SOME WEATHER STATISTICS

The climate of Kyrgyzstan is Continental – that means hot summers and cold winters. A climate of extremes – and because people often feel more uncomfortable in the extreme cold of the winter, they sometimes forget that the summers can also be extreme – hot and dry! Temperatures can vary widely even on the same day, at the same place.

Average number of days of sunshine per year: 322 (although in 1999 Bishkek received only 247). Even in winter when there can be heavy falls of snow, the sun can shine brightly. Thaws are frequent and melted snow can refreeze overnight making a treacherous surface for both pedestrians and vehicles.

Temperatures

• Maximum-recorded temperature:

44 ° C at the Chuiskaya weather station
On 27th June 2000 Bishkek recoded the highest temperature in 100 years 39.2° C.

• Minimum recorded temperature:

-54° C at the Ak-Sai weather station,
The average minimal temperature across the country -24° C

• Average Daily Temperature in the valleys:

in July : 25-27° C
in January : -4° C

• Average Annual Temperature

in Bishkek: -1° C
in Osh: 0° C
in Naryn: -6° C

• Rainfall:

The average annual rainfall is 380 mm, mostly falling in April
The highest recorded rainfall was at the Aktera-Gava weather station on the Western Ferghana ridges : 1090 mm
The lowest rainfall was at Karakol, the western extremity of the Issyk-Kul basin : 144 m

Following is a list of weather statistics for a number of places around Kyrgyzstan: