Abū Ţisht climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Abū Ţisht?

Abū Ţisht has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 6 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abū Ţisht?

The hottest day measured in Abū Ţisht between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1991, reaching 47.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Abū Ţisht?

The coldest day measured in Abū Ţisht between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -2.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Abū Ţisht?

Almost never: Abū Ţisht sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Abū Ţisht warmed?

Yes: Abū Ţisht warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Abū Ţisht?

The wettest day measured in Abū Ţisht between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1966, with 29 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Abū Ţisht?

The windiest day measured in Abū Ţisht between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1951, with winds reaching 45.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Abū Ţisht?

The warmest month in Abū Ţisht is July (31.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Abū Ţisht?

Abū Ţisht receives on average 6 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 1 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Abū Ţisht?

Abū Ţisht gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Abū Ţisht (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 6 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 (31.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Abū Ţisht averages 0 frost days, 213 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 1 rainy days per year.

Abū Ţisht has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.6 °C (on 15 May 1991) and the coldest -2.0 °C (on 3 January 1942).

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

Abū ŢishtQena Governorate

coords: 26.12°, 32.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

23.9°C

Average daily high

31.1°C

Average daily low

16.9°C

Annual rainfall

6mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

33%

Average peak wind

18.5km/h

Seasonal range

18.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

213 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

1 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.3 °C

Average feels-like low

14.3 °C

Average peak gust

33.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

155 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

47.6 °C

15 May 1991

Coldest day

-2.0 °C

3 January 1942

Wettest day

29 mm

31 October 1966

Windiest day

45.5 km/h

24 March 1951

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

24 March 1951

Hottest feels-like

47.5 °C

1 September 1998

Coldest feels-like

-6.4 °C

3 January 1942

Sunniest day

13.4 h

30 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	45.0 °C17 May 2025	6.6 °C14 February 2025	25.1 °C	0 mm	228	0
2024	45.4 °C15 June 2024	4.9 °C2 February 2024	25.5 °C	1 mm	214	0
2023	44.2 °C17 June 2023	6.0 °C16 February 2023	25.4 °C	0 mm	230	0
2022	43.2 °C14 May 2022	2.9 °C28 January 2022	24.6 °C	1 mm	212	0
2021	44.3 °C31 May 2021	4.9 °C22 January 2021	25.3 °C	1 mm	227	0
2020	43.5 °C22 June 2020	3.3 °C6 January 2020	25.0 °C	2 mm	209	0
2019	45.2 °C17 July 2019	4.3 °C18 January 2019	25.0 °C	3 mm	212	0
2018	44.6 °C23 May 2018	5.9 °C3 January 2018	25.7 °C	2 mm	233	0
2017	43.9 °C12 September 2017	5.2 °C29 January 2017	24.8 °C	2 mm	206	0
2016	45.8 °C5 June 2016	3.3 °C3 January 2016	25.5 °C	1 mm	239	0
2015	45.7 °C28 May 2015	4.0 °C11 January 2015	25.2 °C	3 mm	213	0
2014	45.3 °C13 July 2014	5.4 °C13 January 2014	25.6 °C	12 mm	231	0
2013	46.2 °C3 June 2013	5.3 °C19 December 2013	25.1 °C	0 mm	232	0
2012	42.8 °C19 July 2012	3.5 °C16 January 2012	24.8 °C	3 mm	227	0
2011	43.3 °C27 July 2011	6.2 °C12 December 2011	24.2 °C	0 mm	200	0
2010	45.5 °C20 June 2010	4.0 °C8 February 2010	26.4 °C	12 mm	253	0
2009	43.0 °C13 July 2009	3.8 °C5 January 2009	24.6 °C	1 mm	215	0
2008	43.7 °C9 June 2008	3.3 °C15 January 2008	24.8 °C	4 mm	212	0
2007	43.2 °C10 June 2007	4.5 °C5 February 2007	24.5 °C	0 mm	218	0
2006	45.6 °C6 June 2006	4.6 °C15 January 2006	24.4 °C	0 mm	213	0
2005	42.8 °C23 July 2005	3.3 °C27 December 2005	24.5 °C	0 mm	215	0
2004	46.7 °C10 May 2004	4.3 °C15 February 2004	24.5 °C	1 mm	230	0
