Samannūd climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Samannūd?

Samannūd has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 46 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Samannūd between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1944, reaching 47.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Samannūd?

The coldest day measured in Samannūd between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 0.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Samannūd?

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

Q: Has the climate of Samannūd warmed?

Yes: Samannūd warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Samannūd?

The wettest day measured in Samannūd between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Samannūd?

The windiest day measured in Samannūd between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 47.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Samannūd?

The warmest month in Samannūd is August (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Samannūd?

Samannūd receives on average 46 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 13 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Samannūd?

Samannūd gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Samannūd (Egypt) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.4 °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 (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Samannūd averages 0 frost days, 173 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 13 rainy days per year.

Samannūd has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.3 °C (on 14 June 1944) and the coldest 0.1 °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

SamannūdGharbia Governorate

coords: 30.96°, 31.24°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.4°C

Average daily high

28.3°C

Average daily low

15.9°C

Annual rainfall

46mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

17.3km/h

Seasonal range

14.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

173 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

13 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.0 °C

Average feels-like low

16.1 °C

Average peak gust

35.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

108 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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

47.3 °C

14 June 1944

Coldest day

0.1 °C

9 February 1950

Wettest day

39 mm

27 October 1961

Windiest day

47.6 km/h

26 March 1967

Strongest gust

97.2 km/h

1 February 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

29 July 2002

Coldest feels-like

-3.3 °C

7 February 1950

Sunniest day

14.0 h

20 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.3 °C11 May 2025	5.5 °C26 February 2025	22.3 °C	21 mm	170
2024	41.9 °C7 June 2024	5.2 °C1 February 2024	22.9 °C	33 mm	179
2023	40.6 °C6 August 2023	6.1 °C9 February 2023	23.1 °C	40 mm	197
2022	43.2 °C11 June 2022	4.6 °C18 January 2022	22.3 °C	46 mm	176
2021	42.0 °C8 May 2021	7.2 °C24 January 2021	22.9 °C	50 mm	199
2020	43.8 °C19 May 2020	6.1 °C26 January 2020	22.6 °C	74 mm	181
2019	45.2 °C23 May 2019	5.3 °C10 January 2019	22.4 °C	86 mm	186
2018	43.5 °C22 May 2018	7.5 °C7 January 2018	23.3 °C	35 mm	192
2017	42.1 °C1 July 2017	3.9 °C11 January 2017	22.7 °C	20 mm	173
2016	43.9 °C14 May 2016	6.0 °C26 January 2016	22.9 °C	17 mm	199
2015	45.1 °C27 May 2015	6.2 °C15 January 2015	22.3 °C	85 mm	172
2014	43.4 °C4 June 2014	6.8 °C30 December 2014	22.1 °C	25 mm	170
2013	41.8 °C8 June 2013	5.4 °C16 December 2013	21.9 °C	36 mm	171
2012	38.3 °C22 May 2012	5.7 °C9 February 2012	22.0 °C	38 mm	194
2011	39.4 °C10 October 2011	6.6 °C12 March 2011	21.5 °C	71 mm	158
2010	40.9 °C20 June 2010	4.9 °C7 February 2010	22.8 °C	17 mm	187
2009	40.3 °C18 October 2009	6.0 °C5 January 2009	22.2 °C	32 mm	178
2008	40.3 °C23 April 2008	5.3 °C19 January 2008	22.2 °C	45 mm	176
2007	40.2 °C29 May 2007	6.6 °C22 January 2007	21.7 °C	33 mm	179
2006	40.3 °C29 September 2006	5.9 °C14 January 2006	21.3 °C	38 mm	160
2005	38.5 °C26 September 2005	4.9 °C10 February 2005	21.4 °C	17 mm	163
2004	38.4 °C6 May 2004	6.2 °C20 February 2004	21.4 °C	34 mm	175
