Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Ashgabat. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 9 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Ashgabat, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
28.7 C (83.7 F)
-24.1 C (-11.4 F)
15.2 C (59.4 F)
-4.0 C (24.8 F)
Feb
32.6 C (90.7 F)
-20.8 C (-5.4 F)
19.0 C (66.2 F)
-4.0 C (24.8 F)
Mar
38.6 C (101.5 F)
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
33.6 C (92.5 F)
-3.5 C (25.7 F)
Apr
39.6 C (103.3 F)
-0.8 C (30.6 F)
39.2 C (102.6 F)
8.7 C (47.7 F)
May
45.6 C (114.1 F)
-0.2 C (31.6 F)
42.2 C (108.0 F)
13.0 C (55.4 F)
Jun
47.2 C (117.0 F)
9.2 C (48.6 F)
41.6 C (106.9 F)
16.0 C (60.8 F)
Jul
46.1 C (115.0 F)
13.8 C (56.8 F)
43.2 C (109.8 F)
21.8 C (71.2 F)
Aug
45.7 C (114.3 F)
9.5 C (49.1 F)
42.2 C (108.0 F)
20.8 C (69.4 F)
Sep
45.6 C (114.1 F)
2.0 C (35.6 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
40.1 C (104.2 F)
-5.1 C (22.8 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
37.0 C (98.6 F)
-13.1 C (8.4 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
33.1 C (91.6 F)
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Ashgabat still stand. 1969 holds the most, with 69.
Standing records at Ashgabat by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1933
9
1934
17
1935
10
1936
15
1937
27
1938
13
1939
26
1940
35
1941
20
1942
18
1943
11
1944
25
1948
1
1949
6
1950
8
1951
21
1952
25
1953
22
1954
24
1955
32
1956
14
1957
27
1958
12
1959
11
1960
24
1961
13
1962
19
1963
21
1964
23
1965
13
1966
20
1967
13
1968
17
1969
69
1970
21
1971
12
1972
38
1973
16
1974
11
1975
17
1976
18
1977
24
1978
25
1979
15
1980
14
1981
16
1982
16
1983
14
1984
13
1985
15
1986
18
1987
23
1988
10
1989
16
1990
11
1991
6
1992
15
1993
14
1994
18
1995
23
1996
25
1997
14
1998
24
1999
13
2000
13
2001
11
2002
17
2003
17
2004
11
2005
5
2006
10
2007
3
2008
19
2009
8
2010
6
2011
8
2012
4
2013
8
2014
11
2015
27
2016
9
2017
9
2018
15
2019
8
2020
6
2021
22
2022
6
2023
11
2024
9
2025
15
All-Time Record Progression
8 new records
8 all-time records were set at Ashgabat between 22 April 1976 and 7 July 2021. Each dot is a new record.
When Ashgabat set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1976-04-22
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 79.6 mm (3.1 in)
1988-06-15
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 46.3 C (115.3 F)
1995-06-30
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 46.7 C (116.1 F)
2015-06-30
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 47.2 C (117.0 F)
2015-07-16
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 31.0 C (87.8 F)
2018-07-23
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 31.4 C (88.5 F)
2019-03-19
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 99.3 mm (3.9 in)
2021-07-07
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 32.0 C (89.6 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Mar: 99.3 mm (3.9 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Ashgabat. The most was 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 19 March 2019.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Ashgabat
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
28 January 1970
Feb
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
4 February 2019
Mar
99.3 mm (3.9 in)
19 March 2019
Apr
79.6 mm (3.1 in)
22 April 1976
May
40.9 mm (1.6 in)
9 May 2024
Jun
38.7 mm (1.5 in)
4 June 1997
Jul
18.7 mm (0.7 in)
5 July 1939
Aug
10.6 mm (0.4 in)
23 August 1993
Sep
31.6 mm (1.2 in)
14 September 1979
Oct
29.8 mm (1.2 in)
11 October 1957
Nov
63.0 mm (2.5 in)
3 November 2002
Dec
24.0 mm (0.9 in)
15 December 1970
Period of Record Coverage
1933 to 2025
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
90 years of record at Ashgabat, 1933 to 2025. 35 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1949, 1950 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 53 complete years at Ashgabat, 1938 to 1998. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 16.9 C (62.4 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1969, at 14.2 C (57.6 F), and the warmest was 1995, at 18.4 C (65.1 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.7 C (4.9 F).
