Ārt Khwājah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ārt Khwājah?

Ārt Khwājah has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 389 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ārt Khwājah?

The hottest day measured in Ārt Khwājah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2022, reaching 44.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ārt Khwājah?

The coldest day measured in Ārt Khwājah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1950, at -24.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ārt Khwājah?

Yes. Ārt Khwājah gets on average 52.4 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Ārt Khwājah warmed?

Yes: Ārt Khwājah warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ārt Khwājah?

The wettest day measured in Ārt Khwājah between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1972, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ārt Khwājah?

The windiest day measured in Ārt Khwājah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1974, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ārt Khwājah?

The warmest month in Ārt Khwājah is July (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ārt Khwājah?

Ārt Khwājah receives on average 389 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ārt Khwājah?

Ārt Khwājah gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ārt Khwājah (Afghanistan) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 389 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Ārt Khwājah averages 62 frost days, 116 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 64 rainy days per year.

Ārt Khwājah has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 84 to 40 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.2 °C (on 3 July 2022) and the coldest -24.0 °C (on 10 February 1950).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Ārt KhwājahTakhar

coords: 37.09°, 69.48°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BSkCold semi-aridWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

15.7°C

Average daily high

22.3°C

Average daily low

9.6°C

Annual rainfall

389mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

52%

Average peak wind

8.9km/h

Seasonal range

27.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

62 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

116 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

64 d/yr

Annual snowfall

52.4 cm

Average feels-like high

21.1 °C

Average feels-like low

7.1 °C

Average peak gust

23.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

57 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

44.2 °C

3 July 2022

Coldest day

-24.0 °C

10 February 1950

Wettest day

44 mm

27 April 1972

Windiest day

31.3 km/h

25 January 1974

Strongest gust

74.2 km/h

17 March 2007

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

3 July 2022

Coldest feels-like

-28.8 °C

15 January 1964

Snowiest day

17.0 cm

8 February 2010

Sunniest day

14.1 h

19 June 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.9 °C3 July 2025	-6.5 °C6 January 2025	16.8 °C	246 mm	141	47
2024	43.3 °C28 July 2024	-11.9 °C4 March 2024	18.2 °C	383 mm	141	34
2023	42.7 °C21 June 2023	-23.6 °C14 January 2023	18.8 °C	260 mm	144	26
2022	44.2 °C3 July 2022	-2.9 °C24 January 2022	18.6 °C	318 mm	147	15
2021	42.3 °C8 July 2021	-11.5 °C25 January 2021	18.2 °C	262 mm	150	36
2020	43.1 °C22 June 2020	-10.2 °C29 December 2020	17.2 °C	369 mm	125	42
2019	42.1 °C20 July 2019	-7.2 °C8 February 2019	18.3 °C	383 mm	135	19
2018	42.7 °C23 July 2018	-8.9 °C30 January 2018	18.1 °C	323 mm	129	30
2017	43.0 °C8 July 2017	-12.7 °C6 February 2017	18.1 °C	317 mm	151	42
2016	42.9 °C26 July 2016	-12.1 °C27 November 2016	18.2 °C	328 mm	146	37
2015	41.6 °C4 July 2015	-8.7 °C12 December 2015	17.2 °C	424 mm	127	36
2014	42.3 °C23 July 2014	-18.4 °C8 February 2014	16.6 °C	377 mm	139	53
2013	42.8 °C29 July 2013	-12.7 °C31 December 2013	17.6 °C	314 mm	143	37
2012	41.3 °C11 July 2012	-19.9 °C29 December 2012	16.0 °C	439 mm	112	73
2011	41.3 °C6 August 2011	-11.0 °C16 January 2011	17.3 °C	330 mm	144	49
2010	41.3 °C16 July 2010	-15.7 °C16 February 2010	17.0 °C	375 mm	113	43
2009	40.0 °C27 July 2009	-10.6 °C6 January 2009	16.2 °C	531 mm	102	26
2008	42.3 °C13 June 2008	-17.4 °C26 January 2008	17.0 °C	231 mm	143	59
2007	42.8 °C23 June 2007	-5.8 °C27 February 2007	16.8 °C	299 mm	133	40
2006	40.6 °C30 July 2006	-14.5 °C19 January 2006	17.1 °C	367 mm	143	56
2005	42.4 °C23 June 2005	-4.7 °C19 February 2005	16.3 °C	375 mm	113	63
