Shahrak climate — normals and trends
Shahrak (Afghanistan) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 327 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Shahrak averages 184 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 66 rainy days per year.
Shahrak has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 194 to 174 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 4 August 1947) and the coldest -34.5 °C (on 2 January 1952).
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
ShahrakGhowr
- coords
- 34.11°, 64.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.0°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
-1.5°C
Annual rainfall
327mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
54%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
27.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
184 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
66 d/yr
Annual snowfall
141.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · p = < 0.001
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
4 August 1947
Coldest day
-34.5 °C
2 January 1952
Wettest day
40 mm
26 January 1991
Windiest day
34.9 km/h
10 April 1964
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
5 December 1994
Hottest feels-like
32.0 °C
3 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-39.2 °C
2 January 1952
Snowiest day
26.7 cm
3 February 2017
Sunniest day
13.9 h
29 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -5.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 40 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | -2.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 54 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | 4.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 64 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | +6.2 °C | 11 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 7 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 24.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 27.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 17.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 2.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 56 mm | +23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shahrak?
Shahrak has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.0 °C and it receives 327 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shahrak?
The hottest day measured in Shahrak between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1947, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shahrak?
The coldest day measured in Shahrak between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1952, at -34.5 °C.
Does it snow in Shahrak?
Yes. Shahrak gets on average 141.2 cm of snow per year and has around 184 frost days.
Has the climate of Shahrak warmed?
Yes: Shahrak warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shahrak?
The wettest day measured in Shahrak between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1991, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shahrak?
The windiest day measured in Shahrak between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1964, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shahrak?
The warmest month in Shahrak is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Shahrak?
Shahrak receives on average 327 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shahrak?
Shahrak gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shahrak?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shahrak between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2017, with 26.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shahrak?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Shahrak.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shahrak?
In Shahrak, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.0 °C on 3 July 2022, and the lowest was -39.2 °C on 2 January 1952.
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