Türkiye logged record heat in 2024 and its driest year in six decades in 2025, weather service says
Rainfall in 2025 came in 27.6% below normal, with deficits above 60% in parts of southeastern Türkiye.
The Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM) says 2024 was the hottest year on record in Turkey and 2025 the country's driest since 1964, in a new report on temperature and drought from 2016 to 2025.
Türkiye's average temperature in 2024 was 15.6 degrees Celsius (60.1 degrees Fahrenheit), a national record. The year before, the average of 15.1 degrees ran about 1.2 degrees above the 1991-2020 normal, making 2023 the third-hottest year. The 2016-2025 average was 14.9 degrees.
Precipitation in 2025 was 27.6% below normal, and deficits topped 60% in parts of the Southeastern Anatolia region. The same year brought extreme heat: the national high reached 50.5 degrees Celsius (122.9 degrees Fahrenheit) on July 25 in Silopi, in Şırnak province.
The report places Turkey's warming within a global trend. Citing World Meteorological Organization (WMO) assessments, it says the 11 years from 2015 through 2025 were the 11 warmest on record and that global ocean heat content reached a record high in 2025.
The 2016-2025 period "clearly shows the pace of warming in the global climate system and its reflections in Turkey," the report concludes, singling out 2020-2022 and especially 2025 for drought.
This brief is based on reporting by the İklim Haber newsroom, published Sept. 28, 2026. Read the original: https://www.iklimhaber.org/mgm-2024-en-sicak-2025-ise-1964ten-bu-yana-en-kurak-yil-oldu/
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