Hrazdan climate — normals and trends
Hrazdan (Armenia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 1,225 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 (14.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Hrazdan averages 172 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 182 rainy days per year.
Hrazdan has warmed by +1.8 °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 184 to 160 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.4 °C (on 2 August 2000) and the coldest -26.1 °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
- 40.52°, 44.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.8°C
Average daily high
8.2°C
Average daily low
0.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,225mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
9.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
172 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
182 d/yr
Annual snowfall
261.0 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
29.4 °C
2 August 2000
Coldest day
-26.1 °C
19 January 1964
Wettest day
55 mm
12 October 1948
Windiest day
29.2 km/h
24 March 2018
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
15 March 2010
Hottest feels-like
31.2 °C
12 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-31.2 °C
19 January 1964
Snowiest day
31.2 cm
12 October 1948
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 | -1.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 8 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | -3.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 67 mm | +12 mm |
| Mar | 6.9 °C | +6.1 °C | 97 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 8.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 195 mm | +62 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 160 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 17.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 131 mm | -55 mm |
| Jul | 20.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 127 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 22.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 45 mm | -74 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 117 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 47 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 8.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 6 mm | -51 mm |
| Dec | -0.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 68 mm | +25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Hrazdan?
Hrazdan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.8 °C and it receives 1,225 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hrazdan?
The hottest day measured in Hrazdan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2000, reaching 29.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Hrazdan?
The coldest day measured in Hrazdan between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1964, at -26.1 °C.
Does it snow in Hrazdan?
Yes. Hrazdan gets on average 261.0 cm of snow per year and has around 172 frost days.
Has the climate of Hrazdan warmed?
Yes: Hrazdan warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Hrazdan?
The wettest day measured in Hrazdan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Hrazdan?
The windiest day measured in Hrazdan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2018, with winds reaching 29.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Hrazdan?
The warmest month in Hrazdan is July (14.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Hrazdan?
Hrazdan receives on average 1,225 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 182 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Hrazdan?
Hrazdan gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hrazdan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hrazdan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 31.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Hrazdan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Hrazdan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hrazdan?
In Hrazdan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.2 °C on 12 July 2018, and the lowest was -31.2 °C on 19 January 1964.
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