Kerki climate — normals and trends
Kerki (Turkmenistan) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 198 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 (33.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Kerki averages 37 frost days, 152 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 39 rainy days per year.
Kerki has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 44 to 30 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.0 °C (on 9 July 1944) and the coldest -22.0 °C (on 25 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
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- coords
- 37.84°, 65.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.6°C
Average daily high
24.9°C
Average daily low
12.5°C
Annual rainfall
198mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
21.6km/h
Seasonal range
28.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
37 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
152 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
39 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.1 cm
Average feels-like high
21.9 °C
Average feels-like low
9.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
105 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.12 · 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
49.0 °C
9 July 1944
Coldest day
-22.0 °C
25 January 2008
Wettest day
41 mm
9 April 1949
Windiest day
58.5 km/h
25 March 2021
Strongest gust
90.7 km/h
25 March 2021
Hottest feels-like
49.0 °C
30 July 1983
Coldest feels-like
-27.5 °C
25 January 2008
Snowiest day
19.8 cm
25 January 1969
Sunniest day
14.1 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 11 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 12.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 35 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 21.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 28 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 31.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 7 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 36.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 38.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 42.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 39.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 34.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 28.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 19.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 3 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 13.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 37 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kerki?
Kerki has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 198 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kerki?
The hottest day measured in Kerki between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1944, reaching 49.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kerki?
The coldest day measured in Kerki between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2008, at -22.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kerki?
Yes. Kerki gets on average 15.1 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.
Has the climate of Kerki warmed?
Yes: Kerki warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kerki?
The wettest day measured in Kerki between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1949, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kerki?
The windiest day measured in Kerki between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2021, with winds reaching 58.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kerki?
The warmest month in Kerki is July (33.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kerki?
Kerki receives on average 198 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 39 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kerki?
Kerki gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kerki?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kerki between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1969, with 19.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kerki?
Yes: Kerki has on average 105 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kerki?
In Kerki, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.0 °C on 30 July 1983, and the lowest was -27.5 °C on 25 January 2008.
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