Qovlar climate — normals and trends
Qovlar (Azerbaijan) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 493 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 (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Qovlar averages 73 frost days, 36 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Qovlar has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 56 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 30 August 2006) and the coldest -18.0 °C (on 26 January 1972).
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
QovlarTovuz District
- coords
- 40.95°, 45.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
493mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
9.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
73 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
36 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
44.5 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
6.9 °C
Average peak gust
25.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
31 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
38.5 °C
30 August 2006
Coldest day
-18.0 °C
26 January 1972
Wettest day
39 mm
26 June 1951
Windiest day
32.2 km/h
16 July 2009
Strongest gust
75.6 km/h
5 October 1977
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
31 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-22.4 °C
26 January 1972
Snowiest day
11.7 cm
26 March 2003
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 9 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | -1.8 °C | 33 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 35 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 113 mm | +51 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 68 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 14 mm | -37 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 24 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 31.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 7 mm | -24 mm |
| Sep | 23.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 75 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 25 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 16.5 °C | +5.0 °C | 3 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 7.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 27 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qovlar?
Qovlar has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 493 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qovlar?
The hottest day measured in Qovlar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 2006, reaching 38.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qovlar?
The coldest day measured in Qovlar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1972, at -18.0 °C.
Does it snow in Qovlar?
Yes. Qovlar gets on average 44.5 cm of snow per year and has around 73 frost days.
Has the climate of Qovlar warmed?
Yes: Qovlar warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qovlar?
The wettest day measured in Qovlar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1951, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qovlar?
The windiest day measured in Qovlar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2009, with winds reaching 32.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qovlar?
The warmest month in Qovlar is July (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Qovlar?
Qovlar receives on average 493 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qovlar?
Qovlar gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qovlar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qovlar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2003, with 11.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qovlar?
Yes: Qovlar has on average 31 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qovlar?
In Qovlar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 31 July 2011, and the lowest was -22.4 °C on 26 January 1972.
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