Sonqor climate — normals and trends
Sonqor (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 442 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 (-3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Sonqor averages 114 frost days, 76 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.
Sonqor has warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.43 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 137 to 91 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 20 July 2019) and the coldest -28.2 °C (on 31 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
SonqorKermanshah Province
- coords
- 34.78°, 47.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
17.6°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
442mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
50%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
29.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
76 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
73 d/yr
Annual snowfall
118.2 cm
Average feels-like high
15.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.6 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
39.4 °C
20 July 2019
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
31 December 1948
Wettest day
67 mm
25 February 2020
Windiest day
34.9 km/h
7 April 1964
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
22 February 2010
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
10 August 2022
Coldest feels-like
-33.3 °C
31 December 1948
Snowiest day
35.2 cm
19 February 1953
Sunniest day
14.0 h
9 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 16 mm | -42 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 53 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 86 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 18.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 71 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 27.0 °C | +5.5 °C | 14 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 31.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 35.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 36.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 29.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 24.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 17.5 °C | +5.4 °C | 4 mm | -43 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 75 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sonqor?
Sonqor has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 442 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sonqor?
The hottest day measured in Sonqor between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2019, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sonqor?
The coldest day measured in Sonqor between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1948, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Sonqor?
Yes. Sonqor gets on average 118.2 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Sonqor warmed?
Yes: Sonqor warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sonqor?
The wettest day measured in Sonqor between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2020, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sonqor?
The windiest day measured in Sonqor between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1964, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sonqor?
The warmest month in Sonqor is July (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Sonqor?
Sonqor receives on average 442 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sonqor?
Sonqor 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 Sonqor?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sonqor between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1953, with 35.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sonqor?
Yes: Sonqor has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sonqor?
In Sonqor, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 10 August 2022, and the lowest was -33.3 °C on 31 December 1948.
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