Elbistan climate — normals and trends
Elbistan (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 412 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 (22.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Elbistan averages 119 frost days, 36 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Elbistan has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 135 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -30.0 °C (on 11 January 1940).
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
ElbistanKahramanmaraş
- coords
- 38.21°, 37.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
3.9°C
Annual rainfall
412mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
119 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
36 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
125.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °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
37.7 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-30.0 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
10 March 2014
Windiest day
44.0 km/h
30 March 2014
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
30 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-35.4 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
32.1 cm
6 January 2015
Sunniest day
14.7 h
16 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 6 mm | -54 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 45 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +6.6 °C | 64 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 73 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 46 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 32.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 32.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 8 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 19.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 13 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 13.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 55 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 56 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Elbistan?
Elbistan has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 412 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Elbistan?
The hottest day measured in Elbistan between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Elbistan?
The coldest day measured in Elbistan between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -30.0 °C.
Does it snow in Elbistan?
Yes. Elbistan gets on average 125.6 cm of snow per year and has around 119 frost days.
Has the climate of Elbistan warmed?
Yes: Elbistan warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Elbistan?
The wettest day measured in Elbistan between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2014, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Elbistan?
The windiest day measured in Elbistan between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2014, with winds reaching 44.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Elbistan?
The warmest month in Elbistan is August (22.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Elbistan?
Elbistan receives on average 412 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Elbistan?
Elbistan gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Elbistan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Elbistan between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2015, with 32.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Elbistan?
Yes: Elbistan has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Elbistan?
In Elbistan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -35.4 °C on 11 January 1940.
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