Weather in Ukraine

In much of Ukraine, the climate is ... , with freezing winters and warm summers.

The ... season is summer because of afternoon thunderstorms. 

The sun in Ukraine rarely shines in winter, especially in ... areas, where gray skies prevail, while it often shines in summer, especially along the ... of the Black Sea.

Here, in Carpathian Mountains , the temperature decreases with increasing altitude, especially in summer, while in winter, cold air often clings to the soil, causing a thermal inversion that keeps the plain cold. 

Is that true?

Winter is cold in much of Ukraine: the average temperatures are below freezing (0 °C or 32 °F), except ...

In average, now covers Kiev for about some days per year. How do you think?  

In spring, both the temperature and the ... hours grow rapidly.

In ... , the first warm days occur, though they can be followed by the return of cold weather

Summer in Ukraine is not warm and quite sunny, with possible thunderstorms, which are more likely in the center-north

In summer, the inland regions are sometimes affected by disturbances of Atlantic origin or by cool air masses from the ... .

In autumn, ... is still a pleasant month in the Black Sea area, with highs around 23 °C (73 °F)

The best time to visit Ukraine as a whole runs from mid-... to mid-... .