Ben Mehidi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ben Mehidi?

Ben Mehidi has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 692 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ben Mehidi?

The hottest day measured in Ben Mehidi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1999, reaching 44.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ben Mehidi?

The coldest day measured in Ben Mehidi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1999, at -1.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ben Mehidi?

Almost never: Ben Mehidi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ben Mehidi warmed?

Yes: Ben Mehidi warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ben Mehidi?

The wettest day measured in Ben Mehidi between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1957, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ben Mehidi?

The windiest day measured in Ben Mehidi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2000, with winds reaching 44.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ben Mehidi?

The warmest month in Ben Mehidi is August (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ben Mehidi?

Ben Mehidi receives on average 692 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ben Mehidi?

Ben Mehidi gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ben Mehidi (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 692 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 August (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Ben Mehidi averages 0 frost days, 46 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.

Ben Mehidi has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.3 °C (on 9 August 1999) and the coldest -1.2 °C (on 2 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

Ben MehidiEl Tarf Province

coords: 36.77°, 7.91°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

17.5°C

Average daily high

21.7°C

Average daily low

13.8°C

Annual rainfall

692mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

15.7km/h

Seasonal range

14.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

46 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

98 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.4 cm

Average feels-like high

22.1 °C

Average feels-like low

13.3 °C

Average peak gust

33.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

61 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

44.3 °C

9 August 1999

Coldest day

-1.2 °C

2 February 1999

Wettest day

103 mm

6 October 1957

Windiest day

44.8 km/h

31 December 2000

Strongest gust

102.6 km/h

8 February 1996

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

9 August 1999

Coldest feels-like

-4.9 °C

2 February 1956

Snowiest day

3.4 cm

2 January 1945

Sunniest day

13.9 h

21 June 2008

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.7 °C27 August 2025	6.4 °C16 January 2025	19.2 °C	637 mm	77	0
2024	38.5 °C21 July 2024	5.8 °C11 December 2024	19.2 °C	515 mm	66	0
2023	43.4 °C24 July 2023	2.8 °C24 January 2023	19.1 °C	717 mm	78	0
2022	41.3 °C17 August 2022	3.5 °C28 January 2022	19.3 °C	471 mm	96	0
2021	43.2 °C10 August 2021	3.1 °C16 February 2021	18.8 °C	526 mm	67	0
2020	37.9 °C31 July 2020	4.3 °C7 February 2020	18.6 °C	622 mm	58	0
2019	38.3 °C1 August 2019	4.4 °C16 February 2019	18.2 °C	848 mm	66	0
2018	35.6 °C13 July 2018	4.6 °C24 February 2018	18.2 °C	757 mm	48	0
2017	38.3 °C31 July 2017	4.1 °C19 January 2017	18.2 °C	671 mm	60	0
2016	37.7 °C22 July 2016	5.8 °C19 February 2016	18.6 °C	550 mm	44	0
2015	37.7 °C4 May 2015	2.6 °C1 January 2015	18.3 °C	659 mm	73	0
2014	39.7 °C3 July 2014	4.5 °C4 February 2014	18.6 °C	684 mm	60	0
2013	37.7 °C7 August 2013	3.2 °C27 February 2013	18.0 °C	709 mm	40	0
2012	39.3 °C14 July 2012	1.0 °C13 February 2012	18.5 °C	666 mm	75	0
2011	37.0 °C12 July 2011	4.2 °C11 February 2011	18.2 °C	775 mm	46	0
2010	37.7 °C22 July 2010	3.8 °C3 February 2010	18.2 °C	707 mm	46	0
2009	39.6 °C23 July 2009	3.0 °C16 February 2009	18.1 °C	948 mm	61	0
2008	38.4 °C10 September 2008	3.7 °C18 February 2008	18.2 °C	526 mm	56	0
2007	40.9 °C24 June 2007	3.8 °C19 December 2007	18.1 °C	744 mm	45	0
2006	36.3 °C19 June 2006	2.6 °C26 January 2006	18.5 °C	560 mm	59	0
2005	38.9 °C18 July 2005	2.5 °C27 January 2005	17.8 °C	747 mm	44	0
2004	40.6 °C19 August 2004	4.6 °C2 March 2004	18.0 °C	894 mm	63	0
