As Sāḩil climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of As Sāḩil?

As Sāḩil has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 6 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in As Sāḩil?

The hottest day measured in As Sāḩil between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1961, reaching 48.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in As Sāḩil?

The coldest day measured in As Sāḩil between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -2.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in As Sāḩil?

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

Q: Has the climate of As Sāḩil warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in As Sāḩil?

The wettest day measured in As Sāḩil between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1967, with 24 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in As Sāḩil?

The windiest day measured in As Sāḩil between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1951, with winds reaching 42.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in As Sāḩil?

The warmest month in As Sāḩil is July (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in As Sāḩil?

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

Q: Is it sunny in As Sāḩil?

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

As Sāḩil (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.2 °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 (31.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

As Sāḩil averages 0 frost days, 202 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 1 rainy days per year.

As Sāḩil has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 48.2 °C (on 8 June 1961) and the coldest -2.5 °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

As SāḩilAsyut Governorate

coords: 27.06°, 31.34°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

23.2°C

Average daily high

30.2°C

Average daily low

16.7°C

Annual rainfall

6mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

38%

Average peak wind

17.9km/h

Seasonal range

18.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

202 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

1 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.7 °C

Average feels-like low

14.7 °C

Average peak gust

35.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

150 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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

48.2 °C

8 June 1961

Coldest day

-2.5 °C

3 January 1942

Wettest day

24 mm

24 October 1967

Windiest day

42.7 km/h

24 March 1951

Strongest gust

78.8 km/h

24 March 1951

Hottest feels-like

49.5 °C

31 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-7.0 °C

3 January 1942

Sunniest day

13.7 h

26 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.4 °C17 May 2025	6.2 °C25 February 2025	24.3 °C	0 mm	214	0
2024	45.5 °C15 June 2024	4.8 °C4 February 2024	24.8 °C	1 mm	199	0
2023	44.4 °C13 June 2023	5.4 °C8 February 2023	24.6 °C	1 mm	222	0
2022	43.0 °C11 June 2022	2.9 °C21 January 2022	23.7 °C	3 mm	192	0
2021	44.0 °C31 May 2021	4.4 °C21 December 2021	24.4 °C	1 mm	213	0
2020	43.2 °C21 May 2020	4.3 °C26 January 2020	24.2 °C	7 mm	201	0
2019	45.1 °C17 July 2019	3.1 °C11 January 2019	24.2 °C	3 mm	202	0
2018	45.5 °C23 May 2018	5.9 °C21 January 2018	24.9 °C	2 mm	224	0
2017	43.8 °C3 July 2017	4.6 °C3 January 2017	24.0 °C	1 mm	189	0
2016	46.2 °C8 June 2016	3.8 °C3 January 2016	24.6 °C	0 mm	230	0
2015	45.3 °C27 May 2015	3.8 °C11 January 2015	24.3 °C	2 mm	198	0
2014	44.7 °C4 June 2014	4.8 °C12 January 2014	24.6 °C	18 mm	215	0
2013	46.8 °C2 June 2013	3.8 °C11 January 2013	24.0 °C	0 mm	215	0
2012	42.9 °C19 July 2012	3.2 °C22 January 2012	23.9 °C	5 mm	222	0
2011	42.6 °C10 June 2011	6.0 °C28 December 2011	23.4 °C	1 mm	182	0
2010	46.5 °C20 June 2010	4.6 °C8 February 2010	25.5 °C	4 mm	238	0
2009	43.0 °C6 June 2009	4.3 °C4 January 2009	23.9 °C	0 mm	199	0
2008	44.3 °C9 June 2008	1.4 °C16 January 2008	24.0 °C	5 mm	205	0
2007	43.8 °C10 June 2007	4.8 °C7 February 2007	23.7 °C	1 mm	209	0
2006	44.7 °C5 June 2006	3.9 °C16 January 2006	23.3 °C	0 mm	194	0
2005	42.2 °C4 July 2005	3.1 °C27 December 2005	23.6 °C	0 mm	206	0
2004	45.4 °C9 May 2004	4.6 °C15 February 2004	23.7 °C	2 mm	222	0
