Çat climate — normals and trends
Çat (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.4 °C and it receives 934 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Çat averages 186 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Çat has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 196 to 176 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 6 August 2025) and the coldest -28.9 °C (on 22 February 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
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- coords
- 39.61°, 40.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.4°C
Average daily high
9.7°C
Average daily low
-0.6°C
Annual rainfall
934mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
25.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
186 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
368.5 cm
Average feels-like high
7.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
32.6 °C
6 August 2025
Coldest day
-28.9 °C
22 February 1985
Wettest day
66 mm
22 December 1967
Windiest day
30.2 km/h
20 February 1999
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
24 March 2018
Hottest feels-like
32.2 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
22 February 1985
Snowiest day
46.5 cm
22 December 1967
Sunniest day
14.5 h
1 July 1940
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 | -1.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 11 mm | -73 mm |
| Feb | -4.1 °C | -1.8 °C | 87 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 5.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 121 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 8.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 199 mm | +87 mm |
| May | 16.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 129 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 20.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 40 mm | -38 mm |
| Jul | 25.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 25 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +5.0 °C | 12 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 20.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 15 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 66 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 8.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 41 mm | -42 mm |
| Dec | -0.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 91 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Çat?
Çat has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.4 °C and it receives 934 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Çat?
The hottest day measured in Çat between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2025, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Çat?
The coldest day measured in Çat between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1985, at -28.9 °C.
Does it snow in Çat?
Yes. Çat gets on average 368.5 cm of snow per year and has around 186 frost days.
Has the climate of Çat warmed?
Yes: Çat warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Çat?
The wettest day measured in Çat between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1967, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Çat?
The windiest day measured in Çat between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1999, with winds reaching 30.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Çat?
The warmest month in Çat is August (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Çat?
Çat receives on average 934 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Çat?
Çat 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 Çat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Çat between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1967, with 46.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Çat?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Çat.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Çat?
In Çat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.2 °C on 25 July 2025, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 22 February 1985.
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