Iţsā climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Iţsā?

Iţsā has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 11 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Iţsā between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 47.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Iţsā?

The coldest day measured in Iţsā between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1953, at 0.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Iţsā?

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

Q: Has the climate of Iţsā warmed?

Yes: Iţsā warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Iţsā?

The wettest day measured in Iţsā between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Iţsā?

The windiest day measured in Iţsā between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 43.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Iţsā?

The warmest month in Iţsā is July (30.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Iţsā?

Iţsā receives on average 11 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 2 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Iţsā?

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

Iţsā (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 11 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 (30.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Iţsā averages 0 frost days, 186 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 2 rainy days per year.

Iţsā has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.2 °C (on 7 June 1961) and the coldest 0.8 °C (on 14 January 1953).

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

IţsāFaiyum Governorate

coords: 29.24°, 30.79°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

22.7°C

Average daily high

29.3°C

Average daily low

16.9°C

Annual rainfall

11mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

50%

Average peak wind

16.9km/h

Seasonal range

16.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

186 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

2 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.5 °C

Average feels-like low

16.4 °C

Average peak gust

34.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

144 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °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

47.2 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest day

0.8 °C

14 January 1953

Wettest day

36 mm

12 March 2020

Windiest day

43.5 km/h

1 February 1988

Strongest gust

82.8 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

47.5 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest feels-like

-3.0 °C

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.9 h

12 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.3 °C27 July 2025	7.1 °C24 February 2025	23.9 °C	4 mm	194
2024	43.6 °C15 June 2024	7.4 °C31 January 2024	24.4 °C	3 mm	190
2023	42.8 °C6 August 2023	7.6 °C10 February 2023	24.3 °C	7 mm	208
2022	42.9 °C11 June 2022	5.8 °C22 January 2022	23.3 °C	13 mm	178
2021	43.4 °C7 August 2021	7.2 °C17 February 2021	24.2 °C	12 mm	202
2020	44.2 °C20 May 2020	5.9 °C5 January 2020	23.7 °C	52 mm	184
2019	44.9 °C23 May 2019	4.8 °C11 January 2019	23.8 °C	14 mm	191
2018	45.6 °C22 May 2018	8.5 °C3 January 2018	24.6 °C	11 mm	216
2017	43.0 °C8 June 2017	4.8 °C10 January 2017	23.6 °C	3 mm	183
2016	45.3 °C15 May 2016	5.5 °C29 January 2016	24.2 °C	9 mm	209
2015	46.6 °C27 May 2015	6.4 °C10 January 2015	23.8 °C	14 mm	189
2014	44.7 °C4 June 2014	7.9 °C10 January 2014	23.9 °C	7 mm	193
2013	45.4 °C2 June 2013	6.3 °C11 January 2013	23.4 °C	4 mm	196
2012	41.0 °C19 July 2012	5.4 °C20 January 2012	23.5 °C	5 mm	209
2011	41.4 °C10 June 2011	7.9 °C31 December 2011	22.9 °C	15 mm	168
2010	45.6 °C20 June 2010	6.7 °C7 February 2010	24.6 °C	2 mm	208
2009	42.3 °C30 June 2009	7.0 °C4 January 2009	23.5 °C	1 mm	182
2008	41.5 °C22 April 2008	5.6 °C19 January 2008	23.6 °C	2 mm	185
2007	43.2 °C27 July 2007	6.8 °C3 January 2007	23.3 °C	6 mm	198
2006	41.1 °C22 August 2006	6.4 °C11 February 2006	23.0 °C	7 mm	186
2005	41.7 °C20 June 2005	5.8 °C11 February 2005	22.8 °C	13 mm	179