2003	39.4 °C29 May 2003	5.3 °C11 February 2003	21.6 °C	28 mm	183
2002	42.4 °C17 September 2002	5.6 °C4 January 2002	21.9 °C	55 mm	165
2001	40.4 °C27 May 2001	5.0 °C23 December 2001	21.9 °C	12 mm	170
2000	40.7 °C12 April 2000	4.7 °C31 January 2000	21.3 °C	42 mm	167
1999	40.5 °C22 June 1999	5.9 °C22 February 1999	22.4 °C	13 mm	189
1998	42.8 °C15 April 1998	6.6 °C25 March 1998	22.3 °C	52 mm	181
1997	42.2 °C8 June 1997	5.1 °C8 February 1997	21.3 °C	50 mm	168
1996	41.9 °C20 September 1996	3.2 °C25 January 1996	21.4 °C	53 mm	171
1995	42.1 °C1 July 1995	6.3 °C27 January 1995	21.0 °C	23 mm	156
1994	41.2 °C20 April 1994	6.1 °C4 February 1994	21.4 °C	69 mm	171
1993	40.2 °C17 April 1993	2.9 °C13 January 1993	20.9 °C	38 mm	172
1992	39.2 °C20 June 1992	4.2 °C10 February 1992	20.0 °C	55 mm	152
1991	38.7 °C8 May 1991	5.2 °C28 January 1991	20.5 °C	71 mm	162
1990	38.0 °C27 April 1990	5.0 °C15 December 1990	20.8 °C	45 mm	162
1989	39.2 °C28 May 1989	4.8 °C23 January 1989	20.6 °C	48 mm	173
1988	43.3 °C15 May 1988	5.7 °C21 December 1988	20.9 °C	58 mm	155
1987	40.6 °C27 May 1987	4.7 °C28 January 1987	20.4 °C	29 mm	148
1986	41.5 °C7 June 1986	6.1 °C24 December 1986	21.0 °C	45 mm	149
1985	39.3 °C29 April 1985	4.3 °C1 January 1985	21.1 °C	58 mm	156
1984	40.4 °C25 May 1984	6.2 °C17 February 1984	20.7 °C	20 mm	166
1983	39.9 °C10 July 1983	4.7 °C21 February 1983	20.3 °C	60 mm	159
1982	38.2 °C26 June 1982	5.3 °C29 January 1982	20.5 °C	37 mm	162
1981	40.8 °C23 April 1981	5.6 °C9 January 1981	20.8 °C	15 mm	178
1980	42.1 °C20 May 1980	5.9 °C4 March 1980	20.9 °C	31 mm	164
1979	43.8 °C2 April 1979	5.3 °C6 January 1979	21.3 °C	25 mm	178
1978	44.2 °C27 May 1978	3.6 °C6 January 1978	21.2 °C	40 mm	181
1977	43.3 °C31 May 1977	4.5 °C19 December 1977	21.3 °C	33 mm	166
1976	40.6 °C15 April 1976	3.8 °C2 March 1976	21.0 °C	20 mm	181
1975	39.9 °C15 June 1975	4.9 °C12 February 1975	21.2 °C	51 mm	182
1974	41.6 °C20 May 1974	5.9 °C25 January 1974	21.4 °C	84 mm	192
1973	42.9 °C10 June 1973	3.5 °C4 January 1973	21.3 °C	27 mm	187
1972	42.4 °C19 June 1972	6.0 °C5 February 1972	21.4 °C	80 mm	172
1971	40.4 °C19 June 1971	5.9 °C15 March 1971	21.3 °C	94 mm	169
1970	46.6 °C21 May 1970	2.8 °C21 December 1970	21.2 °C	58 mm	170
1969	44.2 °C16 June 1969	5.3 °C6 January 1969	21.4 °C	68 mm	171
1968	40.9 °C14 August 1968	4.8 °C8 January 1968	21.1 °C	61 mm	167
1967	43.4 °C21 June 1967	4.1 °C24 January 1967	20.4 °C	87 mm	155
1966	40.3 °C2 June 1966	3.8 °C9 December 1966	21.4 °C	71 mm	184
1965	41.9 °C13 June 1965	6.1 °C3 February 1965	20.6 °C	67 mm	151
1964	41.7 °C29 May 1964	4.2 °C7 January 1964	20.3 °C	53 mm	149
1963	41.0 °C18 June 1963	3.6 °C28 January 1963	21.0 °C	34 mm	152
1962	41.8 °C11 June 1962	6.5 °C23 February 1962	21.1 °C	19 mm	164
1961	42.9 °C30 May 1961	5.1 °C24 January 1961	20.3 °C	110 mm	146
1960	39.6 °C6 May 1960	5.2 °C31 December 1960	21.4 °C	31 mm	173
1959	43.0 °C10 June 1959	4.3 °C16 February 1959	20.4 °C	19 mm	152
1958	40.8 °C14 June 1958	6.9 °C28 January 1958	21.5 °C	20 mm	178
1957	42.8 °C15 April 1957	3.6 °C16 January 1957	21.2 °C	73 mm	184
1956	44.1 °C23 July 1956	4.4 °C21 December 1956	21.3 °C	28 mm	175
1955	43.9 °C30 July 1955	5.1 °C1 January 1955	21.9 °C	31 mm	194
1954	42.4 °C20 May 1954	4.1 °C1 February 1954	21.2 °C	58 mm	170
1953	43.8 °C16 June 1953	1.8 °C14 January 1953	20.8 °C	54 mm	181
1952	42.0 °C24 August 1952	4.1 °C22 January 1952	21.5 °C	35 mm	184
1951	41.5 °C9 September 1951	3.7 °C18 January 1951	21.5 °C	77 mm	183
1950	41.0 °C20 April 1950	0.1 °C9 February 1950	21.1 °C	48 mm	177
1949	43.8 °C3 June 1949	2.6 °C3 January 1949	20.4 °C	71 mm	175
1948	43.1 °C14 June 1948	4.3 °C1 March 1948	20.6 °C	61 mm	171
1947	41.1 °C4 September 1947	4.2 °C19 December 1947	21.8 °C	47 mm	189
1946	42.8 °C2 June 1946	4.0 °C11 February 1946	21.8 °C	40 mm	182
1945	43.5 °C16 August 1945	0.9 °C4 January 1945	20.8 °C	50 mm	169
1944	47.3 °C14 June 1944	3.6 °C20 February 1944	21.2 °C	46 mm	182
1943	43.5 °C30 September 1943	4.8 °C6 March 1943	21.1 °C	82 mm	171
1942	46.8 °C6 May 1942	0.7 °C5 January 1942	21.4 °C	36 mm	184
1941	46.3 °C10 May 1941	3.6 °C1 January 1941	21.7 °C	42 mm	182
1940	43.4 °C18 July 1940	3.4 °C24 December 1940	21.2 °C	41 mm	183

