El M'Ghair climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of El M'Ghair?

El M'Ghair has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 94 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in El M'Ghair?

The hottest day measured in El M'Ghair between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 50.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in El M'Ghair?

The coldest day measured in El M'Ghair between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -2.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in El M'Ghair?

Almost never: El M'Ghair sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of El M'Ghair warmed?

Yes: El M'Ghair warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in El M'Ghair?

The wettest day measured in El M'Ghair between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 2020, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in El M'Ghair?

The windiest day measured in El M'Ghair between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1943, with winds reaching 59.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in El M'Ghair?

The warmest month in El M'Ghair is July (34.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in El M'Ghair?

El M'Ghair receives on average 94 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 17 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in El M'Ghair?

El M'Ghair gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

El M'Ghair (Algeria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 94 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 (34.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

El M'Ghair averages 0 frost days, 159 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 17 rainy days per year.

El M'Ghair has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 50.6 °C (on 29 July 2023) and the coldest -2.4 °C (on 5 January 1942).

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 M'GhairEl Mghair

coords: 33.95°, 5.92°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.4°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

16.9°C

Annual rainfall

94mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

48%

Average peak wind

20.5km/h

Seasonal range

22.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

159 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

17 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.4 °C

Average feels-like low

15.1 °C

Average peak gust

32.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

145 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.3 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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

