Sang-e Chārak climate — normals and trends
Sang-e Chārak (Afghanistan) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 480 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Sang-e Chārak averages 159 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Sang-e Chārak has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 167 to 151 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 1 August 1941) and the coldest -31.6 °C (on 13 January 2023).
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
Sang-e ChārakSar-e Pol Province
- coords
- 35.85°, 66.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.9°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
0.4°C
Annual rainfall
480mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
10.3km/h
Seasonal range
25.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
159 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
134.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.10 · p = 0.002
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
32.1 °C
1 August 1941
Coldest day
-31.6 °C
13 January 2023
Wettest day
38 mm
11 April 1944
Windiest day
23.0 km/h
4 August 1943
Strongest gust
83.5 km/h
6 March 1948
Hottest feels-like
32.1 °C
16 June 1953
Coldest feels-like
-36.4 °C
13 January 2023
Snowiest day
21.7 cm
3 February 2017
Sunniest day
13.7 h
29 June 1947
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 35 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 1.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 46 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 5.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 86 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 49 mm | -51 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 10 mm | -70 mm |
| Jun | 21.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 18 mm | +6 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 22.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 19.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 16.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | 9.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 7 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 36 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sang-e Chārak?
Sang-e Chārak has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.9 °C and it receives 480 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sang-e Chārak?
The hottest day measured in Sang-e Chārak between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1941, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sang-e Chārak?
The coldest day measured in Sang-e Chārak between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2023, at -31.6 °C.
Does it snow in Sang-e Chārak?
Yes. Sang-e Chārak gets on average 134.6 cm of snow per year and has around 159 frost days.
Has the climate of Sang-e Chārak warmed?
Yes: Sang-e Chārak warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sang-e Chārak?
The wettest day measured in Sang-e Chārak between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1944, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sang-e Chārak?
The windiest day measured in Sang-e Chārak between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1943, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sang-e Chārak?
The warmest month in Sang-e Chārak is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Sang-e Chārak?
Sang-e Chārak receives on average 480 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sang-e Chārak?
Sang-e Chārak gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sang-e Chārak?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sang-e Chārak between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2017, with 21.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sang-e Chārak?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sang-e Chārak.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sang-e Chārak?
In Sang-e Chārak, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.1 °C on 16 June 1953, and the lowest was -36.4 °C on 13 January 2023.
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