Solhan climate — normals and trends
Solhan (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 917 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Solhan averages 142 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Solhan 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 155 to 129 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 24 July 2025) and the coldest -25.1 °C (on 22 December 1946).
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
SolhanBingöl
- coords
- 38.97°, 41.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
917mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
9.3km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
142 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
331.6 cm
Average feels-like high
11.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.2 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
36.6 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest day
-25.1 °C
22 December 1946
Wettest day
71 mm
22 December 1967
Windiest day
27.6 km/h
13 January 1954
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
13 January 1968
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
6 August 1973
Coldest feels-like
-29.5 °C
22 December 1946
Snowiest day
49.7 cm
22 December 1967
Sunniest day
14.4 h
4 July 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 10 mm | -100 mm |
| Feb | -0.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 95 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 8.5 °C | +4.4 °C | 118 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 180 mm | +53 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 108 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 13 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 4 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 33.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 4 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 18.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 53 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 50 mm | -44 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 124 mm | +18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Solhan?
Solhan has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 917 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Solhan?
The hottest day measured in Solhan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2025, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Solhan?
The coldest day measured in Solhan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1946, at -25.1 °C.
Does it snow in Solhan?
Yes. Solhan gets on average 331.6 cm of snow per year and has around 142 frost days.
Has the climate of Solhan warmed?
Yes: Solhan warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Solhan?
The wettest day measured in Solhan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1967, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Solhan?
The windiest day measured in Solhan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1954, with winds reaching 27.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Solhan?
The warmest month in Solhan is August (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Solhan?
Solhan receives on average 917 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Solhan?
Solhan gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Solhan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Solhan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1967, with 49.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Solhan?
Yes: Solhan has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Solhan?
In Solhan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 6 August 1973, and the lowest was -29.5 °C on 22 December 1946.
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