Tokat Province climate — normals and trends
Tokat Province (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 727 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Tokat Province averages 115 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Tokat Province has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 132 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 29 July 2025) and the coldest -30.1 °C (on 6 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
Tokat ProvinceTokat Province
- coords
- 40.31°, 36.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
14.7°C
Average daily low
3.9°C
Annual rainfall
727mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
115 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
143.9 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
38.4 °C
29 July 2025
Coldest day
-30.1 °C
6 January 1942
Wettest day
49 mm
10 October 1967
Windiest day
40.2 km/h
4 April 1950
Strongest gust
118.8 km/h
12 March 1968
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-35.4 °C
6 January 1942
Snowiest day
30.0 cm
21 November 1967
Sunniest day
14.9 h
15 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.8 °C | +5.8 °C | 44 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | -1.1 °C | 81 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +6.9 °C | 59 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | -1.2 °C | 152 mm | +51 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 98 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 23 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 29.6 °C | +4.6 °C | 10 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 23.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 31 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 18.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 65 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 15.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 62 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 6.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 79 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tokat Province?
Tokat Province has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 727 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tokat Province?
The hottest day measured in Tokat Province between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2025, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tokat Province?
The coldest day measured in Tokat Province between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1942, at -30.1 °C.
Does it snow in Tokat Province?
Yes. Tokat Province gets on average 143.9 cm of snow per year and has around 115 frost days.
Has the climate of Tokat Province warmed?
Yes: Tokat Province warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tokat Province?
The wettest day measured in Tokat Province between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1967, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tokat Province?
The windiest day measured in Tokat Province between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1950, with winds reaching 40.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tokat Province?
The warmest month in Tokat Province is August (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Tokat Province?
Tokat Province receives on average 727 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tokat Province?
Tokat Province gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tokat Province?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tokat Province between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1967, with 30.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tokat Province?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tokat Province.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tokat Province?
In Tokat Province, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -35.4 °C on 6 January 1942.
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