Sig climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sig?

Sig has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 377 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sig?

The hottest day measured in Sig between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2001, reaching 46.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sig?

The coldest day measured in Sig between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2005, at -3.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sig?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sig warmed?

Yes: Sig warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sig?

The wettest day measured in Sig between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 2012, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sig?

The windiest day measured in Sig between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1996, with winds reaching 46.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sig?

The warmest month in Sig is August (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sig?

Sig receives on average 377 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sig?

Sig gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sig (Algeria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 377 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Sig averages 1 frost days, 95 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 64 rainy days per year.

Sig has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °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 46.5 °C (on 31 July 2001) and the coldest -3.7 °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

SigMascara Province

coords: 35.53°, -0.19°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.2°C

Average daily high

24.0°C

Average daily low

13.0°C

Annual rainfall

377mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

14.2km/h

Seasonal range

16.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

64 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.7 cm

Average feels-like high

23.8 °C

Average feels-like low

12.1 °C

Average peak gust

34.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

54 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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

46.5 °C

31 July 2001

Coldest day

-3.7 °C

27 January 2005

Wettest day

82 mm

13 November 2012

Windiest day

46.8 km/h

6 February 1996

Strongest gust

108.4 km/h

1 December 1959

Hottest feels-like

48.1 °C

18 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-8.2 °C

2 February 1954

Snowiest day

11.7 cm

11 December 1967

Sunniest day

14.0 h

18 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.7 °C18 August 2025	1.5 °C28 November 2025	20.4 °C	296 mm	136	0
2024	41.2 °C7 June 2024	2.3 °C27 December 2024	20.6 °C	203 mm	119	0
2023	44.5 °C17 July 2023	-0.2 °C24 January 2023	20.2 °C	205 mm	114	1
2022	43.8 °C13 August 2022	1.2 °C17 January 2022	20.2 °C	319 mm	130	0
2021	42.5 °C11 August 2021	2.4 °C18 January 2021	19.6 °C	252 mm	108	0
2020	41.6 °C1 August 2020	-0.6 °C27 December 2020	19.6 °C	271 mm	111	1
2019	43.7 °C6 July 2019	-1.8 °C12 January 2019	18.9 °C	303 mm	108	4
2018	38.6 °C27 August 2018	1.7 °C31 December 2018	18.6 °C	475 mm	106	0
2017	41.6 °C25 June 2017	0.8 °C9 January 2017	19.4 °C	278 mm	113	0
2016	40.1 °C31 July 2016	1.0 °C17 January 2016	19.3 °C	329 mm	115	0
2015	39.7 °C7 August 2015	0.6 °C6 March 2015	19.1 °C	332 mm	113	0
2014	40.4 °C17 July 2014	1.9 °C31 December 2014	19.2 °C	409 mm	107	0
2013	37.8 °C7 August 2013	0.2 °C4 February 2013	18.1 °C	486 mm	90	0
2012	45.0 °C17 August 2012	-0.2 °C31 January 2012	18.7 °C	473 mm	123	2
2011	40.8 °C1 August 2011	1.2 °C22 January 2011	19.1 °C	380 mm	107	0
2010	41.9 °C8 July 2010	-0.8 °C17 December 2010	19.1 °C	412 mm	97	1
2009	43.8 °C22 July 2009	1.8 °C10 January 2009	19.2 °C	361 mm	108	0
2008	39.4 °C4 September 2008	0.9 °C7 March 2008	18.6 °C	376 mm	95	0
2007	41.6 °C26 August 2007	-0.6 °C17 December 2007	18.1 °C	363 mm	95	1
2006	40.4 °C19 July 2006	1.0 °C5 January 2006	19.2 °C	343 mm	110	0
2005	40.2 °C17 July 2005	-3.7 °C27 January 2005	18.0 °C	195 mm	100	14
2004	42.7 °C24 August 2004	1.1 °C28 December 2004	18.4 °C	353 mm	107	0
2003	40.5 °C20 July 2003	-0.2 °C25 December 2003	19.0 °C	412 mm	111	1
