Čair climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Čair?

Čair has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 564 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Čair between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 43.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Čair?

The coldest day measured in Čair between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -25.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Čair?

Yes. Čair gets on average 64.0 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Čair warmed?

Yes: Čair warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Čair?

The wettest day measured in Čair between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1976, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Čair?

The windiest day measured in Čair between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2018, with winds reaching 27.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Čair?

The warmest month in Čair is July (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Čair?

Čair receives on average 564 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Čair?

Čair gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Čair (North Macedonia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 564 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Čair averages 75 frost days, 46 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.

Čair has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 92 to 58 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -25.4 °C (on 9 February 1956).

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

ČairGrad Skopje

coords: 42.02°, 21.44°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

12.2°C

Average daily high

17.6°C

Average daily low

7.0°C

Annual rainfall

564mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

9.6km/h

Seasonal range

22.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

75 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

46 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

100 d/yr

Annual snowfall

64.0 cm

Average feels-like high

16.2 °C

Average feels-like low

5.0 °C

Average peak gust

27.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

6 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

43.0 °C

24 July 2007

Coldest day

-25.4 °C

9 February 1956

Wettest day

49 mm

6 June 1976

Windiest day

27.7 km/h

24 September 2018

Strongest gust

92.9 km/h

5 May 1954

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

6 July 1988

Coldest feels-like

-30.4 °C

9 February 1956

Snowiest day

27.9 cm

15 November 1981

Sunniest day

14.9 h

26 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.3 °C25 July 2025	-7.3 °C20 February 2025	13.8 °C	601 mm	82	54
2024	39.2 °C14 August 2024	-11.2 °C23 January 2024	14.5 °C	566 mm	88	45
2023	40.5 °C25 July 2023	-17.0 °C27 November 2023	14.0 °C	623 mm	64	45
2022	38.9 °C23 July 2022	-17.8 °C13 March 2022	13.4 °C	589 mm	74	63
2021	40.3 °C1 August 2021	-13.6 °C16 February 2021	13.3 °C	682 mm	67	52
2020	38.2 °C30 July 2020	-7.3 °C8 January 2020	13.4 °C	599 mm	66	59
2019	39.2 °C13 August 2019	-18.9 °C8 January 2019	14.1 °C	446 mm	76	55
2018	36.7 °C22 July 2018	-12.1 °C1 March 2018	14.0 °C	560 mm	65	56
2017	40.3 °C5 August 2017	-23.6 °C8 January 2017	13.4 °C	562 mm	74	66
2016	37.3 °C18 June 2016	-14.7 °C23 January 2016	13.4 °C	553 mm	59	59
2015	39.6 °C29 July 2015	-18.2 °C2 January 2015	13.5 °C	604 mm	77	69
2014	38.5 °C14 August 2014	-10.4 °C31 December 2014	13.7 °C	708 mm	50	33
2013	39.2 °C29 July 2013	-8.9 °C28 January 2013	13.8 °C	526 mm	68	58
2012	41.9 °C15 July 2012	-18.3 °C13 December 2012	13.9 °C	537 mm	100	80
2011	38.0 °C15 July 2011	-8.7 °C26 January 2011	12.9 °C	322 mm	74	91
2010	38.5 °C16 August 2010	-12.8 °C17 December 2010	13.3 °C	653 mm	63	58
2009	40.3 °C24 July 2009	-14.3 °C11 January 2009	13.2 °C	723 mm	55	53
2008	39.1 °C15 August 2008	-12.8 °C3 January 2008	13.7 °C	380 mm	76	56
2007	43.0 °C24 July 2007	-7.5 °C22 December 2007	13.8 °C	501 mm	74	52
2006	40.2 °C20 August 2006	-13.8 °C8 February 2006	12.3 °C	586 mm	56	84
2005	38.3 °C31 July 2005	-19.5 °C7 February 2005	12.1 °C	646 mm	41	89
2004	37.7 °C10 July 2004	-9.8 °C12 January 2004	12.5 °C	627 mm	47	74
2003	40.1 °C30 August 2003	-13.8 °C14 January 2003	12.9 °C	519 mm	84	86
2002	38.0 °C15 July 2002	-15.7 °C2 January 2002	12.9 °C	599 mm	43	56