Annual mean temperature at Ashgabat as warming stripes, 1938 to 1998
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1938
17.2 C
+0.26 C
1939
17.2 C
+0.26 C
1940
17.7 C
+0.79 C
1941
18.0 C
+1.11 C
1942
17.2 C
+0.26 C
1951
16.3 C
-0.55 C
1952
16.3 C
-0.60 C
1953
16.9 C
-0.03 C
1954
16.0 C
-0.87 C
1955
18.0 C
+1.13 C
1956
16.5 C
-0.43 C
1957
16.1 C
-0.83 C
1958
17.2 C
+0.31 C
1959
15.5 C
-1.35 C
1960
16.8 C
-0.14 C
1961
17.5 C
+0.63 C
1962
16.3 C
-0.55 C
1963
17.3 C
+0.38 C
1964
15.7 C
-1.17 C
1965
17.0 C
+0.15 C
1966
17.6 C
+0.72 C
1967
16.8 C
-0.07 C
1968
16.8 C
-0.11 C
1969
14.2 C
-2.67 C
1970
17.1 C
+0.19 C
1971
17.4 C
+0.54 C
1972
14.8 C
-2.08 C
1973
16.9 C
-0.03 C
1974
15.6 C
-1.25 C
1975
17.2 C
+0.27 C
1976
15.8 C
-1.09 C
1977
16.8 C
-0.08 C
1978
16.4 C
-0.50 C
1979
17.1 C
+0.24 C
1980
16.8 C
-0.13 C
1981
17.4 C
+0.53 C
1982
16.1 C
-0.80 C
1983
18.1 C
+1.20 C
1984
15.7 C
-1.21 C
1985
17.1 C
+0.18 C
1986
16.9 C
0.00 C
1987
17.4 C
+0.50 C
1988
17.6 C
+0.68 C
1989
17.7 C
+0.79 C
1990
17.8 C
+0.92 C
1991
17.2 C
+0.35 C
1992
16.6 C
-0.32 C
1993
16.5 C
-0.36 C
1994
17.3 C
+0.42 C
1995
18.4 C
+1.52 C
1996
17.3 C
+0.42 C
1997
18.0 C
+1.14 C
1998
18.3 C
+1.41 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1938 to 1998 is 0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.2) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.4) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 53 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Ashgabat
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.2) per decade
0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.4) per decade
1938 to 1998
53
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
0.11 C (-0.05 to 0.28) per decade
0.2 F (-0.1 to 0.5) per decade
1938 to 1998
53
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.1 C (-0.1 to 0.2) per decade
0.1 F (-0.1 to 0.3) per decade
1938 to 1998
53
Not clearly different from zero
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1933 to 2025
Yearly extremes at Ashgabat: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
47.2 C (117.0 F)
2015
43.3 C (109.9 F)
90
Coldest night (TNn)
-24.1 C (-11.4 F)
1969
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
90
Wettest day (Rx1day)
99.3 mm (3.9 in)
2019
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
85
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
117.3 mm (4.6 in)
2019
36.6 mm (1.4 in)
72
Longest dry spell (CDD)
170 days
1989
86 days
83
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Ashgabat, 1933 to 2025. The record is 47.2 C (117.0 F) in 2015, marked on the chart; the median year is 43.3 C (109.9 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Ashgabat by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1933
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1934
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1935
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1936
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1937
45.3 C (113.5 F)
1938
43.1 C (109.6 F)
1939
44.9 C (112.8 F)
1940
42.4 C (108.3 F)
1941
43.8 C (110.8 F)
1942
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1943
42.7 C (108.9 F)
1944
43.2 C (109.8 F)
1948
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1949
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1950
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1951
45.5 C (113.9 F)
1952
41.3 C (106.3 F)
1953
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1954
42.3 C (108.1 F)
1955
44.9 C (112.8 F)
1956
43.8 C (110.8 F)
1957
44.0 C (111.2 F)
1958
43.5 C (110.3 F)
1959
44.5 C (112.1 F)
1960
42.7 C (108.9 F)
1961
44.3 C (111.7 F)
1962
42.6 C (108.7 F)
1963
41.2 C (106.2 F)
1964
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1965
43.0 C (109.4 F)
1966
44.0 C (111.2 F)
1967
40.5 C (104.9 F)
1968
41.6 C (106.9 F)
1969
43.7 C (110.7 F)
1970
41.8 C (107.2 F)
1971
41.8 C (107.2 F)
1972
42.4 C (108.3 F)
1973
44.1 C (111.4 F)
1974
42.6 C (108.7 F)
1975
45.1 C (113.2 F)
1976
42.4 C (108.3 F)
1977
42.3 C (108.1 F)
1978
44.7 C (112.5 F)
1979
45.4 C (113.7 F)
1980
42.8 C (109.0 F)
1981
43.2 C (109.8 F)
1982
41.9 C (107.4 F)
1983
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1984
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1985
45.5 C (113.9 F)
1986
43.6 C (110.5 F)
1987
43.9 C (111.0 F)
1988
46.3 C (115.3 F)
1989
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1990
