Talas climate — normals and trends
Talas (Kyrgyzstan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 773 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 (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Talas averages 190 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Talas has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 199 to 181 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.0 °C (on 5 July 1942) and the coldest -33.5 °C (on 28 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
TalasTalas Region
- coords
- 42.52°, 72.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.1°C
Average daily high
8.5°C
Average daily low
-2.0°C
Annual rainfall
773mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
9.3km/h
Seasonal range
26.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
190 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
187.8 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.3 °C
Average peak gust
26.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
31.0 °C
5 July 1942
Coldest day
-33.5 °C
28 November 1954
Wettest day
48 mm
26 May 1982
Windiest day
20.3 km/h
5 June 2021
Strongest gust
69.8 km/h
21 April 1999
Hottest feels-like
31.2 °C
23 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-38.6 °C
28 November 1954
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
2 April 1956
Sunniest day
14.5 h
6 July 2017
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 | -4.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 20 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | -1.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 30 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 4.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 72 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 39 mm | -65 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 93 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 48 mm | -38 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 59 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 21.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 48 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 36 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 59 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 2.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 33 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | -1.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 79 mm | +41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Talas?
Talas has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 773 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Talas?
The hottest day measured in Talas between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1942, reaching 31.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Talas?
The coldest day measured in Talas between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1954, at -33.5 °C.
Does it snow in Talas?
Yes. Talas gets on average 187.8 cm of snow per year and has around 190 frost days.
Has the climate of Talas warmed?
Yes: Talas warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Talas?
The wettest day measured in Talas between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1982, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Talas?
The windiest day measured in Talas between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 2021, with winds reaching 20.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Talas?
The warmest month in Talas is July (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Talas?
Talas receives on average 773 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Talas?
Talas gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Talas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Talas between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1956, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Talas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Talas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Talas?
In Talas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.2 °C on 23 July 1948, and the lowest was -38.6 °C on 28 November 1954.
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