Zhangaözen climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Zhangaözen?

Zhangaözen has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 145 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhangaözen?

The hottest day measured in Zhangaözen between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2018, reaching 44.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Zhangaözen?

The coldest day measured in Zhangaözen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1972, at -31.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Zhangaözen?

Yes. Zhangaözen gets on average 17.8 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Zhangaözen warmed?

Yes: Zhangaözen warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Zhangaözen?

The wettest day measured in Zhangaözen between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1973, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Zhangaözen?

The windiest day measured in Zhangaözen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1948, with winds reaching 54.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Zhangaözen?

The warmest month in Zhangaözen is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Zhangaözen?

Zhangaözen receives on average 145 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 35 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Zhangaözen?

Zhangaözen gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Zhangaözen (Kazakhstan) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 145 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 (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Zhangaözen averages 107 frost days, 85 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 35 rainy days per year.

Zhangaözen has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 116 to 98 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.5 °C (on 1 July 2018) and the coldest -31.5 °C (on 25 January 1972).

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

ZhangaözenMangystau

coords: 43.34°, 52.86°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWkCold desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAprilDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

12.4°C

Average daily high

17.6°C

Average daily low

7.5°C

Annual rainfall

145mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

55%

Average peak wind

24.3km/h

Seasonal range

31.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

107 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

85 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

35 d/yr

Annual snowfall

17.8 cm

Average feels-like high

13.8 °C

Average feels-like low

3.3 °C

Average peak gust

38.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

63 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

44.5 °C

1 July 2018

Coldest day

-31.5 °C

25 January 1972

Wettest day

39 mm

9 April 1973

Windiest day

54.4 km/h

26 October 1948

Strongest gust

93.6 km/h

5 March 2022

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

4 August 1999

Coldest feels-like

-37.4 °C

25 January 1972

Snowiest day

16.6 cm

27 March 2003

Sunniest day

14.9 h

6 July 1947

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.7 °C20 July 2025	-16.5 °C1 March 2025	14.1 °C	142 mm	83	91
2024	41.0 °C6 August 2024	-14.6 °C25 January 2024	13.6 °C	195 mm	95	90
2023	42.2 °C10 July 2023	-20.0 °C11 January 2023	14.4 °C	153 mm	94	70
2022	43.3 °C19 July 2022	-16.2 °C5 December 2022	13.9 °C	145 mm	96	94
2021	42.9 °C8 August 2021	-20.7 °C24 February 2021	14.2 °C	62 mm	113	104
2020	40.6 °C15 June 2020	-15.0 °C9 December 2020	13.1 °C	109 mm	89	98
2019	41.9 °C22 July 2019	-15.8 °C24 November 2019	13.7 °C	153 mm	88	90
2018	44.5 °C1 July 2018	-17.6 °C30 January 2018	13.6 °C	84 mm	99	106
2017	42.8 °C5 July 2017	-15.6 °C9 February 2017	13.5 °C	172 mm	96	99
2016	39.9 °C21 July 2016	-18.4 °C23 November 2016	13.5 °C	263 mm	89	88
2015	42.8 °C1 July 2015	-15.3 °C26 January 2015	13.6 °C	189 mm	96	97
2014	42.3 °C7 August 2014	-22.6 °C31 January 2014	13.2 °C	93 mm	111	115
2013	40.0 °C24 July 2013	-9.5 °C12 January 2013	13.9 °C	126 mm	98	91
2012	42.0 °C15 August 2012	-29.5 °C5 February 2012	12.9 °C	125 mm	107	113
2011	43.8 °C3 August 2011	-19.1 °C25 February 2011	12.3 °C	131 mm	91	129
2010	41.4 °C10 July 2010	-20.9 °C13 February 2010	14.1 °C	139 mm	100	80
2009	41.3 °C22 July 2009	-15.8 °C5 January 2009	13.0 °C	130 mm	77	104
2008	40.9 °C30 July 2008	-20.9 °C9 January 2008	12.5 °C	140 mm	81	104
2007	41.1 °C19 June 2007	-15.6 °C27 February 2007	13.5 °C	149 mm	103	91
2006	42.2 °C11 August 2006	-24.5 °C28 January 2006	12.9 °C	186 mm	98	107