2003	43.9 °C29 May 2003	2.9 °C27 December 2003	23.6 °C	0 mm	200	0
2002	46.3 °C31 July 2002	4.6 °C7 January 2002	24.1 °C	1 mm	204	0
2001	44.2 °C28 May 2001	4.4 °C23 December 2001	23.7 °C	0 mm	201	0
2000	43.3 °C31 July 2000	4.0 °C30 January 2000	23.0 °C	0 mm	197	0
1999	42.4 °C18 July 1999	4.4 °C31 January 1999	23.8 °C	7 mm	209	0
1998	43.8 °C13 June 1998	4.5 °C25 January 1998	23.8 °C	0 mm	200	0
1997	43.8 °C15 August 1997	2.9 °C6 February 1997	23.1 °C	7 mm	185	0
1996	44.1 °C6 September 1996	3.9 °C19 January 1996	23.6 °C	1 mm	195	0
1995	46.2 °C15 June 1995	4.3 °C17 January 1995	23.4 °C	11 mm	193	0
1994	42.9 °C15 June 1994	3.9 °C24 December 1994	23.5 °C	23 mm	205	0
1993	44.3 °C5 June 1993	3.0 °C14 January 1993	23.5 °C	0 mm	209	0
1992	46.2 °C20 June 1992	1.9 °C5 February 1992	22.5 °C	1 mm	197	0
1991	47.0 °C15 May 1991	2.7 °C18 December 1991	23.2 °C	11 mm	212	0
1990	42.7 °C31 May 1990	5.4 °C12 January 1990	23.1 °C	1 mm	216	0
1989	45.6 °C7 June 1989	2.4 °C7 January 1989	23.1 °C	0 mm	197	0
1988	45.8 °C29 May 1988	2.8 °C19 January 1988	23.3 °C	3 mm	193	0
1987	44.7 °C31 May 1987	2.4 °C11 January 1987	22.9 °C	4 mm	174	0
1986	43.7 °C10 June 1986	4.5 °C17 January 1986	22.9 °C	0 mm	185	0
1985	42.4 °C2 June 1985	3.8 °C5 January 1985	23.4 °C	13 mm	197	0
1984	46.1 °C26 May 1984	3.2 °C14 January 1984	22.9 °C	1 mm	200	0
1983	43.4 °C12 July 1983	2.6 °C3 January 1983	22.2 °C	0 mm	185	0
1982	42.1 °C12 August 1982	3.2 °C17 January 1982	22.4 °C	2 mm	199	0
1981	43.1 °C24 April 1981	1.5 °C12 January 1981	22.5 °C	0 mm	204	0
1980	44.0 °C20 May 1980	3.8 °C8 January 1980	22.9 °C	4 mm	203	0
1979	45.6 °C24 June 1979	4.4 °C10 January 1979	23.4 °C	4 mm	214	0
1978	45.2 °C30 May 1978	0.5 °C7 January 1978	22.8 °C	1 mm	202	0
1977	46.0 °C5 June 1977	2.5 °C27 December 1977	22.6 °C	1 mm	187	0
1976	44.5 °C27 June 1976	2.4 °C11 February 1976	22.7 °C	1 mm	207	0
1975	41.9 °C28 June 1975	2.3 °C14 January 1975	22.5 °C	8 mm	207	0
1974	42.7 °C21 April 1974	2.1 °C4 February 1974	22.8 °C	3 mm	216	0
1973	44.1 °C26 July 1973	2.4 °C18 January 1973	22.7 °C	1 mm	206	0
1972	42.8 °C19 June 1972	2.7 °C26 December 1972	22.9 °C	1 mm	195	0
1971	43.0 °C20 June 1971	4.1 °C29 December 1971	22.9 °C	6 mm	194	0
1970	46.6 °C21 May 1970	2.8 °C23 January 1970	22.8 °C	2 mm	195	0
1969	47.6 °C16 June 1969	2.5 °C6 January 1969	23.5 °C	12 mm	209	0
1968	45.1 °C14 August 1968	1.4 °C11 January 1968	22.8 °C	1 mm	198	0
1967	45.1 °C13 June 1967	1.9 °C31 January 1967	22.0 °C	117 mm	191	0
1966	42.9 °C19 June 1966	2.5 °C11 January 1966	23.4 °C	127 mm	216	0
1965	46.5 °C13 June 1965	4.1 °C18 December 1965	22.7 °C	1 mm	184	0
1964	44.4 °C30 May 1964	0.8 °C21 January 1964	22.5 °C	6 mm	210	0
1963	44.5 °C31 May 1963	0.4 °C29 January 1963	23.5 °C	6 mm	203	0
1962	45.3 °C7 June 1962	4.2 °C24 December 1962	23.3 °C	0 mm	222	0
1961	48.2 °C8 June 1961	4.3 °C23 December 1961	22.1 °C	8 mm	180	0
1960	43.3 °C5 July 1960	4.6 °C5 February 1960	23.6 °C	0 mm	216	0
1959	45.9 °C10 June 1959	2.6 °C17 February 1959	22.3 °C	0 mm	203	0
1958	45.0 °C16 April 1958	3.8 °C28 January 1958	23.2 °C	0 mm	218	0
1957	41.6 °C16 August 1957	2.2 °C3 February 1957	23.2 °C	2 mm	210	0
1956	45.0 °C24 July 1956	1.3 °C2 February 1956	22.8 °C	2 mm	194	0
1955	42.6 °C4 June 1955	2.5 °C29 December 1955	23.1 °C	1 mm	211	0
1954	45.1 °C25 May 1954	0.4 °C12 January 1954	22.4 °C	1 mm	191	0
1953	44.3 °C16 June 1953	-1.6 °C15 January 1953	22.3 °C	3 mm	197	1
1952	44.4 °C21 May 1952	0.9 °C22 January 1952	22.9 °C	1 mm	204	0
1951	44.0 °C17 May 1951	0.8 °C25 January 1951	22.9 °C	1 mm	206	0
1950	42.5 °C12 August 1950	-0.6 °C6 February 1950	22.4 °C	1 mm	189	2
1949	43.6 °C9 May 1949	0.9 °C20 February 1949	21.8 °C	8 mm	188	0
1948	44.6 °C15 June 1948	1.2 °C31 December 1948	21.7 °C	3 mm	184	0
1947	42.2 °C16 July 1947	1.4 °C5 January 1947	23.2 °C	2 mm	200	0
1946	42.2 °C2 June 1946	0.8 °C16 January 1946	22.6 °C	3 mm	200	0
1945	44.4 °C2 August 1945	0.1 °C6 January 1945	21.8 °C	14 mm	173	0
1944	45.9 °C13 June 1944	1.0 °C17 January 1944	22.5 °C	4 mm	196	0
1943	42.1 °C15 August 1943	1.0 °C30 January 1943	22.3 °C	29 mm	189	0
1942	44.6 °C6 May 1942	-2.5 °C3 January 1942	23.0 °C	7 mm	198	3
1941	44.2 °C11 May 1941	-0.4 °C1 January 1941	23.0 °C	0 mm	194	2
1940	42.9 °C19 July 1940	-0.8 °C21 December 1940	22.4 °C	2 mm	200	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.7 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

