Al-Qamishli climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al-Qamishli?

Al-Qamishli has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 409 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al-Qamishli?

The hottest day measured in Al-Qamishli between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 47.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al-Qamishli?

The coldest day measured in Al-Qamishli between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at -14.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al-Qamishli?

Yes. Al-Qamishli gets on average 10.2 cm of snow per year and has around 26 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Al-Qamishli warmed?

Yes: Al-Qamishli warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al-Qamishli?

The wettest day measured in Al-Qamishli between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1980, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al-Qamishli?

The windiest day measured in Al-Qamishli between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1963, with winds reaching 40.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al-Qamishli?

The warmest month in Al-Qamishli is July (32.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al-Qamishli?

Al-Qamishli receives on average 409 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al-Qamishli?

Al-Qamishli gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al-Qamishli has a hot-summer mediterranean climate, averaging 18.7 °C annually with 409 mm of rain per year.

Climate normals · ERA5

Al-QamishliAl-Hasakah Governorate

coords: 37.05°, 41.23°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

The normals for this period

The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.

Mean daily temperature

18.7°C

Average daily high

25.1°C

Average daily low

12.7°C

Annual rainfall

409mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

49%

Average peak wind

12.1km/h

Seasonal range

27.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

26 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

146 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

60 d/yr

Annual snowfall

10.2 cm

Average feels-like high

23.9 °C

Average feels-like low

10.4 °C

Average peak gust

27.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

97 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

Climate month by month

How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.

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

The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.