2004	43.4 °C14 July 2004	6.3 °C15 February 2004	23.1 °C	7 mm	202
2003	41.4 °C29 May 2003	5.9 °C6 February 2003	23.1 °C	3 mm	191
2002	45.6 °C29 July 2002	6.1 °C5 January 2002	23.4 °C	9 mm	180
2001	44.0 °C27 May 2001	5.6 °C30 January 2001	23.2 °C	2 mm	184
2000	43.6 °C30 July 2000	5.0 °C31 January 2000	22.6 °C	5 mm	184
1999	41.2 °C19 August 1999	6.4 °C21 January 1999	23.3 °C	2 mm	187
1998	43.2 °C5 July 1998	6.8 °C23 December 1998	23.4 °C	4 mm	187
1997	43.1 °C8 June 1997	5.3 °C6 February 1997	22.7 °C	3 mm	173
1996	43.4 °C6 September 1996	5.1 °C13 January 1996	22.8 °C	9 mm	183
1995	45.1 °C1 July 1995	5.1 °C17 January 1995	22.6 °C	3 mm	170
1994	43.2 °C21 April 1994	6.4 °C8 February 1994	22.9 °C	24 mm	190
1993	42.3 °C4 June 1993	4.0 °C14 January 1993	22.6 °C	6 mm	187
1992	46.0 °C20 June 1992	4.2 °C26 December 1992	21.9 °C	3 mm	174
1991	44.3 °C13 May 1991	4.0 °C30 December 1991	22.3 °C	19 mm	187
1990	40.9 °C17 June 1990	6.6 °C23 February 1990	22.5 °C	7 mm	186
1989	42.7 °C22 June 1989	4.7 °C7 January 1989	22.5 °C	4 mm	185
1988	45.3 °C29 June 1988	5.8 °C20 December 1988	22.7 °C	24 mm	172
1987	42.2 °C31 May 1987	3.9 °C8 January 1987	22.1 °C	12 mm	157
1986	44.2 °C7 June 1986	6.4 °C17 January 1986	22.5 °C	11 mm	165
1985	41.7 °C2 June 1985	5.5 °C5 January 1985	22.7 °C	40 mm	169
1984	44.1 °C25 May 1984	6.1 °C14 January 1984	22.4 °C	6 mm	180
1983	41.8 °C24 June 1983	5.5 °C1 March 1983	21.8 °C	3 mm	172
1982	40.6 °C12 June 1982	5.1 °C6 February 1982	22.0 °C	13 mm	178
1981	42.8 °C23 April 1981	5.2 °C1 February 1981	22.1 °C	3 mm	192
1980	43.9 °C20 May 1980	5.9 °C8 January 1980	22.4 °C	9 mm	186
1979	43.1 °C2 April 1979	6.4 °C6 January 1979	22.8 °C	2 mm	193
1978	44.4 °C22 June 1978	3.6 °C5 January 1978	22.5 °C	8 mm	190
1977	45.3 °C5 June 1977	5.4 °C10 January 1977	22.4 °C	12 mm	174
1976	43.6 °C8 June 1976	4.2 °C30 January 1976	22.2 °C	4 mm	189
1975	40.9 °C28 June 1975	5.5 °C12 February 1975	22.3 °C	38 mm	193
1974	41.9 °C18 June 1974	3.9 °C24 January 1974	22.5 °C	14 mm	196
1973	42.4 °C10 June 1973	3.6 °C18 January 1973	22.2 °C	6 mm	189
1972	42.6 °C19 June 1972	5.7 °C30 January 1972	22.6 °C	24 mm	188
1971	40.7 °C18 June 1971	6.6 °C17 December 1971	22.4 °C	42 mm	173
1970	46.8 °C21 May 1970	3.7 °C21 December 1970	22.4 °C	10 mm	179
1969	46.1 °C16 June 1969	4.2 °C6 January 1969	22.8 °C	20 mm	188
1968	44.6 °C14 August 1968	4.9 °C22 January 1968	22.5 °C	9 mm	179
1967	45.1 °C21 June 1967	4.3 °C22 January 1967	21.9 °C	53 mm	175
1966	42.3 °C2 June 1966	4.8 °C8 January 1966	22.9 °C	45 mm	206
1965	45.9 °C13 June 1965	6.1 °C5 February 1965	22.3 °C	7 mm	174
1964	43.6 °C30 May 1964	4.5 °C19 January 1964	22.0 °C	17 mm	179
1963	42.8 °C18 June 1963	5.0 °C28 January 1963	22.7 °C	7 mm	179
1962	44.0 °C11 June 1962	6.7 °C5 February 1962	22.7 °C	1 mm	201
1961	47.2 °C7 June 1961	6.1 °C24 January 1961	21.9 °C	18 mm	166
1960	43.4 °C5 July 1960	5.2 °C4 February 1960	23.1 °C	5 mm	198
1959	45.6 °C10 June 1959	5.3 °C16 February 1959	21.9 °C	2 mm	175
1958	43.0 °C18 April 1958	6.5 °C28 January 1958	22.8 °C	4 mm	191
1957	41.4 °C15 April 1957	4.2 °C3 February 1957	22.6 °C	9 mm	196
1956	44.5 °C24 July 1956	3.2 °C2 February 1956	22.5 °C	12 mm	181
1955	43.5 °C30 July 1955	4.5 °C6 January 1955	22.9 °C	6 mm	199
1954	43.9 °C26 May 1954	1.2 °C4 January 1954	22.2 °C	7 mm	183
1953	43.4 °C16 June 1953	0.8 °C14 January 1953	22.0 °C	10 mm	192
1952	43.9 °C24 August 1952	4.0 °C10 January 1952	22.7 °C	11 mm	183
1951	42.5 °C9 September 1951	3.7 °C30 December 1951	22.7 °C	6 mm	189
1950	40.4 °C6 August 1950	0.9 °C6 February 1950	22.2 °C	6 mm	179
1949	43.0 °C3 June 1949	3.5 °C29 January 1949	21.6 °C	19 mm	177
1948	43.0 °C14 June 1948	4.7 °C2 January 1948	21.7 °C	6 mm	170
1947	41.5 °C17 May 1947	4.8 °C2 January 1947	23.0 °C	3 mm	188
1946	43.0 °C2 June 1946	3.8 °C16 January 1946	22.8 °C	4 mm	192
1945	43.4 °C16 August 1945	3.1 °C5 January 1945	21.9 °C	11 mm	168
1944	46.1 °C13 June 1944	3.3 °C20 January 1944	22.5 °C	15 mm	189
1943	44.0 °C1 October 1943	4.3 °C30 January 1943	22.2 °C	19 mm	180
1942	45.4 °C6 May 1942	2.0 °C7 January 1942	22.7 °C	17 mm	187
1941	45.3 °C10 May 1941	2.9 °C30 December 1941	22.9 °C	9 mm	188
1940	43.0 °C18 May 1940	2.6 °C21 December 1940	22.1 °C	20 mm	192