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1991
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1992
43.0 C (109.4 F)
1993
43.4 C (110.1 F)
1994
41.0 C (105.8 F)
1995
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1996
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1997
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1998
42.1 C (107.8 F)
1999
44.4 C (111.9 F)
2000
44.0 C (111.2 F)
2001
42.5 C (108.5 F)
2002
40.4 C (104.7 F)
2003
41.1 C (106.0 F)
2004
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2005
41.6 C (106.9 F)
2006
43.5 C (110.3 F)
2007
41.4 C (106.5 F)
2008
43.1 C (109.6 F)
2009
39.4 C (102.9 F)
2010
42.3 C (108.1 F)
2011
45.7 C (114.3 F)
2012
42.5 C (108.5 F)
2013
42.5 C (108.5 F)
2014
42.2 C (108.0 F)
2015
47.2 C (117.0 F)
2016
44.2 C (111.6 F)
2017
44.2 C (111.6 F)
2018
45.9 C (114.6 F)
2019
43.7 C (110.7 F)
2020
43.8 C (110.8 F)
2021
45.6 C (114.1 F)
2022
45.0 C (113.0 F)
2023
43.6 C (110.5 F)
2024
42.0 C (107.6 F)
2025
43.2 C (109.8 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Ashgabat, 1933 to 2025. The record is -24.1 C (-11.4 F) in 1969, marked on the chart; the median year is -10.0 C (14.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Ashgabat by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1933
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1934
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1935
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1936
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1937
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1938
-9.1 C (15.6 F)
1939
-7.7 C (18.1 F)
1940
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1941
-17.4 C (0.7 F)
1942
-6.2 C (20.8 F)
1943
-15.9 C (3.4 F)
1944
-16.0 C (3.2 F)
1948
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1949
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1950
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1951
-17.9 C (-0.2 F)
1952
-13.0 C (8.6 F)
1953
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1954
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1955
-6.9 C (19.6 F)
1956
-10.9 C (12.4 F)
1957
-9.8 C (14.4 F)
1958
-6.3 C (20.7 F)
1959
-15.8 C (3.6 F)
1960
-8.6 C (16.5 F)
1961
-10.7 C (12.7 F)
1962
-10.7 C (12.7 F)
1963
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1964
-14.7 C (5.5 F)
1965
-13.2 C (8.2 F)
1966
-14.5 C (5.9 F)
1967
-11.5 C (11.3 F)
1968
-11.4 C (11.5 F)
1969
-24.1 C (-11.4 F)
1970
-15.2 C (4.6 F)
1971
-7.3 C (18.9 F)
1972
-18.0 C (-0.4 F)
1973
-15.1 C (4.8 F)
1974
-12.4 C (9.7 F)
1975
-9.1 C (15.6 F)
1976
-13.7 C (7.3 F)
1977
-18.0 C (-0.4 F)
1978
-13.4 C (7.9 F)
1979
-10.3 C (13.5 F)
1980
-16.0 C (3.2 F)
1981
-8.4 C (16.9 F)
1982
-10.7 C (12.7 F)
1983
-7.0 C (19.4 F)
1984
-14.7 C (5.5 F)
1985
-7.5 C (18.5 F)
1986
-7.9 C (17.8 F)
1987
-7.1 C (19.2 F)
1988
-9.0 C (15.8 F)
1989
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1990
-12.7 C (9.1 F)
1991
-10.1 C (13.8 F)
1992
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1993
-7.4 C (18.7 F)
1994
-9.8 C (14.4 F)
1995
-8.6 C (16.5 F)
1996
-14.1 C (6.6 F)
1997
-6.4 C (20.5 F)
1998
-6.6 C (20.1 F)
1999
-4.8 C (23.4 F)
2000
-3.7 C (25.3 F)
2001
-9.5 C (14.9 F)
2002
-12.0 C (10.4 F)
2003
-7.3 C (18.9 F)
2004
-4.0 C (24.8 F)
2005
-6.0 C (21.2 F)
2006
-13.0 C (8.6 F)
2007
-8.5 C (16.7 F)
2008
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
2009
-6.6 C (20.1 F)
2010
-9.5 C (14.9 F)
2011
-8.8 C (16.2 F)
2012
-13.2 C (8.2 F)
2013
-7.5 C (18.5 F)
2014
-17.0 C (1.4 F)
2015
-4.5 C (23.9 F)
2016
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
2017
-6.2 C (20.8 F)
2018
-9.8 C (14.4 F)
2019
-6.4 C (20.5 F)
2020
-8.4 C (16.9 F)
2021
-6.2 C (20.8 F)
2022
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
2023
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
2024
-6.4 C (20.5 F)
2025
-4.0 C (24.8 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Ashgabat, 1933 to 2025. The record is 99.3 mm (3.9 in) in 2019, marked on the chart; the median year is 23.9 mm (0.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Ashgabat by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1933
n/a
1934
n/a
1935
n/a
1936
n/a
1937
8.9 mm (0.35 in)
1938
21.0 mm (0.8 in)
1939
23.2 mm (0.9 in)
1940
12.5 mm (0.5 in)
1941
29.8 mm (1.2 in)
1942
10.7 mm (0.4 in)
1943
28.3 mm (1.1 in)
1944
28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1948
n/a
1949
7.1 mm (0.28 in)
1950
