Ar Ruţbah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ar Ruţbah?

Ar Ruţbah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 87 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ar Ruţbah?

The hottest day measured in Ar Ruţbah between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1998, reaching 46.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ar Ruţbah?

The coldest day measured in Ar Ruţbah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 2008, at -11.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ar Ruţbah?

Almost never: Ar Ruţbah sees virtually no snow, with about 17 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ar Ruţbah warmed?

Yes: Ar Ruţbah warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ar Ruţbah?

The wettest day measured in Ar Ruţbah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1956, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ar Ruţbah?

The windiest day measured in Ar Ruţbah between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2003, with winds reaching 72.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ar Ruţbah?

The warmest month in Ar Ruţbah is July (30.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ar Ruţbah?

Ar Ruţbah receives on average 87 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 20 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ar Ruţbah?

Ar Ruţbah gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ar Ruţbah (Iraq) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 87 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 (30.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Ar Ruţbah averages 17 frost days, 153 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 20 rainy days per year.

Ar Ruţbah has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 23 to 11 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.5 °C (on 23 July 1998) and the coldest -11.4 °C (on 16 January 2008).

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

Ar RuţbahAl-Anbar Governorate

coords: 33.04°, 40.29°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.4°C

Average daily high

25.7°C

Average daily low

13.0°C

Annual rainfall

87mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

41%

Average peak wind

21.7km/h

Seasonal range

23.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

17 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

153 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

20 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.9 cm

Average feels-like high

22.9 °C

Average feels-like low

9.4 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

100 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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

