Tallkalakh climate — normals and trends
Tallkalakh (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 400 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Tallkalakh averages 4 frost days, 81 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 72 rainy days per year.
Tallkalakh 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 6 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 9 August 2025) and the coldest -10.8 °C (on 9 February 1949).
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
TallkalakhHoms Governorate
- coords
- 34.67°, 36.26°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.4°C
Average daily high
23.0°C
Average daily low
12.9°C
Annual rainfall
400mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
17.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
81 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
72 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.2 cm
Average feels-like high
22.3 °C
Average feels-like low
12.2 °C
Average peak gust
40.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
56 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
42.6 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest day
-10.8 °C
9 February 1949
Wettest day
54 mm
15 May 1983
Windiest day
46.6 km/h
18 February 1970
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
18 February 1970
Hottest feels-like
46.4 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-16.0 °C
6 January 1942
Snowiest day
11.0 cm
3 January 1942
Sunniest day
13.7 h
22 June 1955
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 13 mm | -69 mm |
| Feb | 13.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 67 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 21.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 29 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 23.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 27 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 28.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 9 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 30.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 31.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 33.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 31.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 27.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 12 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 25.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 40 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 16.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 92 mm | +21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tallkalakh?
Tallkalakh has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 400 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tallkalakh?
The hottest day measured in Tallkalakh between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2025, reaching 42.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tallkalakh?
The coldest day measured in Tallkalakh between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1949, at -10.8 °C.
Does it snow in Tallkalakh?
Yes. Tallkalakh gets on average 2.2 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Tallkalakh warmed?
Yes: Tallkalakh warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tallkalakh?
The wettest day measured in Tallkalakh between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1983, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tallkalakh?
The windiest day measured in Tallkalakh between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1970, with winds reaching 46.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tallkalakh?
The warmest month in Tallkalakh is August (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Tallkalakh?
Tallkalakh receives on average 400 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 72 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tallkalakh?
Tallkalakh gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tallkalakh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tallkalakh between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, with 11.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tallkalakh?
Yes: Tallkalakh has on average 56 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tallkalakh?
In Tallkalakh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 9 August 2025, and the lowest was -16.0 °C on 6 January 1942.
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