2004	38.7 °C26 July 2004	-7.9 °C3 January 2004	16.5 °C	328 mm	118	37
2003	42.0 °C19 July 2003	-15.3 °C4 March 2003	15.7 °C	547 mm	109	51
2002	41.0 °C19 July 2002	-22.2 °C6 December 2002	16.0 °C	432 mm	109	53
2001	42.8 °C29 June 2001	-15.7 °C2 February 2001	16.5 °C	231 mm	134	55
2000	38.9 °C25 June 2000	-13.7 °C2 February 2000	15.9 °C	255 mm	137	87
1999	40.6 °C27 June 1999	-14.4 °C7 January 1999	16.1 °C	440 mm	113	53
1998	41.0 °C9 July 1998	-15.1 °C19 February 1998	15.8 °C	474 mm	99	59
1997	40.2 °C19 July 1997	-17.3 °C5 February 1997	15.1 °C	398 mm	103	69
1996	37.9 °C9 July 1996	-19.0 °C17 January 1996	14.0 °C	462 mm	94	91
1995	40.6 °C17 July 1995	-10.6 °C12 December 1995	15.4 °C	332 mm	109	83
1994	39.5 °C23 June 1994	-18.6 °C10 December 1994	15.1 °C	469 mm	103	63
1993	40.5 °C4 July 1993	-18.3 °C8 January 1993	14.7 °C	498 mm	110	74
1992	38.6 °C27 July 1992	-11.8 °C14 March 1992	14.9 °C	535 mm	77	58
1991	37.9 °C29 July 1991	-18.0 °C2 January 1991	15.4 °C	557 mm	105	57
1990	40.2 °C22 June 1990	-16.1 °C31 December 1990	16.1 °C	374 mm	127	51
1989	39.0 °C10 July 1989	-18.9 °C9 January 1989	14.4 °C	356 mm	109	67
1988	42.6 °C24 June 1988	-15.5 °C9 February 1988	16.6 °C	387 mm	122	39
1987	38.6 °C22 July 1987	-8.9 °C9 February 1987	15.7 °C	448 mm	104	37
1986	40.6 °C19 June 1986	-16.2 °C30 January 1986	15.2 °C	371 mm	111	63
1985	39.3 °C4 July 1985	-12.1 °C2 January 1985	16.1 °C	367 mm	122	58
1984	39.3 °C2 August 1984	-18.6 °C24 February 1984	15.0 °C	514 mm	113	86
1983	43.1 °C30 July 1983	-12.9 °C16 January 1983	16.0 °C	417 mm	111	57
1982	40.8 °C1 August 1982	-20.9 °C23 January 1982	15.2 °C	407 mm	108	84
1981	42.3 °C14 July 1981	-8.0 °C14 February 1981	16.6 °C	432 mm	112	36
1980	41.2 °C10 June 1980	-20.9 °C5 February 1980	16.6 °C	388 mm	123	54
1979	40.9 °C1 August 1979	-16.7 °C21 February 1979	16.2 °C	425 mm	100	59
1978	42.1 °C22 June 1978	-19.7 °C8 February 1978	16.1 °C	407 mm	124	65
1977	42.9 °C23 June 1977	-18.9 °C28 January 1977	16.6 °C	430 mm	121	65
1976	40.6 °C16 July 1976	-15.5 °C27 February 1976	15.5 °C	449 mm	124	75
1975	41.3 °C12 July 1975	-18.7 °C15 February 1975	14.9 °C	455 mm	108	89
1974	39.9 °C9 July 1974	-20.3 °C8 February 1974	15.0 °C	318 mm	110	81
1973	39.9 °C12 July 1973	-23.7 °C27 January 1973	15.5 °C	398 mm	112	67
1972	38.2 °C24 June 1972	-20.8 °C6 February 1972	13.4 °C	464 mm	93	75
1971	40.9 °C11 July 1971	-12.4 °C23 January 1971	16.3 °C	232 mm	128	60
1970	39.4 °C25 June 1970	-14.6 °C17 December 1970	16.1 °C	299 mm	115	63
1969	37.6 °C23 July 1969	-19.4 °C27 January 1969	14.1 °C	501 mm	96	77
1968	40.1 °C6 July 1968	-14.2 °C21 January 1968	14.9 °C	428 mm	89	56
1967	39.3 °C22 July 1967	-22.9 °C9 January 1967	14.0 °C	477 mm	94	75
1966	38.3 °C15 June 1966	-16.8 °C31 December 1966	15.2 °C	404 mm	97	59
1965	38.2 °C14 July 1965	-10.7 °C20 February 1965	14.3 °C	528 mm	81	73
1964	38.0 °C12 July 1964	-23.8 °C15 January 1964	12.9 °C	511 mm	73	93
1963	37.8 °C18 July 1963	-10.5 °C1 January 1963	15.3 °C	449 mm	103	70
1962	39.2 °C15 July 1962	-18.6 °C21 January 1962	14.5 °C	477 mm	89	82
1961	38.2 °C13 July 1961	-15.6 °C8 February 1961	15.0 °C	422 mm	112	78
1960	38.3 °C6 July 1960	-10.8 °C17 March 1960	14.3 °C	475 mm	101	82
1959	37.9 °C29 June 1959	-16.1 °C12 February 1959	14.6 °C	414 mm	122	83
1958	42.1 °C11 July 1958	-8.1 °C15 December 1958	15.5 °C	369 mm	100	57
1957	37.6 °C17 July 1957	-18.6 °C10 February 1957	13.4 °C	447 mm	81	89
1956	40.4 °C11 July 1956	-13.8 °C26 December 1956	15.5 °C	343 mm	116	81
1955	40.1 °C30 July 1955	-5.6 °C4 January 1955	16.1 °C	309 mm	104	44
1954	37.2 °C30 July 1954	-17.7 °C21 January 1954	14.4 °C	462 mm	103	85
1953	39.4 °C16 June 1953	-9.5 °C20 January 1953	14.8 °C	560 mm	102	69
1952	39.3 °C13 July 1952	-14.7 °C24 December 1952	15.1 °C	372 mm	101	73
1951	38.1 °C2 August 1951	-19.9 °C2 February 1951	14.6 °C	409 mm	108	66
1950	38.6 °C7 July 1950	-24.0 °C10 February 1950	13.8 °C	296 mm	106	91
1949	38.6 °C3 July 1949	-21.6 °C10 January 1949	13.7 °C	406 mm	84	90
1948	39.4 °C23 July 1948	-17.2 °C22 December 1948	15.6 °C	365 mm	124	71
1947	41.6 °C5 August 1947	-13.0 °C8 February 1947	16.6 °C	169 mm	128	65
1946	41.4 °C31 July 1946	-19.1 °C26 December 1946	16.4 °C	180 mm	158	72
1945	40.6 °C27 June 1945	-23.0 °C13 January 1945	14.6 °C	412 mm	116	89
1944	44.1 °C8 July 1944	-8.2 °C23 January 1944	16.5 °C	332 mm	127	71
1943	40.1 °C28 July 1943	-18.0 °C4 February 1943	14.8 °C	468 mm	105	67
1942	42.2 °C4 July 1942	-14.9 °C11 January 1942	16.5 °C	379 mm	128	76
1941	43.1 °C1 August 1941	-16.5 °C11 December 1941	17.4 °C	222 mm	158	64
1940	42.5 °C26 June 1940	-15.1 °C19 January 1940	14.8 °C	326 mm	116	94

