Aşkale climate — normals and trends
Aşkale (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.6 °C and it receives 678 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Aşkale averages 185 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Aşkale has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 197 to 173 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 6 August 2025) and the coldest -34.9 °C (on 11 February 2020).
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
AşkaleErzurum
- coords
- 39.92°, 40.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.6°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
-1.3°C
Annual rainfall
678mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
25.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
185 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
192.4 cm
Average feels-like high
8.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
34.7 °C
6 August 2025
Coldest day
-34.9 °C
11 February 2020
Wettest day
43 mm
20 November 2023
Windiest day
34.9 km/h
23 April 2017
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
23 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
33.7 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-39.7 °C
11 February 2020
Snowiest day
29.7 cm
22 December 1967
Sunniest day
14.7 h
30 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 15 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | -2.9 °C | -1.7 °C | 63 mm | +15 mm |
| Mar | 6.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 71 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 10.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 143 mm | +58 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 88 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 22.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 51 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 27.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 44 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 30.5 °C | +5.6 °C | 1 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 24 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 42 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 24 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 1.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 44 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Aşkale?
Aşkale has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.6 °C and it receives 678 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aşkale?
The hottest day measured in Aşkale between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2025, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Aşkale?
The coldest day measured in Aşkale between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2020, at -34.9 °C.
Does it snow in Aşkale?
Yes. Aşkale gets on average 192.4 cm of snow per year and has around 185 frost days.
Has the climate of Aşkale warmed?
Yes: Aşkale warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Aşkale?
The wettest day measured in Aşkale between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 2023, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Aşkale?
The windiest day measured in Aşkale between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2017, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Aşkale?
The warmest month in Aşkale is August (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Aşkale?
Aşkale receives on average 678 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Aşkale?
Aşkale gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Aşkale?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Aşkale between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1967, with 29.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Aşkale?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Aşkale.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aşkale?
In Aşkale, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.7 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -39.7 °C on 11 February 2020.
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