2005	40.7 °C17 July 2005	-16.7 °C4 February 2005	13.6 °C	148 mm	107	95
2004	39.7 °C18 July 2004	-10.8 °C17 December 2004	13.6 °C	152 mm	89	85
2003	41.0 °C11 August 2003	-17.9 °C2 March 2003	11.7 °C	207 mm	72	107
2002	42.0 °C17 July 2002	-21.3 °C28 December 2002	12.5 °C	175 mm	78	92
2001	39.6 °C17 June 2001	-20.4 °C24 January 2001	12.9 °C	113 mm	77	93
2000	41.2 °C3 August 2000	-15.8 °C17 January 2000	12.9 °C	147 mm	95	104
1999	44.2 °C5 August 1999	-11.7 °C2 January 1999	13.1 °C	183 mm	75	105
1998	40.4 °C19 July 1998	-17.2 °C25 January 1998	12.6 °C	129 mm	92	118
1997	40.7 °C2 July 1997	-23.4 °C18 December 1997	12.6 °C	148 mm	86	116
1996	40.9 °C19 July 1996	-19.1 °C14 February 1996	12.0 °C	106 mm	92	128
1995	39.3 °C29 July 1995	-16.0 °C13 December 1995	13.6 °C	103 mm	100	98
1994	37.4 °C20 July 1994	-22.2 °C14 February 1994	11.5 °C	178 mm	56	115
1993	40.7 °C28 June 1993	-22.8 °C6 January 1993	10.2 °C	212 mm	61	130
1992	41.0 °C23 July 1992	-17.6 °C30 December 1992	11.6 °C	190 mm	66	119
1991	42.4 °C1 July 1991	-20.9 °C13 February 1991	12.3 °C	221 mm	75	103
1990	40.9 °C3 June 1990	-17.9 °C6 January 1990	12.6 °C	171 mm	86	88
1989	41.4 °C23 July 1989	-16.8 °C7 January 1989	13.0 °C	106 mm	96	120
1988	40.9 °C14 June 1988	-24.4 °C6 February 1988	12.1 °C	187 mm	77	92
1987	40.6 °C18 June 1987	-14.7 °C28 November 1987	11.6 °C	139 mm	76	121
1986	41.8 °C16 July 1986	-17.0 °C1 February 1986	12.6 °C	102 mm	93	114
1985	39.7 °C6 July 1985	-20.5 °C4 March 1985	12.0 °C	116 mm	85	116
1984	42.0 °C10 July 1984	-19.9 °C6 February 1984	11.5 °C	137 mm	87	118
1983	43.1 °C15 July 1983	-13.4 °C7 January 1983	12.9 °C	170 mm	68	95
1982	40.8 °C19 July 1982	-21.0 °C11 February 1982	11.4 °C	152 mm	74	133
1981	39.6 °C10 July 1981	-12.9 °C29 December 1981	12.6 °C	257 mm	78	83
1980	41.3 °C6 July 1980	-25.0 °C23 January 1980	11.4 °C	196 mm	77	109
1979	40.6 °C12 July 1979	-13.8 °C23 January 1979	13.2 °C	166 mm	87	86
1978	40.4 °C26 July 1978	-17.6 °C5 February 1978	11.9 °C	149 mm	72	99
1977	39.9 °C12 June 1977	-21.9 °C25 January 1977	12.0 °C	149 mm	85	106
1976	41.0 °C8 August 1976	-28.1 °C16 February 1976	10.6 °C	211 mm	81	142
1975	41.9 °C9 July 1975	-15.5 °C3 February 1975	13.0 °C	119 mm	97	126
1974	39.5 °C15 August 1974	-22.3 °C1 February 1974	11.4 °C	99 mm	70	115
1973	41.6 °C3 August 1973	-25.0 °C23 January 1973	12.0 °C	245 mm	75	94
1972	40.3 °C9 July 1972	-31.5 °C25 January 1972	10.9 °C	146 mm	89	122
1971	39.3 °C14 June 1971	-21.4 °C15 January 1971	12.7 °C	141 mm	81	99
1970	37.8 °C9 July 1970	-18.0 °C27 December 1970	12.0 °C	134 mm	78	103
1969	39.6 °C11 June 1969	-28.2 °C11 February 1969	9.9 °C	190 mm	71	123
1968	40.3 °C20 July 1968	-12.6 °C5 February 1968	12.1 °C	88 mm	83	117
1967	38.3 °C18 June 1967	-19.4 °C3 February 1967	12.4 °C	195 mm	84	96
1966	41.4 °C26 July 1966	-13.9 °C6 February 1966	13.3 °C	114 mm	86	83
1965	40.8 °C17 July 1965	-16.8 °C25 January 1965	11.7 °C	178 mm	74	98
1964	39.3 °C10 June 1964	-25.7 °C21 January 1964	11.4 °C	113 mm	80	122
1963	39.9 °C19 July 1963	-19.3 °C6 March 1963	11.9 °C	242 mm	61	100
1962	41.5 °C16 July 1962	-15.7 °C11 December 1962	12.5 °C	162 mm	76	100
1961	40.5 °C22 June 1961	-12.2 °C28 January 1961	12.9 °C	155 mm	89	101
1960	39.4 °C10 August 1960	-17.7 °C9 March 1960	11.7 °C	100 mm	76	126
1959	39.4 °C8 August 1959	-21.9 °C18 February 1959	10.1 °C	137 mm	64	150
1958	38.8 °C18 June 1958	-11.1 °C28 December 1958	12.1 °C	120 mm	75	96
1957	38.1 °C29 June 1957	-23.6 °C17 January 1957	12.4 °C	136 mm	83	119
1956	39.7 °C3 July 1956	-18.2 °C30 December 1956	11.1 °C	151 mm	68	120
1955	42.3 °C3 August 1955	-14.9 °C9 January 1955	13.4 °C	116 mm	83	90
1954	39.3 °C4 July 1954	-24.8 °C2 March 1954	11.2 °C	110 mm	78	118
1953	41.1 °C10 July 1953	-15.5 °C28 November 1953	12.3 °C	127 mm	90	115
1952	42.0 °C28 July 1952	-17.9 °C26 January 1952	12.0 °C	187 mm	83	121
1951	42.6 °C23 July 1951	-21.1 °C18 February 1951	12.2 °C	149 mm	91	116
1950	40.5 °C12 August 1950	-21.4 °C27 January 1950	11.4 °C	114 mm	73	119
1949	42.2 °C19 July 1949	-15.2 °C12 February 1949	11.5 °C	97 mm	82	137
1948	41.3 °C13 August 1948	-21.9 °C20 December 1948	12.9 °C	149 mm	96	104
1947	41.2 °C15 July 1947	-13.6 °C3 February 1947	13.5 °C	49 mm	77	83
1946	38.8 °C17 June 1946	-18.8 °C16 December 1946	12.8 °C	105 mm	102	113
1945	40.5 °C5 July 1945	-18.7 °C25 February 1945	11.4 °C	119 mm	79	127
1944	41.1 °C28 July 1944	-16.8 °C14 December 1944	13.1 °C	73 mm	93	96
1943	41.9 °C23 June 1943	-21.3 °C17 January 1943	12.4 °C	57 mm	89	138
1942	42.1 °C17 July 1942	-21.0 °C10 February 1942	12.1 °C	112 mm	96	118
1941	42.7 °C21 June 1941	-17.3 °C17 January 1941	13.4 °C	112 mm	101	90
1940	42.8 °C6 August 1940	-22.7 °C12 January 1940	13.1 °C	82 mm	99	107

