Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn climate — normals and trends
Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 457 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn averages 98 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 79 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 8 August 2025) and the coldest -24.8 °C (on 17 January 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
Qarah Ẕīā’ od DīnWest Azerbaijan Province
- coords
- 38.89°, 45.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.8°C
Average daily high
17.5°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
457mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
98 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
60 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.1 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
25.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
41.6 °C
8 August 2025
Coldest day
-24.8 °C
17 January 1950
Wettest day
40 mm
4 April 1962
Windiest day
37.8 km/h
5 October 1977
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
4 January 1979
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest feels-like
-30.7 °C
17 January 1950
Snowiest day
18.9 cm
5 February 2010
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 2 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 41 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | 16.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 12 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 20.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 82 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 26.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 64 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 30.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 6 mm | -37 mm |
| Jul | 34.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 36.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 28.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 22 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 22.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 10 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | 15.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 6 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 6.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 41 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 457 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
The hottest day measured in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2025, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
The coldest day measured in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1950, at -24.8 °C.
Does it snow in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
Yes. Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn gets on average 51.1 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.
Has the climate of Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn warmed?
Yes: Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
The wettest day measured in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1962, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
The windiest day measured in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1977, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
The warmest month in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn receives on average 457 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2010, with 18.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
Yes: Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn?
In Qarah Ẕīā’ od Dīn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 3 August 2011, and the lowest was -30.7 °C on 17 January 1950.
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