Kelar climate — normals and trends
Kelar (Iraq) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 501 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 (35.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Kelar averages 7 frost days, 175 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 54 rainy days per year.
Kelar 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 10 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 50.2 °C (on 18 July 1978) and the coldest -9.7 °C (on 7 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
KelarSulaymaniyah Governorate
- coords
- 34.63°, 45.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.0°C
Average daily high
28.4°C
Average daily low
15.8°C
Annual rainfall
501mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
43%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
175 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
54 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.9 cm
Average feels-like high
26.7 °C
Average feels-like low
13.0 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
141 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
50.2 °C
18 July 1978
Coldest day
-9.7 °C
7 February 1950
Wettest day
91 mm
29 October 2015
Windiest day
52.1 km/h
29 April 1980
Strongest gust
95.0 km/h
11 April 1963
Hottest feels-like
50.8 °C
28 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-14.7 °C
8 February 1950
Snowiest day
6.9 cm
25 February 1959
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 | 16.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 20 mm | -72 mm |
| Feb | 14.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 53 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 22.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 44 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 29.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 44 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 37.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 10 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 41.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 44.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 45.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 38.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 33.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 26.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 34 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 16.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 252 mm | +163 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kelar?
Kelar has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 501 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kelar?
The hottest day measured in Kelar between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1978, reaching 50.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kelar?
The coldest day measured in Kelar between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -9.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kelar?
Yes. Kelar gets on average 1.9 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.
Has the climate of Kelar warmed?
Yes: Kelar warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kelar?
The wettest day measured in Kelar between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2015, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kelar?
The windiest day measured in Kelar between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1980, with winds reaching 52.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kelar?
The warmest month in Kelar is July (35.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kelar?
Kelar receives on average 501 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 54 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kelar?
Kelar 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 Kelar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kelar between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1959, with 6.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kelar?
Yes: Kelar has on average 141 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kelar?
In Kelar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 50.8 °C on 28 July 2020, and the lowest was -14.7 °C on 8 February 1950.
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