Çerkeş climate — normals and trends
Çerkeş (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 726 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Çerkeş averages 122 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Çerkeş has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 106 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 28 July 2025) and the coldest -26.9 °C (on 5 February 1997).
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
ÇerkeşÇankırı
- coords
- 40.81°, 32.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
726mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
138.0 cm
Average feels-like high
11.1 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
37.6 °C
28 July 2025
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
5 February 1997
Wettest day
44 mm
17 December 2003
Windiest day
40.6 km/h
9 October 2003
Strongest gust
107.6 km/h
9 October 2003
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
28 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-31.3 °C
5 February 1997
Snowiest day
30.5 cm
17 December 2003
Sunniest day
14.3 h
9 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 | 6.5 °C | +5.7 °C | 53 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 1.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 50 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | +7.7 °C | 24 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 11.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 127 mm | +37 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 117 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 15 mm | -66 mm |
| Jul | 29.9 °C | +6.2 °C | 11 mm | -24 mm |
| Aug | 29.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 11 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 22.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 34 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 75 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 13.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 22 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 63 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Çerkeş?
Çerkeş has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 726 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Çerkeş?
The hottest day measured in Çerkeş between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2025, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Çerkeş?
The coldest day measured in Çerkeş between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1997, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Çerkeş?
Yes. Çerkeş gets on average 138.0 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Çerkeş warmed?
Yes: Çerkeş warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Çerkeş?
The wettest day measured in Çerkeş between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2003, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Çerkeş?
The windiest day measured in Çerkeş between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2003, with winds reaching 40.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Çerkeş?
The warmest month in Çerkeş is August (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Çerkeş?
Çerkeş receives on average 726 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Çerkeş?
Çerkeş gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Çerkeş?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Çerkeş between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2003, with 30.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Çerkeş?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Çerkeş.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Çerkeş?
In Çerkeş, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 28 July 2025, and the lowest was -31.3 °C on 5 February 1997.
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