Yüksekova climate — normals and trends
Yüksekova (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 833 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 July (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Yüksekova averages 176 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.
Yüksekova has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 192 to 160 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 27 July 1966) and the coldest -27.9 °C (on 8 January 2008).
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
YüksekovaHakkâri
- coords
- 37.57°, 44.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
0.3°C
Annual rainfall
833mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
10.3km/h
Seasonal range
26.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
176 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
102 d/yr
Annual snowfall
413.7 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
33.0 °C
27 July 1966
Coldest day
-27.9 °C
8 January 2008
Wettest day
83 mm
1 April 1969
Windiest day
27.3 km/h
9 September 1953
Strongest gust
105.8 km/h
6 January 1950
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
31 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.6 °C
22 December 1946
Snowiest day
52.6 cm
9 January 2013
Sunniest day
14.0 h
15 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 17 mm | -100 mm |
| Feb | -3.7 °C | -2.2 °C | 84 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 5.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 65 mm | -80 mm |
| Apr | 10.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 134 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 71 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 17 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 26.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 29.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 5 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 12 mm | -32 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +4.6 °C | 55 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 0.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 186 mm | +78 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yüksekova?
Yüksekova has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 833 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yüksekova?
The hottest day measured in Yüksekova between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1966, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yüksekova?
The coldest day measured in Yüksekova between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2008, at -27.9 °C.
Does it snow in Yüksekova?
Yes. Yüksekova gets on average 413.7 cm of snow per year and has around 176 frost days.
Has the climate of Yüksekova warmed?
Yes: Yüksekova warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yüksekova?
The wettest day measured in Yüksekova between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 1969, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yüksekova?
The windiest day measured in Yüksekova between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 1953, with winds reaching 27.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yüksekova?
The warmest month in Yüksekova is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Yüksekova?
Yüksekova receives on average 833 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yüksekova?
Yüksekova 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 Yüksekova?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yüksekova between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2013, with 52.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yüksekova?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Yüksekova.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yüksekova?
In Yüksekova, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 31 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.6 °C on 22 December 1946.
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