Ech Chettia climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ech Chettia?

Ech Chettia has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 461 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ech Chettia?

The hottest day measured in Ech Chettia between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2012, reaching 42.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ech Chettia?

The coldest day measured in Ech Chettia between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2005, at -7.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ech Chettia?

Almost never: Ech Chettia sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ech Chettia warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ech Chettia?

The wettest day measured in Ech Chettia between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1961, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ech Chettia?

The windiest day measured in Ech Chettia between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, with winds reaching 43.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ech Chettia?

The warmest month in Ech Chettia is August (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ech Chettia?

Ech Chettia receives on average 461 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ech Chettia?

Ech Chettia gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ech Chettia (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 461 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 (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Ech Chettia averages 1 frost days, 83 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.

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

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 17 August 2012) and the coldest -7.5 °C (on 27 January 2005).

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

Ech ChettiaChlef Province

coords: 36.20°, 1.26°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

17.7°C

Average daily high

22.8°C

Average daily low

13.1°C

Annual rainfall

461mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

14.3km/h

Seasonal range

17.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

83 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

75 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.7 cm

Average feels-like high

22.5 °C

Average feels-like low

12.3 °C

Average peak gust

35.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

63 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

42.9 °C

17 August 2012

Coldest day

-7.5 °C

27 January 2005

Wettest day

70 mm

14 January 1961

Windiest day

43.7 km/h

10 January 1987

Strongest gust

118.1 km/h

31 January 2015

Hottest feels-like

45.2 °C

1 August 2001

Coldest feels-like

-11.6 °C

27 January 2005

Snowiest day

12.6 cm

21 December 1979

Sunniest day

14.0 h

25 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.4 °C18 August 2025	4.2 °C29 November 2025	20.2 °C	403 mm	123	0
2024	41.7 °C30 July 2024	4.0 °C22 January 2024	20.2 °C	300 mm	104	0
2023	41.8 °C18 July 2023	2.0 °C24 January 2023	19.7 °C	312 mm	98	0
2022	41.2 °C14 August 2022	2.4 °C14 January 2022	19.9 °C	399 mm	121	0
2021	40.7 °C11 July 2021	3.4 °C14 January 2021	19.4 °C	404 mm	98	0
2020	39.1 °C30 June 2020	1.6 °C27 December 2020	19.3 °C	368 mm	92	0
2019	40.6 °C6 July 2019	0.8 °C12 January 2019	18.6 °C	398 mm	97	0
2018	37.1 °C8 August 2018	-0.1 °C11 February 2018	18.2 °C	627 mm	96	1
2017	40.5 °C1 August 2017	1.7 °C18 January 2017	19.2 °C	368 mm	103	0
2016	38.8 °C3 August 2016	2.8 °C17 January 2016	19.0 °C	490 mm	100	0
2015	39.3 °C30 June 2015	1.7 °C2 January 2015	19.0 °C	335 mm	96	0
2014	40.4 °C18 July 2014	2.6 °C3 February 2014	18.9 °C	524 mm	93	0
2013	37.7 °C7 August 2013	0.7 °C26 February 2013	17.8 °C	612 mm	80	0
2012	42.9 °C17 August 2012	-0.1 °C14 February 2012	18.5 °C	454 mm	106	1
2011	39.5 °C3 July 2011	1.5 °C22 January 2011	18.6 °C	466 mm	94	0
2010	39.3 °C8 July 2010	-0.4 °C17 December 2010	18.3 °C	620 mm	86	1
2009	41.4 °C22 July 2009	2.1 °C10 January 2009	18.6 °C	503 mm	97	0
2008	37.3 °C7 August 2008	1.1 °C7 March 2008	18.1 °C	447 mm	82	0
2007	38.8 °C26 August 2007	1.2 °C17 December 2007	17.8 °C	441 mm	80	0
2006	38.5 °C19 July 2006	-0.1 °C14 January 2006	18.7 °C	395 mm	98	1
2005	38.9 °C9 August 2005	-7.5 °C27 January 2005	17.5 °C	296 mm	83	9
2004	40.3 °C24 August 2004	0.4 °C27 December 2004	18.1 °C	417 mm	101	0
