Meshgīn Shahr climate — normals and trends
Meshgīn Shahr (Iran) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 541 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 (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Meshgīn Shahr averages 130 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Meshgīn Shahr has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 146 to 114 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 16 August 2015) and the coldest -26.5 °C (on 13 January 1940).
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
Meshgīn ShahrArdabil Province
- coords
- 38.40°, 47.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
3.5°C
Annual rainfall
541mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
10.7km/h
Seasonal range
23.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
130 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
111.3 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
37.4 °C
16 August 2015
Coldest day
-26.5 °C
13 January 1940
Wettest day
42 mm
5 November 1994
Windiest day
36.9 km/h
17 March 2014
Strongest gust
117.0 km/h
9 November 1956
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
11 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
13 January 1940
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
18 November 2001
Sunniest day
14.0 h
30 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | +4.3 °C | 10 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 53 mm | +18 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +5.9 °C | 39 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 17.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 64 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 22.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 92 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 26 mm | -34 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 13 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 29.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 7 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 22.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 38 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 20.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 25 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 15.9 °C | +6.0 °C | 2 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 6.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 49 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Meshgīn Shahr?
Meshgīn Shahr has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 541 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Meshgīn Shahr?
The hottest day measured in Meshgīn Shahr between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2015, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Meshgīn Shahr?
The coldest day measured in Meshgīn Shahr between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1940, at -26.5 °C.
Does it snow in Meshgīn Shahr?
Yes. Meshgīn Shahr gets on average 111.3 cm of snow per year and has around 130 frost days.
Has the climate of Meshgīn Shahr warmed?
Yes: Meshgīn Shahr warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Meshgīn Shahr?
The wettest day measured in Meshgīn Shahr between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1994, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Meshgīn Shahr?
The windiest day measured in Meshgīn Shahr between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2014, with winds reaching 36.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Meshgīn Shahr?
The warmest month in Meshgīn Shahr is July (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Meshgīn Shahr?
Meshgīn Shahr receives on average 541 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Meshgīn Shahr?
Meshgīn Shahr 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 Meshgīn Shahr?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Meshgīn Shahr between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2001, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Meshgīn Shahr?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Meshgīn Shahr.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Meshgīn Shahr?
In Meshgīn Shahr, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 11 August 2003, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 13 January 1940.
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