Gorjī-ye Soflá climate — normals and trends
Gorjī-ye Soflá (Iran) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 231 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Gorjī-ye Soflá averages 82 frost days, 91 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 46 rainy days per year.
Gorjī-ye Soflá has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 102 to 62 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 3 July 1958) and the coldest -22.6 °C (on 9 February 1951).
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
Gorjī-ye SofláRazavi Khorasan
- coords
- 36.36°, 59.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
20.4°C
Average daily low
7.7°C
Annual rainfall
231mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
91 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
46 d/yr
Annual snowfall
48.4 cm
Average feels-like high
17.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
28.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
42.2 °C
3 July 1958
Coldest day
-22.6 °C
9 February 1951
Wettest day
43 mm
5 April 2020
Windiest day
46.6 km/h
17 March 1948
Strongest gust
80.3 km/h
17 March 1948
Hottest feels-like
43.6 °C
6 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-27.6 °C
9 February 1951
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
14 February 1952
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 18 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 8.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 36 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 16.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 47 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 25.6 °C | +5.6 °C | 28 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 30.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 0 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 31.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 3 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 35.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 29.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 25.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 18.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 10.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 53 mm | +32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gorjī-ye Soflá?
Gorjī-ye Soflá has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 231 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
The hottest day measured in Gorjī-ye Soflá between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1958, reaching 42.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
The coldest day measured in Gorjī-ye Soflá between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1951, at -22.6 °C.
Does it snow in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
Yes. Gorjī-ye Soflá gets on average 48.4 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Gorjī-ye Soflá warmed?
Yes: Gorjī-ye Soflá warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
The wettest day measured in Gorjī-ye Soflá between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 2020, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
The windiest day measured in Gorjī-ye Soflá between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1948, with winds reaching 46.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
The warmest month in Gorjī-ye Soflá is July (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
Gorjī-ye Soflá receives on average 231 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 46 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
Gorjī-ye Soflá gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gorjī-ye Soflá between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1952, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
Yes: Gorjī-ye Soflá has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
In Gorjī-ye Soflá, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 6 July 1998, and the lowest was -27.6 °C on 9 February 1951.
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