Shāhīn Dezh climate — normals and trends
Shāhīn Dezh (Iran) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 360 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Shāhīn Dezh averages 116 frost days, 80 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Shāhīn Dezh has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 94 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 27 July 2018) and the coldest -26.5 °C (on 30 December 1948).
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
Shāhīn DezhWest Azerbaijan Province
- coords
- 36.68°, 46.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
18.1°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
360mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
28.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
80 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
73.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
40.8 °C
27 July 2018
Coldest day
-26.5 °C
30 December 1948
Wettest day
38 mm
9 December 2025
Windiest day
41.4 km/h
9 March 2018
Strongest gust
103.7 km/h
4 March 2013
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
10 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
30 December 1948
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
21 December 2002
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 13 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 43 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | +4.5 °C | 32 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 19.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 73 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 26.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 31 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 31.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 35.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 37.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 28.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 23.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 1 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 16.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 12 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 103 mm | +63 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shāhīn Dezh?
Shāhīn Dezh has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 360 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shāhīn Dezh?
The hottest day measured in Shāhīn Dezh between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2018, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shāhīn Dezh?
The coldest day measured in Shāhīn Dezh between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1948, at -26.5 °C.
Does it snow in Shāhīn Dezh?
Yes. Shāhīn Dezh gets on average 73.3 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Shāhīn Dezh warmed?
Yes: Shāhīn Dezh warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shāhīn Dezh?
The wettest day measured in Shāhīn Dezh between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 2025, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shāhīn Dezh?
The windiest day measured in Shāhīn Dezh between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 2018, with winds reaching 41.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shāhīn Dezh?
The warmest month in Shāhīn Dezh is July (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Shāhīn Dezh?
Shāhīn Dezh receives on average 360 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shāhīn Dezh?
Shāhīn Dezh gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shāhīn Dezh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shāhīn Dezh between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2002, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shāhīn Dezh?
Yes: Shāhīn Dezh has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shāhīn Dezh?
In Shāhīn Dezh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 10 July 2018, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 30 December 1948.
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