Kâhta climate — normals and trends
Kâhta (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 567 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 (29.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Kâhta averages 44 frost days, 111 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 68 rainy days per year.
Kâhta 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 59 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.3 °C (on 28 July 2011) and the coldest -15.8 °C (on 4 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
KâhtaAdıyaman Province
- coords
- 37.79°, 38.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.9°C
Average daily high
21.6°C
Average daily low
10.4°C
Annual rainfall
567mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
44 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
111 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
68 d/yr
Annual snowfall
44.8 cm
Average feels-like high
20.2 °C
Average feels-like low
8.0 °C
Average peak gust
28.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
65 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
44.3 °C
28 July 2011
Coldest day
-15.8 °C
4 February 1950
Wettest day
69 mm
15 March 1974
Windiest day
43.0 km/h
30 March 2014
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
30 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
45.8 °C
24 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-21.3 °C
6 February 1950
Snowiest day
37.1 cm
18 December 1951
Sunniest day
14.6 h
30 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 4 mm | -115 mm |
| Feb | 8.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 78 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 19.0 °C | +5.6 °C | 51 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 57 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 28.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 14 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 34.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 39.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 1 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 38.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 32.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 25.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 8 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 19.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 22 mm | -43 mm |
| Dec | 11.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 78 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kâhta?
Kâhta has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 567 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kâhta?
The hottest day measured in Kâhta between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2011, reaching 44.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kâhta?
The coldest day measured in Kâhta between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1950, at -15.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kâhta?
Yes. Kâhta gets on average 44.8 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.
Has the climate of Kâhta warmed?
Yes: Kâhta warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kâhta?
The wettest day measured in Kâhta between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1974, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kâhta?
The windiest day measured in Kâhta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2014, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kâhta?
The warmest month in Kâhta is July (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kâhta?
Kâhta receives on average 567 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kâhta?
Kâhta 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 Kâhta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kâhta between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1951, with 37.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kâhta?
Yes: Kâhta has on average 65 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kâhta?
In Kâhta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 24 July 1998, and the lowest was -21.3 °C on 6 February 1950.
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