46.5 °C

23 July 1998

Coldest day

-11.4 °C

16 January 2008

Wettest day

42 mm

17 April 1956

Windiest day

72.5 km/h

26 March 2003

Strongest gust

108.7 km/h

26 March 2003

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

5 August 2022

Coldest feels-like

-16.7 °C

19 January 1964

Snowiest day

5.0 cm

12 February 2005

Sunniest day

13.4 h

31 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.8 °C9 August 2025	-8.0 °C25 February 2025	21.1 °C	77 mm	177	8
2024	44.9 °C20 June 2024	-2.7 °C15 December 2024	21.5 °C	67 mm	166	4
2023	44.5 °C14 August 2023	-1.6 °C12 January 2023	21.5 °C	95 mm	159	2
2022	44.8 °C5 August 2022	-5.4 °C18 January 2022	21.0 °C	88 mm	167	9
2021	43.3 °C1 September 2021	-4.7 °C22 January 2021	21.7 °C	42 mm	178	7
2020	45.3 °C27 July 2020	-6.4 °C11 February 2020	21.3 °C	76 mm	171	6
2019	43.5 °C25 June 2019	-4.2 °C19 January 2019	20.8 °C	129 mm	169	5
2018	42.7 °C31 August 2018	-0.6 °C21 January 2018	21.2 °C	167 mm	164	1
2017	45.4 °C9 August 2017	-6.2 °C19 February 2017	21.1 °C	78 mm	162	20
2016	43.4 °C27 August 2016	-5.5 °C28 January 2016	21.0 °C	67 mm	165	16
2015	44.2 °C19 August 2015	-1.8 °C12 January 2015	20.6 °C	128 mm	174	12
2014	42.7 °C18 August 2014	-4.0 °C6 February 2014	20.5 °C	102 mm	157	5
2013	42.2 °C16 July 2013	-4.2 °C11 January 2013	19.8 °C	113 mm	152	17
2012	44.0 °C17 June 2012	-4.3 °C21 January 2012	20.3 °C	63 mm	169	15
2011	44.2 °C30 July 2011	-3.6 °C2 December 2011	19.3 °C	49 mm	151	23
2010	44.6 °C23 August 2010	-3.3 °C7 February 2010	21.8 °C	73 mm	172	5
2009	41.0 °C18 August 2009	-6.2 °C2 January 2009	19.9 °C	26 mm	154	15
2008	43.1 °C29 August 2008	-11.4 °C16 January 2008	19.7 °C	52 mm	162	36
2007	43.1 °C30 July 2007	-5.5 °C20 December 2007	19.8 °C	103 mm	161	29
2006	42.6 °C26 August 2006	-5.5 °C30 December 2006	19.8 °C	94 mm	160	25
2005	40.8 °C19 August 2005	-3.4 °C14 February 2005	19.7 °C	70 mm	156	19
2004	42.4 °C8 July 2004	-6.8 °C18 December 2004	19.6 °C	122 mm	160	23
2003	43.4 °C7 August 2003	-1.7 °C27 February 2003	19.7 °C	99 mm	164	8
2002	42.9 °C18 July 2002	-4.2 °C14 December 2002	19.8 °C	74 mm	156	19
2001	43.3 °C7 August 2001	-3.1 °C20 November 2001	20.2 °C	117 mm	154	7
2000	44.1 °C31 July 2000	-6.2 °C17 January 2000	19.5 °C	95 mm	151	16
1999	43.3 °C20 August 1999	-1.6 °C5 December 1999	20.3 °C	44 mm	164	8
1998	46.5 °C23 July 1998	-1.4 °C10 January 1998	20.5 °C	61 mm	156	5
1997	40.0 °C21 July 1997	-5.4 °C8 February 1997	18.7 °C	163 mm	153	16
1996	42.0 °C4 July 1996	-1.4 °C3 February 1996	20.0 °C	140 mm	160	5
1995	41.6 °C13 September 1995	-1.3 °C27 November 1995	19.4 °C	98 mm	147	8
1994	41.8 °C16 August 1994	-3.1 °C7 December 1994	19.6 °C	164 mm	157	7
1993	41.9 °C27 July 1993	-3.4 °C17 January 1993	18.9 °C	74 mm	150	19
1992	40.1 °C15 August 1992	-5.9 °C28 December 1992	17.6 °C	92 mm	137	39
1991	42.3 °C24 June 1991	-3.3 °C27 January 1991	19.3 °C	57 mm	143	18
1990	41.0 °C1 June 1990	-5.0 °C25 January 1990	19.2 °C	92 mm	154	18
1989	41.5 °C26 June 1989	-5.5 °C15 January 1989	19.4 °C	40 mm	166	31
1988	40.3 °C11 July 1988	-5.1 °C29 December 1988	18.8 °C	231 mm	143	11
1987	44.8 °C7 August 1987	-2.0 °C31 December 1987	19.4 °C	107 mm	150	3
1986	41.1 °C18 July 1986	-4.2 °C24 January 1986	19.4 °C	75 mm	140	10
1985	41.9 °C27 August 1985	-5.2 °C4 March 1985	19.3 °C	84 mm	156	21
1984	39.0 °C4 July 1984	-2.7 °C9 December 1984	18.5 °C	86 mm	149	13
1983	40.7 °C12 July 1983	-7.1 °C27 January 1983	18.3 °C	76 mm	140	26
1982	39.7 °C5 September 1982	-4.5 °C20 January 1982	17.7 °C	170 mm	130	28
1981	42.5 °C27 July 1981	-2.1 °C14 January 1981	19.4 °C	55 mm	151	6
1980	44.0 °C20 July 1980	-6.9 °C1 February 1980	19.3 °C	81 mm	151	12
1979	42.5 °C10 September 1979	-3.0 °C30 December 1979	20.0 °C	69 mm	159	4
1978	45.1 °C17 July 1978	-2.8 °C19 November 1978	19.5 °C	29 mm	163	13
1977	41.8 °C15 August 1977	-4.9 °C8 January 1977	18.9 °C	72 mm	145	19
1976	38.9 °C10 July 1976	-4.6 °C2 March 1976	18.2 °C	94 mm	140	18
1975	41.9 °C27 July 1975	-5.1 °C12 February 1975	18.4 °C	127 mm	139	19
1974	41.8 °C3 August 1974	-5.7 °C25 December 1974	18.6 °C	157 mm	162	21
1973	42.0 °C23 July 1973	-5.7 °C1 January 1973	18.7 °C	43 mm	145	36
1972	41.5 °C11 August 1972	-7.3 °C27 December 1972	18.0 °C	171 mm	159	41
1971	40.0 °C20 August 1971	-8.3 °C17 December 1971	18.4 °C	112 mm	144	21
1970	40.2 °C22 May 1970	-5.0 °C24 December 1970	19.0 °C	32 mm	150	23
1969	41.2 °C26 August 1969	-2.0 °C31 January 1969	19.4 °C	46 mm	151	3
1968	42.5 °C24 July 1968	-4.5 °C19 January 1968	19.0 °C	92 mm	147	17
1967	42.2 °C22 July 1967	-8.5 °C3 February 1967	17.6 °C	129 mm	121	21
1966	41.8 °C18 August 1966	-2.2 °C14 January 1966	19.6 °C	136 mm	143	3
1965	43.5 °C15 August 1965	-4.7 °C21 December 1965	19.0 °C	133 mm	140	15
1964	41.3 °C16 July 1964	-10.6 °C20 January 1964	18.1 °C	49 mm	140	36
1963	40.8 °C21 August 1963	-3.5 °C12 December 1963	19.4 °C	83 mm	145	14
1962	40.5 °C27 August 1962	-2.3 °C22 February 1962	20.1 °C	22 mm	152	6
1961	42.1 °C26 July 1961	-3.4 °C9 January 1961	18.3 °C	77 mm	143	16
1960	40.7 °C25 July 1960	-1.8 °C25 January 1960	19.4 °C	89 mm	148	8
1959	39.5 °C21 June 1959	-5.8 °C10 February 1959	18.1 °C	70 mm	135	41
1958	41.4 °C25 August 1958	-5.6 °C1 February 1958	19.2 °C	32 mm	146	13
1957	43.7 °C5 August 1957	-4.6 °C8 January 1957	18.8 °C	88 mm	136	24
1956	41.6 °C7 August 1956	-4.6 °C12 December 1956	18.5 °C	138 mm	136	18
1955	40.0 °C31 July 1955	-2.9 °C6 January 1955	19.6 °C	37 mm	157	13
1954	42.2 °C23 August 1954	-4.3 °C15 January 1954	19.4 °C	71 mm	150	9
1953	42.6 °C23 July 1953	-6.4 °C30 November 1953	18.4 °C	65 mm	157	27
1952	42.1 °C24 August 1952	-2.1 °C12 January 1952	19.4 °C	58 mm	165	9
1951	42.2 °C15 August 1951	-4.0 °C24 January 1951	19.3 °C	58 mm	144	17
1950	39.0 °C21 August 1950	-9.1 °C8 February 1950	18.3 °C	86 mm	152	33
1949	41.4 °C17 June 1949	-6.4 °C10 January 1949	17.8 °C	139 mm	149	27
1948	40.5 °C4 July 1948	-8.4 °C31 December 1948	18.4 °C	59 mm	138	27
1947	40.5 °C29 June 1947	-9.2 °C27 December 1947	19.8 °C	89 mm	150	9
1946	38.8 °C26 May 1946	-5.9 °C24 January 1946	18.8 °C	77 mm	142	20
1945	43.7 °C29 July 1945	-5.8 °C23 December 1945	18.4 °C	47 mm	147	42
1944	40.1 °C15 June 1944	-6.8 °C16 January 1944	19.0 °C	71 mm	147	19
1943	40.9 °C17 July 1943	-2.7 °C27 December 1943	19.5 °C	96 mm	162	27
1942	41.6 °C23 June 1942	-9.3 °C7 January 1942	19.2 °C	102 mm	165	27
1941	39.8 °C24 July 1941	-1.2 °C4 January 1941	19.6 °C	49 mm	146	9
1940	39.9 °C10 August 1940	-8.1 °C14 January 1940	19.1 °C	69 mm	147	15

