Masis climate — normals and trends
Masis (Armenia) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 533 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Masis averages 114 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Masis has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 129 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 12 July 2018) and the coldest -25.3 °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
MasisArarat
- coords
- 40.07°, 44.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
533mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
8.0km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
49 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.0 cm
Average feels-like high
15.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
25.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °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
39.6 °C
12 July 2018
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
16 January 1950
Wettest day
36 mm
24 April 1977
Windiest day
29.1 km/h
15 April 1959
Strongest gust
78.8 km/h
15 April 1959
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
12 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-30.5 °C
16 January 1950
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
5 November 1981
Sunniest day
14.0 h
8 May 1940
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 | 3.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 7 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 2.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 39 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 51 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 99 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 104 mm | +17 mm |
| Jun | 27.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 25 mm | -35 mm |
| Jul | 32.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 24 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 35.1 °C | +4.3 °C | 6 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 26.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 18 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 20.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 26 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 15.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 6 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 50 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Masis?
Masis has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 533 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Masis?
The hottest day measured in Masis between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2018, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Masis?
The coldest day measured in Masis between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1950, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Masis?
Yes. Masis gets on average 58.0 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Masis warmed?
Yes: Masis warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Masis?
The wettest day measured in Masis between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1977, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Masis?
The windiest day measured in Masis between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1959, with winds reaching 29.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Masis?
The warmest month in Masis is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Masis?
Masis receives on average 533 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Masis?
Masis gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Masis?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Masis between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1981, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Masis?
Yes: Masis has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Masis?
In Masis, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 12 July 2018, and the lowest was -30.5 °C on 16 January 1950.
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