Kurtalan climate — normals and trends
Kurtalan (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 822 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 (29.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Kurtalan averages 68 frost days, 109 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Kurtalan has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 82 to 54 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.5 °C (on 24 July 2025) and the coldest -23.0 °C (on 16 January 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
KurtalanSiirt
- coords
- 37.93°, 41.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.9°C
Average daily high
21.2°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
822mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
54%
Average peak wind
9.1km/h
Seasonal range
28.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
68 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
109 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
66.2 cm
Average feels-like high
20.1 °C
Average feels-like low
6.1 °C
Average peak gust
27.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
44 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
44.5 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest day
-23.0 °C
16 January 1950
Wettest day
74 mm
4 May 2019
Windiest day
27.1 km/h
17 March 2012
Strongest gust
82.8 km/h
29 March 2023
Hottest feels-like
45.6 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-28.0 °C
16 January 1950
Snowiest day
24.4 cm
15 January 1973
Sunniest day
14.1 h
6 July 1949
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 | 9.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 6 mm | -118 mm |
| Feb | 7.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 86 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 17.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 58 mm | -78 mm |
| Apr | 19.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 117 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 28.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 46 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 34.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 39.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 39.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 32.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 25.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 32 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 19.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 59 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 10.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 157 mm | +42 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kurtalan?
Kurtalan has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 822 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kurtalan?
The hottest day measured in Kurtalan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2025, reaching 44.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kurtalan?
The coldest day measured in Kurtalan between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1950, at -23.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kurtalan?
Yes. Kurtalan gets on average 66.2 cm of snow per year and has around 68 frost days.
Has the climate of Kurtalan warmed?
Yes: Kurtalan warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kurtalan?
The wettest day measured in Kurtalan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 2019, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kurtalan?
The windiest day measured in Kurtalan between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2012, with winds reaching 27.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kurtalan?
The warmest month in Kurtalan is July (29.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Kurtalan?
Kurtalan receives on average 822 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kurtalan?
Kurtalan 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 Kurtalan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kurtalan between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1973, with 24.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kurtalan?
Yes: Kurtalan has on average 44 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kurtalan?
In Kurtalan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 24 July 2025, and the lowest was -28.0 °C on 16 January 1950.
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