2001	38.2 °C5 August 2001	-20.1 °C20 December 2001	12.6 °C	504 mm	55	72
2000	41.3 °C5 July 2000	-11.8 °C2 January 2000	13.3 °C	295 mm	60	76
1999	38.7 °C21 August 1999	-11.7 °C31 January 1999	12.8 °C	562 mm	47	72
1998	38.9 °C2 July 1998	-13.9 °C24 December 1998	12.4 °C	571 mm	52	82
1997	38.2 °C5 July 1997	-8.9 °C17 April 1997	11.9 °C	465 mm	29	78
1996	39.3 °C8 July 1996	-10.9 °C28 December 1996	12.1 °C	616 mm	53	67
1995	34.3 °C3 July 1995	-19.5 °C6 November 1995	12.0 °C	642 mm	27	76
1994	40.1 °C11 August 1994	-7.0 °C3 December 1994	13.7 °C	387 mm	82	49
1993	38.1 °C25 August 1993	-19.4 °C7 January 1993	12.3 °C	393 mm	58	101
1992	35.4 °C22 August 1992	-10.8 °C20 February 1992	12.4 °C	427 mm	50	92
1991	34.0 °C13 July 1991	-16.4 °C2 February 1991	11.2 °C	455 mm	33	80
1990	36.0 °C3 July 1990	-12.7 °C9 January 1990	12.8 °C	367 mm	45	73
1989	33.7 °C20 August 1989	-15.1 °C11 December 1989	12.1 °C	535 mm	31	86
1988	42.0 °C6 July 1988	-14.0 °C23 December 1988	12.4 °C	462 mm	63	85
1987	41.2 °C25 July 1987	-20.9 °C10 January 1987	12.4 °C	574 mm	64	71
1986	36.0 °C19 August 1986	-22.3 °C27 December 1986	12.1 °C	539 mm	38	75
1985	39.8 °C31 July 1985	-21.8 °C13 January 1985	11.9 °C	562 mm	50	71
1984	38.2 °C15 July 1984	-12.7 °C28 December 1984	12.0 °C	455 mm	33	58
1983	36.3 °C29 July 1983	-12.0 °C22 January 1983	11.8 °C	607 mm	25	87
1982	40.0 °C27 June 1982	-9.8 °C17 January 1982	12.1 °C	513 mm	38	84
1981	37.1 °C30 June 1981	-15.6 °C18 January 1981	11.8 °C	652 mm	34	85
1980	37.2 °C10 July 1980	-20.1 °C5 January 1980	11.3 °C	648 mm	33	71
1979	37.2 °C3 August 1979	-19.1 °C8 January 1979	12.0 °C	557 mm	24	55
1978	36.4 °C8 August 1978	-10.5 °C10 January 1978	11.5 °C	590 mm	31	69
1977	37.1 °C31 July 1977	-9.8 °C20 January 1977	12.7 °C	461 mm	37	60
1976	32.2 °C20 July 1976	-10.9 °C28 December 1976	11.3 °C	714 mm	5	75
1975	35.2 °C19 July 1975	-17.3 °C27 November 1975	11.9 °C	529 mm	21	80
1974	36.8 °C17 July 1974	-10.0 °C16 January 1974	11.8 °C	666 mm	28	58
1973	39.9 °C18 July 1973	-18.5 °C1 December 1973	11.2 °C	669 mm	23	95
1972	36.1 °C16 June 1972	-11.5 °C4 February 1972	11.9 °C	844 mm	30	56
1971	36.4 °C8 August 1971	-11.1 °C1 March 1971	11.8 °C	608 mm	40	72
1970	35.2 °C8 August 1970	-11.9 °C21 February 1970	12.1 °C	577 mm	42	64
1969	35.6 °C30 May 1969	-16.4 °C13 January 1969	11.9 °C	579 mm	31	75
1968	36.7 °C10 July 1968	-16.2 °C28 January 1968	12.4 °C	627 mm	42	70
1967	35.9 °C5 August 1967	-18.6 °C19 January 1967	11.8 °C	545 mm	31	82
1966	33.5 °C5 August 1966	-16.2 °C27 December 1966	12.0 °C	572 mm	20	65
1965	36.5 °C26 July 1965	-17.9 °C14 February 1965	10.8 °C	459 mm	19	91
1964	32.2 °C9 August 1964	-9.1 °C18 January 1964	11.5 °C	634 mm	18	78
1963	37.5 °C16 August 1963	-20.5 °C17 January 1963	11.3 °C	680 mm	28	81
1962	37.1 °C12 July 1962	-13.7 °C8 February 1962	11.9 °C	649 mm	57	83
1961	37.6 °C12 August 1961	-15.6 °C23 December 1961	12.3 °C	428 mm	41	79
1960	37.8 °C19 August 1960	-11.2 °C23 January 1960	12.3 °C	633 mm	37	56
1959	33.0 °C31 July 1959	-12.8 °C28 January 1959	11.1 °C	657 mm	10	57
1958	37.6 °C23 August 1958	-5.5 °C9 December 1958	12.5 °C	556 mm	45	62
1957	37.5 °C13 August 1957	-14.7 °C19 January 1957	12.1 °C	561 mm	38	68
1956	36.4 °C22 August 1956	-25.4 °C9 February 1956	11.0 °C	688 mm	43	101
1955	33.4 °C21 July 1955	-18.7 °C5 March 1955	11.6 °C	706 mm	10	55
1954	35.7 °C29 July 1954	-22.9 °C27 January 1954	10.9 °C	699 mm	41	88
1953	35.5 °C29 July 1953	-23.0 °C26 December 1953	11.6 °C	546 mm	42	106
1952	39.2 °C21 August 1952	-16.0 °C11 February 1952	12.9 °C	488 mm	76	79
1951	38.5 °C11 August 1951	-14.4 °C23 January 1951	12.7 °C	576 mm	43	62
1950	36.5 °C3 August 1950	-20.4 °C4 February 1950	12.9 °C	462 mm	68	74
1949	33.1 °C3 August 1949	-19.5 °C5 March 1949	11.0 °C	644 mm	19	100
1948	36.7 °C10 August 1948	-14.4 °C3 January 1948	11.3 °C	484 mm	25	103
1947	35.0 °C7 August 1947	-19.6 °C24 January 1947	11.7 °C	593 mm	32	85
1946	37.9 °C20 August 1946	-17.0 °C30 January 1946	12.2 °C	446 mm	67	94
1945	39.3 °C9 August 1945	-23.7 °C24 January 1945	10.9 °C	469 mm	45	119
1944	33.7 °C3 September 1944	-15.0 °C8 January 1944	10.8 °C	637 mm	20	107
1943	36.2 °C22 July 1943	-21.3 °C12 January 1943	11.8 °C	470 mm	38	94
1942	33.2 °C6 August 1942	-25.0 °C24 January 1942	10.8 °C	587 mm	20	106
1941	34.2 °C4 August 1941	-22.2 °C30 December 1941	10.1 °C	663 mm	14	113
1940	35.0 °C16 July 1940	-21.6 °C10 March 1940	9.7 °C	633 mm	17	115

