Kulp climate — normals and trends
Kulp (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,121 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Kulp averages 103 frost days, 71 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Kulp has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 24 July 2025) and the coldest -22.7 °C (on 23 February 1985).
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
KulpDiyarbakır Province
- coords
- 38.50°, 41.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
16.8°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,121mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
10.6km/h
Seasonal range
29.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
71 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
304.5 cm
Average feels-like high
15.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.4 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
40.2 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest day
-22.7 °C
23 February 1985
Wettest day
78 mm
8 January 1982
Windiest day
30.6 km/h
19 May 1970
Strongest gust
92.2 km/h
13 January 1954
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
6 August 1973
Coldest feels-like
-28.1 °C
23 February 1985
Snowiest day
43.9 cm
6 February 1992
Sunniest day
14.3 h
1 July 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 10 mm | -155 mm |
| Feb | 2.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 104 mm | -52 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 98 mm | -68 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 153 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 23.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 99 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 30.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 11 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 35.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 35.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 28.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 2 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 21.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 41 mm | -32 mm |
| Nov | 15.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 60 mm | -57 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 188 mm | +35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kulp?
Kulp has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,121 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kulp?
The hottest day measured in Kulp between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2025, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kulp?
The coldest day measured in Kulp between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1985, at -22.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kulp?
Yes. Kulp gets on average 304.5 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Kulp warmed?
Yes: Kulp warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kulp?
The wettest day measured in Kulp between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1982, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kulp?
The windiest day measured in Kulp between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 1970, with winds reaching 30.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kulp?
The warmest month in Kulp is July (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kulp?
Kulp receives on average 1,121 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kulp?
Kulp 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 Kulp?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kulp between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1992, with 43.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kulp?
Yes: Kulp has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kulp?
In Kulp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 6 August 1973, and the lowest was -28.1 °C on 23 February 1985.
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