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Turkmenistan has a cold desert climate that is severely continental.

Summers are long ( from May through September ), hot, and dry, while winters generally are mild and dry, although occasionally cold and damp in the north.

Most precipitation falls between January and May ; precipitation is slight throughout the country, with annual averages ranging from in the Kopet Dag to in the northwest.

The capital, Ashgabat, close to the Iranian border in south-central Turkmenistan, averages of rainfall annually.

Average annual temperatures range from highs of in Ashgabat to lows of in Daşoguz, on the Uzbek border in north-central Turkmenistan.

The almost constant winds are northerly, northeasterly, or westerly.