Tolga climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tolga?

Tolga has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 126 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tolga between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 49.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tolga?

The coldest day measured in Tolga between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1940, at -4.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tolga?

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

Q: Has the climate of Tolga warmed?

Yes: Tolga warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tolga?

The wettest day measured in Tolga between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1996, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tolga?

The windiest day measured in Tolga between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1960, with winds reaching 58.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tolga?

The warmest month in Tolga is July (33.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tolga?

Tolga receives on average 126 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 24 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tolga?

Tolga gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tolga (Algeria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 126 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 (33.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Tolga averages 1 frost days, 149 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 24 rainy days per year.

Tolga has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 3 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 49.5 °C (on 29 July 2023) and the coldest -4.0 °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

TolgaBiskra Province

coords: 34.72°, 5.38°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.7°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

126mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

44%

Average peak wind

18.9km/h

Seasonal range

23.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

149 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

24 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.4 °C

Average feels-like low

13.8 °C

Average peak gust

34.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

134 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.4 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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

49.5 °C

29 July 2023

Coldest day

-4.0 °C

31 December 1940

Wettest day

49 mm

17 September 1996

Windiest day

58.6 km/h

12 January 1960

Strongest gust

98.6 km/h

12 January 1960

Hottest feels-like

49.2 °C

15 July 2010

Coldest feels-like

-8.1 °C

31 December 1940

Snowiest day

2.6 cm

16 January 1987

Sunniest day

13.7 h

27 June 1950

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	47.4 °C22 July 2025	4.1 °C1 December 2025	23.6 °C	121 mm	165	0
2024	48.5 °C10 July 2024	3.5 °C23 January 2024	24.2 °C	51 mm	175	0
2023	49.5 °C29 July 2023	0.6 °C24 January 2023	23.7 °C	26 mm	181	0
2022	47.8 °C2 July 2022	0.5 °C21 January 2022	23.8 °C	63 mm	158	0
2021	49.1 °C1 July 2021	0.3 °C4 January 2021	23.9 °C	71 mm	165	0
2020	47.6 °C2 July 2020	1.6 °C2 January 2020	23.2 °C	87 mm	166	0
2019	47.8 °C8 August 2019	2.6 °C14 February 2019	23.0 °C	150 mm	163	0
2018	49.1 °C22 July 2018	2.3 °C9 February 2018	22.8 °C	98 mm	160	0
2017	48.7 °C13 July 2017	2.6 °C2 January 2017	23.0 °C	61 mm	169	0
2016	46.8 °C15 June 2016	1.5 °C18 January 2016	23.3 °C	113 mm	180	0
2015	47.5 °C3 August 2015	1.5 °C8 January 2015	22.9 °C	89 mm	168	0
2014	46.7 °C26 July 2014	1.9 °C25 December 2014	23.5 °C	74 mm	180	0
2013	45.2 °C21 July 2013	0.3 °C27 February 2013	22.7 °C	152 mm	181	0
2012	48.5 °C30 July 2012	0.0 °C20 January 2012	23.0 °C	95 mm	175	0
2011	48.0 °C8 August 2011	1.9 °C7 February 2011	22.6 °C	173 mm	157	0
2010	47.9 °C15 July 2010	0.8 °C31 December 2010	22.7 °C	83 mm	152	0
2009	46.4 °C15 August 2009	2.3 °C17 February 2009	22.3 °C	208 mm	150	0
2008	48.0 °C10 July 2008	1.8 °C10 February 2008	22.6 °C	131 mm	155	0
2007	46.1 °C20 June 2007	0.6 °C18 December 2007	22.6 °C	80 mm	159	0
2006	46.8 °C28 June 2006	-0.3 °C18 January 2006	22.6 °C	256 mm	170	1
2005	47.6 °C28 July 2005	-0.4 °C16 January 2005	22.4 °C	99 mm	172	2
2004	45.3 °C11 August 2004	1.7 °C8 January 2004	22.2 °C	223 mm	144	0