2003	40.4 °C23 August 2003	1.9 °C2 February 2003	18.8 °C	506 mm	106	0
2002	39.4 °C26 June 2002	2.7 °C19 January 2002	18.4 °C	279 mm	84	0
2001	41.8 °C1 August 2001	2.3 °C9 January 2001	18.6 °C	455 mm	95	0
2000	39.9 °C22 July 2000	1.5 °C1 January 2000	18.4 °C	272 mm	84	0
1999	41.4 °C25 August 1999	-3.5 °C3 February 1999	18.6 °C	447 mm	103	1
1998	38.4 °C25 August 1998	2.6 °C23 January 1998	17.9 °C	311 mm	87	0
1997	36.6 °C2 August 1997	3.3 °C12 January 1997	18.5 °C	433 mm	67	0
1996	39.2 °C23 July 1996	2.4 °C22 February 1996	17.4 °C	519 mm	51	0
1995	38.7 °C9 August 1995	1.4 °C16 January 1995	18.1 °C	362 mm	56	0
1994	40.2 °C21 August 1994	1.6 °C24 December 1994	18.6 °C	377 mm	89	0
1993	38.8 °C7 August 1993	0.3 °C9 January 1993	17.5 °C	333 mm	71	0
1992	38.4 °C24 August 1992	2.0 °C5 January 1992	17.3 °C	409 mm	75	0
1991	38.6 °C6 August 1991	-0.9 °C15 January 1991	17.2 °C	401 mm	79	1
1990	36.6 °C25 July 1990	2.4 °C16 December 1990	18.5 °C	367 mm	101	0
1989	40.7 °C10 August 1989	0.1 °C2 January 1989	18.5 °C	324 mm	83	0
1988	41.2 °C3 August 1988	0.9 °C27 February 1988	18.0 °C	363 mm	76	0
1987	39.8 °C12 August 1987	0.2 °C20 January 1987	18.3 °C	397 mm	92	0
1986	38.6 °C23 July 1986	1.7 °C10 February 1986	17.6 °C	482 mm	85	0
1985	40.9 °C5 August 1985	-1.8 °C16 January 1985	17.6 °C	509 mm	82	2
1984	39.2 °C10 July 1984	1.1 °C17 February 1984	16.8 °C	465 mm	52	0
1983	37.6 °C30 July 1983	0.7 °C22 January 1983	17.7 °C	267 mm	68	0
1982	39.4 °C5 July 1982	0.8 °C25 December 1982	17.5 °C	599 mm	72	0
1981	37.2 °C30 July 1981	0.8 °C10 January 1981	17.4 °C	407 mm	60	0
1980	41.0 °C2 August 1980	-0.3 °C16 March 1980	17.1 °C	451 mm	79	1
1979	39.3 °C10 July 1979	1.1 °C23 December 1979	17.0 °C	587 mm	63	0
1978	40.2 °C17 July 1978	0.1 °C14 January 1978	16.8 °C	545 mm	63	0
1977	35.6 °C15 August 1977	1.2 °C31 March 1977	17.2 °C	401 mm	23	0
1976	39.0 °C10 July 1976	0.9 °C27 January 1976	16.4 °C	735 mm	44	0
1975	39.1 °C15 July 1975	-0.8 °C9 January 1975	16.7 °C	564 mm	69	1
1974	36.9 °C7 August 1974	0.1 °C25 January 1974	16.5 °C	607 mm	69	0
1973	37.8 °C26 June 1973	-0.5 °C5 January 1973	16.8 °C	596 mm	72	1
1972	36.4 °C13 August 1972	2.4 °C15 February 1972	16.4 °C	924 mm	37	0
1971	39.2 °C25 August 1971	0.6 °C3 January 1971	16.8 °C	774 mm	63	0
1970	38.2 °C7 August 1970	0.8 °C28 February 1970	17.4 °C	414 mm	76	0
1969	39.2 °C14 August 1969	-0.2 °C6 February 1969	16.9 °C	811 mm	43	1
1968	40.0 °C9 July 1968	1.6 °C5 February 1968	17.6 °C	570 mm	76	0
1967	41.2 °C22 July 1967	-0.5 °C17 December 1967	17.6 °C	522 mm	82	2
1966	37.7 °C11 July 1966	1.0 °C26 December 1966	17.5 °C	409 mm	80	0
1965	39.1 °C30 July 1965	-0.2 °C11 February 1965	17.4 °C	497 mm	71	1
1964	37.1 °C14 September 1964	0.7 °C11 February 1964	17.4 °C	414 mm	97	0
1963	38.0 °C11 August 1963	-0.9 °C3 February 1963	17.0 °C	534 mm	70	2
1962	38.7 °C20 July 1962	0.3 °C1 February 1962	17.2 °C	524 mm	83	0
1961	38.4 °C26 July 1961	1.8 °C22 December 1961	18.1 °C	344 mm	91	0
1960	37.5 °C27 August 1960	2.0 °C17 December 1960	17.3 °C	519 mm	72	0
1959	38.3 °C28 July 1959	0.8 °C6 January 1959	17.4 °C	518 mm	71	0
1958	39.4 °C28 August 1958	1.7 °C24 January 1958	17.5 °C	391 mm	75	0
1957	39.5 °C5 August 1957	-0.5 °C17 January 1957	16.8 °C	481 mm	75	3
1956	40.2 °C7 August 1956	-2.0 °C5 February 1956	16.3 °C	477 mm	82	7
1955	40.6 °C17 July 1955	0.0 °C2 March 1955	17.7 °C	597 mm	84	0
1954	40.2 °C20 August 1954	-0.8 °C2 February 1954	16.7 °C	491 mm	78	2
1953	39.1 °C25 July 1953	-0.5 °C21 January 1953	16.8 °C	340 mm	84	4
1952	40.4 °C28 August 1952	0.3 °C10 January 1952	17.5 °C	429 mm	91	0
1951	37.9 °C6 August 1951	-0.8 °C2 February 1951	16.9 °C	567 mm	76	1
1950	39.0 °C1 August 1950	0.9 °C4 March 1950	17.5 °C	424 mm	89	0
1949	39.2 °C11 July 1949	-0.6 °C5 February 1949	17.3 °C	409 mm	94	3
1948	39.5 °C17 August 1948	2.0 °C2 January 1948	17.2 °C	484 mm	73	0
1947	40.8 °C20 August 1947	1.0 °C4 January 1947	18.4 °C	488 mm	118	0
1946	39.5 °C12 August 1946	2.0 °C25 February 1946	17.3 °C	677 mm	107	0
1945	42.4 °C12 July 1945	-0.2 °C14 January 1945	18.4 °C	305 mm	122	1
1944	41.2 °C1 August 1944	-0.4 °C20 February 1944	17.1 °C	261 mm	104	1
1943	38.8 °C16 July 1943	1.9 °C9 February 1943	17.3 °C	428 mm	108	0
1942	39.0 °C31 July 1942	-1.2 °C12 January 1942	17.4 °C	525 mm	98	1
1941	39.7 °C25 August 1941	-0.4 °C21 December 1941	17.0 °C	380 mm	88	3
1940	40.0 °C25 July 1940	-0.9 °C30 December 1940	16.9 °C	397 mm	80	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.1 °C

