Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 46 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

The hottest day measured in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1970, reaching 48.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

The coldest day measured in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -1.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

Almost never: Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar warmed?

Yes: Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

The wettest day measured in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

The windiest day measured in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 51.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

The warmest month in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar is August (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar receives on average 46 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 12 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 46 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 August (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar averages 0 frost days, 154 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 12 rainy days per year.

Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 48.1 °C (on 21 May 1970) and the coldest -1.0 °C (on 9 February 1950).

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

Munsha‘at Abū ‘UmarSharqia Province

coords: 30.91°, 32.02°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.3°C

Average daily high

27.6°C

Average daily low

16.3°C

Annual rainfall

46mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

18.6km/h

Seasonal range

13.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

154 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

12 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.5 °C

Average feels-like low

16.5 °C

Average peak gust

37.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

118 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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

48.1 °C

21 May 1970

Coldest day

-1.0 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

34 mm

20 February 1975

Windiest day

51.6 km/h

26 March 1967

Strongest gust

95.4 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest feels-like

-4.3 °C

9 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.9 h

7 July 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.9 °C26 May 2025	6.2 °C14 February 2025	22.3 °C	28 mm	159	0
2024	39.9 °C20 May 2024	6.5 °C1 February 2024	22.9 °C	24 mm	164	0
2023	40.9 °C2 June 2023	6.5 °C9 February 2023	22.9 °C	35 mm	172	0
2022	38.9 °C11 June 2022	4.6 °C22 January 2022	21.9 °C	53 mm	145	0
2021	40.6 °C19 April 2021	6.6 °C24 January 2021	22.6 °C	40 mm	152	0
2020	42.0 °C19 May 2020	6.3 °C26 January 2020	22.5 °C	71 mm	161	0
2019	46.1 °C23 May 2019	5.0 °C12 January 2019	22.4 °C	91 mm	175	0
2018	42.5 °C22 May 2018	7.1 °C31 January 2018	23.2 °C	39 mm	173	0
2017	40.8 °C3 July 2017	4.8 °C10 January 2017	22.5 °C	16 mm	159	0
2016	43.7 °C14 May 2016	6.2 °C26 January 2016	22.9 °C	14 mm	177	0
2015	44.9 °C27 May 2015	6.1 °C1 February 2015	22.2 °C	51 mm	159	0
2014	42.9 °C4 June 2014	6.8 °C11 February 2014	22.0 °C	42 mm	144	0
2013	41.2 °C8 June 2013	5.1 °C16 December 2013	22.0 °C	24 mm	155	0
2012	38.2 °C15 July 2012	5.1 °C9 February 2012	22.0 °C	40 mm	176	0
2011	38.6 °C10 October 2011	7.1 °C22 January 2011	21.8 °C	64 mm	149	0
2010	40.2 °C20 June 2010	5.2 °C7 February 2010	23.0 °C	21 mm	179	0
2009	38.6 °C18 October 2009	6.4 °C6 January 2009	22.3 °C	26 mm	166	0
