Qusar climate — normals and trends
Qusar (Azerbaijan) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 715 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Qusar averages 82 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Qusar has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 101 to 63 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.9 °C (on 18 August 1961) and the coldest -20.0 °C (on 15 January 1971).
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
QusarQusar District
- coords
- 41.43°, 48.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
715mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
102.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.4 °C
Average peak gust
26.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
11 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
39.9 °C
18 August 1961
Coldest day
-20.0 °C
15 January 1971
Wettest day
74 mm
21 June 1964
Windiest day
29.7 km/h
9 March 1983
Strongest gust
64.8 km/h
17 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
20 July 1968
Coldest feels-like
-24.3 °C
15 January 1971
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
5 February 2010
Sunniest day
14.1 h
25 June 1946
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 33 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 1.8 °C | -2.1 °C | 56 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +5.8 °C | 31 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 110 mm | +58 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 41 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 15 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 9 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 46 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 20.5 °C | -1.6 °C | 174 mm | +97 mm |
| Oct | 16.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 83 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 13.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 37 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 78 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qusar?
Qusar has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 715 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qusar?
The hottest day measured in Qusar between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 1961, reaching 39.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qusar?
The coldest day measured in Qusar between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1971, at -20.0 °C.
Does it snow in Qusar?
Yes. Qusar gets on average 102.3 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Qusar warmed?
Yes: Qusar warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qusar?
The wettest day measured in Qusar between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1964, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qusar?
The windiest day measured in Qusar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1983, with winds reaching 29.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qusar?
The warmest month in Qusar is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Qusar?
Qusar receives on average 715 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qusar?
Qusar gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qusar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qusar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2010, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qusar?
Yes: Qusar has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qusar?
In Qusar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 20 July 1968, and the lowest was -24.3 °C on 15 January 1971.
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