Artik climate — normals and trends
Artik (Armenia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 614 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 (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Artik averages 146 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Artik has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 160 to 132 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 14 August 2015) and the coldest -25.9 °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
ArtikShirak
- coords
- 40.62°, 43.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
2.3°C
Annual rainfall
614mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
26.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
146 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
116.7 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.5 °C
Average peak gust
27.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °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
34.3 °C
14 August 2015
Coldest day
-25.9 °C
16 January 1950
Wettest day
36 mm
12 October 1948
Windiest day
31.7 km/h
12 November 2015
Strongest gust
76.3 km/h
29 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
12 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-30.8 °C
16 January 1950
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
12 October 1948
Sunniest day
14.0 h
1 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 9 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | -0.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 33 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +5.8 °C | 51 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 99 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 85 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 32 mm | -51 mm |
| Jul | 27.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 48 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 9 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 31 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 30 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 6 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 2.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 45 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Artik?
Artik has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 614 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Artik?
The hottest day measured in Artik between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2015, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Artik?
The coldest day measured in Artik between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1950, at -25.9 °C.
Does it snow in Artik?
Yes. Artik gets on average 116.7 cm of snow per year and has around 146 frost days.
Has the climate of Artik warmed?
Yes: Artik warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Artik?
The wettest day measured in Artik between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Artik?
The windiest day measured in Artik between 1940 and 2025 was 12 November 2015, with winds reaching 31.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Artik?
The warmest month in Artik is July (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Artik?
Artik receives on average 614 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Artik?
Artik 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 Artik?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Artik between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Artik?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Artik.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Artik?
In Artik, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 12 July 2018, and the lowest was -30.8 °C on 16 January 1950.
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