2002	41.0 °C26 June 2002	1.7 °C19 January 2002	18.6 °C	263 mm	89	0
2001	46.5 °C31 July 2001	3.0 °C13 February 2001	19.2 °C	338 mm	113	0
2000	41.4 °C24 August 2000	-0.5 °C1 January 2000	18.6 °C	238 mm	94	1
1999	43.1 °C25 August 1999	0.6 °C1 February 1999	19.0 °C	345 mm	107	0
1998	38.6 °C26 August 1998	1.8 °C25 February 1998	18.6 °C	179 mm	96	0
1997	36.1 °C12 July 1997	2.8 °C13 January 1997	19.0 °C	334 mm	78	0
1996	40.6 °C23 July 1996	2.0 °C17 February 1996	18.1 °C	431 mm	63	0
1995	38.2 °C14 August 1995	0.5 °C16 January 1995	18.8 °C	298 mm	69	0
1994	41.5 °C5 July 1994	0.9 °C25 December 1994	19.0 °C	303 mm	98	0
1993	40.2 °C20 August 1993	-0.2 °C9 January 1993	17.8 °C	316 mm	73	3
1992	38.5 °C1 August 1992	0.6 °C1 January 1992	17.6 °C	356 mm	77	0
1991	38.9 °C5 August 1991	-1.4 °C15 January 1991	17.6 °C	356 mm	88	3
1990	38.1 °C29 September 1990	3.0 °C28 March 1990	18.8 °C	316 mm	104	0
1989	43.0 °C10 August 1989	-0.5 °C4 January 1989	19.0 °C	304 mm	86	1
1988	43.2 °C2 August 1988	-1.4 °C27 February 1988	18.4 °C	232 mm	76	1
1987	37.5 °C12 August 1987	-2.0 °C20 January 1987	18.6 °C	360 mm	95	2
1986	39.9 °C22 August 1986	1.1 °C25 December 1986	17.9 °C	392 mm	87	0
1985	38.1 °C5 August 1985	-1.2 °C16 January 1985	18.1 °C	373 mm	91	2
1984	40.9 °C10 July 1984	-0.1 °C11 February 1984	17.2 °C	423 mm	64	3
1983	37.2 °C21 July 1983	-1.1 °C21 January 1983	18.1 °C	197 mm	75	2
1982	37.9 °C27 July 1982	1.2 °C30 December 1982	17.9 °C	414 mm	77	0
1981	38.7 °C30 July 1981	-0.7 °C1 February 1981	17.7 °C	313 mm	65	3
1980	39.9 °C20 August 1980	-1.1 °C16 March 1980	17.6 °C	410 mm	88	2
1979	40.3 °C30 July 1979	1.8 °C27 November 1979	17.5 °C	511 mm	67	0
1978	41.4 °C17 July 1978	-0.4 °C14 January 1978	17.6 °C	396 mm	75	2
1977	35.6 °C26 June 1977	3.0 °C7 January 1977	18.0 °C	351 mm	57	0
1976	42.1 °C10 July 1976	-0.5 °C29 January 1976	17.2 °C	539 mm	66	1
1975	40.2 °C14 July 1975	-0.3 °C5 January 1975	17.3 °C	501 mm	76	3
1974	38.6 °C7 August 1974	1.2 °C18 December 1974	17.0 °C	469 mm	87	0
1973	38.6 °C15 September 1973	-0.8 °C24 January 1973	17.0 °C	601 mm	77	2
1972	36.3 °C23 July 1972	1.2 °C20 December 1972	16.9 °C	745 mm	53	0
1971	41.5 °C16 August 1971	-0.9 °C2 March 1971	17.3 °C	697 mm	79	1
1970	40.1 °C7 August 1970	0.6 °C17 February 1970	18.0 °C	300 mm	91	0
1969	40.7 °C13 August 1969	-1.6 °C6 February 1969	17.7 °C	566 mm	61	3
1968	42.9 °C9 July 1968	1.6 °C23 January 1968	18.2 °C	443 mm	96	0
1967	40.8 °C19 July 1967	-3.4 °C15 December 1967	17.9 °C	513 mm	90	6
1966	39.6 °C11 July 1966	-0.2 °C26 December 1966	18.0 °C	327 mm	90	1
1965	38.3 °C30 July 1965	-1.1 °C12 February 1965	18.0 °C	379 mm	74	3
1964	39.1 °C26 July 1964	-0.7 °C7 January 1964	17.8 °C	402 mm	120	4
1963	37.9 °C10 August 1963	-0.3 °C3 February 1963	17.4 °C	486 mm	76	1
1962	39.6 °C14 August 1962	0.1 °C1 February 1962	17.7 °C	494 mm	96	0
1961	40.1 °C30 June 1961	1.1 °C22 December 1961	18.5 °C	245 mm	97	0
1960	38.9 °C27 July 1960	1.2 °C9 February 1960	18.0 °C	341 mm	90	0
1959	41.9 °C13 July 1959	0.7 °C6 January 1959	17.8 °C	408 mm	81	0
1958	38.9 °C17 August 1958	0.9 °C15 January 1958	18.0 °C	346 mm	88	0
1957	40.3 °C5 August 1957	-0.1 °C18 January 1957	17.3 °C	392 mm	94	2
1956	42.4 °C7 August 1956	-2.9 °C5 February 1956	16.8 °C	420 mm	97	7
1955	41.2 °C5 July 1955	0.9 °C11 March 1955	18.4 °C	469 mm	105	0
1954	42.3 °C20 August 1954	-3.4 °C2 February 1954	17.2 °C	459 mm	98	7
1953	40.1 °C1 August 1953	-1.6 °C21 January 1953	17.4 °C	344 mm	104	13
1952	43.0 °C28 August 1952	0.1 °C10 January 1952	17.8 °C	355 mm	94	0
1951	38.9 °C6 August 1951	0.2 °C27 February 1951	17.3 °C	450 mm	87	0
1950	41.5 °C22 August 1950	0.2 °C3 March 1950	17.8 °C	454 mm	88	0
1949	41.0 °C11 July 1949	-1.7 °C5 February 1949	17.7 °C	421 mm	101	4
1948	42.1 °C17 August 1948	2.7 °C18 December 1948	17.7 °C	434 mm	91	0
1947	41.0 °C19 August 1947	2.0 °C3 January 1947	18.7 °C	410 mm	122	0
1946	41.2 °C13 July 1946	1.2 °C11 February 1946	17.8 °C	493 mm	110	0
1945	44.1 °C7 September 1945	-0.6 °C14 January 1945	18.8 °C	215 mm	134	3
1944	44.6 °C1 August 1944	-2.4 °C21 February 1944	17.4 °C	199 mm	110	4
1943	41.5 °C16 July 1943	1.3 °C1 January 1943	17.7 °C	437 mm	120	0
1942	41.1 °C18 July 1942	-1.1 °C19 February 1942	18.1 °C	466 mm	107	1
1941	41.2 °C28 August 1941	-1.5 °C7 January 1941	17.7 °C	314 mm	101	3
1940	41.4 °C25 July 1940	-2.8 °C29 December 1940	17.4 °C	330 mm	102	8

