Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center


The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center is the national hydrometeorological service of Ukraine.
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History

Early scientific weather observation and forecasting in Ukraine was carried out by various observatories located in the territory of Ukraine between the 17th and 19th centuries. In 1844, Kyiv University designed a plan to establish its own meteorological observatory, which was eventually built in 1855. In 1921, the Ukrmet was founded as a centralized hydrometeorological service for providing weather forecasts and weather warning services, with local departments in each region of Ukraine.
In 1948, Ukrmet joined the International Meteorological Organization, and then become a member of it successor — the World Meteorological Organization, established in 1950. In 1953, the was established as a scientific and educational institution for climate research and a meteorology, independent from Ukrmet. In 1964, the Kyiv meteorological observatory moved to a new building, and in 1996 it transformed into the independent, operating its own network of weather stations. On 19 November 2003, the was introduced in Ukraine as an annual professional holiday, as opposed to the World Meteorological Day celebrated on 23 March. In 2010, the Ukrainian State Hydrometeorological Service launched its official website. In preparation for UEFA Euro 2012, a «Weather EURO2012» page was launched on official website.
In 2011, the Ukrainian State Hydrometeorological Service was transformed into the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center and released its strategy up to 2020. That same year, the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine was transformed into the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, which since then curates the UHMI, UHMC and CGO independently from each other.

Since 2014, due the Russo-Ukrainian War, many of UHMC's local weather stations have been occupied, damaged or totally ruined.
In 2021, UHMC celebrated its 100th Anniversary. The same year UHMC released its strategy up to 2030.
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022, many local weather stations in Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv Zaporizhzhia and other regions were lost or damanged. The war also impacted the nature and weather conditions in Ukraine, such as the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, the destruction of many populated places, power plants and factories, massive wildfires and deforestation. All together this may influence global climate changes, unpredicted by earlier designed weather models.
As of 2023, UHMC operated a network of around 250 weather stations, one half being classic stationary stations.

Administration

  • 1992—2011:
  • 2011—2024: Mykola Kulbida
  • 2024—present: Veronika Filonenko

Membership

UHMC represents Ukraine and is a member of varios international organizations and projects:
Since 2022, collaboration established with the Finnish Meteorological Institute on modernizing hydrometeorology infrastructure and operations in Ukraine.

Services

UHMC, together with UHMI, is an exclusive weather service and data provider for all subdivisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Energoatom, Ukrhydroenergo, and the . For the aeronautical weather UHMC cooperates with the State Enterprise «Ukrainian Aviation Meterorological Center», independently curated by SESU.For the general public, UHMC provides plenty of weather services for free via official website and its pages on social media:
  • Warnings
  • Current weather and forecast values, chart and maps
  • Weather Widget
  • Cloud coverage animation
  • Radiology situation and forecast
  • Hidrology situation and forecast
  • Agrometeorology situation and forecast
  • Aeronautics situation and forecast
  • * Weather radar
  • Air pollution and quality situation
While UHMC is a non-profit organization, it provides some paid services on request, such as raw data access and custom forecasts.
For decades UHMC had a monopoly on weather data collecting, processing and providing for the public in Ukraine. With the rise of cheap automatic weather stations and widespread mobile Internet access, many amateurs and private companies, such as urban developers and agricultural holdings, constructed grids of personal weather stations in Ukraine and launched own weather services.

Publications

  • = Strategy of hydrometeorology operations development in Ukraine for the period up to 2020. Kyiv: UHMC, 2012.
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Journals

Books

  • = MEMO BOOK for admins and workers of hydrometeorological organizations on operating under martial law. УкрГМЦ, 2022.
  • = Guide for METEOawareness. УкрГМЦ, 2024.
  • = All You Need to Know About weather. УкрГМЦ, 2024.

Links

  • on ''YouTube''