Ash Sharqāt climate — normals and trends
Ash Sharqāt (Iraq) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 228 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 (35.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Ash Sharqāt averages 10 frost days, 176 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 39 rainy days per year.
Ash Sharqāt 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 14 to 6 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.8 °C (on 31 July 1957) and the coldest -9.4 °C (on 17 January 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
Ash SharqātSalah ad Din
- coords
- 35.52°, 43.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.0°C
Average daily high
28.4°C
Average daily low
15.9°C
Annual rainfall
228mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
44%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
10 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
176 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
39 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.3 cm
Average feels-like high
26.4 °C
Average feels-like low
13.2 °C
Average peak gust
30.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
144 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
49.8 °C
31 July 1957
Coldest day
-9.4 °C
17 January 1950
Wettest day
61 mm
28 January 2019
Windiest day
57.1 km/h
1 March 1941
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
21 March 1952
Hottest feels-like
51.4 °C
28 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-14.0 °C
17 January 1950
Snowiest day
5.4 cm
13 January 1950
Sunniest day
14.0 h
21 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 10 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 15.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 19 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 24.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 34 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 29.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 25 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 37.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 8 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 41.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 44.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 44.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 38.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 32.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 25.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 14 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 16.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 79 mm | +40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ash Sharqāt?
Ash Sharqāt has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 228 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ash Sharqāt?
The hottest day measured in Ash Sharqāt between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1957, reaching 49.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ash Sharqāt?
The coldest day measured in Ash Sharqāt between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1950, at -9.4 °C.
Does it snow in Ash Sharqāt?
Almost never: Ash Sharqāt sees virtually no snow, with about 10 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ash Sharqāt warmed?
Yes: Ash Sharqāt warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ash Sharqāt?
The wettest day measured in Ash Sharqāt between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2019, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ash Sharqāt?
The windiest day measured in Ash Sharqāt between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1941, with winds reaching 57.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ash Sharqāt?
The warmest month in Ash Sharqāt is July (35.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Ash Sharqāt?
Ash Sharqāt receives on average 228 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 39 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ash Sharqāt?
Ash Sharqāt 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 Ash Sharqāt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ash Sharqāt between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1950, with 5.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ash Sharqāt?
Yes: Ash Sharqāt has on average 144 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ash Sharqāt?
In Ash Sharqāt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 51.4 °C on 28 July 2020, and the lowest was -14.0 °C on 17 January 1950.
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