Çermik climate — normals and trends
Çermik (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 670 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 July (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Çermik averages 79 frost days, 86 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Çermik has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 100 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -25.9 °C (on 23 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
ÇermikDiyarbakır Province
- coords
- 38.14°, 39.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.2°C
Average daily high
18.5°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
670mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
79 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
86 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
133.4 cm
Average feels-like high
16.7 °C
Average feels-like low
5.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
38 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
41.7 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-25.9 °C
23 February 1985
Wettest day
64 mm
19 November 2023
Windiest day
30.3 km/h
19 May 1970
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
29 March 1988
Hottest feels-like
42.5 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-31.2 °C
23 February 1985
Snowiest day
37.2 cm
18 December 1951
Sunniest day
14.5 h
1 July 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 7 mm | -100 mm |
| Feb | 5.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 90 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | +6.8 °C | 71 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 17.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 81 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 25.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 56 mm | +0 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 2 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 36.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 36.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 30.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 22.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 31 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 42 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 80 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Çermik?
Çermik has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 670 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Çermik?
The hottest day measured in Çermik between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 41.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Çermik?
The coldest day measured in Çermik between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1985, at -25.9 °C.
Does it snow in Çermik?
Yes. Çermik gets on average 133.4 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.
Has the climate of Çermik warmed?
Yes: Çermik warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Çermik?
The wettest day measured in Çermik between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 2023, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Çermik?
The windiest day measured in Çermik between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 1970, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Çermik?
The warmest month in Çermik is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Çermik?
Çermik receives on average 670 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Çermik?
Çermik gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Çermik?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Çermik between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1951, with 37.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Çermik?
Yes: Çermik has on average 38 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Çermik?
In Çermik, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -31.2 °C on 23 February 1985.
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