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.6 °C

+2.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

82 d/yr

+36

Frost days (< 0 °C)

54 d/yr

-21

Annual rainfall

601 mm

+37 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.2 °C	+2.7 °C	42 mm	-9 mm
Feb	7.6 °C	+0.1 °C	15 mm	-30 mm
Mar	16.8 °C	+4.9 °C	57 mm	+3 mm
Apr	18.6 °C	+1.3 °C	47 mm	-10 mm
May	21.8 °C	-0.6 °C	58 mm	+2 mm
Jun	31.5 °C	+4.6 °C	9 mm	-36 mm
Jul	33.9 °C	+4.1 °C	4 mm	-22 mm
Aug	31.7 °C	+1.6 °C	33 mm	+9 mm
Sep	27.7 °C	+2.5 °C	45 mm	+13 mm
Oct	15.7 °C	-2.7 °C	115 mm	+62 mm
Nov	13.5 °C	+2.0 °C	142 mm	+78 mm
Dec	8.2 °C	+2.2 °C	36 mm	-23 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.3 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-7.3 °C

20 Feb 2025

Wettest day

35.2 mm

2 Oct 2025

Windiest day

22.6 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

55.1 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-11.2 °C

20 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

11.6 cm

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.9 h

26 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Čair?

Čair has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 564 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Čair?

The hottest day measured in Čair between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 43.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Čair?

The coldest day measured in Čair between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -25.4 °C.

Does it snow in Čair?

Yes. Čair gets on average 64.0 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.

Has the climate of Čair warmed?

Yes: Čair warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Čair?

The wettest day measured in Čair between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 1976, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Čair?

The windiest day measured in Čair between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2018, with winds reaching 27.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Čair?

The warmest month in Čair is July (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Čair?

Čair receives on average 564 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Čair?

Čair 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 Čair?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Čair between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 1981, with 27.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Čair?

Yes: Čair has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Čair?

In Čair, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -30.4 °C on 9 February 1956.

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