Poldokhtar climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Poldokhtar?

Poldokhtar has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 561 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Poldokhtar?

The hottest day measured in Poldokhtar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2022, reaching 43.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Poldokhtar?

The coldest day measured in Poldokhtar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -21.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Poldokhtar?

Yes. Poldokhtar gets on average 17.5 cm of snow per year and has around 52 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Poldokhtar warmed?

Yes: Poldokhtar warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Poldokhtar?

The wettest day measured in Poldokhtar between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1972, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Poldokhtar?

The windiest day measured in Poldokhtar between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1994, with winds reaching 30.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Poldokhtar?

The warmest month in Poldokhtar is July (29.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Poldokhtar?

Poldokhtar receives on average 561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Poldokhtar?

Poldokhtar gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Poldokhtar (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 561 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 (4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Poldokhtar averages 52 frost days, 132 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 61 rainy days per year.

Poldokhtar has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 67 to 37 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.2 °C (on 12 August 2022) and the coldest -21.5 °C (on 9 February 1950).

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

PoldokhtarLorestan Province

coords: 33.15°, 47.71°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

16.7°C

Average daily high

23.6°C

Average daily low

9.0°C

Annual rainfall

561mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

50%

Average peak wind

9.6km/h

Seasonal range

25.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

52 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

132 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

61 d/yr

Annual snowfall

17.5 cm

Average feels-like high

22.4 °C

Average feels-like low

6.6 °C

Average peak gust

30.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

24 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

43.2 °C

12 August 2022

Coldest day

-21.5 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

90 mm

22 March 1972

Windiest day

30.5 km/h

7 March 1994

Strongest gust

110.9 km/h

5 March 1983

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

30 July 1976

Coldest feels-like

-26.4 °C

9 February 1950

Snowiest day

19.3 cm

12 January 1998

Sunniest day

14.0 h

25 June 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.9 °C24 July 2025	-6.8 °C25 February 2025	18.7 °C	415 mm	161	49
2024	41.3 °C12 July 2024	-5.4 °C16 December 2024	18.4 °C	657 mm	142	37
2023	42.5 °C14 July 2023	-4.2 °C2 January 2023	18.2 °C	618 mm	136	28
2022	43.2 °C12 August 2022	-5.3 °C22 January 2022	18.6 °C	345 mm	147	43
2021	42.8 °C26 July 2021	-4.9 °C23 January 2021	18.7 °C	298 mm	166	41
2020	42.1 °C27 July 2020	-6.4 °C12 February 2020	17.7 °C	683 mm	141	31
2019	42.2 °C20 July 2019	-4.4 °C11 January 2019	17.4 °C	881 mm	145	33
2018	41.8 °C27 July 2018	-5.1 °C3 February 2018	18.0 °C	821 mm	134	28
2017	41.0 °C10 July 2017	-6.0 °C3 February 2017	17.7 °C	405 mm	139	53
2016	41.8 °C17 July 2016	-5.2 °C30 January 2016	17.8 °C	601 mm	136	40
2015	42.2 °C2 July 2015	-5.2 °C7 December 2015	18.3 °C	686 mm	146	42
2014	41.9 °C17 July 2014	-4.9 °C6 February 2014	17.7 °C	547 mm	137	32
2013	42.0 °C8 July 2013	-5.2 °C12 January 2013	17.5 °C	576 mm	125	34
2012	41.5 °C4 August 2012	-7.8 °C22 January 2012	17.6 °C	486 mm	148	51
2011	42.5 °C9 July 2011	-4.9 °C25 January 2011	17.0 °C	596 mm	135	59
2010	42.4 °C12 July 2010	-7.9 °C8 February 2010	18.5 °C	403 mm	147	34
2009	41.3 °C30 June 2009	-6.7 °C3 January 2009	17.5 °C	440 mm	128	28
2008	42.6 °C2 August 2008	-13.2 °C13 January 2008	18.0 °C	282 mm	144	55
2007	40.6 °C16 June 2007	-5.3 °C4 January 2007	17.6 °C	627 mm	142	46
2006	41.1 °C20 July 2006	-5.3 °C18 December 2006	17.6 °C	689 mm	134	51
2005	42.1 °C12 July 2005	-8.8 °C10 February 2005	17.5 °C	557 mm	135	41
