Messaad climate — normals and trends
Messaad (Algeria) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 161 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 (29.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Messaad averages 14 frost days, 107 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 35 rainy days per year.
Messaad has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 24 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.9 °C (on 10 July 2024) and the coldest -8.5 °C (on 18 December 1960).
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
MessaadDjelfa Province
- coords
- 34.15°, 3.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.5°C
Average daily high
23.1°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
161mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
48%
Average peak wind
21.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
14 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
107 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
35 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.3 cm
Average feels-like high
20.3 °C
Average feels-like low
8.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
79 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
43.9 °C
10 July 2024
Coldest day
-8.5 °C
18 December 1960
Wettest day
64 mm
8 September 2015
Windiest day
65.0 km/h
8 March 2007
Strongest gust
112.3 km/h
8 March 2007
Hottest feels-like
42.9 °C
31 July 2012
Coldest feels-like
-13.5 °C
18 December 1960
Snowiest day
14.6 cm
5 January 1965
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 25 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 15.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 6 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 18.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 12 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 23 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 27.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 44 mm | +27 mm |
| Jun | 35.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 3 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 37.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 4 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 36.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 6 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 30.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 19 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 25.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 16 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 18.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 12.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 39 mm | +24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Messaad?
Messaad has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 161 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Messaad?
The hottest day measured in Messaad between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2024, reaching 43.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Messaad?
The coldest day measured in Messaad between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1960, at -8.5 °C.
Does it snow in Messaad?
Yes. Messaad gets on average 3.3 cm of snow per year and has around 14 frost days.
Has the climate of Messaad warmed?
Yes: Messaad warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Messaad?
The wettest day measured in Messaad between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 2015, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Messaad?
The windiest day measured in Messaad between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2007, with winds reaching 65.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Messaad?
The warmest month in Messaad is July (29.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Messaad?
Messaad receives on average 161 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 35 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Messaad?
Messaad gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Messaad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Messaad between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1965, with 14.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Messaad?
Yes: Messaad has on average 79 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Messaad?
In Messaad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 31 July 2012, and the lowest was -13.5 °C on 18 December 1960.
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