Patnos climate — normals and trends
Patnos (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 580 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 (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Patnos averages 155 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Patnos 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 170 to 140 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 5 August 2025) and the coldest -32.1 °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
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- coords
- 39.22°, 42.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
14.1°C
Average daily low
1.3°C
Annual rainfall
580mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
155 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
147.4 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
37.3 °C
5 August 2025
Coldest day
-32.1 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
48 mm
12 October 1948
Windiest day
31.6 km/h
29 March 2023
Strongest gust
89.3 km/h
29 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-37.0 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
2 December 1994
Sunniest day
14.2 h
2 July 1942
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 | 2.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 9 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | -0.5 °C | -1.5 °C | 43 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 9.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 57 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 145 mm | +50 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 76 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 7 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 31.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 19 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 12 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 18.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 41 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 15 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 79 mm | +32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Patnos?
Patnos has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 580 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Patnos?
The hottest day measured in Patnos between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2025, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Patnos?
The coldest day measured in Patnos between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -32.1 °C.
Does it snow in Patnos?
Yes. Patnos gets on average 147.4 cm of snow per year and has around 155 frost days.
Has the climate of Patnos warmed?
Yes: Patnos warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Patnos?
The wettest day measured in Patnos between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Patnos?
The windiest day measured in Patnos between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2023, with winds reaching 31.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Patnos?
The warmest month in Patnos is August (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Patnos?
Patnos receives on average 580 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Patnos?
Patnos gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Patnos?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Patnos between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1994, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Patnos?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Patnos.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Patnos?
In Patnos, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -37.0 °C on 12 January 1940.
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