Qeładizê climate — normals and trends
Qeładizê (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 910 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 (26.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Qeładizê averages 98 frost days, 87 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Qeładizê has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 27 July 1966) and the coldest -24.3 °C (on 7 December 1994).
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
QeładizêSulaymaniyah Governorate
- coords
- 36.18°, 45.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.6°C
Average daily high
18.6°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
910mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
10.3km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
98 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
87 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
222.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
40.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
41.3 °C
27 July 1966
Coldest day
-24.3 °C
7 December 1994
Wettest day
95 mm
26 February 1991
Windiest day
25.4 km/h
31 March 2009
Strongest gust
113.4 km/h
18 January 1964
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
27 July 1966
Coldest feels-like
-29.3 °C
7 December 1994
Snowiest day
48.7 cm
5 February 1985
Sunniest day
14.0 h
18 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 | 7.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 24 mm | -131 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 92 mm | -66 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +5.0 °C | 63 mm | -99 mm |
| Apr | 18.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 104 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 25.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 24 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 35.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 37.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 29.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 24.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 17.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 54 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 7.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 246 mm | +109 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qeładizê?
Qeładizê has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.6 °C and it receives 910 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qeładizê?
The hottest day measured in Qeładizê between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1966, reaching 41.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qeładizê?
The coldest day measured in Qeładizê between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1994, at -24.3 °C.
Does it snow in Qeładizê?
Yes. Qeładizê gets on average 222.0 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.
Has the climate of Qeładizê warmed?
Yes: Qeładizê warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qeładizê?
The wettest day measured in Qeładizê between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1991, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qeładizê?
The windiest day measured in Qeładizê between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2009, with winds reaching 25.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qeładizê?
The warmest month in Qeładizê is July (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Qeładizê?
Qeładizê receives on average 910 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qeładizê?
Qeładizê gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qeładizê?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qeładizê between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1985, with 48.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qeładizê?
Yes: Qeładizê has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qeładizê?
In Qeładizê, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 27 July 1966, and the lowest was -29.3 °C on 7 December 1994.
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