Abovyan climate — normals and trends
Abovyan (Armenia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 605 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Abovyan averages 145 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Abovyan has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 158 to 132 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.3 °C (on 1 August 2000) and the coldest -25.9 °C (on 19 January 1964).
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
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- coords
- 40.27°, 44.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.8°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
2.5°C
Annual rainfall
605mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
9.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
145 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
148.6 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
28.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
33.3 °C
1 August 2000
Coldest day
-25.9 °C
19 January 1964
Wettest day
42 mm
12 October 1948
Windiest day
31.7 km/h
24 March 2018
Strongest gust
83.5 km/h
21 April 2015
Hottest feels-like
34.8 °C
9 August 2006
Coldest feels-like
-30.3 °C
19 January 1964
Snowiest day
22.1 cm
5 November 1981
Sunniest day
14.0 h
9 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 9 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | -1.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 54 mm | +15 mm |
| Mar | 9.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 64 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 12.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 110 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 84 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 22.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 39 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 26.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 63 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 28.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 20 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 37 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 14 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 5 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 1.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 49 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Abovyan?
Abovyan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 605 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abovyan?
The hottest day measured in Abovyan between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2000, reaching 33.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Abovyan?
The coldest day measured in Abovyan between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1964, at -25.9 °C.
Does it snow in Abovyan?
Yes. Abovyan gets on average 148.6 cm of snow per year and has around 145 frost days.
Has the climate of Abovyan warmed?
Yes: Abovyan warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Abovyan?
The wettest day measured in Abovyan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Abovyan?
The windiest day measured in Abovyan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2018, with winds reaching 31.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Abovyan?
The warmest month in Abovyan is July (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Abovyan?
Abovyan receives on average 605 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Abovyan?
Abovyan gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Abovyan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Abovyan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1981, with 22.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Abovyan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Abovyan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Abovyan?
In Abovyan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.8 °C on 9 August 2006, and the lowest was -30.3 °C on 19 January 1964.
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