Iran: Weather Records and Extremes

7 weather records set or tied in Iran in 2026: 7 highs and 0 lows, with a calendar heatmap, ratio by decade and record map.

Key Facts for Iran

Iran has 30 stations in the data, on Asia.
7 weather records were set or tied in Iran in 2026: 7 record highs and 0 record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
In the 2020s, record highs outnumbered record lows 9.24 to 1 in Iran.
2008 holds the most standing records in Iran: 2,094.
Babulsar set a monthly record high maximum temperature of 26.8 C (80.2 F) on 18 February 2026.

Record Highs and Lows in 2026

7 highs, 0 lows

Each square is a day of 2026. Warm squares had more record highs than record lows in Iran, cold squares more lows. The busiest day was 31 January 2026 with 1 highs and 0 lows.

Record highs and lows per day in Iran in 2026
Date	Value
2026-01-31	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-01	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-03	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-14	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-17	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-18	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-19	1 more record highs than lows

Records per Year, by Type

1979 to 2026

Records set or tied in Iran each year from 1979 to 2026, stacked by record type. 2026 had 7.

Weather records per year in Iran, stacked by type
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1979	24	4	0	0	0	28
1980	23	3	12	8	0	46
1981	44	42	64	15	0	165
1982	31	91	53	61	0	236
1983	106	44	76	32	0	258
1984	68	47	75	48	0	238
1985	42	40	62	51	0	195
1986	19	68	69	39	0	195
1987	85	51	106	21	0	263
1988	47	31	105	15	0	198
1989	44	40	72	54	0	210
1990	86	25	77	16	0	204
1991	38	33	99	16	0	186
1992	6	99	34	63	0	202
1993	18	32	56	28	0	134
1994	48	50	91	33	0	222
1995	62	24	70	18	0	174
1996	60	45	85	26	0	216
1997	58	28	105	18	0	209
1998	174	11	133	7	0	325
1999	73	12	95	11	0	191
2000	77	23	97	10	0	207
2001	109	16	97	11	0	233
2002	75	13	86	0	0	174
2003	50	11	86	21	0	168
2004	84	17	73	7	0	181
2005	53	14	65	10	0	142
2006	55	19	105	10	0	189
2007	31	15	49	7	0	102
2008	48	42	63	11	0	164
2009	25	10	47	4	0	86
2010	105	6	46	7	0	164
2011	56	13	18	10	0	97
2012	17	6	17	15	0	55
2013	45	12	14	8	0	79
2014	30	15	13	3	0	61
2015	87	10	28	2	0	127
2016	96	13	28	6	0	143
2017	75	6	19	9	0	109
2018	95	7	29	2	0	133
2019	57	17	18	1	0	93
2020	29	10	14	8	0	61
2021	162	2	39	3	0	206
2022	93	8	33	4	14	152
2023	57	7	31	2	86	183
2024	89	21	39	5	180	334
2025	98	6	30	3	59	196
2026	7	0	0	0	0	7

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Iran: 1970s 6.0 to 1, 1980s 1.5 to 1, 1990s 2.5 to 1, 2000s 5.2 to 1, 2010s 5.3 to 1, 2020s 9.2 to 1. A ratio above 1 means more record highs than record lows.

Which Years Hold the Most Standing Records

2008: 2,094

Records still standing in Iran, by the year they were set. 2008 holds the most with 2,094.

Standing records in Iran by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1944	10
1948	54
1949	233
1950	568
1951	454
1952	179
1953	256
1954	169
1955	198
1956	149
1957	431
1958	466
1959	165
1960	149
1961	116
1962	151
1963	111
1964	231
1965	124
1966	185
1967	252
1968	344
1969	160
1970	106
1971	103
1972	243
1973	771
1974	465
1975	394
1976	441
1977	460
1978	991
1979	362
1980	428
1981	86
1982	106
1983	101
1984	116
1985	103
1986	91
1987	134
1988	90
1989	441
1990	1,064
1991	1,331
1992	1,696
1993	348
1994	436
1995	286
1996	401
1997	309
1998	326
1999	410
2000	1,219
2001	1,280
2002	1,351
2003	730
2004	1,299
2005	1,436
2006	1,601
2007	1,473
2008	2,094
2009	1,217
2010	1,543
2011	1,474
2012	1,448
2013	1,443
2014	1,305
2015	1,565
2016	1,605
2017	1,498
2018	1,676
2019	1,659
2020	1,680
2021	1,642
2022	1,568
2023	1,529
2024	1,898
2025	1,296
2026	40

Record Map for 2026

7 stations

The 7 highest significance station records of 2026 in Iran, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records in Iran in 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Babulsar	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Babulsar	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Babulsar	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Babulsar	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Babulsar	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Babulsar	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Babulsar	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Top Records by Significance

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Top 10 records in Iran by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 2026	Babulsar, IR	monthly high max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 2026	Babulsar, IR	monthly high max	29.3 C (84.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2026	Babulsar, IR	daily high max	23.1 C (73.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 2026	Babulsar, IR	daily high max	20.7 C (69.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 2026	Babulsar, IR	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 2026	Babulsar, IR	daily high max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	23 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
14 February 2026	Babulsar, IR	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	2 years	12 of 100 (Routine)

Iran by Year

Stations

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Stations in Iran
Station	Region	Record from	Years	Thresholds
Tehran-Mehrabad	n/a	1944	82 years	Threshold days
Abadan	n/a	1948	78 years	Threshold days
Esfahan Shahid Beheshti Intl	n/a	1948	78 years	Threshold days
Babulsar	n/a	1949	78 years	Threshold days
Mashhad	n/a	1949	77 years	Threshold days
Uromiyeh	n/a	1949	77 years	Threshold days
Anzali	n/a	1950	77 years	Threshold days
Kerman	n/a	1951	75 years	Threshold days
Kermanshah	n/a	1951	75 years	Threshold days
Shiraz	n/a	1951	75 years	Threshold days
Tabriz	n/a	1951	75 years	Threshold days
Zahedan	n/a	1951	75 years	Threshold days
Yazd Shahid Sadooghi	n/a	1957	69 years	Threshold days
Birjand	n/a	1966	60 years	Threshold days
Bandar Abbass Intl	n/a	1967	59 years	Threshold days
Ahwaz	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Arak	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Ghazvin	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Gorgan	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Iran Shahr	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Kashan	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Kharg	n/a	1973	54 years	Threshold days
Khorram Abad	n/a	1973	32 years	Threshold days
Sanandaj	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Semnan	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Shahre Kord	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Zanjan	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days
Bushehr	n/a	1975	51 years	Threshold days
Bojnord	n/a	1978	48 years	Threshold days
Nehbandan	n/a	1991	36 years	Threshold days

Download the Data

Data for Iran records by year and type: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Decade	Highs per low
1970s	6.00 to 1
1980s	1.53 to 1
1990s	2.47 to 1
2000s	5.16 to 1
2010s	5.34 to 1
2020s	9.24 to 1