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.1 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

141 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

47 d/yr

-15

Annual rainfall

246 mm

-143 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.6 °C	-0.2 °C	44 mm	+0 mm
Feb	12.9 °C	+2.4 °C	43 mm	-15 mm
Mar	17.5 °C	+1.3 °C	86 mm	+4 mm
Apr	26.6 °C	+4.2 °C	30 mm	-46 mm
May	32.8 °C	+4.8 °C	1 mm	-38 mm
Jun	34.2 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Jul	36.4 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	34.5 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	30.8 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	25.5 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-14 mm
Nov	17.2 °C	+1.3 °C	6 mm	-28 mm
Dec	12.2 °C	+2.1 °C	36 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.9 °C

3 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-6.5 °C

6 Jan 2025

Wettest day

16.8 mm

26 Mar 2025

Windiest day

20.6 km/h

27 May 2025

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

27 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

4 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.8 °C

9 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

7.8 cm

4 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

18 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ārt Khwājah?

Ārt Khwājah has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 389 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ārt Khwājah?

The hottest day measured in Ārt Khwājah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2022, reaching 44.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ārt Khwājah?

The coldest day measured in Ārt Khwājah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1950, at -24.0 °C.

Does it snow in Ārt Khwājah?

Yes. Ārt Khwājah gets on average 52.4 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.

Has the climate of Ārt Khwājah warmed?

Yes: Ārt Khwājah warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ārt Khwājah?

The wettest day measured in Ārt Khwājah between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1972, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ārt Khwājah?

The windiest day measured in Ārt Khwājah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1974, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ārt Khwājah?

The warmest month in Ārt Khwājah is July (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Ārt Khwājah?

Ārt Khwājah receives on average 389 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ārt Khwājah?

Ārt Khwājah gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ārt Khwājah?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ārt Khwājah between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2010, with 17.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Ārt Khwājah?

Yes: Ārt Khwājah has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ārt Khwājah?

In Ārt Khwājah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 3 July 2022, and the lowest was -28.8 °C on 15 January 1964.

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