Gyzylarbat climate — normals and trends
Gyzylarbat (Turkmenistan) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 203 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 (31.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Gyzylarbat averages 62 frost days, 125 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 42 rainy days per year.
Gyzylarbat has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 76 to 48 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.1 °C (on 17 August 2015) and the coldest -25.8 °C (on 11 February 1969).
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
GyzylarbatBalkan
- coords
- 38.98°, 56.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
22.0°C
Average daily low
10.8°C
Annual rainfall
203mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
18.9km/h
Seasonal range
29.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
62 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
125 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
42 d/yr
Annual snowfall
19.3 cm
Average feels-like high
19.5 °C
Average feels-like low
8.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
97 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
47.1 °C
17 August 2015
Coldest day
-25.8 °C
11 February 1969
Wettest day
42 mm
18 March 2019
Windiest day
55.3 km/h
14 May 1990
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
14 May 1990
Hottest feels-like
47.7 °C
20 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-31.6 °C
11 February 1969
Snowiest day
14.6 cm
12 February 1980
Sunniest day
14.0 h
5 July 2010
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 6 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 8.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 29 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 19.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 15 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 28.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 33 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 32.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 3 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 34.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 39.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 37.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 30.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 25 mm | +16 mm |
| Oct | 26.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 1 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 19.3 °C | +5.5 °C | 1 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 10.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 10 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gyzylarbat?
Gyzylarbat has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 203 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gyzylarbat?
The hottest day measured in Gyzylarbat between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2015, reaching 47.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gyzylarbat?
The coldest day measured in Gyzylarbat between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1969, at -25.8 °C.
Does it snow in Gyzylarbat?
Yes. Gyzylarbat gets on average 19.3 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.
Has the climate of Gyzylarbat warmed?
Yes: Gyzylarbat warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gyzylarbat?
The wettest day measured in Gyzylarbat between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2019, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gyzylarbat?
The windiest day measured in Gyzylarbat between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1990, with winds reaching 55.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gyzylarbat?
The warmest month in Gyzylarbat is July (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Gyzylarbat?
Gyzylarbat receives on average 203 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gyzylarbat?
Gyzylarbat gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gyzylarbat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gyzylarbat between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1980, with 14.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gyzylarbat?
Yes: Gyzylarbat has on average 97 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gyzylarbat?
In Gyzylarbat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 20 July 2018, and the lowest was -31.6 °C on 11 February 1969.
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