Salmās climate — normals and trends
Salmās (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 463 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Salmās averages 141 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Salmās has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 159 to 123 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 10 July 2015) and the coldest -28.2 °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
SalmāsWest Azerbaijan Province
- coords
- 38.20°, 44.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
463mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
141 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
93.0 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °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
37.3 °C
10 July 2015
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
17 January 1950
Wettest day
41 mm
1 April 1969
Windiest day
32.5 km/h
21 April 2015
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
1 April 2005
Hottest feels-like
35.9 °C
5 August 2008
Coldest feels-like
-34.1 °C
17 January 1950
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
19 February 1990
Sunniest day
14.0 h
13 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 4 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | -0.6 °C | -2.3 °C | 47 mm | +18 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 24 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 81 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 64 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 25 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 31.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 3 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 33.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 4 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 10 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 20.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 8 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 13.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 13 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 4.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 45 mm | +18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Salmās?
Salmās has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 463 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salmās?
The hottest day measured in Salmās between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2015, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Salmās?
The coldest day measured in Salmās between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1950, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Salmās?
Yes. Salmās gets on average 93.0 cm of snow per year and has around 141 frost days.
Has the climate of Salmās warmed?
Yes: Salmās warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Salmās?
The wettest day measured in Salmās between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 1969, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Salmās?
The windiest day measured in Salmās between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 2015, with winds reaching 32.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Salmās?
The warmest month in Salmās is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Salmās?
Salmās receives on average 463 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Salmās?
Salmās 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 Salmās?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salmās between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1990, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Salmās?
Yes: Salmās has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salmās?
In Salmās, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.9 °C on 5 August 2008, and the lowest was -34.1 °C on 17 January 1950.
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