Jamjamāl climate — normals and trends
Jamjamāl (Iraq) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 578 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 (32.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Jamjamāl averages 23 frost days, 151 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 67 rainy days per year.
Jamjamāl has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 31 to 15 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.1 °C (on 18 July 1978) and the coldest -15.1 °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
JamjamālSulaymaniyah Governorate
- coords
- 35.53°, 44.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.1°C
Average daily high
25.7°C
Average daily low
12.8°C
Annual rainfall
578mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
23 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
151 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
67 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.9 °C
Average feels-like low
10.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
97 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
47.1 °C
18 July 1978
Coldest day
-15.1 °C
17 January 1950
Wettest day
95 mm
26 February 1991
Windiest day
47.7 km/h
17 February 2021
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
17 February 2021
Hottest feels-like
48.0 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-19.6 °C
17 January 1950
Snowiest day
17.8 cm
10 February 1992
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 24 mm | -74 mm |
| Feb | 12.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 49 mm | -45 mm |
| Mar | 20.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 48 mm | -53 mm |
| Apr | 26.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 65 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 34.1 °C | +4.3 °C | 10 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 38.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 42.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 42.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 36.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 30.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 24.0 °C | +4.4 °C | 56 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 13.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 202 mm | +108 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jamjamāl?
Jamjamāl has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 578 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jamjamāl?
The hottest day measured in Jamjamāl between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1978, reaching 47.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jamjamāl?
The coldest day measured in Jamjamāl between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1950, at -15.1 °C.
Does it snow in Jamjamāl?
Yes. Jamjamāl gets on average 7.0 cm of snow per year and has around 23 frost days.
Has the climate of Jamjamāl warmed?
Yes: Jamjamāl warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jamjamāl?
The wettest day measured in Jamjamāl between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1991, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jamjamāl?
The windiest day measured in Jamjamāl between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2021, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jamjamāl?
The warmest month in Jamjamāl is July (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Jamjamāl?
Jamjamāl receives on average 578 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jamjamāl?
Jamjamāl gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Jamjamāl?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jamjamāl between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1992, with 17.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jamjamāl?
Yes: Jamjamāl has on average 97 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jamjamāl?
In Jamjamāl, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.0 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -19.6 °C on 17 January 1950.
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