Āshkhāneh climate — normals and trends
Āshkhāneh (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 400 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Āshkhāneh averages 105 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.
Āshkhāneh has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 125 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 21 July 2014) and the coldest -23.5 °C (on 26 January 1973).
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
ĀshkhānehNorth Khorasan
- coords
- 37.56°, 56.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.7°C
Average daily high
18.1°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
400mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
105 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
54 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
71 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.9 cm
Average feels-like high
16.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
21 July 2014
Coldest day
-23.5 °C
26 January 1973
Wettest day
42 mm
25 May 1977
Windiest day
27.0 km/h
4 March 2022
Strongest gust
81.0 km/h
23 December 1975
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
13 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-28.5 °C
7 February 1984
Snowiest day
17.0 cm
20 February 1951
Sunniest day
14.0 h
2 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 11 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 5.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 36 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 32 mm | -46 mm |
| Apr | 21.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 39 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 26.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 15 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 28.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 14 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 31.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 27.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 6 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 1 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 0 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 8.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 50 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Āshkhāneh?
Āshkhāneh has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 400 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Āshkhāneh?
The hottest day measured in Āshkhāneh between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2014, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Āshkhāneh?
The coldest day measured in Āshkhāneh between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1973, at -23.5 °C.
Does it snow in Āshkhāneh?
Yes. Āshkhāneh gets on average 68.9 cm of snow per year and has around 105 frost days.
Has the climate of Āshkhāneh warmed?
Yes: Āshkhāneh warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Āshkhāneh?
The wettest day measured in Āshkhāneh between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1977, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Āshkhāneh?
The windiest day measured in Āshkhāneh between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2022, with winds reaching 27.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Āshkhāneh?
The warmest month in Āshkhāneh is July (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Āshkhāneh?
Āshkhāneh receives on average 400 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Āshkhāneh?
Āshkhāneh gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Āshkhāneh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Āshkhāneh between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1951, with 17.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Āshkhāneh?
Yes: Āshkhāneh has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Āshkhāneh?
In Āshkhāneh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 13 July 1995, and the lowest was -28.5 °C on 7 February 1984.
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