2008	41.0 °C23 April 2008	4.0 °C19 January 2008	22.1 °C	37 mm	159	0
2007	39.8 °C10 June 2007	6.8 °C22 January 2007	21.7 °C	34 mm	156	0
2006	40.3 °C29 September 2006	5.7 °C20 December 2006	21.4 °C	25 mm	150	0
2005	37.9 °C16 September 2005	5.1 °C27 December 2005	21.4 °C	14 mm	150	0
2004	38.2 °C6 May 2004	5.9 °C23 February 2004	21.4 °C	32 mm	151	0
2003	41.0 °C29 May 2003	5.7 °C25 December 2003	21.5 °C	25 mm	162	0
2002	41.7 °C17 September 2002	5.2 °C4 January 2002	22.1 °C	49 mm	155	0
2001	39.9 °C30 April 2001	5.1 °C22 December 2001	22.2 °C	16 mm	171	0
2000	41.4 °C12 April 2000	4.8 °C31 January 2000	21.3 °C	43 mm	151	0
1999	38.2 °C16 July 1999	6.1 °C29 January 1999	22.1 °C	16 mm	163	0
1998	42.3 °C5 July 1998	7.7 °C13 January 1998	22.2 °C	51 mm	168	0
1997	39.9 °C8 June 1997	4.5 °C10 February 1997	21.1 °C	66 mm	145	0
1996	40.4 °C1 May 1996	4.8 °C25 January 1996	21.2 °C	53 mm	140	0
1995	40.4 °C1 July 1995	6.1 °C21 January 1995	20.9 °C	18 mm	133	0
1994	40.6 °C20 April 1994	6.9 °C22 December 1994	21.2 °C	59 mm	152	0
1993	39.4 °C18 April 1993	3.4 °C13 January 1993	20.7 °C	60 mm	145	0
1992	38.7 °C20 June 1992	3.8 °C6 January 1992	19.9 °C	44 mm	119	0
1991	37.8 °C8 May 1991	5.6 °C30 December 1991	20.4 °C	68 mm	129	0
1990	36.7 °C17 June 1990	6.6 °C19 January 1990	20.7 °C	46 mm	126	0
1989	37.9 °C14 June 1989	4.6 °C16 February 1989	20.4 °C	43 mm	145	0
1988	40.8 °C29 June 1988	5.7 °C21 December 1988	20.7 °C	55 mm	142	0
1987	40.1 °C7 May 1987	4.2 °C28 January 1987	20.4 °C	28 mm	128	0
1986	38.9 °C7 June 1986	6.3 °C7 December 1986	20.9 °C	55 mm	135	0
1985	37.6 °C23 May 1985	4.8 °C1 January 1985	20.8 °C	62 mm	142	0
1984	38.4 °C25 May 1984	6.2 °C25 January 1984	20.4 °C	20 mm	150	0
1983	38.7 °C10 July 1983	4.0 °C29 January 1983	20.0 °C	56 mm	134	0
1982	37.7 °C16 May 1982	4.9 °C30 January 1982	20.3 °C	40 mm	136	0
1981	38.1 °C23 April 1981	3.8 °C9 January 1981	20.6 °C	22 mm	144	0
1980	41.9 °C20 May 1980	5.6 °C7 January 1980	20.9 °C	32 mm	148	0
1979	44.4 °C2 April 1979	4.9 °C18 January 1979	21.4 °C	26 mm	159	0
1978	44.6 °C22 June 1978	3.0 °C6 January 1978	21.3 °C	37 mm	165	0
1977	42.4 °C31 May 1977	4.2 °C19 December 1977	21.2 °C	39 mm	156	0
1976	42.0 °C15 April 1976	4.3 °C13 February 1976	21.0 °C	17 mm	163	0
1975	39.6 °C11 June 1975	4.9 °C12 February 1975	21.1 °C	65 mm	159	0
1974	40.3 °C20 May 1974	5.6 °C29 January 1974	21.4 °C	81 mm	174	0
1973	42.0 °C10 June 1973	3.0 °C4 January 1973	21.2 °C	24 mm	168	0
1972	42.1 °C19 June 1972	5.5 °C27 December 1972	21.2 °C	79 mm	158	0
1971	38.6 °C7 May 1971	5.2 °C29 December 1971	21.1 °C	105 mm	150	0
1970	48.1 °C21 May 1970	2.7 °C21 December 1970	21.2 °C	44 mm	154	0
1969	44.6 °C16 June 1969	5.0 °C10 December 1969	21.4 °C	52 mm	161	0
1968	40.9 °C14 August 1968	4.4 °C8 January 1968	21.3 °C	47 mm	156	0
1967	43.1 °C21 June 1967	4.2 °C24 January 1967	20.4 °C	84 mm	131	0
1966	39.3 °C18 May 1966	5.0 °C8 January 1966	21.3 °C	66 mm	143	0
1965	42.7 °C13 June 1965	5.9 °C3 February 1965	20.8 °C	78 mm	146	0
1964	40.6 °C29 May 1964	4.3 °C7 January 1964	20.4 °C	57 mm	134	0
1963	40.1 °C18 June 1963	3.5 °C28 January 1963	21.0 °C	45 mm	135	0
1962	40.7 °C11 June 1962	6.6 °C16 January 1962	21.2 °C	25 mm	154	0
1961	44.6 °C7 June 1961	5.8 °C23 January 1961	20.5 °C	101 mm	132	0
1960	39.7 °C6 May 1960	6.7 °C6 February 1960	21.5 °C	35 mm	160	0
1959	43.0 °C10 June 1959	4.3 °C16 February 1959	20.5 °C	32 mm	140	0
1958	40.4 °C31 March 1958	7.1 °C8 February 1958	21.3 °C	20 mm	162	0
1957	41.9 °C15 April 1957	3.9 °C16 January 1957	21.0 °C	93 mm	163	0
1956	42.1 °C23 July 1956	4.5 °C2 February 1956	21.1 °C	30 mm	144	0
1955	42.6 °C30 July 1955	5.5 °C1 January 1955	21.6 °C	52 mm	164	0
