Sharīfābād climate — normals and trends
Sharīfābād (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.5 °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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Sharīfābād averages 95 frost days, 80 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 64 rainy days per year.
Sharīfābād has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 116 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 7 August 2024) and the coldest -22.7 °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
SharīfābādQazvin Province
- coords
- 36.21°, 50.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.5°C
Average daily high
18.5°C
Average daily low
7.0°C
Annual rainfall
335mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
50%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
26.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
95 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
80 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
64 d/yr
Annual snowfall
78.5 cm
Average feels-like high
16.2 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
41.0 °C
7 August 2024
Coldest day
-22.7 °C
30 December 1948
Wettest day
57 mm
1 April 2019
Windiest day
33.1 km/h
27 May 1944
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
25 April 1978
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
30 July 1976
Coldest feels-like
-27.8 °C
30 December 1948
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
19 February 1951
Sunniest day
13.8 h
23 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 | 7.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 11 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 51 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 14.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 64 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 21.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 29 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 28.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 10 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 34.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 35.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 29.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 5 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 24.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 0 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 17.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 1 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 8.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 46 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sharīfābād?
Sharīfābād has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 335 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sharīfābād?
The hottest day measured in Sharīfābād between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2024, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sharīfābād?
The coldest day measured in Sharīfābād between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1948, at -22.7 °C.
Does it snow in Sharīfābād?
Yes. Sharīfābād gets on average 78.5 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.
Has the climate of Sharīfābād warmed?
Yes: Sharīfābād warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sharīfābād?
The wettest day measured in Sharīfābād between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 2019, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sharīfābād?
The windiest day measured in Sharīfābād between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1944, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sharīfābād?
The warmest month in Sharīfābād is July (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Sharīfābād?
Sharīfābād receives on average 335 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sharīfābād?
Sharīfābād 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 Sharīfābād?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sharīfābād between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1951, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sharīfābād?
Yes: Sharīfābād has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sharīfābād?
In Sharīfābād, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 30 July 1976, and the lowest was -27.8 °C on 30 December 1948.
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