el hed climate — normals and trends
el hed (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 838 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
el hed averages 1 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
el hed has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 3 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 24 July 2021) and the coldest -7.9 °C (on 30 December 1940).
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
el hedBéjaia Province
- coords
- 36.65°, 4.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.1°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
12.2°C
Annual rainfall
838mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
16.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.8 cm
Average feels-like high
20.6 °C
Average feels-like low
11.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
38 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
41.0 °C
24 July 2021
Coldest day
-7.9 °C
30 December 1940
Wettest day
100 mm
5 October 1957
Windiest day
41.1 km/h
29 December 1951
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
24 January 2013
Hottest feels-like
43.2 °C
10 August 2021
Coldest feels-like
-12.5 °C
30 December 1940
Snowiest day
20.3 cm
3 February 2012
Sunniest day
14.0 h
27 June 1948
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 | 15.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 155 mm | +47 mm |
| Feb | 15.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 57 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 17.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 102 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 19.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 88 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 93 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 1 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 11 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 31.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 28.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 73 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 24.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 56 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 137 mm | +46 mm |
| Dec | 15.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 66 mm | -47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of el hed?
el hed has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 838 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in el hed?
The hottest day measured in el hed between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2021, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in el hed?
The coldest day measured in el hed between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1940, at -7.9 °C.
Does it snow in el hed?
Yes. el hed gets on average 10.8 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of el hed warmed?
Yes: el hed warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in el hed?
The wettest day measured in el hed between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1957, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in el hed?
The windiest day measured in el hed between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1951, with winds reaching 41.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in el hed?
The warmest month in el hed is August (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.8 °C).
How much does it rain in el hed?
el hed receives on average 838 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in el hed?
el hed 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 el hed?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in el hed between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2012, with 20.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in el hed?
Yes: el hed has on average 38 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in el hed?
In el hed, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 10 August 2021, and the lowest was -12.5 °C on 30 December 1940.
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