Herat Weather Records (AFM00040938)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Herat (AFM00040938), Afghanistan, with 49 years of record.

Key Facts for Herat

Herat (AFM00040938) is a weather station in Afghanistan at 34.21 latitude and 62.23 longitude, 977 m (3,206 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1973 to 2021, 49 years of record.
1,458 records set at Herat still stand.
Records are tracked for no element yet: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.

About the Station

Location: Afghanistan, 34.21 latitude, 62.23 longitude.
Elevation: 977 m (3,206 ft).
Period of record: 1973 to 2021, 49 years.
Eligible elements: none yet.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Herat. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Herat, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	23.0 C (73.4 F)	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	24.0 C (75.2 F)	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	31.0 C (87.8 F)	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	36.0 C (96.8 F)	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	n/a	n/a
May	36.2 C (97.2 F)	2.0 C (35.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	47.0 C (116.6 F)	10.0 C (50.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	46.6 C (115.9 F)	15.0 C (59.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	47.2 C (117.0 F)	10.0 C (50.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	42.0 C (107.6 F)	4.6 C (40.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	36.5 C (97.7 F)	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	29.0 C (84.2 F)	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	27.0 C (80.6 F)	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,458 standing records

1,458 records at Herat still stand. 1979 holds the most, with 172.

Standing records at Herat by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1973	13
1974	39
1975	114
1976	142
1977	167
1978	124
1979	172
1980	100
1981	73
1982	69
1983	72
1984	46
1985	39
1986	30
1987	44
1988	14
1990	17
1991	1
2018	36
2019	78
2020	68

Wettest Day of Each Month

Mar: 202.9 mm (8.0 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Herat. The most was 202.9 mm (8.0 in) on 22 March 2017.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Herat
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	22 January 2020
Feb	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	5 February 2019
Mar	202.9 mm (8.0 in)	22 March 2017
Apr	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 April 2019
May	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 May 2021
Jun	0.0 mm (0.00 in)	1 June 2019
Jul	0.0 mm (0.00 in)	6 July 2018
Aug	0.0 mm (0.00 in)	1 August 2018
Sep	0.0 mm (0.00 in)	1 September 2018
Oct	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 October 2018
Nov	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	21 November 2019
Dec	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	26 December 2020

Period of Record Coverage

1973 to 2020

22 years of record at Herat, 1973 to 2020. 22 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 and others.

Days with data per year at Herat
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1973	12	3%	No
1974	41	11%	No
1975	92	25%	No
1976	111	30%	No
1977	142	39%	No
1978	134	37%	No
1979	158	43%	No
1980	92	25%	No
1981	68	19%	No
1982	96	26%	No
1983	68	19%	No
1984	57	16%	No
1985	50	14%	No
1986	37	10%	No
1987	53	15%	No
1988	16	4%	No
1990	21	6%	No
1991	1	0%	No
1992	1	0%	No
2018	13	4%	No
2019	35	10%	No
2020	53	14%	No

Latest Records

No records were set at this station in the latest data.

Download the Data

Data for Herat standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Herat threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).