2003	45.4 °C29 May 2003	3.6 °C6 February 2003	24.4 °C	0 mm	213	0
2002	45.3 °C31 July 2002	3.4 °C5 January 2002	24.8 °C	0 mm	222	0
2001	44.3 °C28 May 2001	5.1 °C22 December 2001	24.4 °C	0 mm	214	0
2000	45.4 °C31 July 2000	4.1 °C30 January 2000	23.9 °C	1 mm	208	0
1999	42.9 °C24 May 1999	5.0 °C19 January 1999	24.6 °C	3 mm	216	0
1998	44.2 °C13 June 1998	3.9 °C25 January 1998	24.7 °C	0 mm	221	0
1997	43.5 °C21 July 1997	3.9 °C6 February 1997	23.9 °C	0 mm	192	0
1996	43.9 °C6 September 1996	2.7 °C19 January 1996	24.5 °C	1 mm	205	0
1995	47.1 °C2 July 1995	3.5 °C14 January 1995	24.3 °C	1 mm	209	0
1994	43.2 °C16 June 1994	3.7 °C9 February 1994	24.1 °C	27 mm	212	0
1993	44.4 °C6 June 1993	2.1 °C11 February 1993	24.4 °C	1 mm	224	0
1992	45.2 °C20 June 1992	1.4 °C5 February 1992	23.3 °C	1 mm	209	0
1991	47.6 °C15 May 1991	1.4 °C29 December 1991	23.9 °C	8 mm	224	0
1990	43.0 °C11 April 1990	4.8 °C19 January 1990	24.0 °C	8 mm	230	0
1989	45.6 °C7 June 1989	2.6 °C6 January 1989	23.9 °C	0 mm	207	0
1988	46.0 °C21 June 1988	3.2 °C19 January 1988	24.2 °C	2 mm	209	0
1987	45.4 °C9 August 1987	2.6 °C12 January 1987	23.7 °C	1 mm	195	0
1986	43.9 °C10 June 1986	3.1 °C28 December 1986	23.6 °C	0 mm	203	0
1985	42.9 °C23 May 1985	3.8 °C25 December 1985	24.2 °C	13 mm	214	0
1984	45.8 °C26 May 1984	2.8 °C14 January 1984	23.7 °C	0 mm	207	0
1983	43.8 °C12 July 1983	2.5 °C28 February 1983	22.8 °C	0 mm	196	0
1982	42.7 °C13 August 1982	3.8 °C7 February 1982	23.1 °C	1 mm	209	0
1981	43.0 °C17 May 1981	1.6 °C12 January 1981	23.3 °C	0 mm	207	0
1980	45.1 °C21 May 1980	2.6 °C7 January 1980	23.7 °C	4 mm	219	0
1979	45.3 °C24 June 1979	3.3 °C11 January 1979	24.3 °C	4 mm	230	0
1978	47.0 °C30 May 1978	-0.6 °C6 January 1978	23.5 °C	0 mm	210	2
1977	45.6 °C2 June 1977	0.9 °C27 December 1977	23.1 °C	3 mm	196	0
1976	45.2 °C27 June 1976	2.0 °C21 January 1976	23.4 °C	2 mm	214	0
1975	43.2 °C11 June 1975	2.1 °C14 January 1975	23.1 °C	5 mm	218	0
1974	43.5 °C21 April 1974	1.5 °C4 February 1974	23.4 °C	1 mm	224	0
1973	43.9 °C27 July 1973	0.8 °C17 January 1973	23.5 °C	1 mm	216	0
1972	42.8 °C19 June 1972	3.4 °C8 February 1972	23.5 °C	0 mm	200	0
1971	43.5 °C20 June 1971	1.5 °C29 December 1971	23.5 °C	5 mm	210	0
1970	45.7 °C21 May 1970	2.3 °C23 January 1970	23.4 °C	0 mm	205	0
1969	46.1 °C16 June 1969	1.6 °C11 January 1969	24.2 °C	22 mm	217	0
1968	43.9 °C15 August 1968	2.0 °C16 January 1968	23.4 °C	1 mm	204	0
1967	44.5 °C13 June 1967	1.8 °C26 January 1967	22.8 °C	102 mm	196	0
1966	43.6 °C19 June 1966	2.0 °C14 January 1966	24.0 °C	157 mm	217	0
1965	46.6 °C10 June 1965	3.6 °C5 February 1965	23.4 °C	0 mm	200	0
1964	44.6 °C31 May 1964	1.5 °C1 January 1964	23.1 °C	6 mm	224	0
1963	44.8 °C7 June 1963	0.8 °C29 January 1963	24.4 °C	6 mm	209	0
1962	44.8 °C8 June 1962	3.9 °C22 February 1962	24.0 °C	0 mm	237	0
1961	47.2 °C8 June 1961	2.2 °C23 December 1961	22.7 °C	0 mm	193	0
1960	43.4 °C6 July 1960	3.3 °C11 January 1960	24.2 °C	1 mm	227	0
1959	45.3 °C10 June 1959	1.9 °C1 February 1959	23.0 °C	0 mm	210	0
1958	45.4 °C18 April 1958	3.7 °C30 January 1958	24.0 °C	0 mm	229	0
1957	42.4 °C23 August 1957	2.0 °C25 January 1957	23.9 °C	2 mm	216	0
1956	45.4 °C25 July 1956	1.3 °C11 February 1956	23.4 °C	0 mm	208	0
1955	44.2 °C31 July 1955	2.0 °C1 January 1955	23.6 °C	0 mm	217	0
1954	45.4 °C28 May 1954	-1.1 °C12 January 1954	23.0 °C	1 mm	203	1
1953	44.3 °C16 June 1953	-0.5 °C16 January 1953	22.9 °C	4 mm	212	2
1952	44.4 °C26 August 1952	1.2 °C12 January 1952	23.5 °C	5 mm	213	0
1951	46.2 °C17 May 1951	1.0 °C25 January 1951	23.4 °C	1 mm	215	0
1950	42.2 °C12 August 1950	-0.8 °C7 February 1950	23.1 °C	0 mm	200	2
1949	44.2 °C21 June 1949	-0.1 °C28 January 1949	22.5 °C	5 mm	200	1
1948	44.1 °C16 June 1948	1.7 °C17 February 1948	22.2 °C	1 mm	191	0
1947	42.6 °C16 July 1947	1.9 °C17 January 1947	23.7 °C	2 mm	212	0
1946	41.8 °C3 June 1946	-0.8 °C16 January 1946	23.1 °C	6 mm	214	1
1945	44.8 °C3 August 1945	0.6 °C3 February 1945	22.3 °C	20 mm	186	0
1944	45.4 °C14 June 1944	1.1 °C16 January 1944	23.0 °C	9 mm	208	0
1943	43.4 °C16 August 1943	1.2 °C7 March 1943	23.0 °C	30 mm	197	0
1942	43.8 °C6 May 1942	-2.0 °C3 January 1942	23.6 °C	2 mm	206	4
1941	44.2 °C11 May 1941	0.2 °C27 December 1941	23.4 °C	0 mm	208	0
1940	43.7 °C19 July 1940	0.0 °C31 December 1940	22.9 °C	2 mm	202	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.7 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

