Climate
Erbil's climate is hot semi-arid (BSh), according to Köppen climate classification, with very hot summers and mild moderately wet winters. Most of its precipitation lies in the colder months.
| Climate data for Erbil | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) |
11 (52) |
16.5 (61.7) |
21 (70) |
28.5 (83.3) |
34.5 (94.1) |
38.5 (101.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
25 (77) |
17 (63) |
10.5 (50.9) |
23.33 (74.07) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2 (36) |
4 (39) |
8 (46) |
12 (54) |
17.5 (63.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15 (59) |
8 (46) |
4.5 (40.1) |
13.67 (56.6) |
| Source: World Weather Online, My Forecast, What's the Weather Like.org, and Erbilia | |||||||||||||
Read more about this topic: Erbil
Famous quotes containing the word climate:
“If often he was wrong and at times absurd,
To us he is no more a person
Now but a whole climate of opinion.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
“Russian forests crash down under the axe, billions of trees are dying, the habitations of animals and birds are layed waste, rivers grow shallow and dry up, marvelous landscapes are disappearing forever.... Man is endowed with creativity in order to multiply that which has been given him; he has not created, but destroyed. There are fewer and fewer forests, rivers are drying up, wildlife has become extinct, the climate is ruined, and the earth is becoming ever poorer and uglier.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)