Hottest day

47.7 °C

25 July 2025

Coldest day

-14.2 °C

8 February 1950

Wettest day

81 mm

2 April 1980

Windiest day

40.7 km/h

25 December 1963

Strongest gust

86.0 km/h

16 March 1998

Hottest feels-like

48.0 °C

19 July 1953

Coldest feels-like

-19.3 °C

8 February 1950

Snowiest day

15.6 cm

11 December 2013

Sunniest day

14.0 h

18 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	47.7 °C25 July 2025	-4.7 °C25 February 2025	21.3 °C	226 mm	165	10
2024	45.3 °C20 June 2024	-1.9 °C15 December 2024	21.0 °C	427 mm	159	1
2023	45.6 °C10 August 2023	-3.1 °C18 February 2023	20.6 °C	356 mm	148	12
2022	43.8 °C3 September 2022	-8.5 °C21 January 2022	20.3 °C	336 mm	150	6
2021	44.9 °C20 July 2021	-1.7 °C22 January 2021	21.0 °C	166 mm	173	9
2020	43.6 °C29 July 2020	-4.9 °C10 February 2020	20.1 °C	493 mm	162	15
2019	45.5 °C13 August 2019	-2.6 °C20 January 2019	19.7 °C	661 mm	158	7
2018	44.2 °C3 July 2018	0.9 °C31 January 2018	20.7 °C	591 mm	156	0
2017	45.3 °C2 August 2017	-5.2 °C1 February 2017	19.9 °C	256 mm	145	20
2016	43.7 °C20 July 2016	-5.0 °C3 January 2016	20.1 °C	418 mm	147	21
2015	44.3 °C30 July 2015	-4.4 °C11 January 2015	19.7 °C	342 mm	153	10
2014	44.9 °C12 July 2014	-2.9 °C7 February 2014	20.5 °C	353 mm	154	10
2013	43.9 °C10 July 2013	-5.6 °C16 December 2013	19.5 °C	364 mm	154	28
2012	44.5 °C19 July 2012	-4.7 °C21 January 2012	19.7 °C	380 mm	158	24
2011	46.2 °C28 July 2011	-2.9 °C7 December 2011	18.8 °C	324 mm	136	35
2010	44.9 °C13 July 2010	-5.3 °C28 January 2010	20.7 °C	274 mm	150	5
2009	41.6 °C19 August 2009	-9.9 °C3 January 2009	18.6 °C	305 mm	149	17
2008	43.9 °C31 July 2008	-8.2 °C16 January 2008	19.2 °C	193 mm	144	51
2007	43.9 °C1 August 2007	-7.5 °C2 January 2007	18.7 °C	273 mm	154	45
2006	44.2 °C16 August 2006	-8.0 °C31 December 2006	19.0 °C	514 mm	147	30
2005	44.1 °C12 July 2005	-3.9 °C14 February 2005	19.2 °C	324 mm	151	20
2004	43.1 °C8 July 2004	-4.8 °C18 December 2004	18.8 °C	426 mm	148	29
2003	43.8 °C8 August 2003	-2.3 °C1 March 2003	19.0 °C	457 mm	158	12
2002	43.5 °C20 July 2002	-5.9 °C26 December 2002	18.7 °C	377 mm	147	29
2001	44.7 °C25 July 2001	-3.7 °C22 December 2001	19.3 °C	345 mm	145	11
2000	45.1 °C29 July 2000	-3.9 °C22 January 2000	19.0 °C	301 mm	140	26
1999	42.9 °C20 July 1999	-1.2 °C4 January 1999	19.6 °C	183 mm	160	6
1998	44.5 °C20 July 1998	-3.5 °C14 January 1998	19.4 °C	322 mm	149	26
1997	41.9 °C21 July 1997	-7.0 °C8 February 1997	17.5 °C	335 mm	143	37
1996	42.2 °C4 July 1996	-3.9 °C15 January 1996	18.4 °C	652 mm	141	9
1995	42.4 °C22 July 1995	-6.5 °C21 December 1995	17.7 °C	321 mm	134	34
1994	43.2 °C14 July 1994	-4.9 °C6 December 1994	18.7 °C	568 mm	145	20
1993	42.8 °C19 July 1993	-8.7 °C16 February 1993	17.1 °C	582 mm	135	42
1992	40.9 °C6 August 1992	-8.1 °C29 December 1992	16.2 °C	495 mm	122	67
1991	42.3 °C25 June 1991	-5.9 °C10 February 1991	18.0 °C	442 mm	124	38
1990	42.9 °C20 July 1990	-6.3 °C28 December 1990	18.3 °C	279 mm	146	32
1989	43.1 °C4 July 1989	-7.7 °C7 January 1989	18.7 °C	261 mm	158	52
1988	41.7 °C18 July 1988	-5.7 °C2 January 1988	17.6 °C	596 mm	133	32
1987	43.8 °C8 August 1987	-4.3 °C31 December 1987	17.8 °C	558 mm	141	24
1986	44.6 °C12 July 1986	-6.1 °C14 December 1986	18.3 °C	376 mm	128	30
1985	42.9 °C10 August 1985	-8.9 °C23 February 1985	17.9 °C	406 mm	147	39
1984	44.3 °C21 July 1984	-3.5 °C8 December 1984	17.8 °C	302 mm	147	33
1983	41.5 °C16 July 1983	-9.4 °C7 January 1983	17.2 °C	319 mm	134	49
1982	41.6 °C20 July 1982	-6.7 °C21 January 1982	16.7 °C	497 mm	123	66
1981	44.0 °C2 August 1981	-1.5 °C15 January 1981	18.4 °C	449 mm	131	4
1980	45.7 °C15 July 1980	-5.1 °C1 February 1980	18.1 °C	562 mm	136	23
1979	43.3 °C21 August 1979	-3.4 °C30 December 1979	19.0 °C	449 mm	140	13
1978	45.9 °C16 July 1978	-3.0 °C16 January 1978	18.6 °C	410 mm	145	11
1977	45.6 °C5 August 1977	-5.7 °C25 December 1977	18.7 °C	351 mm	143	29
1976	43.2 °C3 August 1976	-5.0 °C14 January 1976	17.6 °C	602 mm	121	34
1975	45.1 °C27 July 1975	-6.9 °C12 February 1975	18.3 °C	465 mm	141	35
1974	45.5 °C4 August 1974	-5.2 °C5 February 1974	18.5 °C	537 mm	165	28
1973	47.3 °C6 August 1973	-12.2 °C18 January 1973	18.7 °C	235 mm	158	48
1972	44.3 °C14 July 1972	-6.8 °C20 January 1972	17.6 °C	508 mm	149	59
1971	44.7 °C3 July 1971	-5.3 °C20 January 1971	18.6 °C	575 mm	156	37
1970	44.4 °C12 August 1970	-4.0 °C17 December 1970	19.4 °C	251 mm	145	20
1969	43.8 °C20 August 1969	-7.4 °C2 February 1969	18.6 °C	709 mm	142	12
1968	43.6 °C24 July 1968	-7.8 °C26 January 1968	18.0 °C	765 mm	137	32
1967	42.3 °C23 July 1967	-6.8 °C3 February 1967	17.7 °C	550 mm	129	38
1966	44.6 °C13 July 1966	0.8 °C23 December 1966	19.9 °C	350 mm	137	0
1965	45.7 °C5 August 1965	-3.1 °C22 December 1965	18.7 °C	458 mm	137	16
1964	45.4 °C13 July 1964	-8.3 °C21 January 1964	18.2 °C	369 mm	151	40
1963	44.9 °C22 July 1963	-2.3 °C20 March 1963	18.7 °C	697 mm	137	8
1962	45.9 °C19 July 1962	-2.0 °C23 February 1962	20.1 °C	311 mm	150	5
1961	44.1 °C17 August 1961	-3.2 °C24 January 1961	18.3 °C	400 mm	143	23
1960	43.0 °C29 July 1960	-4.2 °C27 January 1960	18.9 °C	304 mm	153	14
1959	43.2 °C20 July 1959	-6.7 °C28 February 1959	18.2 °C	329 mm	126	32
1958	42.9 °C23 August 1958	-5.0 °C6 February 1958	18.6 °C	259 mm	156	19
1957	45.4 °C31 July 1957	-6.6 °C9 January 1957	17.8 °C	546 mm	132	35
1956	43.8 °C6 August 1956	-4.3 °C1 February 1956	17.8 °C	374 mm	137	31
1955	44.0 °C8 July 1955	-3.1 °C7 January 1955	19.9 °C	330 mm	168	15
1954	45.4 °C19 July 1954	-5.6 °C29 January 1954	19.2 °C	528 mm	154	18
1953	47.0 °C18 July 1953	-9.0 °C28 December 1953	18.5 °C	572 mm	154	41
1952	44.8 °C21 July 1952	-4.7 °C12 January 1952	19.2 °C	428 mm	153	18
1951	44.1 °C12 July 1951	-4.7 °C28 December 1951	19.3 °C	409 mm	138	25
1950	43.1 °C22 July 1950	-14.2 °C8 February 1950	18.2 °C	382 mm	144	47
1949	43.9 °C27 July 1949	-6.2 °C12 January 1949	17.4 °C	487 mm	151	52
1948	43.4 °C25 July 1948	-10.2 °C29 December 1948	17.5 °C	477 mm	138	29
1947	43.7 °C17 July 1947	-4.1 °C3 February 1947	19.4 °C	369 mm	147	17
1946	42.5 °C29 June 1946	-5.8 °C21 February 1946	18.3 °C	324 mm	137	27
1945	43.0 °C29 July 1945	-4.1 °C27 February 1945	17.8 °C	328 mm	144	53
1944	44.0 °C26 July 1944	-7.2 °C17 January 1944	18.6 °C	284 mm	143	28
1943	42.7 °C29 July 1943	-2.6 °C2 February 1943	18.7 °C	365 mm	150	32
1942	43.6 °C23 June 1942	-5.6 °C7 January 1942	18.7 °C	399 mm	155	31
1941	42.8 °C19 July 1941	-3.4 °C15 January 1941	18.9 °C	394 mm	141	9
1940	43.7 °C8 August 1940	-5.0 °C14 January 1940	18.5 °C	299 mm	140	25

