Çarşamba climate — normals and trends
Çarşamba (Republic of Türkiye) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 740 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Çarşamba averages 16 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Çarşamba has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 27 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 12 July 1969) and the coldest -12.0 °C (on 2 March 1985).
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
ÇarşambaSamsun
- coords
- 41.20°, 36.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.2°C
Average daily high
17.7°C
Average daily low
10.9°C
Annual rainfall
740mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
17.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
36.0 cm
Average feels-like high
17.4 °C
Average feels-like low
9.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
31 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
38.7 °C
12 July 1969
Coldest day
-12.0 °C
2 March 1985
Wettest day
62 mm
21 November 1967
Windiest day
48.7 km/h
15 February 1955
Strongest gust
84.6 km/h
1 October 1993
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-17.9 °C
6 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
17 February 2008
Sunniest day
14.9 h
19 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 47 mm | -35 mm |
| Feb | 7.3 °C | -2.5 °C | 134 mm | +63 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 66 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | -2.0 °C | 78 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 19.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 35 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 27 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 27.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 48 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 28.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 21 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 52 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 20.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 81 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 19.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 63 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 12.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 105 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Çarşamba?
Çarşamba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 740 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Çarşamba?
The hottest day measured in Çarşamba between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1969, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Çarşamba?
The coldest day measured in Çarşamba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1985, at -12.0 °C.
Does it snow in Çarşamba?
Yes. Çarşamba gets on average 36.0 cm of snow per year and has around 16 frost days.
Has the climate of Çarşamba warmed?
Yes: Çarşamba warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Çarşamba?
The wettest day measured in Çarşamba between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1967, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Çarşamba?
The windiest day measured in Çarşamba between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1955, with winds reaching 48.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Çarşamba?
The warmest month in Çarşamba is August (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Çarşamba?
Çarşamba receives on average 740 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Çarşamba?
Çarşamba gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Çarşamba?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Çarşamba between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2008, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Çarşamba?
Yes: Çarşamba has on average 31 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Çarşamba?
In Çarşamba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -17.9 °C on 6 January 1942.
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