Şarkışla climate — normals and trends
Şarkışla (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 399 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 (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Şarkışla averages 132 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Şarkışla 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 142 to 122 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -31.7 °C (on 5 January 1942).
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
ŞarkışlaSivas
- coords
- 39.35°, 36.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
2.5°C
Annual rainfall
399mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
24.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
132 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
95.9 cm
Average feels-like high
11.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
38.0 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-31.7 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
46 mm
10 October 1967
Windiest day
51.5 km/h
23 April 2017
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
23 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-36.8 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
24 November 2024
Sunniest day
14.8 h
14 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 15 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | -1.1 °C | -3.0 °C | 57 mm | +21 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 57 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 12.3 °C | -1.7 °C | 79 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 79 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 25 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 30.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 5 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 9 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 17.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 16 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 13.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 45 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 46 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Şarkışla?
Şarkışla has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 399 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Şarkışla?
The hottest day measured in Şarkışla between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Şarkışla?
The coldest day measured in Şarkışla between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -31.7 °C.
Does it snow in Şarkışla?
Yes. Şarkışla gets on average 95.9 cm of snow per year and has around 132 frost days.
Has the climate of Şarkışla warmed?
Yes: Şarkışla warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Şarkışla?
The wettest day measured in Şarkışla between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1967, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Şarkışla?
The windiest day measured in Şarkışla between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2017, with winds reaching 51.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Şarkışla?
The warmest month in Şarkışla is August (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Şarkışla?
Şarkışla receives on average 399 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Şarkışla?
Şarkışla gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Şarkışla?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Şarkışla between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2024, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Şarkışla?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Şarkışla.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Şarkışla?
In Şarkışla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -36.8 °C on 5 January 1942.
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