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1951
24.7 mm (1.0 in)
1952
25.2 mm (1.0 in)
1953
33.9 mm (1.3 in)
1954
28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1955
31.1 mm (1.2 in)
1956
22.2 mm (0.9 in)
1957
29.8 mm (1.2 in)
1958
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1959
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1960
17.6 mm (0.7 in)
1961
18.9 mm (0.7 in)
1962
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1963
15.9 mm (0.6 in)
1964
18.7 mm (0.7 in)
1965
15.9 mm (0.6 in)
1966
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1967
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1968
28.3 mm (1.1 in)
1969
35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1970
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1971
28.1 mm (1.1 in)
1972
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1973
22.7 mm (0.9 in)
1974
33.2 mm (1.3 in)
1975
30.2 mm (1.2 in)
1976
79.6 mm (3.1 in)
1977
17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1978
31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1979
31.6 mm (1.2 in)
1980
20.7 mm (0.8 in)
1981
29.3 mm (1.2 in)
1982
19.5 mm (0.8 in)
1983
20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1984
21.5 mm (0.8 in)
1985
12.9 mm (0.5 in)
1986
18.6 mm (0.7 in)
1987
19.0 mm (0.7 in)
1988
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1989
15.9 mm (0.6 in)
1990
15.9 mm (0.6 in)
1991
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1992
26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1993
13.6 mm (0.5 in)
1994
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1995
13.7 mm (0.5 in)
1996
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1997
38.7 mm (1.5 in)
1998
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1999
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
2000
16.8 mm (0.7 in)
2001
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
2002
63.0 mm (2.5 in)
2003
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
2004
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
2005
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
2006
7.4 mm (0.29 in)
2007
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
2008
7.4 mm (0.29 in)
2009
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
2010
20.1 mm (0.8 in)
2011
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
2012
14.2 mm (0.6 in)
2013
10.9 mm (0.4 in)
2014
11.9 mm (0.5 in)
2015
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
2016
20.1 mm (0.8 in)
2017
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
2018
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
2019
99.3 mm (3.9 in)
2020
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
2021
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
2022
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
2023
23.1 mm (0.9 in)
2024
40.9 mm (1.6 in)
2025
7.6 mm (0.30 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Ashgabat, 1933 to 2025. The record is 117.3 mm (4.6 in) in 2019, marked on the chart; the median year is 36.6 mm (1.4 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Ashgabat by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1933
n/a
1934
n/a
1935
n/a
1936
n/a
1937
9.5 mm (0.37 in)
1938
26.8 mm (1.1 in)
1939
33.2 mm (1.3 in)
1940
22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1941
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1942
14.7 mm (0.6 in)
1943
48.2 mm (1.9 in)
1944
28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1948
n/a
1949
n/a
1950
n/a
1951
25.6 mm (1.0 in)
1952
41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1953
41.7 mm (1.6 in)
1954
50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1955
40.7 mm (1.6 in)
1956
27.3 mm (1.1 in)
1957
51.0 mm (2.0 in)
1958
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1959
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1960
37.7 mm (1.5 in)
1961
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1962
40.5 mm (1.6 in)
1963
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1964
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1965
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1966
49.6 mm (2.0 in)
1967
37.9 mm (1.5 in)
1968
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1969
84.1 mm (3.3 in)
1970
46.1 mm (1.8 in)
1971
34.4 mm (1.4 in)
1972
34.1 mm (1.3 in)
1973
51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1974
48.1 mm (1.9 in)
1975
