Khasnahzān climate — normals and trends
Khasnahzān (Iraq) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.8 °C and it receives 721 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 (32.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Khasnahzān averages 35 frost days, 140 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 81 rainy days per year.
Khasnahzān has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 46 to 24 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.1 °C (on 24 July 2025) and the coldest -17.2 °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
KhasnahzānErbil Governorate
- coords
- 36.20°, 44.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.8°C
Average daily high
24.3°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
721mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
48%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
27.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
35 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
140 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
81 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.6 cm
Average feels-like high
22.9 °C
Average feels-like low
9.1 °C
Average peak gust
30.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
83 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
46.1 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest day
-17.2 °C
17 January 1950
Wettest day
103 mm
12 April 2023
Windiest day
33.9 km/h
29 April 1980
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
9 March 2006
Hottest feels-like
46.7 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-21.9 °C
17 January 1950
Snowiest day
22.0 cm
12 January 1950
Sunniest day
14.0 h
15 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 22 mm | -96 mm |
| Feb | 10.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 54 mm | -61 mm |
| Mar | 20.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 30 mm | -97 mm |
| Apr | 24.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 89 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 32.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 23 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 37.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 41.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 41.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 35.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 29.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -29 mm |
| Nov | 22.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 65 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 12.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 174 mm | +68 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khasnahzān?
Khasnahzān has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.8 °C and it receives 721 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khasnahzān?
The hottest day measured in Khasnahzān between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2025, reaching 46.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khasnahzān?
The coldest day measured in Khasnahzān between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1950, at -17.2 °C.
Does it snow in Khasnahzān?
Yes. Khasnahzān gets on average 28.6 cm of snow per year and has around 35 frost days.
Has the climate of Khasnahzān warmed?
Yes: Khasnahzān warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khasnahzān?
The wettest day measured in Khasnahzān between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2023, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khasnahzān?
The windiest day measured in Khasnahzān between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1980, with winds reaching 33.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khasnahzān?
The warmest month in Khasnahzān is July (32.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Khasnahzān?
Khasnahzān receives on average 721 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 81 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khasnahzān?
Khasnahzān 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 Khasnahzān?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khasnahzān between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1950, with 22.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khasnahzān?
Yes: Khasnahzān has on average 83 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khasnahzān?
In Khasnahzān, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.7 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -21.9 °C on 17 January 1950.
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