Telerghma climate — normals and trends
Telerghma (Algeria) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 358 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Telerghma averages 18 frost days, 80 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Telerghma has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 31 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 29 July 2023) and the coldest -9.2 °C (on 31 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
TelerghmaMila Province
- coords
- 36.12°, 6.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.5°C
Average daily high
21.5°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
358mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
19.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
18 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
80 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.6 cm
Average feels-like high
20.0 °C
Average feels-like low
8.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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
43.0 °C
29 July 2023
Coldest day
-9.2 °C
31 December 1940
Wettest day
50 mm
13 November 2004
Windiest day
39.0 km/h
7 March 1991
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
19 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
29 July 2005
Coldest feels-like
-14.4 °C
31 December 1940
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
7 March 1985
Sunniest day
13.9 h
29 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 62 mm | +28 mm |
| Feb | 14.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 15 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 18.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 25 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 21.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 57 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 25.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 57 mm | +17 mm |
| Jun | 33.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 5 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 34.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 7 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 33.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 12 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 29.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 46 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 23.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 17 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 20 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 13.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 36 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Telerghma?
Telerghma has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 358 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Telerghma?
The hottest day measured in Telerghma between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 43.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Telerghma?
The coldest day measured in Telerghma between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1940, at -9.2 °C.
Does it snow in Telerghma?
Yes. Telerghma gets on average 8.6 cm of snow per year and has around 18 frost days.
Has the climate of Telerghma warmed?
Yes: Telerghma warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Telerghma?
The wettest day measured in Telerghma between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 2004, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Telerghma?
The windiest day measured in Telerghma between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1991, with winds reaching 39.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Telerghma?
The warmest month in Telerghma is July (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Telerghma?
Telerghma receives on average 358 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Telerghma?
Telerghma gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Telerghma?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Telerghma between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 1985, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Telerghma?
Yes: Telerghma has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Telerghma?
In Telerghma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 29 July 2005, and the lowest was -14.4 °C on 31 December 1940.
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