Ajab Shīr climate — normals and trends
Ajab Shīr (Iran) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 260 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Ajab Shīr averages 103 frost days, 63 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 59 rainy days per year.
Ajab Shīr has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 122 to 84 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 4 August 2025) and the coldest -23.4 °C (on 30 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
Ajab ShīrEast Azerbaijan Province
- coords
- 37.48°, 45.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.8°C
Average daily high
17.4°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
260mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
50%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
28.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
63 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
59 d/yr
Annual snowfall
50.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
39.7 °C
4 August 2025
Coldest day
-23.4 °C
30 January 1964
Wettest day
38 mm
18 October 1984
Windiest day
46.1 km/h
23 May 2022
Strongest gust
111.6 km/h
19 March 1997
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
12 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-28.5 °C
30 January 1964
Snowiest day
14.4 cm
8 February 1949
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 | 4.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 6 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 3.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 32 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 22 mm | -25 mm |
| Apr | 19.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 40 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 25.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 27 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 4 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 35.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 27.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 15.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 5 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 49 mm | +23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ajab Shīr?
Ajab Shīr has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 260 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ajab Shīr?
The hottest day measured in Ajab Shīr between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2025, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ajab Shīr?
The coldest day measured in Ajab Shīr between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1964, at -23.4 °C.
Does it snow in Ajab Shīr?
Yes. Ajab Shīr gets on average 50.6 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Ajab Shīr warmed?
Yes: Ajab Shīr warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ajab Shīr?
The wettest day measured in Ajab Shīr between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1984, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ajab Shīr?
The windiest day measured in Ajab Shīr between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2022, with winds reaching 46.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ajab Shīr?
The warmest month in Ajab Shīr is July (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Ajab Shīr?
Ajab Shīr receives on average 260 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 59 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ajab Shīr?
Ajab Shīr gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ajab Shīr?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ajab Shīr between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1949, with 14.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ajab Shīr?
Yes: Ajab Shīr has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ajab Shīr?
In Ajab Shīr, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 12 July 2018, and the lowest was -28.5 °C on 30 January 1964.
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