Shahr-e Kord climate — normals and trends
Shahr-e Kord (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 335 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Shahr-e Kord averages 141 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 48 rainy days per year.
Shahr-e Kord has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 157 to 125 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 28 July 2024) and the coldest -31.1 °C (on 20 January 1964).
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
Shahr-e KordChaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province
- coords
- 32.33°, 50.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
16.0°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
335mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
48%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
29.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
141 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
48 d/yr
Annual snowfall
153.1 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
36.8 °C
28 July 2024
Coldest day
-31.1 °C
20 January 1964
Wettest day
76 mm
9 February 2006
Windiest day
31.3 km/h
20 September 1995
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
23 April 2018
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
28 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-36.0 °C
20 January 1964
Snowiest day
47.4 cm
4 December 1989
Sunniest day
13.2 h
16 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.9 °C | +6.0 °C | 34 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 5.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 28 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 85 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +5.5 °C | 33 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 27.1 °C | +6.1 °C | 4 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 33.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 23.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 16.5 °C | +5.1 °C | 1 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 100 mm | +45 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shahr-e Kord?
Shahr-e Kord has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 335 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shahr-e Kord?
The hottest day measured in Shahr-e Kord between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2024, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shahr-e Kord?
The coldest day measured in Shahr-e Kord between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1964, at -31.1 °C.
Does it snow in Shahr-e Kord?
Yes. Shahr-e Kord gets on average 153.1 cm of snow per year and has around 141 frost days.
Has the climate of Shahr-e Kord warmed?
Yes: Shahr-e Kord warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shahr-e Kord?
The wettest day measured in Shahr-e Kord between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2006, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shahr-e Kord?
The windiest day measured in Shahr-e Kord between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 1995, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shahr-e Kord?
The warmest month in Shahr-e Kord is July (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Shahr-e Kord?
Shahr-e Kord receives on average 335 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 48 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shahr-e Kord?
Shahr-e Kord gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shahr-e Kord?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shahr-e Kord between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1989, with 47.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shahr-e Kord?
Yes: Shahr-e Kord has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shahr-e Kord?
In Shahr-e Kord, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 28 July 2024, and the lowest was -36.0 °C on 20 January 1964.
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