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.7 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

194 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

4 mm

-7 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.9 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	19.8 °C	-1.6 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Mar	26.5 °C	+1.7 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Apr	29.6 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
May	33.5 °C	-0.2 °C	2 mm	+2 mm
Jun	35.3 °C	-0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	37.9 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	36.8 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	33.8 °C	-0.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Oct	31.1 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Dec	22.2 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.3 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest day

7.1 °C

24 Feb 2025

Wettest day

0.9 mm

5 Mar 2025

Windiest day

28.0 km/h

13 May 2025

Strongest gust

59.0 km/h

13 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

27 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.1 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

13 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Iţsā?

Iţsā has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 11 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Iţsā?

The hottest day measured in Iţsā between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 47.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Iţsā?

The coldest day measured in Iţsā between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1953, at 0.8 °C.

Does it snow in Iţsā?

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

Has the climate of Iţsā warmed?

Yes: Iţsā warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Iţsā?

The wettest day measured in Iţsā between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Iţsā?

The windiest day measured in Iţsā between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1988, with winds reaching 43.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Iţsā?

The warmest month in Iţsā is July (30.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Iţsā?

Iţsā receives on average 11 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 2 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Iţsā?

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

Are there tropical nights in Iţsā?

Yes: Iţsā has on average 144 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Iţsā?

In Iţsā, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.5 °C on 7 June 1961, and the lowest was -3.0 °C on 6 February 1950.

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