Karakoçan climate — normals and trends
Karakoçan (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 873 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Karakoçan averages 135 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Karakoçan has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 151 to 119 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 24 July 2025) and the coldest -29.0 °C (on 27 December 2002).
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
KarakoçanElazığ
- coords
- 38.95°, 40.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
873mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
29.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
49 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
268.8 cm
Average feels-like high
13.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
38.6 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest day
-29.0 °C
27 December 2002
Wettest day
67 mm
12 May 1998
Windiest day
30.8 km/h
17 July 2007
Strongest gust
89.6 km/h
23 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-34.0 °C
27 December 2002
Snowiest day
37.7 cm
29 January 2008
Sunniest day
14.6 h
1 July 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 11 mm | -102 mm |
| Feb | 1.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 91 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +7.2 °C | 152 mm | +30 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 163 mm | +40 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 90 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 3 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 5 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 34.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 27.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 19.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 40 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | 13.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 59 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 5.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 97 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karakoçan?
Karakoçan has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 873 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karakoçan?
The hottest day measured in Karakoçan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2025, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karakoçan?
The coldest day measured in Karakoçan between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 2002, at -29.0 °C.
Does it snow in Karakoçan?
Yes. Karakoçan gets on average 268.8 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Karakoçan warmed?
Yes: Karakoçan warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karakoçan?
The wettest day measured in Karakoçan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1998, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karakoçan?
The windiest day measured in Karakoçan between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2007, with winds reaching 30.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karakoçan?
The warmest month in Karakoçan is August (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Karakoçan?
Karakoçan receives on average 873 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karakoçan?
Karakoçan gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karakoçan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karakoçan between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2008, with 37.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karakoçan?
Yes: Karakoçan has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karakoçan?
In Karakoçan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -34.0 °C on 27 December 2002.
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