Khāsh climate — normals and trends
Khāsh (Iran) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 104 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 (29.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Khāsh averages 24 frost days, 151 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 19 rainy days per year.
Khāsh has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 28 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 24 June 2023) and the coldest -14.2 °C (on 8 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
KhāshSistan and Baluchestan
- coords
- 28.22°, 61.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.4°C
Average daily high
26.1°C
Average daily low
12.6°C
Annual rainfall
104mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
31%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
24 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
151 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
19 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.4 cm
Average feels-like high
23.1 °C
Average feels-like low
9.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
81 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
24 June 2023
Coldest day
-14.2 °C
8 January 1973
Wettest day
62 mm
29 March 1982
Windiest day
56.1 km/h
4 April 2002
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
4 April 2002
Hottest feels-like
42.9 °C
4 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-19.9 °C
7 January 1973
Snowiest day
21.8 cm
3 January 1973
Sunniest day
13.6 h
22 June 1941
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 | 13.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 38 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 17.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 14 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 23.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 2 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 32.1 °C | +5.5 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 35.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 36.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 38.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 2 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 37.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 35.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 29.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 22.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 17.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 27 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khāsh?
Khāsh has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 104 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khāsh?
The hottest day measured in Khāsh between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2023, reaching 42.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khāsh?
The coldest day measured in Khāsh between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1973, at -14.2 °C.
Does it snow in Khāsh?
Yes. Khāsh gets on average 1.4 cm of snow per year and has around 24 frost days.
Has the climate of Khāsh warmed?
Yes: Khāsh warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khāsh?
The wettest day measured in Khāsh between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1982, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khāsh?
The windiest day measured in Khāsh between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 2002, with winds reaching 56.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khāsh?
The warmest month in Khāsh is July (29.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Khāsh?
Khāsh receives on average 104 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 19 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khāsh?
Khāsh gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Khāsh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khāsh between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1973, with 21.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khāsh?
Yes: Khāsh has on average 81 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khāsh?
In Khāsh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 4 July 2024, and the lowest was -19.9 °C on 7 January 1973.
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