2004	40.4 °C8 August 2004	-6.0 °C18 December 2004	17.3 °C	538 mm	136	29
2003	41.6 °C13 August 2003	-4.2 °C20 January 2003	17.4 °C	633 mm	137	30
2002	41.4 °C11 August 2002	-5.8 °C28 January 2002	17.3 °C	640 mm	147	38
2001	41.5 °C4 August 2001	-17.1 °C28 January 2001	18.2 °C	509 mm	145	27
2000	42.0 °C16 July 2000	-10.0 °C18 January 2000	17.5 °C	531 mm	141	54
1999	41.2 °C20 July 1999	-7.5 °C22 January 1999	18.3 °C	383 mm	150	32
1998	42.0 °C15 July 1998	-17.2 °C14 January 1998	17.9 °C	592 mm	140	36
1997	41.2 °C30 July 1997	-7.1 °C8 February 1997	16.7 °C	562 mm	131	50
1996	41.2 °C1 August 1996	-8.5 °C21 January 1996	17.4 °C	765 mm	134	20
1995	41.9 °C20 July 1995	-6.1 °C21 December 1995	17.2 °C	331 mm	128	44
1994	40.3 °C5 August 1994	-13.2 °C7 December 1994	17.4 °C	812 mm	127	39
1993	40.6 °C16 July 1993	-5.6 °C18 January 1993	16.8 °C	788 mm	124	38
1992	40.0 °C15 July 1992	-15.7 °C28 January 1992	15.4 °C	851 mm	117	65
1991	40.8 °C9 August 1991	-10.9 °C24 December 1991	17.3 °C	646 mm	122	43
1990	40.8 °C13 August 1990	-15.5 °C26 January 1990	16.7 °C	474 mm	140	45
1989	41.3 °C20 July 1989	-15.8 °C6 January 1989	15.4 °C	561 mm	120	68
1988	42.2 °C14 July 1988	-17.5 °C30 December 1988	16.9 °C	547 mm	139	64
1987	40.5 °C18 July 1987	-5.1 °C9 January 1987	16.8 °C	719 mm	141	60
1986	40.9 °C31 July 1986	-6.6 °C24 January 1986	16.2 °C	577 mm	132	85
1985	41.2 °C8 July 1985	-7.5 °C19 February 1985	16.8 °C	448 mm	134	64
1984	40.7 °C30 July 1984	-6.6 °C30 January 1984	16.4 °C	480 mm	130	69
1983	41.8 °C17 August 1983	-13.5 °C27 January 1983	15.8 °C	462 mm	131	85
1982	40.9 °C19 July 1982	-17.8 °C19 February 1982	15.3 °C	657 mm	128	96
1981	41.3 °C15 July 1981	-6.5 °C7 January 1981	16.8 °C	500 mm	129	56
1980	39.8 °C4 August 1980	-11.2 °C5 March 1980	16.0 °C	655 mm	123	48
1979	40.9 °C11 July 1979	-10.3 °C12 January 1979	16.3 °C	567 mm	123	43
1978	40.2 °C18 July 1978	-6.0 °C16 January 1978	16.5 °C	411 mm	131	36
1977	40.6 °C14 August 1977	-15.1 °C14 January 1977	16.3 °C	642 mm	131	39
1976	41.7 °C31 July 1976	-16.6 °C3 March 1976	15.8 °C	522 mm	111	42
1975	41.2 °C29 June 1975	-16.1 °C21 January 1975	15.7 °C	655 mm	126	60
1974	38.8 °C23 June 1974	-15.6 °C5 February 1974	15.0 °C	779 mm	123	67
1973	40.1 °C5 August 1973	-12.1 °C19 January 1973	15.9 °C	277 mm	124	66
1972	39.7 °C11 July 1972	-12.0 °C11 February 1972	14.7 °C	1,035 mm	119	69
1971	38.6 °C11 July 1971	-8.5 °C15 February 1971	15.4 °C	699 mm	109	50
1970	38.6 °C12 August 1970	-5.7 °C29 January 1970	16.0 °C	442 mm	129	45
1969	41.0 °C26 July 1969	-11.1 °C31 January 1969	15.8 °C	685 mm	112	41
1968	38.2 °C22 July 1968	-21.5 °C7 February 1968	15.1 °C	734 mm	109	51
1967	40.9 °C15 July 1967	-15.8 °C25 December 1967	15.0 °C	561 mm	107	76
1966	40.2 °C27 July 1966	-3.6 °C17 January 1966	16.3 °C	485 mm	116	39
1965	39.9 °C15 July 1965	-13.6 °C18 January 1965	15.6 °C	612 mm	130	56
1964	40.9 °C13 July 1964	-20.2 °C20 January 1964	14.5 °C	390 mm	129	74
1963	39.0 °C1 August 1963	-7.9 °C31 December 1963	15.3 °C	726 mm	115	55
1962	41.3 °C19 July 1962	-4.2 °C23 February 1962	17.6 °C	409 mm	140	52
1961	41.5 °C23 July 1961	-9.1 °C4 February 1961	16.5 °C	558 mm	131	71
1960	40.9 °C18 July 1960	-6.7 °C29 January 1960	16.7 °C	595 mm	129	69
1959	40.2 °C8 August 1959	-13.0 °C1 March 1959	15.8 °C	295 mm	119	87
1958	40.4 °C30 July 1958	-6.6 °C24 November 1958	17.4 °C	333 mm	148	44
1957	41.0 °C28 July 1957	-18.5 °C25 January 1957	14.5 °C	699 mm	111	75
1956	41.3 °C1 July 1956	-8.1 °C18 January 1956	16.2 °C	370 mm	129	65
1955	39.3 °C12 August 1955	-4.2 °C6 January 1955	15.7 °C	466 mm	121	46
1954	39.8 °C20 July 1954	-5.5 °C6 January 1954	15.7 °C	769 mm	117	45
1953	39.4 °C18 July 1953	-19.5 °C24 December 1953	15.3 °C	883 mm	119	67
1952	38.6 °C9 July 1952	-6.4 °C6 January 1952	15.6 °C	563 mm	120	42
1951	41.2 °C12 July 1951	-9.2 °C25 December 1951	16.2 °C	594 mm	138	51
1950	39.8 °C20 July 1950	-21.5 °C9 February 1950	15.1 °C	570 mm	135	69
1949	40.2 °C6 July 1949	-12.6 °C20 February 1949	15.0 °C	754 mm	125	74
1948	42.0 °C11 July 1948	-11.4 °C31 December 1948	16.4 °C	602 mm	138	74
1947	42.7 °C16 July 1947	-8.3 °C18 January 1947	17.1 °C	433 mm	136	57
1946	41.5 °C18 July 1946	-7.2 °C25 January 1946	16.7 °C	458 mm	139	72
1945	40.8 °C9 August 1945	-11.0 °C2 March 1945	16.4 °C	411 mm	135	88
1944	41.2 °C23 July 1944	-11.1 °C4 February 1944	17.2 °C	299 mm	139	71
1943	41.1 °C28 July 1943	-9.8 °C3 February 1943	17.3 °C	573 mm	136	59
1942	43.1 °C17 July 1942	-8.5 °C7 January 1942	17.8 °C	369 mm	156	49
1941	42.1 °C11 July 1941	-4.5 °C16 January 1941	17.6 °C	343 mm	143	47
1940	41.1 °C30 July 1940	-5.4 °C17 January 1940	17.0 °C	399 mm	141	59