50.6 °C

29 July 2023

Coldest day

-2.4 °C

5 January 1942

Wettest day

135 mm

3 September 2020

Windiest day

59.5 km/h

19 February 1943

Strongest gust

88.9 km/h

17 April 2000

Hottest feels-like

51.4 °C

30 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-6.0 °C

5 January 1942

Sunniest day

13.5 h

23 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	47.7 °C22 July 2025	4.2 °C30 November 2025	24.1 °C	96 mm	178	0
2024	50.1 °C14 July 2024	4.4 °C19 December 2024	24.7 °C	54 mm	178	0
2023	50.6 °C29 July 2023	1.7 °C24 January 2023	24.3 °C	28 mm	198	0
2022	49.1 °C2 July 2022	2.1 °C28 January 2022	24.4 °C	50 mm	172	0
2021	49.4 °C2 July 2021	2.9 °C4 January 2021	24.5 °C	36 mm	172	0
2020	48.4 °C2 July 2020	2.5 °C2 January 2020	23.9 °C	156 mm	172	0
2019	49.3 °C14 July 2019	4.3 °C14 February 2019	23.7 °C	100 mm	169	0
2018	49.6 °C22 July 2018	2.9 °C5 February 2018	23.6 °C	71 mm	165	0
2017	48.9 °C13 July 2017	4.1 °C19 January 2017	23.6 °C	65 mm	176	0
2016	47.8 °C15 June 2016	3.7 °C29 January 2016	24.1 °C	68 mm	190	0
2015	47.9 °C3 August 2015	2.4 °C8 January 2015	23.5 °C	50 mm	177	0
2014	47.6 °C26 July 2014	4.4 °C1 January 2014	24.1 °C	63 mm	182	0
2013	45.7 °C21 July 2013	2.9 °C27 February 2013	23.6 °C	93 mm	191	0
2012	48.7 °C12 July 2012	1.6 °C20 January 2012	23.7 °C	53 mm	182	0
2011	49.1 °C19 July 2011	2.9 °C7 February 2011	23.3 °C	110 mm	158	0
2010	48.4 °C15 July 2010	2.6 °C29 December 2010	23.6 °C	65 mm	167	0
2009	48.1 °C15 August 2009	4.8 °C17 February 2009	23.0 °C	184 mm	149	0
2008	48.9 °C11 July 2008	2.4 °C10 February 2008	23.4 °C	78 mm	170	0
2007	48.2 °C19 June 2007	1.2 °C18 December 2007	23.3 °C	68 mm	160	0
2006	48.5 °C28 June 2006	1.1 °C18 January 2006	23.3 °C	177 mm	185	0
2005	48.2 °C2 August 2005	1.6 °C24 December 2005	23.2 °C	68 mm	186	0
2004	46.7 °C12 August 2004	2.5 °C8 January 2004	23.1 °C	138 mm	155	0
2003	48.1 °C18 July 2003	3.2 °C27 December 2003	23.6 °C	103 mm	176	0
2002	46.8 °C1 July 2002	0.8 °C7 January 2002	23.5 °C	61 mm	174	0
2001	48.4 °C16 July 2001	3.1 °C11 January 2001	24.0 °C	50 mm	188	0
2000	46.8 °C28 July 2000	1.9 °C10 January 2000	23.0 °C	22 mm	160	0
1999	47.6 °C8 August 1999	2.1 °C2 February 1999	24.0 °C	166 mm	182	0
1998	47.2 °C20 August 1998	3.9 °C10 December 1998	22.8 °C	44 mm	159	0
1997	49.2 °C14 June 1997	5.0 °C5 January 1997	23.3 °C	94 mm	163	0
1996	48.5 °C7 July 1996	4.5 °C24 February 1996	22.3 °C	130 mm	150	0
1995	46.7 °C25 June 1995	4.8 °C19 January 1995	22.9 °C	134 mm	138	0
1994	46.0 °C17 August 1994	3.1 °C29 December 1994	23.5 °C	60 mm	157	0
1993	47.7 °C4 July 1993	3.5 °C14 January 1993	22.5 °C	45 mm	161	0
1992	42.2 °C24 August 1992	2.7 °C8 January 1992	21.9 °C	141 mm	162	0
1991	47.0 °C25 July 1991	2.8 °C31 December 1991	22.0 °C	61 mm	147	0
1990	43.7 °C2 July 1990	4.3 °C16 December 1990	23.0 °C	137 mm	159	0
1989	45.8 °C8 August 1989	3.1 °C4 January 1989	23.1 °C	29 mm	155	0
1988	46.5 °C5 July 1988	2.0 °C28 December 1988	23.3 °C	56 mm	168	0
1987	46.9 °C16 August 1987	3.6 °C1 January 1987	23.0 °C	88 mm	168	0
1986	44.6 °C4 August 1986	4.1 °C30 December 1986	22.6 °C	100 mm	153	0
1985	46.4 °C17 June 1985	2.1 °C10 January 1985	22.7 °C	88 mm	155	0
1984	43.8 °C30 June 1984	4.4 °C16 January 1984	21.7 °C	81 mm	145	0
1983	45.5 °C8 August 1983	0.5 °C25 January 1983	22.6 °C	37 mm	173	0
1982	47.0 °C26 June 1982	4.1 °C17 December 1982	22.4 °C	152 mm	156	0
1981	46.9 °C2 July 1981	2.8 °C30 January 1981	22.8 °C	37 mm	175	0
1980	46.0 °C9 July 1980	0.8 °C13 December 1980	21.7 °C	105 mm	148	0
1979	46.0 °C6 August 1979	4.7 °C26 December 1979	22.0 °C	87 mm	148	0
1978	46.3 °C7 August 1978	1.5 °C15 January 1978	21.7 °C	111 mm	142	0
1977	47.6 °C14 July 1977	4.1 °C20 December 1977	22.4 °C	142 mm	150	0
1976	45.0 °C16 August 1976	1.8 °C30 January 1976	21.2 °C	148 mm	143	0
1975	46.1 °C11 July 1975	2.9 °C10 January 1975	21.5 °C	137 mm	147	0
1974	45.5 °C26 June 1974	2.7 °C24 December 1974	21.6 °C	64 mm	147	0
1973	47.1 °C17 July 1973	4.1 °C1 March 1973	22.2 °C	161 mm	170	0
1972	47.5 °C28 July 1972	3.0 °C16 January 1972	21.4 °C	219 mm	129	0
1971	46.5 °C4 July 1971	2.3 °C3 January 1971	21.7 °C	87 mm	144	0
1970	45.8 °C23 July 1970	2.1 °C18 February 1970	21.8 °C	112 mm	156	0
1969	45.3 °C16 August 1969	4.0 °C7 February 1969	21.5 °C	396 mm	142	0
1968	46.0 °C6 August 1968	4.3 °C17 January 1968	22.3 °C	59 mm	151	0
1967	45.5 °C12 August 1967	1.4 °C18 January 1967	22.0 °C	76 mm	148	0
1966	45.7 °C8 August 1966	3.9 °C9 January 1966	22.3 °C	61 mm	143	0
1965	45.3 °C25 July 1965	3.0 °C27 January 1965	21.9 °C	70 mm	144	0
1964	44.7 °C23 August 1964	2.6 °C14 January 1964	21.4 °C	169 mm	157	0
1963	44.1 °C3 July 1963	0.6 °C26 January 1963	21.2 °C	106 mm	127	0
1962	45.9 °C13 July 1962	1.9 °C17 December 1962	21.6 °C	85 mm	148	0
1961	45.3 °C2 August 1961	2.6 °C7 January 1961	22.0 °C	84 mm	153	0
1960	46.4 °C18 August 1960	2.0 °C20 January 1960	22.0 °C	70 mm	150	0
1959	44.7 °C26 July 1959	1.8 °C19 January 1959	21.6 °C	53 mm	140	0
1958	45.2 °C8 July 1958	3.6 °C26 January 1958	21.8 °C	164 mm	154	0
1957	43.5 °C10 June 1957	-1.3 °C19 January 1957	21.1 °C	164 mm	134	2
1956	45.4 °C21 July 1956	1.0 °C13 January 1956	20.3 °C	66 mm	142	0
1955	46.8 °C2 August 1955	4.1 °C2 January 1955	22.0 °C	69 mm	146	0
1954	45.3 °C30 June 1954	0.3 °C14 January 1954	20.8 °C	38 mm	138	0
1953	43.1 °C16 July 1953	-1.1 °C18 January 1953	20.8 °C	81 mm	152	1
1952	45.8 °C17 June 1952	-0.2 °C11 January 1952	22.2 °C	62 mm	160	1
1951	44.6 °C20 July 1951	1.9 °C15 December 1951	21.2 °C	82 mm	144	0
1950	45.1 °C9 July 1950	2.5 °C21 January 1950	21.6 °C	51 mm	154	0
1949	42.6 °C15 July 1949	0.7 °C8 February 1949	21.1 °C	121 mm	143	0
1948	44.0 °C8 August 1948	2.9 °C5 December 1948	21.3 °C	49 mm	146	0
1947	43.9 °C11 August 1947	1.6 °C25 December 1947	22.3 °C	72 mm	159	0
1946	44.6 °C21 July 1946	1.7 °C7 January 1946	21.9 °C	18 mm	167	0
1945	47.6 °C8 August 1945	1.1 °C18 December 1945	21.6 °C	54 mm	154	0
1944	45.6 °C23 July 1944	-0.7 °C9 January 1944	20.7 °C	62 mm	155	1
1943	44.5 °C27 July 1943	3.2 °C29 January 1943	20.6 °C	438 mm	146	0
1942	46.1 °C13 July 1942	-2.4 °C5 January 1942	21.3 °C	58 mm	159	5
1941	45.4 °C11 July 1941	-2.1 °C1 January 1941	20.8 °C	44 mm	145	10
1940	45.7 °C16 July 1940	-1.9 °C31 December 1940	20.7 °C	47 mm	157	8