214 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

0 mm

-6 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	vs. normal
Jan	22.7 °C	+2.8 °C	-1 mm
Feb	20.3 °C	-1.8 °C	-0 mm
Mar	27.4 °C	+1.4 °C	-1 mm
Apr	31.7 °C	+0.4 °C	-0 mm
May	34.8 °C	-0.7 °C	-0 mm
Jun	36.0 °C	-1.5 °C	0 mm
Jul	39.1 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm
Aug	37.9 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm
Sep	34.5 °C	-0.8 °C	-0 mm
Oct	32.2 °C	+0.2 °C	-1 mm
Nov	28.3 °C	+1.9 °C	-1 mm
Dec	22.3 °C	+0.8 °C	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.4 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

6.2 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

0.2 mm

9 Dec 2025

Windiest day

30.3 km/h

18 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

60.1 km/h

18 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.0 °C

15 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.6 h

24 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of As Sāḩil?

As Sāḩil has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 6 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in As Sāḩil?

The hottest day measured in As Sāḩil between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1961, reaching 48.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in As Sāḩil?

The coldest day measured in As Sāḩil between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -2.5 °C.

Does it snow in As Sāḩil?

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

Has the climate of As Sāḩil warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in As Sāḩil?

The wettest day measured in As Sāḩil between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1967, with 24 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in As Sāḩil?

The windiest day measured in As Sāḩil between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1951, with winds reaching 42.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in As Sāḩil?

The warmest month in As Sāḩil is July (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.8 °C).

How much does it rain in As Sāḩil?

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

Is it sunny in As Sāḩil?

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

Are there tropical nights in As Sāḩil?

Yes: As Sāḩil has on average 150 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in As Sāḩil?

In As Sāḩil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.5 °C on 31 July 2002, and the lowest was -7.0 °C on 3 January 1942.

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