Erciş climate — normals and trends
Erciş (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 540 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Erciş averages 109 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Erciş has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 120 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 16 July 1965) and the coldest -18.2 °C (on 19 January 1964).
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
ErcişVan
- coords
- 39.03°, 43.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
540mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
109 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
173.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.4 °C
Average peak gust
25.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
32.1 °C
16 July 1965
Coldest day
-18.2 °C
19 January 1964
Wettest day
46 mm
12 October 1948
Windiest day
41.8 km/h
13 January 1954
Strongest gust
80.6 km/h
13 January 1954
Hottest feels-like
33.6 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-24.6 °C
19 January 1964
Snowiest day
20.2 cm
8 November 1956
Sunniest day
14.1 h
15 July 1949
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 14 mm | -45 mm |
| Feb | -1.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 45 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 6.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 24 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 10.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 77 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 56 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 22.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 15 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 27.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 7 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 29.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 21.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 11 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 57 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 10.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 10 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 2.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 90 mm | +33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Erciş?
Erciş has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 540 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Erciş?
The hottest day measured in Erciş between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1965, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Erciş?
The coldest day measured in Erciş between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1964, at -18.2 °C.
Does it snow in Erciş?
Yes. Erciş gets on average 173.5 cm of snow per year and has around 109 frost days.
Has the climate of Erciş warmed?
Yes: Erciş warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Erciş?
The wettest day measured in Erciş between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Erciş?
The windiest day measured in Erciş between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1954, with winds reaching 41.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Erciş?
The warmest month in Erciş is August (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Erciş?
Erciş receives on average 540 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Erciş?
Erciş gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Erciş?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Erciş between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1956, with 20.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Erciş?
Yes: Erciş has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Erciş?
In Erciş, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.6 °C on 24 July 2025, and the lowest was -24.6 °C on 19 January 1964.
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