Kırıkhan climate — normals and trends
Kırıkhan (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 708 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 (26.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Kırıkhan averages 4 frost days, 85 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Kırıkhan has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 6 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 9 August 2025) and the coldest -9.1 °C (on 6 February 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
KırıkhanHatay
- coords
- 36.50°, 36.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.6°C
Average daily high
22.2°C
Average daily low
13.7°C
Annual rainfall
708mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
85 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.9 cm
Average feels-like high
22.4 °C
Average feels-like low
13.5 °C
Average peak gust
29.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
88 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
42.2 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest day
-9.1 °C
6 February 1950
Wettest day
84 mm
12 October 1946
Windiest day
30.6 km/h
24 March 1975
Strongest gust
85.3 km/h
28 March 1944
Hottest feels-like
45.8 °C
7 August 1987
Coldest feels-like
-14.0 °C
6 February 1950
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
31 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.1 h
21 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 5 mm | -115 mm |
| Feb | 12.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 61 mm | -50 mm |
| Mar | 21.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 21 mm | -86 mm |
| Apr | 21.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 73 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 27.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 46 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 31.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 32.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 4 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 33.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 9 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 31.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 21 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 25.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 107 mm | +54 mm |
| Nov | 22.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 15 mm | -57 mm |
| Dec | 15.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 82 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kırıkhan?
Kırıkhan has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.6 °C and it receives 708 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kırıkhan?
The hottest day measured in Kırıkhan between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2025, reaching 42.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kırıkhan?
The coldest day measured in Kırıkhan between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at -9.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kırıkhan?
Yes. Kırıkhan gets on average 4.9 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Kırıkhan warmed?
Yes: Kırıkhan warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kırıkhan?
The wettest day measured in Kırıkhan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1946, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kırıkhan?
The windiest day measured in Kırıkhan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1975, with winds reaching 30.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kırıkhan?
The warmest month in Kırıkhan is August (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kırıkhan?
Kırıkhan receives on average 708 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kırıkhan?
Kırıkhan 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 Kırıkhan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kırıkhan between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1968, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kırıkhan?
Yes: Kırıkhan has on average 88 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kırıkhan?
In Kırıkhan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 7 August 1987, and the lowest was -14.0 °C on 6 February 1950.
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