Taft climate — normals and trends
Taft (Iran) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 157 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 (29.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Taft averages 43 frost days, 118 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 32 rainy days per year.
Taft has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 52 to 34 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.4 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -18.7 °C (on 17 January 2008).
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
TaftYazd Province
- coords
- 31.74°, 54.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.2°C
Average daily high
23.3°C
Average daily low
10.9°C
Annual rainfall
157mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
33%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
43 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
118 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
32 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.2 cm
Average feels-like high
20.7 °C
Average feels-like low
7.5 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
74 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
42.4 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-18.7 °C
17 January 2008
Wettest day
51 mm
7 May 1979
Windiest day
33.8 km/h
27 March 1979
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
28 March 1962
Hottest feels-like
41.6 °C
1 July 1978
Coldest feels-like
-24.3 °C
17 January 2008
Snowiest day
12.8 cm
11 January 2020
Sunniest day
13.1 h
2 June 2025
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 | 9.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 23 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 12.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 12 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 19.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 26 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 28.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 5 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 33.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 35.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 36.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 34.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 33.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 28.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 19.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 13.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 49 mm | +26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Taft?
Taft has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 157 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taft?
The hottest day measured in Taft between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 42.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Taft?
The coldest day measured in Taft between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 2008, at -18.7 °C.
Does it snow in Taft?
Yes. Taft gets on average 16.2 cm of snow per year and has around 43 frost days.
Has the climate of Taft warmed?
Yes: Taft warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Taft?
The wettest day measured in Taft between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1979, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Taft?
The windiest day measured in Taft between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1979, with winds reaching 33.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Taft?
The warmest month in Taft is July (29.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Taft?
Taft receives on average 157 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 32 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Taft?
Taft gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Taft?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taft between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 2020, with 12.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Taft?
Yes: Taft has on average 74 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taft?
In Taft, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 1 July 1978, and the lowest was -24.3 °C on 17 January 2008.
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