Iğdır climate — normals and trends
Iğdır (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 499 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Iğdır averages 119 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Iğdır has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 134 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 5 August 2025) and the coldest -27.8 °C (on 16 January 1950).
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
- 39.92°, 44.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
499mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
119 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
49 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
60.0 cm
Average feels-like high
15.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
23.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °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
39.3 °C
5 August 2025
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
16 January 1950
Wettest day
31 mm
1 June 1945
Windiest day
30.0 km/h
7 September 2017
Strongest gust
68.8 km/h
23 February 1955
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
6 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-33.9 °C
16 January 1950
Snowiest day
12.3 cm
16 March 1948
Sunniest day
14.0 h
27 June 2025
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 | 3.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 8 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 3.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 30 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 52 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 102 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 23.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 86 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 10 mm | -38 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 20 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 34.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 4 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 26.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 15 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 20.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 15 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 14.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 5 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 56 mm | +25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Iğdır?
Iğdır has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 499 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Iğdır?
The hottest day measured in Iğdır between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2025, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Iğdır?
The coldest day measured in Iğdır between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1950, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Iğdır?
Yes. Iğdır gets on average 60.0 cm of snow per year and has around 119 frost days.
Has the climate of Iğdır warmed?
Yes: Iğdır warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Iğdır?
The wettest day measured in Iğdır between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1945, with 31 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Iğdır?
The windiest day measured in Iğdır between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 2017, with winds reaching 30.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Iğdır?
The warmest month in Iğdır is July (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Iğdır?
Iğdır receives on average 499 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Iğdır?
Iğdır gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Iğdır?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Iğdır between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1948, with 12.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Iğdır?
Yes: Iğdır has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Iğdır?
In Iğdır, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 6 August 2025, and the lowest was -33.9 °C on 16 January 1950.
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