228 d/yr

+15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

0 mm

-6 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	vs. normal
Jan	23.8 °C	+3.2 °C	-1 mm
Feb	21.6 °C	-1.3 °C	-0 mm
Mar	28.3 °C	+1.3 °C	-0 mm
Apr	33.1 °C	+0.7 °C	-0 mm
May	35.8 °C	-0.7 °C	-0 mm
Jun	37.2 °C	-1.3 °C	0 mm
Jul	39.8 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm
Aug	38.9 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm
Sep	35.4 °C	-1.0 °C	-0 mm
Oct	33.5 °C	+0.5 °C	-2 mm
Nov	29.3 °C	+2.2 °C	-1 mm
Dec	22.7 °C	+0.6 °C	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

45.0 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

6.6 °C

14 Feb 2025

Wettest day

0.2 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

32.8 km/h

30 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

30 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.0 °C

14 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Abū Ţisht?

Abū Ţisht has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 6 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abū Ţisht?

The hottest day measured in Abū Ţisht between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1991, reaching 47.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Abū Ţisht?

The coldest day measured in Abū Ţisht between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -2.0 °C.

Does it snow in Abū Ţisht?

Almost never: Abū Ţisht sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Abū Ţisht warmed?

Yes: Abū Ţisht warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Abū Ţisht?

The wettest day measured in Abū Ţisht between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1966, with 29 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Abū Ţisht?

The windiest day measured in Abū Ţisht between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1951, with winds reaching 45.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Abū Ţisht?

The warmest month in Abū Ţisht is July (31.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Abū Ţisht?

Abū Ţisht receives on average 6 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 1 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Abū Ţisht?

Abū Ţisht gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Abū Ţisht?

Yes: Abū Ţisht has on average 155 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Abū Ţisht?

In Abū Ţisht, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.5 °C on 1 September 1998, and the lowest was -6.4 °C on 3 January 1942.

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