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.3 °C

+2.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

136 d/yr

+41

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

296 mm

-81 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.7 °C	+2.1 °C	35 mm	-12 mm
Feb	19.2 °C	+2.3 °C	33 mm	-11 mm
Mar	21.0 °C	+1.8 °C	52 mm	+5 mm
Apr	24.8 °C	+3.2 °C	34 mm	-12 mm
May	27.4 °C	+2.1 °C	53 mm	+22 mm
Jun	34.8 °C	+5.2 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Jul	35.0 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	+0 mm
Aug	36.0 °C	+2.2 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
Sep	31.8 °C	+1.6 °C	10 mm	-7 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+3.3 °C	7 mm	-27 mm
Nov	22.0 °C	+1.9 °C	8 mm	-37 mm
Dec	17.0 °C	+0.4 °C	62 mm	+13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.7 °C

18 Aug 2025

Coldest day

1.5 °C

28 Nov 2025

Wettest day

25.3 mm

14 May 2025

Windiest day

31.0 km/h

28 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

74.9 km/h

28 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

18 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.7 °C

28 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

19 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sig?

Sig has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 377 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sig?

The hottest day measured in Sig between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2001, reaching 46.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sig?

The coldest day measured in Sig between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2005, at -3.7 °C.

Does it snow in Sig?

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

Has the climate of Sig warmed?

Yes: Sig warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sig?

The wettest day measured in Sig between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 2012, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sig?

The windiest day measured in Sig between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1996, with winds reaching 46.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sig?

The warmest month in Sig is August (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Sig?

Sig receives on average 377 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sig?

Sig gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sig?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sig between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1967, with 11.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Sig?

Yes: Sig has on average 54 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sig?

In Sig, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.1 °C on 18 July 2023, and the lowest was -8.2 °C on 2 February 1954.

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