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.2 °C

+2.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

161 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

49 d/yr

-3

Annual rainfall

415 mm

-146 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	11.4 °C	+1.9 °C	28 mm	-69 mm
Feb	10.9 °C	-0.5 °C	91 mm	+3 mm
Mar	17.7 °C	+2.3 °C	97 mm	-10 mm
Apr	24.6 °C	+3.4 °C	36 mm	-30 mm
May	33.1 °C	+5.2 °C	8 mm	-12 mm
Jun	36.6 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	39.7 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	40.7 °C	+3.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	34.7 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	29.3 °C	+3.2 °C	0 mm	-20 mm
Nov	21.9 °C	+4.4 °C	15 mm	-55 mm
Dec	12.3 °C	+0.5 °C	142 mm	+48 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.9 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-6.8 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

52.8 mm

10 Dec 2025

Windiest day

22.2 km/h

14 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

76.3 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-11.4 °C

25 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

1.7 cm

30 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

22 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Poldokhtar?

Poldokhtar has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.7 °C and it receives 561 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Poldokhtar?

The hottest day measured in Poldokhtar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2022, reaching 43.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Poldokhtar?

The coldest day measured in Poldokhtar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -21.5 °C.

Does it snow in Poldokhtar?

Yes. Poldokhtar gets on average 17.5 cm of snow per year and has around 52 frost days.

Has the climate of Poldokhtar warmed?

Yes: Poldokhtar warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Poldokhtar?

The wettest day measured in Poldokhtar between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1972, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Poldokhtar?

The windiest day measured in Poldokhtar between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1994, with winds reaching 30.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Poldokhtar?

The warmest month in Poldokhtar is July (29.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Poldokhtar?

Poldokhtar receives on average 561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Poldokhtar?

Poldokhtar gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Poldokhtar?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Poldokhtar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1998, with 19.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Poldokhtar?

Yes: Poldokhtar has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Poldokhtar?

In Poldokhtar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 30 July 1976, and the lowest was -26.4 °C on 9 February 1950.

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