Torbat-e Jām climate — normals and trends
Torbat-e Jām (Iran) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 243 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Torbat-e Jām averages 81 frost days, 80 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 46 rainy days per year.
Torbat-e Jām has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 95 to 67 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.1 °C (on 6 July 1998) and the coldest -23.5 °C (on 9 February 1950).
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
Torbat-e JāmRazavi Khorasan
- coords
- 35.24°, 60.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
243mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
48%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
25.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
81 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
80 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
46 d/yr
Annual snowfall
44.7 cm
Average feels-like high
16.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
32 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
42.1 °C
6 July 1998
Coldest day
-23.5 °C
9 February 1950
Wettest day
52 mm
25 March 1960
Windiest day
42.2 km/h
26 July 2021
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
11 January 1965
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
6 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-29.2 °C
9 February 1950
Snowiest day
26.4 cm
12 February 2019
Sunniest day
14.0 h
25 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 27 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 8.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 44 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 16.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 53 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 27.1 °C | +7.0 °C | 17 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 30.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 0 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 4 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 34.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 32.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 29.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 25.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 10.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 80 mm | +54 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Torbat-e Jām?
Torbat-e Jām has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 243 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Torbat-e Jām?
The hottest day measured in Torbat-e Jām between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1998, reaching 42.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Torbat-e Jām?
The coldest day measured in Torbat-e Jām between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -23.5 °C.
Does it snow in Torbat-e Jām?
Yes. Torbat-e Jām gets on average 44.7 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.
Has the climate of Torbat-e Jām warmed?
Yes: Torbat-e Jām warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Torbat-e Jām?
The wettest day measured in Torbat-e Jām between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1960, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Torbat-e Jām?
The windiest day measured in Torbat-e Jām between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2021, with winds reaching 42.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Torbat-e Jām?
The warmest month in Torbat-e Jām is July (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Torbat-e Jām?
Torbat-e Jām receives on average 243 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 46 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Torbat-e Jām?
Torbat-e Jām 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 Torbat-e Jām?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Torbat-e Jām between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 2019, with 26.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Torbat-e Jām?
Yes: Torbat-e Jām has on average 32 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Torbat-e Jām?
In Torbat-e Jām, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 6 July 1998, and the lowest was -29.2 °C on 9 February 1950.
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