+2.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

123 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

403 mm

-58 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.0 °C	+1.8 °C	58 mm	-4 mm
Feb	17.8 °C	+2.5 °C	45 mm	-11 mm
Mar	19.7 °C	+2.0 °C	57 mm	+4 mm
Apr	23.3 °C	+3.2 °C	34 mm	-18 mm
May	26.2 °C	+2.1 °C	47 mm	+10 mm
Jun	34.0 °C	+5.1 °C	3 mm	-8 mm
Jul	34.3 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Aug	34.8 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+1.8 °C	16 mm	-6 mm
Oct	27.1 °C	+2.8 °C	19 mm	-24 mm
Nov	20.6 °C	+1.8 °C	29 mm	-30 mm
Dec	16.2 °C	+1.0 °C	93 mm	+32 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.4 °C

18 Aug 2025

Coldest day

4.2 °C

29 Nov 2025

Wettest day

21.1 mm

3 Dec 2025

Windiest day

33.0 km/h

28 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

80.3 km/h

28 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.3 °C

18 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.7 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

25 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ech Chettia?

Ech Chettia has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 461 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ech Chettia?

The hottest day measured in Ech Chettia between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2012, reaching 42.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ech Chettia?

The coldest day measured in Ech Chettia between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2005, at -7.5 °C.

Does it snow in Ech Chettia?

Almost never: Ech Chettia sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ech Chettia warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ech Chettia?

The wettest day measured in Ech Chettia between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1961, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ech Chettia?

The windiest day measured in Ech Chettia between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, with winds reaching 43.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ech Chettia?

The warmest month in Ech Chettia is August (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Ech Chettia?

Ech Chettia receives on average 461 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ech Chettia?

Ech Chettia gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ech Chettia?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ech Chettia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1979, with 12.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Ech Chettia?

Yes: Ech Chettia has on average 63 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ech Chettia?

In Ech Chettia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.2 °C on 1 August 2001, and the lowest was -11.6 °C on 27 January 2005.

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