Sedrata climate — normals and trends
Sedrata (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 525 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Sedrata averages 8 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.
Sedrata has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 16 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 10 August 2021) and the coldest -10.3 °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
SedrataSouk Ahras Province
- coords
- 36.13°, 7.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.6°C
Average daily high
21.5°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
525mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
13.6km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
73 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
98 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.8 cm
Average feels-like high
20.6 °C
Average feels-like low
9.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
25 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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
43.7 °C
10 August 2021
Coldest day
-10.3 °C
2 February 1999
Wettest day
67 mm
25 May 2000
Windiest day
37.9 km/h
22 May 2013
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
2 February 1956
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
27 June 2022
Coldest feels-like
-14.7 °C
2 February 1999
Snowiest day
11.3 cm
29 December 1992
Sunniest day
13.8 h
3 July 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 77 mm | +21 mm |
| Feb | 14.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 33 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 18.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 48 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 20.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 89 mm | +26 mm |
| May | 24.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 78 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 32.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 5 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 34.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 9 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 33.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 4 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 30.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 59 mm | +21 mm |
| Oct | 24.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 38 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 18.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 26 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 14.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 36 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sedrata?
Sedrata has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 525 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sedrata?
The hottest day measured in Sedrata between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2021, reaching 43.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sedrata?
The coldest day measured in Sedrata between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1999, at -10.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sedrata?
Yes. Sedrata gets on average 7.8 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Sedrata warmed?
Yes: Sedrata warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sedrata?
The wettest day measured in Sedrata between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 2000, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sedrata?
The windiest day measured in Sedrata between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 2013, with winds reaching 37.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sedrata?
The warmest month in Sedrata is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Sedrata?
Sedrata receives on average 525 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sedrata?
Sedrata gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sedrata?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sedrata between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1992, with 11.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sedrata?
Yes: Sedrata has on average 25 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sedrata?
In Sedrata, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 27 June 2022, and the lowest was -14.7 °C on 2 February 1999.
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