2003	47.4 °C18 July 2003	2.4 °C27 December 2003	22.8 °C	200 mm	163	0
2002	46.0 °C6 August 2002	0.9 °C8 January 2002	22.7 °C	107 mm	159	0
2001	47.3 °C16 July 2001	2.4 °C3 February 2001	23.3 °C	56 mm	175	0
2000	46.8 °C28 July 2000	1.2 °C10 January 2000	22.4 °C	33 mm	153	0
1999	46.6 °C8 August 1999	-0.2 °C2 February 1999	23.4 °C	142 mm	172	1
1998	45.2 °C1 July 1998	1.0 °C23 January 1998	22.1 °C	91 mm	144	0
1997	47.5 °C14 June 1997	2.7 °C8 January 1997	22.7 °C	109 mm	156	0
1996	47.7 °C7 July 1996	1.8 °C28 December 1996	21.3 °C	219 mm	130	0
1995	44.2 °C10 August 1995	2.6 °C18 January 1995	22.2 °C	90 mm	135	0
1994	45.4 °C17 August 1994	0.9 °C29 December 1994	22.8 °C	120 mm	143	0
1993	47.2 °C6 July 1993	2.3 °C13 January 1993	22.0 °C	57 mm	147	0
1992	42.1 °C24 August 1992	0.7 °C5 January 1992	21.2 °C	124 mm	150	0
1991	45.2 °C25 July 1991	0.9 °C16 February 1991	21.1 °C	149 mm	139	0
1990	43.3 °C1 July 1990	2.0 °C16 December 1990	22.2 °C	200 mm	146	0
1989	44.6 °C8 August 1989	1.3 °C2 January 1989	22.3 °C	70 mm	144	0
1988	45.5 °C5 July 1988	2.0 °C28 December 1988	22.6 °C	73 mm	155	0
1987	46.7 °C16 August 1987	0.9 °C6 January 1987	22.4 °C	98 mm	159	0
1986	43.9 °C15 August 1986	1.9 °C31 December 1986	21.7 °C	157 mm	145	0
1985	45.4 °C17 June 1985	-1.2 °C10 January 1985	22.0 °C	132 mm	146	1
1984	43.5 °C30 June 1984	2.6 °C13 February 1984	21.1 °C	92 mm	131	0
1983	43.1 °C6 July 1983	-0.7 °C24 January 1983	22.1 °C	23 mm	167	3
1982	45.8 °C22 July 1982	2.2 °C17 December 1982	21.9 °C	164 mm	146	0
1981	44.8 °C3 July 1981	1.1 °C30 January 1981	22.1 °C	57 mm	169	0
1980	42.5 °C9 August 1980	-1.8 °C13 December 1980	20.8 °C	236 mm	132	5
1979	45.1 °C6 August 1979	3.1 °C1 February 1979	21.2 °C	130 mm	131	0
1978	45.4 °C16 July 1978	-0.1 °C14 January 1978	21.0 °C	104 mm	131	1
1977	45.2 °C14 July 1977	2.0 °C20 December 1977	21.7 °C	139 mm	140	0
1976	42.7 °C1 August 1976	0.8 °C3 January 1976	20.4 °C	141 mm	128	0
1975	45.3 °C30 June 1975	-0.8 °C7 January 1975	20.9 °C	134 mm	134	1
1974	42.9 °C8 August 1974	0.6 °C24 December 1974	20.9 °C	119 mm	141	0
1973	46.6 °C17 July 1973	1.9 °C13 January 1973	21.4 °C	172 mm	163	0
1972	44.4 °C8 July 1972	1.6 °C25 December 1972	20.2 °C	318 mm	119	0
1971	45.7 °C19 July 1971	0.4 °C3 January 1971	20.8 °C	164 mm	132	0
1970	45.6 °C8 August 1970	1.8 °C18 February 1970	21.1 °C	157 mm	141	0
1969	43.5 °C15 August 1969	-0.9 °C7 February 1969	20.6 °C	360 mm	135	1
1968	45.4 °C2 August 1968	2.8 °C17 January 1968	21.5 °C	98 mm	141	0
1967	43.8 °C11 August 1967	1.2 °C18 January 1967	21.3 °C	146 mm	136	0
1966	44.6 °C9 August 1966	2.2 °C27 December 1966	21.6 °C	74 mm	133	0
1965	45.4 °C26 July 1965	1.1 °C21 February 1965	21.0 °C	149 mm	129	0
1964	44.0 °C18 August 1964	1.0 °C12 January 1964	20.6 °C	213 mm	155	0
1963	42.7 °C3 July 1963	-1.6 °C26 January 1963	20.3 °C	183 mm	119	3
1962	44.0 °C13 July 1962	0.8 °C6 December 1962	21.0 °C	83 mm	140	0
1961	43.3 °C12 July 1961	1.2 °C7 January 1961	21.5 °C	75 mm	145	0
1960	44.9 °C18 August 1960	1.2 °C20 January 1960	21.4 °C	132 mm	144	0
1959	44.7 °C27 July 1959	0.7 °C19 January 1959	21.0 °C	114 mm	132	0
1958	43.8 °C8 July 1958	2.6 °C25 January 1958	21.1 °C	233 mm	149	0
1957	41.5 °C10 August 1957	-2.4 °C19 January 1957	20.4 °C	219 mm	125	6
1956	43.6 °C21 July 1956	-0.8 °C21 February 1956	19.6 °C	110 mm	134	3
1955	43.9 °C4 July 1955	2.3 °C10 March 1955	21.2 °C	124 mm	139	0
1954	42.7 °C29 July 1954	-1.1 °C14 January 1954	20.0 °C	91 mm	132	5
1953	42.0 °C17 July 1953	-1.6 °C18 January 1953	20.1 °C	105 mm	142	4
1952	44.3 °C17 June 1952	-0.9 °C11 January 1952	21.5 °C	71 mm	150	2
1951	43.8 °C20 July 1951	0.3 °C1 January 1951	20.2 °C	167 mm	129	0
1950	43.9 °C9 July 1950	0.3 °C19 December 1950	20.9 °C	75 mm	143	0
1949	43.4 °C15 July 1949	-1.3 °C7 February 1949	20.5 °C	138 mm	141	4
1948	41.9 °C4 August 1948	-0.3 °C25 January 1948	20.5 °C	95 mm	132	1
1947	43.1 °C11 August 1947	-0.4 °C25 December 1947	21.4 °C	148 mm	150	1
1946	43.7 °C12 August 1946	-0.6 °C24 December 1946	21.3 °C	37 mm	151	1
1945	44.8 °C8 August 1945	-1.1 °C14 January 1945	21.0 °C	56 mm	149	3
1944	44.0 °C22 July 1944	-1.7 °C8 January 1944	20.0 °C	62 mm	145	7
1943	42.7 °C26 July 1943	1.4 °C28 January 1943	20.0 °C	321 mm	138	0
1942	43.9 °C12 July 1942	-2.5 °C2 January 1942	20.5 °C	118 mm	145	11
1941	44.4 °C12 July 1941	-2.8 °C7 January 1941	20.0 °C	65 mm	128	18
1940	45.2 °C16 July 1940	-4.0 °C31 December 1940	19.8 °C	90 mm	146	10