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.4 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

177 d/yr

+24

Frost days (< 0 °C)

8 d/yr

-9

Annual rainfall

77 mm

-10 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	14.4 °C	+1.9 °C	9 mm	-3 mm
Feb	13.3 °C	-1.6 °C	7 mm	-6 mm
Mar	20.6 °C	+1.5 °C	38 mm	+22 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	+2.3 °C	6 mm	-5 mm
May	33.3 °C	+2.6 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Jun	37.2 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	38.8 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	39.2 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	34.7 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Nov	24.4 °C	+4.6 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Dec	14.8 °C	+0.7 °C	15 mm	+2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.8 °C

9 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-8.0 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

15.5 mm

8 Mar 2025

Windiest day

55.6 km/h

29 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

85.0 km/h

29 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.6 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-13.4 °C

25 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

0.4 cm

23 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

31 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ar Ruţbah?

Ar Ruţbah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 87 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ar Ruţbah?

The hottest day measured in Ar Ruţbah between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1998, reaching 46.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ar Ruţbah?

The coldest day measured in Ar Ruţbah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 2008, at -11.4 °C.

Does it snow in Ar Ruţbah?

Almost never: Ar Ruţbah sees virtually no snow, with about 17 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ar Ruţbah warmed?

Yes: Ar Ruţbah warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ar Ruţbah?

The wettest day measured in Ar Ruţbah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1956, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ar Ruţbah?

The windiest day measured in Ar Ruţbah between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2003, with winds reaching 72.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ar Ruţbah?

The warmest month in Ar Ruţbah is July (30.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Ar Ruţbah?

Ar Ruţbah receives on average 87 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 20 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ar Ruţbah?

Ar Ruţbah gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ar Ruţbah?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ar Ruţbah between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 2005, with 5.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Ar Ruţbah?

Yes: Ar Ruţbah has on average 100 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ar Ruţbah?

In Ar Ruţbah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 5 August 2022, and the lowest was -16.7 °C on 19 January 1964.

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