Arabkir climate — normals and trends
Arabkir (Armenia) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 333 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Arabkir averages 130 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Arabkir has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 144 to 116 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 12 July 2018) and the coldest -24.8 °C (on 16 January 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
ArabkirYerevan
- coords
- 40.21°, 44.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
333mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
9.7km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
130 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
85.1 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
27.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
37.3 °C
12 July 2018
Coldest day
-24.8 °C
16 January 1950
Wettest day
37 mm
12 October 1948
Windiest day
28.9 km/h
15 April 1959
Strongest gust
81.0 km/h
15 April 1959
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
9 August 2006
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
16 January 1950
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
5 November 1981
Sunniest day
14.0 h
7 July 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 8 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 0.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 41 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | 11.6 °C | +5.4 °C | 37 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 56 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 36 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 10 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 30.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 12 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 32.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 12 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 18.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 7 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 4 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 45 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arabkir?
Arabkir has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 333 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arabkir?
The hottest day measured in Arabkir between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2018, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arabkir?
The coldest day measured in Arabkir between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1950, at -24.8 °C.
Does it snow in Arabkir?
Yes. Arabkir gets on average 85.1 cm of snow per year and has around 130 frost days.
Has the climate of Arabkir warmed?
Yes: Arabkir warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Arabkir?
The wettest day measured in Arabkir between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 37 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arabkir?
The windiest day measured in Arabkir between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1959, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arabkir?
The warmest month in Arabkir is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Arabkir?
Arabkir receives on average 333 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arabkir?
Arabkir gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arabkir?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arabkir between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1981, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arabkir?
Yes: Arabkir has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arabkir?
In Arabkir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 9 August 2006, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 16 January 1950.
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