Boshkengash climate — normals and trends
Boshkengash (Tajikistan) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 819 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Boshkengash averages 102 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.
Boshkengash has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 83 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 1 August 1941) and the coldest -25.6 °C (on 21 December 2011).
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
BoshkengashDushanbe
- coords
- 38.47°, 68.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
17.4°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
819mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
7.9km/h
Seasonal range
25.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
102 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
42 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
106 d/yr
Annual snowfall
142.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
22.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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
39.5 °C
1 August 1941
Coldest day
-25.6 °C
21 December 2011
Wettest day
60 mm
24 April 2003
Windiest day
45.9 km/h
9 June 1944
Strongest gust
61.2 km/h
24 March 2015
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
4 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-30.6 °C
21 December 2011
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
19 March 2012
Sunniest day
14.6 h
29 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 64 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 8.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 94 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 176 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 22.6 °C | +5.0 °C | 86 mm | -58 mm |
| May | 27.7 °C | +5.4 °C | 30 mm | -86 mm |
| Jun | 31.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 7 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 35.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 33.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 3 mm | -34 mm |
| Nov | 15.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 30 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 9.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 98 mm | +24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Boshkengash?
Boshkengash has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 819 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Boshkengash?
The hottest day measured in Boshkengash between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1941, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Boshkengash?
The coldest day measured in Boshkengash between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2011, at -25.6 °C.
Does it snow in Boshkengash?
Yes. Boshkengash gets on average 142.0 cm of snow per year and has around 102 frost days.
Has the climate of Boshkengash warmed?
Yes: Boshkengash warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Boshkengash?
The wettest day measured in Boshkengash between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 2003, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Boshkengash?
The windiest day measured in Boshkengash between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1944, with winds reaching 45.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Boshkengash?
The warmest month in Boshkengash is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Boshkengash?
Boshkengash receives on average 819 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Boshkengash?
Boshkengash gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Boshkengash?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Boshkengash between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2012, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Boshkengash?
Yes: Boshkengash has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Boshkengash?
In Boshkengash, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 4 July 2025, and the lowest was -30.6 °C on 21 December 2011.
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