Ain el Hadjel climate — normals and trends
Ain el Hadjel (Algeria) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 226 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (29.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Ain el Hadjel averages 9 frost days, 111 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 49 rainy days per year.
Ain el Hadjel has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 17 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.5 °C (on 1 August 2024) and the coldest -6.6 °C (on 3 February 1999).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Ain el HadjelM'Sila Province
- coords
- 35.67°, 3.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.4°C
Average daily high
23.3°C
Average daily low
11.9°C
Annual rainfall
226mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
20.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
111 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
49 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.5 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
9.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
70 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
44.5 °C
1 August 2024
Coldest day
-6.6 °C
3 February 1999
Wettest day
42 mm
24 May 2004
Windiest day
58.0 km/h
14 January 1987
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
31 January 2015
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
1 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-11.2 °C
3 February 1999
Snowiest day
14.5 cm
19 December 1999
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 20 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 17.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 6 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 19.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 17 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 23.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 36 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 27.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 50 mm | +28 mm |
| Jun | 36.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 4 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 38.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 37.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 5 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 31.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 47 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 25.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 15 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 18.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 6 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 13.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 30 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ain el Hadjel?
Ain el Hadjel has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 226 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ain el Hadjel?
The hottest day measured in Ain el Hadjel between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2024, reaching 44.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ain el Hadjel?
The coldest day measured in Ain el Hadjel between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1999, at -6.6 °C.
Does it snow in Ain el Hadjel?
Yes. Ain el Hadjel gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Ain el Hadjel warmed?
Yes: Ain el Hadjel warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ain el Hadjel?
The wettest day measured in Ain el Hadjel between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 2004, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ain el Hadjel?
The windiest day measured in Ain el Hadjel between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1987, with winds reaching 58.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ain el Hadjel?
The warmest month in Ain el Hadjel is July (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ain el Hadjel?
Ain el Hadjel receives on average 226 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 49 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ain el Hadjel?
Ain el Hadjel gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ain el Hadjel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ain el Hadjel between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1999, with 14.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ain el Hadjel?
Yes: Ain el Hadjel has on average 70 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ain el Hadjel?
In Ain el Hadjel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 1 July 2022, and the lowest was -11.2 °C on 3 February 1999.
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