How extreme does Ardahan's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Ardahan has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 17 years of daily weather observations (2008–present), from the Ardahan station 2 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Ardahan has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

93°F Aug 15, 2019

The three most extreme on record

1 93°F Aug 15, 2019

2 92°F Aug 15, 2015

3 92°F Aug 16, 2019

❄️ Coldest night

-27°F Feb 4, 2014

The three most extreme on record

1 -27°F Feb 4, 2014

2 -24°F Jan 31, 2024

3 -23°F Jan 27, 2016

🌧️ Most rain in one day

5.91 in Dec 13, 2016

The three most extreme on record

1 5.91 in Dec 13, 2016

2 3.54 in Mar 3, 2018

3 2.91 in Jun 28, 2016

In plain terms

Across the record, Ardahan has reached as high as 93°F and as low as −27°F. A single day has delivered over 6 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 16 years of daily observations at Kars, a weather station, about 70 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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