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

170 d/yr

-3

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

21 mm

-25 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.9 °C	+2.3 °C	2 mm	-8 mm
Feb	19.2 °C	-1.7 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Mar	25.3 °C	+1.5 °C	3 mm	-5 mm
Apr	26.9 °C	-1.2 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
May	31.6 °C	-0.3 °C	7 mm	+5 mm
Jun	34.2 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	35.4 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	35.2 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	33.6 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	30.8 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Nov	28.0 °C	+2.2 °C	3 mm	-3 mm
Dec	22.2 °C	+0.9 °C	3 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.3 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

5.5 °C

26 Feb 2025

Wettest day

4.9 mm

3 May 2025

Windiest day

29.8 km/h

13 May 2025

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

13 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.1 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.5 °C

26 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

21 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Samannūd?

Samannūd has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 46 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Samannūd?

The hottest day measured in Samannūd between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1944, reaching 47.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Samannūd?

The coldest day measured in Samannūd between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1950, at 0.1 °C.

Does it snow in Samannūd?

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

Has the climate of Samannūd warmed?

Yes: Samannūd warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Samannūd?

The wettest day measured in Samannūd between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 1961, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Samannūd?

The windiest day measured in Samannūd between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1967, with winds reaching 47.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Samannūd?

The warmest month in Samannūd is August (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Samannūd?

Samannūd receives on average 46 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 13 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Samannūd?

Samannūd gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Samannūd?

Yes: Samannūd has on average 108 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Samannūd?

In Samannūd, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 29 July 2002, and the lowest was -3.3 °C on 7 February 1950.

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