Abarkūh climate — normals and trends
Abarkūh (Iran) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 71 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 (30.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Abarkūh averages 59 frost days, 135 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 18 rainy days per year.
Abarkūh has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 68 to 50 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -19.5 °C (on 28 December 1963).
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
AbarkūhYazd Province
- coords
- 31.13°, 53.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.6°C
Average daily high
24.5°C
Average daily low
10.1°C
Annual rainfall
71mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
31%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
26.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
59 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
135 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
18 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.8 cm
Average feels-like high
21.8 °C
Average feels-like low
6.8 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
63 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
43.4 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-19.5 °C
28 December 1963
Wettest day
23 mm
30 November 1954
Windiest day
51.9 km/h
11 March 2022
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
11 March 2022
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
5 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-24.4 °C
28 December 1963
Snowiest day
8.8 cm
11 January 1996
Sunniest day
13.0 h
25 April 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 13 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 14.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 4 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 20.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 18 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 29.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 3 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 34.9 °C | +5.0 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 37.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 39.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 37.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 35.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 29.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 20.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 13.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 25 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Abarkūh?
Abarkūh has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 71 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abarkūh?
The hottest day measured in Abarkūh between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 43.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Abarkūh?
The coldest day measured in Abarkūh between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1963, at -19.5 °C.
Does it snow in Abarkūh?
Yes. Abarkūh gets on average 3.8 cm of snow per year and has around 59 frost days.
Has the climate of Abarkūh warmed?
Yes: Abarkūh warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Abarkūh?
The wettest day measured in Abarkūh between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1954, with 23 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Abarkūh?
The windiest day measured in Abarkūh between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2022, with winds reaching 51.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Abarkūh?
The warmest month in Abarkūh is July (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Abarkūh?
Abarkūh receives on average 71 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 18 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Abarkūh?
Abarkūh gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Abarkūh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Abarkūh between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1996, with 8.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Abarkūh?
Yes: Abarkūh has on average 63 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Abarkūh?
In Abarkūh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 5 July 2025, and the lowest was -24.4 °C on 28 December 1963.
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