Shabestar climate — normals and trends
Shabestar (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 426 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Shabestar averages 113 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Shabestar has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 131 to 95 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 5 August 2025) and the coldest -24.8 °C (on 2 February 1967).
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
ShabestarEast Azerbaijan Province
- coords
- 38.18°, 45.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
426mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
27.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
113 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
56 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
93.5 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
39.1 °C
5 August 2025
Coldest day
-24.8 °C
2 February 1967
Wettest day
34 mm
18 February 2018
Windiest day
40.8 km/h
21 April 2015
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
21 April 2015
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
31 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-29.8 °C
2 February 1967
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
18 November 2001
Sunniest day
14.0 h
16 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 5 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 1.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 38 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +6.0 °C | 24 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 52 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 24.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 36 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 24 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 33.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 35.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 27.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 10 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 21.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 21 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 10 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 60 mm | +24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shabestar?
Shabestar has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 426 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shabestar?
The hottest day measured in Shabestar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2025, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shabestar?
The coldest day measured in Shabestar between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1967, at -24.8 °C.
Does it snow in Shabestar?
Yes. Shabestar gets on average 93.5 cm of snow per year and has around 113 frost days.
Has the climate of Shabestar warmed?
Yes: Shabestar warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shabestar?
The wettest day measured in Shabestar between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 2018, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shabestar?
The windiest day measured in Shabestar between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 2015, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shabestar?
The warmest month in Shabestar is July (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Shabestar?
Shabestar receives on average 426 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shabestar?
Shabestar 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 Shabestar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shabestar between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2001, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shabestar?
Yes: Shabestar has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shabestar?
In Shabestar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 31 July 1957, and the lowest was -29.8 °C on 2 February 1967.
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