Kelkit climate — normals and trends
Kelkit (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 519 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kelkit averages 168 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Kelkit has warmed by +2.4 °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 158 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 14 August 2019) and the coldest -29.1 °C (on 12 January 1940).
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
KelkitGümüşhane Province
- coords
- 40.13°, 39.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.4°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
0.0°C
Annual rainfall
519mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
168 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
164.4 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
35.5 °C
14 August 2019
Coldest day
-29.1 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
55 mm
5 November 2006
Windiest day
32.8 km/h
23 April 2017
Strongest gust
113.0 km/h
23 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
35.5 °C
7 August 1973
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
27.7 cm
5 November 2006
Sunniest day
14.8 h
27 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 19 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | -3.3 °C | -2.1 °C | 55 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 7.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 74 mm | +22 mm |
| Apr | 11.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 98 mm | +31 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 73 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 21.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 28 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 27.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 26 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 21.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 25 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 30 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 23 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 2.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 46 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kelkit?
Kelkit has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.4 °C and it receives 519 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kelkit?
The hottest day measured in Kelkit between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2019, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kelkit?
The coldest day measured in Kelkit between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -29.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kelkit?
Yes. Kelkit gets on average 164.4 cm of snow per year and has around 168 frost days.
Has the climate of Kelkit warmed?
Yes: Kelkit warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kelkit?
The wettest day measured in Kelkit between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 2006, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kelkit?
The windiest day measured in Kelkit between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2017, with winds reaching 32.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kelkit?
The warmest month in Kelkit is August (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kelkit?
Kelkit receives on average 519 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kelkit?
Kelkit gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kelkit?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kelkit between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 2006, with 27.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kelkit?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kelkit.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kelkit?
In Kelkit, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.5 °C on 7 August 1973, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 12 January 1940.
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