54.5 mm (2.1 in)
1976
99.4 mm (3.9 in)
1977
35.7 mm (1.4 in)
1978
49.6 mm (2.0 in)
1979
31.6 mm (1.2 in)
1980
24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1981
51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1982
24.5 mm (1.0 in)
1983
40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1984
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1985
18.1 mm (0.7 in)
1986
41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1987
43.8 mm (1.7 in)
1988
38.3 mm (1.5 in)
1989
33.4 mm (1.3 in)
1990
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1991
28.8 mm (1.1 in)
1992
52.4 mm (2.1 in)
1993
24.3 mm (1.0 in)
1994
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1995
20.2 mm (0.8 in)
1996
38.0 mm (1.5 in)
1997
41.5 mm (1.6 in)
1998
50.6 mm (2.0 in)
1999
1.6 mm (0.06 in)
2000
n/a
2001
n/a
2002
63.0 mm (2.5 in)
2003
57.2 mm (2.3 in)
2004
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
2005
6.1 mm (0.24 in)
2006
n/a
2007
71.9 mm (2.8 in)
2008
n/a
2009
n/a
2010
n/a
2011
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
2012
17.9 mm (0.7 in)
2013
n/a
2014
n/a
2015
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
2016
n/a
2017
n/a
2018
n/a
2019
117.3 mm (4.6 in)
2020
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
2021
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
2022
63.2 mm (2.5 in)
2023
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
2024
51.0 mm (2.0 in)
2025
8.9 mm (0.35 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Ashgabat, 1933 to 2025. The record is 170 days in 1989, marked on the chart; the median year is 86 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Ashgabat by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1933
n/a
1934
n/a
1935
n/a
1936
n/a
1937
93 days
1938
67 days
1939
102 days
1940
123 days
1941
128 days
1942
135 days
1943
59 days
1944
118 days
1948
n/a
1949
n/a
1950
n/a
1951
127 days
1952
128 days
1953
86 days
1954
126 days
1955
63 days
1956
147 days
1957
98 days
1958
137 days
1959
150 days
1960
105 days
1961
159 days
1962
91 days
1963
75 days
1964
111 days
1965
82 days
1966
130 days
1967
109 days
1968
88 days
1969
85 days
1970
59 days
1971
102 days
1972
49 days
1973
118 days
1974
104 days
1975
60 days
1976
119 days
1977
78 days
1978
130 days
1979
82 days
1980
73 days
1981
43 days
1982
95 days
1983
88 days
1984
133 days
1985
95 days
1986
70 days
1987
86 days
1988
88 days
1989
170 days
1990
144 days
1991
100 days
1992
119 days
1993
69 days
1994
118 days
1995
88 days
1996
118 days
1997
104 days
1998
83 days
1999
15 days
2000
2 days
2001
1 day
2002
29 days
2003
10 days
2004
25 days
2005
17 days
2006
2 days
2007
1 day
2008
2 days
2009
3 days
2010
3 days
2011
2 days
2012
3 days
2013
2 days
2014
2 days
2015
2 days
2016
2 days
2017
3 days
2018
1 day
2019
116 days
2020
38 days
2021
110 days
2022
47 days
2023
58 days
2024
31 days
2025
38 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
53 years with a frost
Across 53 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Ashgabat falls on 12 March and the median first autumn frost on 13 November, which leaves a median of 245 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +2.2 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Ashgabat
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1969 to 1998)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
12 March
n/a
12 March
n/a
-1.4 days per decade
First autumn frost
13 November
n/a
12 November
n/a
+0.8 days per decade
Growing days
245 days
n/a
246 days
n/a
+2.2 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
60 years, 1938 to 2024
A day with at least 24.0 mm (0.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 55.9 mm (2.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Ashgabat: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
24.0 mm (0.9 in)
5 years
32.6 mm (1.3 in)
10 years
38.3 mm (1.5 in)
25 years
45.4 mm (1.8 in)
50 years
50.7 mm (2.0 in)
100 years
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
Longer than the 60 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 60 years of values from 1938 to 2024.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 79.6 mm (3.1 in) in 1976; 40.9 mm (1.6 in) in 2024; 40.6 mm (1.6 in) in 1970.
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Data for Ashgabat standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Ashgabat 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.