +0.6 | −0.5 | +2.3 | +3.4 | +0.1 | ±0.0 |
| 2021 | +1.0 | −0.6 | −1.4 | −1.4 | −0.4 | −1.2 | +1.5 | ±0.0 | −1.8 | −1.8 | +1.3 | +1.1 |
| 2022 | +0.6 | +2.1 | −1.9 | +0.1 | −1.3 | +1.0 | ±0.0 | +1.4 | −0.8 | +1.1 | +1.7 | +1.3 |
| 2023 | +0.7 | ±0.0 | +2.2 | ±0.0 | −1.0 | −0.9 | −0.3 | +1.6 | +2.0 | +2.1 | +3.2 | +2.5 |
| 2024 | +1.3 | +2.1 | +1.1 | +4.5 | −0.6 | +2.5 | +3.3 | +1.4 | +1.5 | +1.4 | ±0.0 | +0.5 |
| 2025 | +2.6 | −2.8 | +2.7 | +0.5 | −1.0 | +0.4 | +2.0 | +0.4 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +3.6 | +0.8 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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About these numbers
| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|
| Water temperature and ice | LakeTEMP v1 (Korver et al. 2024), Landsat 8 2013–2021 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Air, rain, sun, wind | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · public domain |
| Names and description | Wikidata (Q2560795) · CC0 |
| Around the shore | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
