Kağızman climate — normals and trends
Kağızman (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 653 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kağızman averages 164 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Kağızman has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 178 to 150 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 14 August 2015) and the coldest -29.3 °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
KağızmanKars Province
- coords
- 40.16°, 43.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.4°C
Average daily high
11.0°C
Average daily low
0.3°C
Annual rainfall
653mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
26.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
164 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
152.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °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
34.3 °C
14 August 2015
Coldest day
-29.3 °C
28 December 1948
Wettest day
37 mm
27 November 1994
Windiest day
33.6 km/h
24 December 2023
Strongest gust
95.8 km/h
22 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
30 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
16 January 1950
Snowiest day
25.9 cm
27 November 1994
Sunniest day
14.2 h
6 July 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 9 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | -2.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 33 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 8.8 °C | +5.6 °C | 66 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 11.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 156 mm | +67 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 98 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 84 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 26.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 60 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 18 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 25 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 39 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 7 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 1.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 60 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kağızman?
Kağızman has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 653 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kağızman?
The hottest day measured in Kağızman between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2015, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kağızman?
The coldest day measured in Kağızman between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1948, at -29.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kağızman?
Yes. Kağızman gets on average 152.2 cm of snow per year and has around 164 frost days.
Has the climate of Kağızman warmed?
Yes: Kağızman warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kağızman?
The wettest day measured in Kağızman between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1994, with 37 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kağızman?
The windiest day measured in Kağızman between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 2023, with winds reaching 33.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kağızman?
The warmest month in Kağızman is August (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Kağızman?
Kağızman receives on average 653 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kağızman?
Kağızman gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kağızman?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kağızman between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1994, with 25.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kağızman?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kağızman.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kağızman?
In Kağızman, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 30 July 2025, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 16 January 1950.
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