Climate
Erzurum has a humid continental climate (Köppen Climate Classification Dfb). Summer is brief, but summer days are very warm, though with cool nights. The average maximum during August is around 28°C (82°F). The highest recorded temperature is 36.5°C (97.7°F), on 31 July 2000. Winters are very cold, with an average minimum during January of around -16°C (3°F); temperatures fall below -30°C (-22°F) most years. The lowest recorded temperature is -37.2°C (-34.96°F), on 28 December 2002.
| Climate data for Erzurum | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.2 (81.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
36.5 (97.7) |
33.3 (91.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
36.5 (97.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
12.06 (53.70) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −15.5 (4.1) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−1.48 (29.35) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36 (−32.8) |
−37 (−34.6) |
−33.2 (−27.8) |
−22.4 (−8.3) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−34.3 (−29.7) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 19.4 (0.764) |
22.9 (0.902) |
31.8 (1.252) |
53.9 (2.122) |
67.2 (2.646) |
43.2 (1.701) |
26.3 (1.035) |
15.5 (0.61) |
21.1 (0.831) |
47.1 (1.854) |
32.6 (1.283) |
21.6 (0.85) |
402.6 (15.85) |
| % humidity | 79 | 78 | 76 | 67 | 62 | 58 | 52 | 48 | 49 | 64 | 74 | 80 | 65.6 |
| Avg. rainy days | 11.7 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 14.7 | 16.9 | 10.8 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 126.5 |
| Avg. snowy days | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 61 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 93.0 | 109.2 | 151.9 | 180.0 | 241.8 | 303.0 | 344.1 | 331.7 | 267.0 | 204.6 | 132.0 | 86.8 | 2,445.1 |
| Source #1: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Weather2 | |||||||||||||
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