Batifa District climate — normals and trends
Batifa District (Iraq) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 875 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 (26.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Batifa District averages 102 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Batifa District has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 86 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -22.4 °C (on 23 February 1985).
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
Batifa DistrictDuhok Governorate
- coords
- 37.17°, 43.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.6°C
Average daily high
19.1°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
875mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
102 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
89 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
165.5 cm
Average feels-like high
17.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
41.0 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-22.4 °C
23 February 1985
Wettest day
94 mm
19 March 2024
Windiest day
24.3 km/h
25 June 2022
Strongest gust
90.7 km/h
22 February 2004
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
13 July 1964
Coldest feels-like
-27.0 °C
23 February 1985
Snowiest day
46.7 cm
24 November 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 | 8.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 17 mm | -124 mm |
| Feb | 5.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 96 mm | -43 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +4.8 °C | 60 mm | -93 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 96 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 25.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 42 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 36.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 37.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 30.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 24.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 12 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 68 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 8.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 196 mm | +69 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Batifa District?
Batifa District has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 875 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Batifa District?
The hottest day measured in Batifa District between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Batifa District?
The coldest day measured in Batifa District between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1985, at -22.4 °C.
Does it snow in Batifa District?
Yes. Batifa District gets on average 165.5 cm of snow per year and has around 102 frost days.
Has the climate of Batifa District warmed?
Yes: Batifa District warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Batifa District?
The wettest day measured in Batifa District between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2024, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Batifa District?
The windiest day measured in Batifa District between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2022, with winds reaching 24.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Batifa District?
The warmest month in Batifa District is July (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Batifa District?
Batifa District receives on average 875 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Batifa District?
Batifa District gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Batifa District?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Batifa District between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1992, with 46.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Batifa District?
Yes: Batifa District has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Batifa District?
In Batifa District, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 13 July 1964, and the lowest was -27.0 °C on 23 February 1985.
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