Barţalah climate — normals and trends
Barţalah (Iraq) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 458 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 (34.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Barţalah averages 17 frost days, 164 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 59 rainy days per year.
Barţalah 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 22 to 12 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 50.4 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -13.3 °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
BarţalahNineveh Governorate
- coords
- 36.35°, 43.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.5°C
Average daily high
27.2°C
Average daily low
14.2°C
Annual rainfall
458mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
48%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
17 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
164 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
59 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.6 cm
Average feels-like high
26.4 °C
Average feels-like low
12.1 °C
Average peak gust
26.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
119 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
50.4 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-13.3 °C
9 February 1950
Wettest day
85 mm
18 November 1960
Windiest day
36.0 km/h
12 January 1950
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
22 February 2004
Hottest feels-like
50.7 °C
16 July 1978
Coldest feels-like
-17.8 °C
9 February 1950
Snowiest day
11.3 cm
10 February 1992
Sunniest day
14.0 h
17 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 14 mm | -66 mm |
| Feb | 14.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 32 mm | -42 mm |
| Mar | 24.2 °C | +5.6 °C | 35 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 28.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 38 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 36.4 °C | +4.4 °C | 9 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 41.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 44.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 44.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 38.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 32.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | 25.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 61 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 15.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 124 mm | +48 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Barţalah?
Barţalah has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 458 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barţalah?
The hottest day measured in Barţalah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 50.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Barţalah?
The coldest day measured in Barţalah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -13.3 °C.
Does it snow in Barţalah?
Yes. Barţalah gets on average 1.6 cm of snow per year and has around 17 frost days.
Has the climate of Barţalah warmed?
Yes: Barţalah warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Barţalah?
The wettest day measured in Barţalah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 1960, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Barţalah?
The windiest day measured in Barţalah between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1950, with winds reaching 36.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Barţalah?
The warmest month in Barţalah is July (34.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Barţalah?
Barţalah receives on average 458 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 59 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Barţalah?
Barţalah 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 Barţalah?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Barţalah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1992, with 11.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Barţalah?
Yes: Barţalah has on average 119 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barţalah?
In Barţalah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.7 °C on 16 July 1978, and the lowest was -17.8 °C on 9 February 1950.
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