Gālīkesh climate — normals and trends
Gālīkesh (Iran) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 573 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 (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Gālīkesh averages 60 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Gālīkesh has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 82 to 38 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 3 August 2011) and the coldest -24.3 °C (on 21 December 1948).
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
GālīkeshGolestan
- coords
- 37.27°, 55.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.9°C
Average daily high
19.8°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
573mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
10.6km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
60 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
56 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.7 cm
Average feels-like high
19.3 °C
Average feels-like low
6.9 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
42.3 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest day
-24.3 °C
21 December 1948
Wettest day
97 mm
18 March 2019
Windiest day
29.6 km/h
18 March 2019
Strongest gust
87.8 km/h
18 March 2019
Hottest feels-like
43.2 °C
10 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-30.1 °C
21 December 1948
Snowiest day
23.7 cm
21 January 2022
Sunniest day
13.9 h
19 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 14 mm | -39 mm |
| Feb | 8.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 59 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 16.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 46 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 22.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 53 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 26.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 19 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 22 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 19 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 33.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 20 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 28.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 43 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 25.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 17 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 20.6 °C | +4.7 °C | 3 mm | -39 mm |
| Dec | 12.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 35 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gālīkesh?
Gālīkesh has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 573 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gālīkesh?
The hottest day measured in Gālīkesh between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2011, reaching 42.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gālīkesh?
The coldest day measured in Gālīkesh between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1948, at -24.3 °C.
Does it snow in Gālīkesh?
Yes. Gālīkesh gets on average 68.7 cm of snow per year and has around 60 frost days.
Has the climate of Gālīkesh warmed?
Yes: Gālīkesh warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gālīkesh?
The wettest day measured in Gālīkesh between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2019, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gālīkesh?
The windiest day measured in Gālīkesh between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2019, with winds reaching 29.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gālīkesh?
The warmest month in Gālīkesh is July (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Gālīkesh?
Gālīkesh receives on average 573 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gālīkesh?
Gālīkesh gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gālīkesh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gālīkesh between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2022, with 23.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gālīkesh?
Yes: Gālīkesh has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gālīkesh?
In Gālīkesh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 10 July 2010, and the lowest was -30.1 °C on 21 December 1948.
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