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+2.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

165 d/yr

+16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

121 mm

-5 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.4 °C	+2.6 °C	8 mm	-6 mm
Feb	20.3 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-10 mm
Mar	24.7 °C	+2.8 °C	4 mm	-10 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+1.7 °C	23 mm	+10 mm
May	33.2 °C	+2.0 °C	16 mm	+8 mm
Jun	39.5 °C	+2.8 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Jul	41.7 °C	+1.9 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Aug	40.3 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Sep	35.5 °C	+1.7 °C	8 mm	-6 mm
Oct	29.3 °C	+2.0 °C	10 mm	-7 mm
Nov	22.0 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-13 mm
Dec	17.1 °C	+0.7 °C	47 mm	+33 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

47.4 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest day

4.1 °C

1 Dec 2025

Wettest day

14.6 mm

15 Dec 2025

Windiest day

40.8 km/h

30 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

70.6 km/h

30 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.5 °C

1 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.6 h

30 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tolga?

Tolga has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 126 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tolga?

The hottest day measured in Tolga between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 49.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tolga?

The coldest day measured in Tolga between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1940, at -4.0 °C.

Does it snow in Tolga?

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

Has the climate of Tolga warmed?

Yes: Tolga warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tolga?

The wettest day measured in Tolga between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1996, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tolga?

The windiest day measured in Tolga between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1960, with winds reaching 58.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tolga?

The warmest month in Tolga is July (33.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Tolga?

Tolga receives on average 126 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 24 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tolga?

Tolga gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tolga?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tolga between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1987, with 2.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Tolga?

Yes: Tolga has on average 134 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tolga?

In Tolga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.2 °C on 15 July 2010, and the lowest was -8.1 °C on 31 December 1940.

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