Horasan climate — normals and trends
Horasan (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 539 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Horasan averages 164 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Horasan has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 179 to 149 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 5 August 2025) and the coldest -34.0 °C (on 28 December 1948).
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
- 40.04°, 42.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
0.2°C
Annual rainfall
539mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
26.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
164 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
149.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
35.6 °C
5 August 2025
Coldest day
-34.0 °C
28 December 1948
Wettest day
39 mm
23 April 1977
Windiest day
34.8 km/h
22 May 1970
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
14 April 1985
Hottest feels-like
34.8 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-38.6 °C
28 December 1948
Snowiest day
25.1 cm
18 February 1990
Sunniest day
14.3 h
1 July 2018
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 | 0.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 8 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | -2.4 °C | -2.1 °C | 45 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 7.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 62 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 11.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 121 mm | +42 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 96 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 22.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 27 mm | -30 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 21 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +4.9 °C | 2 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 16 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 16.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 39 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 11.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 14 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 1.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 57 mm | +23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Horasan?
Horasan has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 539 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Horasan?
The hottest day measured in Horasan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2025, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Horasan?
The coldest day measured in Horasan between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1948, at -34.0 °C.
Does it snow in Horasan?
Yes. Horasan gets on average 149.7 cm of snow per year and has around 164 frost days.
Has the climate of Horasan warmed?
Yes: Horasan warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Horasan?
The wettest day measured in Horasan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1977, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Horasan?
The windiest day measured in Horasan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1970, with winds reaching 34.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Horasan?
The warmest month in Horasan is August (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Horasan?
Horasan receives on average 539 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Horasan?
Horasan 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 Horasan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Horasan between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1990, with 25.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Horasan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Horasan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Horasan?
In Horasan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.8 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -38.6 °C on 28 December 1948.
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