Kara-Kul’ climate — normals and trends
Kara-Kul’ (Kyrgyzstan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 1,344 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kara-Kul’ averages 145 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.
Kara-Kul’ has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 153 to 137 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.6 °C (on 9 August 1944) and the coldest -21.0 °C (on 27 November 1954).
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
Kara-Kul’Jalal-Abad Region
- coords
- 41.63°, 72.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.4°C
Average daily high
10.1°C
Average daily low
2.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,344mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
5.1km/h
Seasonal range
23.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
145 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
158 d/yr
Annual snowfall
208.3 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
23.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.14 · 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
31.6 °C
9 August 1944
Coldest day
-21.0 °C
27 November 1954
Wettest day
76 mm
16 July 1998
Windiest day
16.6 km/h
29 November 2016
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
7 December 1986
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
31 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-25.6 °C
27 November 1954
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
29 December 1987
Sunniest day
14.3 h
1 July 1956
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 40 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | -0.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 26 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 5.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 81 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 12.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 71 mm | -74 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 197 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 99 mm | -75 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 213 mm | +68 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 107 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 19.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 106 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 93 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 3.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 33 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 1.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 121 mm | +61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kara-Kul’?
Kara-Kul’ has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 1,344 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kara-Kul’?
The hottest day measured in Kara-Kul’ between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1944, reaching 31.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kara-Kul’?
The coldest day measured in Kara-Kul’ between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1954, at -21.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kara-Kul’?
Yes. Kara-Kul’ gets on average 208.3 cm of snow per year and has around 145 frost days.
Has the climate of Kara-Kul’ warmed?
Yes: Kara-Kul’ warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kara-Kul’?
The wettest day measured in Kara-Kul’ between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1998, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kara-Kul’?
The windiest day measured in Kara-Kul’ between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 2016, with winds reaching 16.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kara-Kul’?
The warmest month in Kara-Kul’ is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kara-Kul’?
Kara-Kul’ receives on average 1,344 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kara-Kul’?
Kara-Kul’ gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kara-Kul’?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kara-Kul’ between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1987, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kara-Kul’?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kara-Kul’.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kara-Kul’?
In Kara-Kul’, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 31 July 1983, and the lowest was -25.6 °C on 27 November 1954.
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