2003	39.1 °C27 July 2003	3.8 °C8 February 2003	18.6 °C	947 mm	75	0
2002	39.9 °C3 August 2002	2.2 °C7 January 2002	18.2 °C	706 mm	40	0
2001	38.1 °C5 July 2001	4.4 °C18 December 2001	18.4 °C	532 mm	62	0
2000	40.1 °C3 July 2000	3.5 °C21 January 2000	18.2 °C	464 mm	51	0
1999	44.3 °C9 August 1999	-1.2 °C2 February 1999	18.5 °C	648 mm	70	1
1998	40.8 °C1 July 1998	3.8 °C22 November 1998	17.8 °C	688 mm	57	0
1997	40.7 °C2 July 1997	5.4 °C21 February 1997	18.4 °C	696 mm	53	0
1996	38.8 °C26 July 1996	3.6 °C6 March 1996	17.6 °C	863 mm	37	0
1995	38.5 °C11 August 1995	2.3 °C17 January 1995	18.0 °C	563 mm	47	0
1994	40.3 °C23 August 1994	3.8 °C31 January 1994	18.4 °C	498 mm	69	0
1993	42.9 °C5 July 1993	3.4 °C25 February 1993	17.6 °C	494 mm	58	0
1992	34.5 °C21 June 1992	2.6 °C6 January 1992	17.2 °C	754 mm	40	0
1991	36.8 °C22 July 1991	4.2 °C31 December 1991	17.0 °C	694 mm	55	0
1990	36.7 °C10 September 1990	5.7 °C16 December 1990	18.1 °C	604 mm	44	0
1989	37.4 °C11 July 1989	3.8 °C1 February 1989	18.0 °C	457 mm	42	0
1988	40.7 °C3 August 1988	4.1 °C27 February 1988	17.9 °C	534 mm	45	0
1987	38.5 °C12 August 1987	3.8 °C19 February 1987	18.0 °C	734 mm	57	0
1986	38.0 °C18 August 1986	4.5 °C12 February 1986	17.6 °C	762 mm	45	0
1985	36.8 °C25 August 1985	3.3 °C9 January 1985	17.4 °C	602 mm	32	0
1984	38.1 °C25 July 1984	3.6 °C19 February 1984	17.0 °C	935 mm	31	0
1983	40.1 °C24 July 1983	2.5 °C12 February 1983	17.8 °C	514 mm	44	0
1982	39.5 °C25 June 1982	5.0 °C8 March 1982	17.8 °C	788 mm	55	0
1981	40.3 °C2 July 1981	3.4 °C29 January 1981	17.6 °C	532 mm	40	0
1980	37.6 °C3 August 1980	1.3 °C11 December 1980	16.8 °C	629 mm	29	0
1979	38.0 °C31 July 1979	4.9 °C18 January 1979	17.1 °C	966 mm	30	0
1978	40.0 °C3 August 1978	2.7 °C16 January 1978	16.9 °C	693 mm	26	0
1977	37.3 °C17 August 1977	3.6 °C20 December 1977	17.7 °C	476 mm	22	0
1976	36.5 °C9 August 1976	3.7 °C27 January 1976	16.7 °C	945 mm	29	0
1975	36.4 °C16 September 1975	3.7 °C28 February 1975	16.9 °C	706 mm	38	0
1974	35.7 °C16 July 1974	3.6 °C8 March 1974	16.9 °C	811 mm	32	0
1973	36.3 °C13 July 1973	2.5 °C2 March 1973	17.1 °C	932 mm	45	0
1972	35.9 °C14 August 1972	4.2 °C16 February 1972	16.7 °C	892 mm	20	0
1971	38.6 °C15 August 1971	4.4 °C6 March 1971	17.0 °C	944 mm	40	0
1970	38.6 °C22 July 1970	3.5 °C1 March 1970	17.3 °C	620 mm	36	0
1969	38.0 °C15 August 1969	4.3 °C6 January 1969	17.2 °C	914 mm	15	0
1968	38.3 °C2 August 1968	5.1 °C11 January 1968	17.6 °C	677 mm	27	0
1967	38.6 °C9 August 1967	3.5 °C11 February 1967	17.5 °C	643 mm	42	0
1966	37.2 °C22 June 1966	4.5 °C9 January 1966	17.3 °C	655 mm	23	0
1965	39.3 °C31 July 1965	2.8 °C21 February 1965	17.2 °C	873 mm	35	0
1964	35.8 °C21 August 1964	2.7 °C26 January 1964	16.9 °C	679 mm	26	0
1963	36.4 °C13 July 1963	1.0 °C4 March 1963	16.6 °C	684 mm	28	0
1962	36.1 °C11 July 1962	1.7 °C31 January 1962	16.7 °C	721 mm	20	0
1961	34.9 °C12 July 1961	4.6 °C12 March 1961	17.4 °C	452 mm	30	0
1960	36.3 °C11 August 1960	3.4 °C15 January 1960	17.1 °C	628 mm	26	0
1959	35.2 °C29 July 1959	3.5 °C28 January 1959	17.0 °C	736 mm	26	0
1958	37.2 °C19 August 1958	2.4 °C28 February 1958	17.2 °C	620 mm	30	0
1957	39.3 °C12 August 1957	1.6 °C19 January 1957	16.5 °C	906 mm	19	0
1956	36.6 °C27 August 1956	1.2 °C9 February 1956	16.0 °C	710 mm	31	0
1955	34.9 °C25 July 1955	4.1 °C5 March 1955	17.3 °C	773 mm	23	0
1954	38.5 °C14 August 1954	2.4 °C3 February 1954	16.4 °C	758 mm	27	0
1953	36.1 °C18 July 1953	2.1 °C23 January 1953	16.5 °C	835 mm	21	0
1952	34.6 °C6 August 1952	3.1 °C18 February 1952	17.5 °C	796 mm	53	0
1951	37.9 °C7 August 1951	3.1 °C3 March 1951	17.0 °C	706 mm	35	0
1950	39.4 °C2 August 1950	3.8 °C22 January 1950	17.1 °C	625 mm	49	0
1949	36.6 °C12 September 1949	0.5 °C4 February 1949	17.0 °C	778 mm	57	0
1948	34.4 °C5 July 1948	4.6 °C4 March 1948	16.9 °C	594 mm	35	0
1947	37.7 °C5 August 1947	3.6 °C28 January 1947	17.9 °C	521 mm	68	0
1946	40.3 °C5 September 1946	3.6 °C8 January 1946	17.4 °C	794 mm	66	0
1945	39.1 °C13 August 1945	0.9 °C2 January 1945	17.3 °C	527 mm	73	0
1944	39.4 °C22 August 1944	1.5 °C8 March 1944	16.5 °C	708 mm	60	0
1943	37.6 °C3 July 1943	3.6 °C2 January 1943	17.0 °C	585 mm	57	0
1942	36.1 °C31 August 1942	0.4 °C13 January 1942	16.7 °C	716 mm	43	0
1941	36.7 °C18 August 1941	2.3 °C6 January 1941	16.2 °C	592 mm	43	0
1940	36.5 °C20 July 1940	1.5 °C31 December 1940	16.1 °C	721 mm	35	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.5 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