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.8 °C

+2.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

165 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

10 d/yr

-16

Annual rainfall

226 mm

-183 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	15.0 °C	+4.6 °C	3 mm	-71 mm
Feb	12.1 °C	-0.5 °C	44 mm	-21 mm
Mar	22.3 °C	+5.6 °C	12 mm	-55 mm
Apr	25.3 °C	+2.7 °C	28 mm	-23 mm
May	33.9 °C	+4.6 °C	6 mm	-17 mm
Jun	38.9 °C	+3.0 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
Jul	42.5 °C	+2.5 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Aug	41.0 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	35.1 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	29.0 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	-14 mm
Nov	23.7 °C	+4.6 °C	22 mm	-19 mm
Dec	13.6 °C	+1.0 °C	106 mm	+38 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

47.7 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-4.7 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

24.6 mm

7 Dec 2025

Windiest day

29.6 km/h

9 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

69.1 km/h

9 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.1 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-8.9 °C

25 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

7.7 cm

29 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

18 Jun 2025

What was the weather like that day?

The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.

Date

Climate at a glance

What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.

Al-Qamishli (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 409 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 (32.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Al-Qamishli averages 26 frost days, 146 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 60 rainy days per year.

Al-Qamishli has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 32 to 20 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.7 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -14.2 °C (on 8 February 1950).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al-Qamishli?

Al-Qamishli has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 409 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al-Qamishli?

The hottest day measured in Al-Qamishli between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 47.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al-Qamishli?

The coldest day measured in Al-Qamishli between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at -14.2 °C.

Does it snow in Al-Qamishli?

Yes. Al-Qamishli gets on average 10.2 cm of snow per year and has around 26 frost days.

Has the climate of Al-Qamishli warmed?

Yes: Al-Qamishli warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al-Qamishli?

The wettest day measured in Al-Qamishli between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1980, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al-Qamishli?

The windiest day measured in Al-Qamishli between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1963, with winds reaching 40.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al-Qamishli?

The warmest month in Al-Qamishli is July (32.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Al-Qamishli?

Al-Qamishli receives on average 409 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al-Qamishli?

Al-Qamishli gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Al-Qamishli?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Al-Qamishli between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2013, with 15.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Al-Qamishli?

Yes: Al-Qamishli has on average 97 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al-Qamishli?

In Al-Qamishli, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.0 °C on 19 July 1953, and the lowest was -19.3 °C on 8 February 1950.

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