Khvāf climate — normals and trends
Khvāf has a cold semi-arid climate, averaging 16.5 °C annually with 199 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
KhvāfRazavi Khorasan
- coords
- 34.58°, 60.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
22.5°C
Average daily low
10.9°C
Annual rainfall
199mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
42%
Average peak wind
20.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
51 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
121 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
36 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.9 cm
Average feels-like high
18.9 °C
Average feels-like low
7.2 °C
Average peak gust
41.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
85 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
44.6 °C
16 June 1953
Coldest day
-21.9 °C
2 February 1972
Wettest day
56 mm
17 January 1959
Windiest day
49.6 km/h
25 June 2023
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
11 January 1965
Hottest feels-like
43.3 °C
6 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-27.8 °C
2 February 1972
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
14 February 1952
Sunniest day
14.0 h
25 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 12.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 31 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 19.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 24 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 30.2 °C | +7.0 °C | 5 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 33.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 34.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 37.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 35.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 32.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 27.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 20.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 12.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 69 mm | +42 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Khvāf (Iran) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 199 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 (29.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Khvāf averages 51 frost days, 121 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 36 rainy days per year.
Khvāf 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 61 to 41 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.6 °C (on 16 June 1953) and the coldest -21.9 °C (on 2 February 1972).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khvāf?
Khvāf has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 199 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khvāf?
The hottest day measured in Khvāf between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1953, reaching 44.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khvāf?
The coldest day measured in Khvāf between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1972, at -21.9 °C.
Does it snow in Khvāf?
Yes. Khvāf gets on average 19.9 cm of snow per year and has around 51 frost days.
Has the climate of Khvāf warmed?
Yes: Khvāf warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khvāf?
The wettest day measured in Khvāf between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1959, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khvāf?
The windiest day measured in Khvāf between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2023, with winds reaching 49.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khvāf?
The warmest month in Khvāf is July (29.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Khvāf?
Khvāf receives on average 199 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 36 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khvāf?
Khvāf 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 Khvāf?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khvāf between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1952, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khvāf?
Yes: Khvāf has on average 85 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khvāf?
In Khvāf, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 6 July 1998, and the lowest was -27.8 °C on 2 February 1972.
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