637 mm

-56 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.3 °C	+2.1 °C	115 mm	+16 mm
Feb	16.3 °C	+1.4 °C	61 mm	-22 mm
Mar	19.3 °C	+2.5 °C	81 mm	+0 mm
Apr	20.6 °C	+1.5 °C	92 mm	+21 mm
May	23.7 °C	+1.1 °C	59 mm	+17 mm
Jun	30.5 °C	+3.8 °C	1 mm	-13 mm
Jul	31.7 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Aug	31.3 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
Sep	29.5 °C	+1.7 °C	37 mm	-1 mm
Oct	25.3 °C	+1.4 °C	49 mm	-19 mm
Nov	20.0 °C	+1.0 °C	88 mm	+3 mm
Dec	16.6 °C	+1.2 °C	54 mm	-47 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.7 °C

27 Aug 2025

Coldest day

6.4 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

35.2 mm

17 Jan 2025

Windiest day

34.2 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

70.2 km/h

22 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.8 °C

19 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.8 °C

22 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

21 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ben Mehidi?

Ben Mehidi has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 692 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ben Mehidi?

The hottest day measured in Ben Mehidi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1999, reaching 44.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ben Mehidi?

The coldest day measured in Ben Mehidi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1999, at -1.2 °C.

Does it snow in Ben Mehidi?

Almost never: Ben Mehidi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ben Mehidi warmed?

Yes: Ben Mehidi warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ben Mehidi?

The wettest day measured in Ben Mehidi between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1957, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ben Mehidi?

The windiest day measured in Ben Mehidi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2000, with winds reaching 44.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ben Mehidi?

The warmest month in Ben Mehidi is August (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Ben Mehidi?

Ben Mehidi receives on average 692 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ben Mehidi?

Ben Mehidi gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ben Mehidi?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ben Mehidi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1945, with 3.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Ben Mehidi?

Yes: Ben Mehidi has on average 61 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ben Mehidi?

In Ben Mehidi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 9 August 1999, and the lowest was -4.9 °C on 2 February 1956.

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