Alaca climate — normals and trends
Alaca (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 573 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 August (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Alaca averages 97 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Alaca has warmed by +2.7 °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 112 to 82 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 29 July 2025) and the coldest -28.7 °C (on 5 January 1942).
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
AlacaÇorum
- coords
- 40.17°, 34.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
573mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
97 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
80.0 cm
Average feels-like high
14.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
40.4 °C
29 July 2025
Coldest day
-28.7 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
61 mm
30 June 2016
Windiest day
43.9 km/h
9 October 2003
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
26 November 2023
Hottest feels-like
42.0 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
28.4 cm
11 December 2010
Sunniest day
14.5 h
19 June 1941
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 | 7.9 °C | +4.6 °C | 37 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 53 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 16.0 °C | +6.3 °C | 20 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 127 mm | +52 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 79 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 9 mm | -41 mm |
| Jul | 32.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 3 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 18 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 18.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 42 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 15.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 20 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 6.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 48 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alaca?
Alaca has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 573 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alaca?
The hottest day measured in Alaca between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2025, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alaca?
The coldest day measured in Alaca between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -28.7 °C.
Does it snow in Alaca?
Yes. Alaca gets on average 80.0 cm of snow per year and has around 97 frost days.
Has the climate of Alaca warmed?
Yes: Alaca warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alaca?
The wettest day measured in Alaca between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2016, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alaca?
The windiest day measured in Alaca between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2003, with winds reaching 43.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alaca?
The warmest month in Alaca is August (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Alaca?
Alaca receives on average 573 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alaca?
Alaca gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alaca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alaca between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2010, with 28.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alaca?
Yes: Alaca has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alaca?
In Alaca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 5 January 1942.
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