Bāft climate — normals and trends
Bāft (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 287 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Bāft averages 87 frost days, 52 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 42 rainy days per year.
Bāft has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 101 to 73 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 6 August 2024) and the coldest -23.1 °C (on 3 February 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
BāftKerman
- coords
- 29.23°, 56.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.3°C
Average daily high
19.3°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
287mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
39%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
24.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
52 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
42 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.1 cm
Average feels-like high
16.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
36.4 °C
6 August 2024
Coldest day
-23.1 °C
3 February 1971
Wettest day
63 mm
4 February 1993
Windiest day
47.9 km/h
11 April 1964
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
21 February 2015
Hottest feels-like
35.1 °C
28 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-29.3 °C
3 February 1971
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
22 January 1957
Sunniest day
13.3 h
28 May 1956
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 27 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 8.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 72 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 38 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 24.1 °C | +5.9 °C | 2 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 29.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 31.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 9 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 29.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 24.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 17.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 0 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 9.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 127 mm | +85 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bāft?
Bāft has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 287 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bāft?
The hottest day measured in Bāft between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2024, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bāft?
The coldest day measured in Bāft between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1971, at -23.1 °C.
Does it snow in Bāft?
Yes. Bāft gets on average 57.1 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Bāft warmed?
Yes: Bāft warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bāft?
The wettest day measured in Bāft between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1993, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bāft?
The windiest day measured in Bāft between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1964, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bāft?
The warmest month in Bāft is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Bāft?
Bāft receives on average 287 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bāft?
Bāft 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 Bāft?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bāft between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1957, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bāft?
Yes: Bāft has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bāft?
In Bāft, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.1 °C on 28 July 2024, and the lowest was -29.3 °C on 3 February 1971.
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