1954	43.5 °C20 May 1954	3.7 °C5 January 1954	21.1 °C	56 mm	149	0
1953	44.3 °C16 June 1953	1.5 °C14 January 1953	20.7 °C	52 mm	162	0
1952	40.3 °C21 May 1952	3.7 °C22 January 1952	21.3 °C	30 mm	169	0
1951	39.2 °C17 May 1951	3.4 °C18 January 1951	21.3 °C	70 mm	173	0
1950	40.1 °C20 April 1950	-1.0 °C9 February 1950	21.0 °C	78 mm	163	1
1949	41.2 °C3 June 1949	2.5 °C20 February 1949	20.2 °C	64 mm	155	0
1948	40.0 °C14 June 1948	4.0 °C31 December 1948	20.4 °C	70 mm	151	0
1947	40.5 °C4 September 1947	4.4 °C19 December 1947	21.4 °C	47 mm	167	0
1946	42.9 °C25 May 1946	4.3 °C29 December 1946	21.5 °C	45 mm	171	0
1945	41.7 °C1 August 1945	0.8 °C4 January 1945	20.6 °C	53 mm	158	0
1944	47.6 °C14 June 1944	3.2 °C10 February 1944	21.0 °C	45 mm	164	0
1943	41.7 °C24 July 1943	4.6 °C7 March 1943	20.8 °C	81 mm	151	0
1942	44.6 °C6 May 1942	0.5 °C8 January 1942	21.1 °C	41 mm	172	0
1941	45.3 °C10 May 1941	3.6 °C29 December 1941	21.5 °C	38 mm	175	0
1940	43.2 °C18 May 1940	4.1 °C24 December 1940	21.0 °C	42 mm	168	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.1 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

159 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

28 mm

-18 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.3 °C	+1.6 °C	3 mm	-6 mm
Feb	19.0 °C	-1.8 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Mar	24.6 °C	+1.2 °C	3 mm	-5 mm
Apr	26.4 °C	-0.7 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
May	30.6 °C	+0.3 °C	10 mm	+8 mm
Jun	32.9 °C	-0.2 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Jul	35.1 °C	+0.7 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Aug	34.5 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	32.5 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	29.9 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	+2.1 °C	2 mm	-4 mm
Dec	22.4 °C	+1.2 °C	5 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.9 °C

26 May 2025

Coldest day

6.2 °C

14 Feb 2025

Wettest day

4.6 mm

3 May 2025

Windiest day

32.4 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

13 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.2 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.7 °C

14 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

7 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 46 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

The hottest day measured in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1970, reaching 48.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

The coldest day measured in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at -1.0 °C.

Does it snow in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

Almost never: Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar warmed?

Yes: Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

The wettest day measured in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1975, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

The windiest day measured in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 51.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

The warmest month in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar is August (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar receives on average 46 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 12 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

Yes: Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar has on average 118 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar?

In Munsha‘at Abū ‘Umar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 7 June 1961, and the lowest was -4.3 °C on 9 February 1950.

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