Yozgat climate — normals and trends
Yozgat (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 494 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 (21.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Yozgat averages 96 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Yozgat has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 110 to 82 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -27.9 °C (on 4 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
YozgatYozgat
- coords
- 39.82°, 34.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
494mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
30 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
73.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °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
39.8 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.9 °C
4 January 1942
Wettest day
41 mm
26 October 1997
Windiest day
50.2 km/h
9 October 2003
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
12 March 1968
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.9 °C
4 January 1942
Snowiest day
20.4 cm
17 February 2008
Sunniest day
14.5 h
9 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.9 °C | +4.9 °C | 37 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 2.9 °C | -2.0 °C | 46 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 15.6 °C | +5.9 °C | 21 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 92 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 50 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 17 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 32.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 4 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 31.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 13 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 18.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 26 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 16.6 °C | +4.7 °C | 18 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 59 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yozgat?
Yozgat has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 494 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yozgat?
The hottest day measured in Yozgat between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yozgat?
The coldest day measured in Yozgat between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at -27.9 °C.
Does it snow in Yozgat?
Yes. Yozgat gets on average 73.6 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Yozgat warmed?
Yes: Yozgat warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yozgat?
The wettest day measured in Yozgat between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 1997, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yozgat?
The windiest day measured in Yozgat between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2003, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yozgat?
The warmest month in Yozgat is August (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Yozgat?
Yozgat receives on average 494 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yozgat?
Yozgat 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 Yozgat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yozgat between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2008, with 20.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yozgat?
Yes: Yozgat has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yozgat?
In Yozgat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.9 °C on 4 January 1942.
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