Kırşehir climate — normals and trends
Kırşehir (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 422 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Kırşehir averages 88 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Kırşehir 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 105 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -26.3 °C (on 5 January 1942).
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
KırşehirKırşehir
- coords
- 39.15°, 34.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
17.0°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
422mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
88 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
62.5 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
40.4 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-26.3 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
41 mm
1 June 1987
Windiest day
48.7 km/h
25 March 2008
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
12 March 1968
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-30.7 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
20.5 cm
17 December 1966
Sunniest day
14.3 h
10 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 28 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | -2.0 °C | 43 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 15.9 °C | +5.7 °C | 19 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 81 mm | +27 mm |
| May | 22.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 58 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 26 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 33.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 2 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 31.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 25.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 9 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 19.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 11 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 16.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 21 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 6.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 53 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kırşehir?
Kırşehir has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 422 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kırşehir?
The hottest day measured in Kırşehir between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kırşehir?
The coldest day measured in Kırşehir between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -26.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kırşehir?
Yes. Kırşehir gets on average 62.5 cm of snow per year and has around 88 frost days.
Has the climate of Kırşehir warmed?
Yes: Kırşehir warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kırşehir?
The wettest day measured in Kırşehir between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1987, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kırşehir?
The windiest day measured in Kırşehir between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2008, with winds reaching 48.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kırşehir?
The warmest month in Kırşehir is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kırşehir?
Kırşehir receives on average 422 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kırşehir?
Kırşehir gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kırşehir?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kırşehir between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1966, with 20.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kırşehir?
Yes: Kırşehir has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kırşehir?
In Kırşehir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -30.7 °C on 5 January 1942.
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