Turkey Weather Records in 2018

774 weather records set or tied in Turkey in 2018, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Turkey in 2018

774 weather records were set or tied in Turkey in 2018.
539 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
1,404 records set in 2018 still stand in Turkey.

Records per Year, by Type

2018 outlined

Records set or tied in Turkey each year from 1957 to 2026, stacked by type. 2018 had 774.

Weather records per year in Turkey, stacked by type, 2018 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1957	22	3	7	5	0	37
1958	5	9	3	13	0	30
1959	23	54	27	44	0	148
1960	65	56	61	23	0	205
1961	42	47	57	38	0	184
1962	90	18	122	17	0	247
1963	41	19	77	22	0	159
1964	29	51	33	46	0	159
1965	30	54	44	47	0	175
1966	76	10	86	8	0	180
1967	12	53	22	35	0	122
1968	33	65	52	55	0	205
1969	52	51	58	55	0	216
1970	74	41	73	47	0	235
1971	53	46	54	43	0	196
1972	34	48	65	52	0	199
1973	33	47	28	62	0	170
1974	28	44	29	34	0	135
1975	39	25	41	37	0	142
1976	18	49	16	58	0	141
1977	46	48	43	38	0	175
1978	35	48	42	37	0	162
1979	57	22	71	18	0	168
1980	50	24	42	34	0	150
1981	36	32	48	35	0	151
1982	16	43	20	44	0	123
1983	10	50	45	28	0	133
1984	37	43	40	42	0	162
1985	37	50	39	56	0	182
1986	34	26	59	22	0	141
1987	43	70	43	46	0	202
1988	24	47	27	27	0	125
1989	44	24	35	21	0	124
1990	29	34	42	21	0	126
1991	37	59	48	30	0	174
1992	38	68	37	53	0	196
1993	69	57	47	53	0	226
1994	121	45	105	16	0	287
1995	41	42	71	20	16	190
1996	73	49	119	19	21	281
1997	125	274	174	258	96	927
1998	303	111	396	60	122	992
1999	289	43	321	89	126	868
2000	279	110	203	144	97	833
2001	435	78	466	99	87	1,165
2002	278	135	228	133	98	872
2003	250	138	233	133	81	835
2004	209	169	181	175	117	851
2005	81	94	112	58	104	449
2006	232	99	200	129	163	823
2007	361	60	280	115	135	951
2008	298	105	235	162	121	921
2009	148	76	192	112	189	717
2010	568	80	491	53	199	1,391
2011	62	98	87	138	186	571
2012	226	81	247	94	172	820
2013	170	58	183	186	135	732
2014	137	34	230	36	212	649
2015	260	73	232	100	210	875
2016	273	104	367	221	229	1,194
2017	266	60	188	131	155	800
2018	147	9	392	30	196	774
2019	91	23	293	61	167	635
2020	146	13	402	82	145	788
2021	381	61	380	91	166	1,079
2022	217	119	274	161	182	953
2023	263	39	301	86	240	929
2024	332	11	508	47	165	1,063
2025	221	22	345	81	63	732
2026	37	21	87	6	46	197

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Turkey: 1950s 0.7 to 1, 1960s 1.4 to 1, 1970s 1.0 to 1, 1980s 1.0 to 1, 1990s 1.8 to 1, 2000s 2.1 to 1, 2010s 3.0 to 1, 2020s 4.6 to 1.

Standing Records by Year Set

2018: 1,404

Records still standing in Turkey by the year they were set. 1,404 of them were set in 2018.

Standing records in Turkey by the year they were set, 2018 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1927	53
1928	36
1929	139
1930	75
1931	154
1932	173
1933	128
1934	90
1935	90
1936	106
1937	124
1938	77
1939	88
1940	128
1941	201
1942	157
1943	127
1944	118
1945	123
1946	117
1947	114
1948	196
1949	147
1950	258
1951	126
1952	186
1953	205
1954	115
1955	951
1956	764
1957	429
1958	510
1959	382
1960	292
1961	209
1962	246
1963	947
1964	972
1965	915
1966	1,047
1967	1,103
1968	922
1969	169
1970	134
1971	143
1972	135
1973	1,816
1974	1,051
1975	627
1976	755
1977	759
1978	725
1979	758
1980	582
1981	665
1982	710
1983	1,024
1984	940
1985	1,382
1986	700
1987	1,507
1988	863
1989	915
1990	889
1991	1,026
1992	1,378
1993	1,061
1994	1,180
1995	875
1996	830
1997	1,325
1998	1,094
1999	926
2000	1,252
2001	1,378
2002	1,455
2003	1,538
2004	1,467
2005	645
2006	1,238
2007	1,258
2008	1,265
2009	999
2010	1,819
2011	891
2012	1,336
2013	1,465
2014	1,331
2015	1,546
2016	1,913
2017	1,453
2018	1,404
2019	1,281
2020	1,543
2021	2,014
2022	2,029
2023	1,839
2024	1,974
2025	4,634
2026	724

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Decade	Highs per low
1950s	0.68 to 1
1960s	1.40 to 1
1970s	1.04 to 1
1980s	0.95 to 1
1990s	1.79 to 1
2000s	2.12 to 1
2010s	2.95 to 1
2020s	4.63 to 1