Qīdar climate — normals and trends
Qīdar (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 356 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Qīdar averages 122 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.
Qīdar has warmed by +4.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.46 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 145 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 16 July 1995) and the coldest -27.4 °C (on 8 January 2008).
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
QīdarZanjan
- coords
- 36.11°, 48.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
17.4°C
Average daily low
3.9°C
Annual rainfall
356mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
72 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
73 d/yr
Annual snowfall
82.4 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+4.0 °C
since 1940
+0.5 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
40.7 °C
16 July 1995
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
8 January 2008
Wettest day
43 mm
25 February 2020
Windiest day
52.2 km/h
24 March 1958
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
18 March 1963
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
10 August 2024
Coldest feels-like
-32.6 °C
8 January 2008
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
29 November 1986
Sunniest day
14.0 h
10 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 20 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | -2.6 °C | 39 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 80 mm | +17 mm |
| Apr | 19.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 58 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 26.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 17 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 30.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 33.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 35.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 28.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 24.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 16.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 4 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 7.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 51 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qīdar?
Qīdar has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 356 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qīdar?
The hottest day measured in Qīdar between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1995, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qīdar?
The coldest day measured in Qīdar between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2008, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Qīdar?
Yes. Qīdar gets on average 82.4 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Qīdar warmed?
Yes: Qīdar warmed by +4.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qīdar?
The wettest day measured in Qīdar between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2020, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qīdar?
The windiest day measured in Qīdar between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1958, with winds reaching 52.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qīdar?
The warmest month in Qīdar is July (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Qīdar?
Qīdar receives on average 356 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qīdar?
Qīdar gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qīdar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qīdar between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 1986, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qīdar?
Yes: Qīdar has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qīdar?
In Qīdar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 10 August 2024, and the lowest was -32.6 °C on 8 January 2008.
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