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.7 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

178 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

96 mm

+2 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.1 °C	+2.7 °C	5 mm	-7 mm
Feb	20.5 °C	+1.6 °C	3 mm	-6 mm
Mar	25.7 °C	+2.9 °C	5 mm	-7 mm
Apr	28.5 °C	+1.5 °C	12 mm	+2 mm
May	33.5 °C	+1.3 °C	7 mm	+3 mm
Jun	39.4 °C	+1.9 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jul	42.1 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Aug	40.8 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	0 mm
Sep	35.9 °C	+1.3 °C	10 mm	-1 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+1.6 °C	16 mm	+3 mm
Nov	22.9 °C	+1.4 °C	3 mm	-8 mm
Dec	17.5 °C	+0.6 °C	33 mm	+22 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

47.7 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest day

4.2 °C

30 Nov 2025

Wettest day

13.1 mm

18 Oct 2025

Windiest day

47.4 km/h

20 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

71.3 km/h

20 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.9 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.0 °C

30 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

23 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of El M'Ghair?

El M'Ghair has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 94 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in El M'Ghair?

The hottest day measured in El M'Ghair between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 50.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in El M'Ghair?

The coldest day measured in El M'Ghair between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -2.4 °C.

Does it snow in El M'Ghair?

Almost never: El M'Ghair sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of El M'Ghair warmed?

Yes: El M'Ghair warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in El M'Ghair?

The wettest day measured in El M'Ghair between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 2020, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in El M'Ghair?

The windiest day measured in El M'Ghair between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1943, with winds reaching 59.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in El M'Ghair?

The warmest month in El M'Ghair is July (34.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.3 °C).

How much does it rain in El M'Ghair?

El M'Ghair receives on average 94 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 17 rainy days.

Is it sunny in El M'Ghair?

El M'Ghair gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in El M'Ghair?

Yes: El M'Ghair has on average 145 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El M'Ghair?

In El M'Ghair, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 51.4 °C on 30 July 2023, and the lowest was -6.0 °C on 5 January 1942.

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