Göksun climate — normals and trends
Göksun (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 773 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 (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Göksun averages 129 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Göksun has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 142 to 116 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 15 August 2023) and the coldest -26.8 °C (on 6 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
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- coords
- 38.02°, 36.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
773mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
25.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
129 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
260.4 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
0.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
35.8 °C
15 August 2023
Coldest day
-26.8 °C
6 February 1997
Wettest day
83 mm
6 January 2015
Windiest day
36.4 km/h
30 March 2014
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
30 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
29 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.1 °C
6 February 1997
Snowiest day
54.6 cm
6 January 2015
Sunniest day
14.5 h
15 June 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +6.0 °C | 7 mm | -115 mm |
| Feb | 0.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 48 mm | -51 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +6.6 °C | 69 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 12.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 112 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 82 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 18 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 30.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 6 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 31.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 4 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 17 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 17.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 29 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | 13.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 45 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 5.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 85 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Göksun?
Göksun has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 773 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Göksun?
The hottest day measured in Göksun between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2023, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Göksun?
The coldest day measured in Göksun between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1997, at -26.8 °C.
Does it snow in Göksun?
Yes. Göksun gets on average 260.4 cm of snow per year and has around 129 frost days.
Has the climate of Göksun warmed?
Yes: Göksun warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Göksun?
The wettest day measured in Göksun between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2015, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Göksun?
The windiest day measured in Göksun between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2014, with winds reaching 36.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Göksun?
The warmest month in Göksun is August (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Göksun?
Göksun receives on average 773 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Göksun?
Göksun 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 Göksun?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Göksun between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2015, with 54.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Göksun?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Göksun.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Göksun?
In Göksun, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 29 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.1 °C on 6 February 1997.
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