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.3 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

83 d/yr

-2

Frost days (< 0 °C)

91 d/yr

-16

Annual rainfall

142 mm

-3 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	3.9 °C	+3.2 °C	10 mm	+1 mm
Feb	1.7 °C	-0.9 °C	17 mm	+5 mm
Mar	13.3 °C	+3.9 °C	27 mm	+8 mm
Apr	21.2 °C	+2.3 °C	19 mm	-1 mm
May	28.0 °C	+2.0 °C	11 mm	-6 mm
Jun	29.6 °C	-2.0 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
Jul	35.5 °C	+1.1 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Aug	34.7 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Sep	25.5 °C	-0.5 °C	11 mm	+2 mm
Oct	20.3 °C	+3.2 °C	10 mm	-1 mm
Nov	13.8 °C	+5.3 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Dec	2.7 °C	+0.2 °C	29 mm	+17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.7 °C

20 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-16.5 °C

1 Mar 2025

Wettest day

10.1 mm

23 Mar 2025

Windiest day

45.3 km/h

3 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

3 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

14 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-21.9 °C

1 Mar 2025

Snowiest day

3.7 cm

21 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.8 h

9 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Zhangaözen?

Zhangaözen has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 145 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zhangaözen?

The hottest day measured in Zhangaözen between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2018, reaching 44.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Zhangaözen?

The coldest day measured in Zhangaözen between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1972, at -31.5 °C.

Does it snow in Zhangaözen?

Yes. Zhangaözen gets on average 17.8 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.

Has the climate of Zhangaözen warmed?

Yes: Zhangaözen warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Zhangaözen?

The wettest day measured in Zhangaözen between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1973, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Zhangaözen?

The windiest day measured in Zhangaözen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1948, with winds reaching 54.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Zhangaözen?

The warmest month in Zhangaözen is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Zhangaözen?

Zhangaözen receives on average 145 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 35 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Zhangaözen?

Zhangaözen gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zhangaözen?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zhangaözen between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 2003, with 16.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Zhangaözen?

Yes: Zhangaözen has on average 63 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zhangaözen?

In Zhangaözen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 4 August 1999, and the lowest was -37.4 °C on 25 January 1972.

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