Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah climate — normals and trends
Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah (Iraq) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 83 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 (37.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah averages 2 frost days, 207 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 17 rainy days per year.
Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 51.8 °C (on 10 August 2003) and the coldest -6.3 °C (on 20 January 1964).
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
Nāḩiyat ash ShināfīyahAl-Qadisiyah Governorate
- coords
- 31.58°, 44.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.0°C
Average daily high
31.8°C
Average daily low
18.2°C
Annual rainfall
83mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
35%
Average peak wind
21.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
207 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
17 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
29.2 °C
Average feels-like low
15.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
175 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · p = < 0.001
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
51.8 °C
10 August 2003
Coldest day
-6.3 °C
20 January 1964
Wettest day
45 mm
2 May 2013
Windiest day
58.2 km/h
11 May 2018
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
11 May 2018
Hottest feels-like
52.5 °C
26 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-12.4 °C
20 January 1964
Sunniest day
14.0 h
6 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 7 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 17.9 °C | -2.2 °C | 4 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 25.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 28 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 33.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 4 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 40.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 44.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 45.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 46.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 41.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 35.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 28.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 19.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 56 mm | +40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 83 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
The hottest day measured in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2003, reaching 51.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
The coldest day measured in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1964, at -6.3 °C.
Does it snow in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
Almost never: Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah warmed?
Yes: Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
The wettest day measured in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2013, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
The windiest day measured in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2018, with winds reaching 58.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
The warmest month in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah is July (37.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah receives on average 83 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 17 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
Yes: Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah has on average 175 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?
In Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 52.5 °C on 26 July 2020, and the lowest was -12.4 °C on 20 January 1964.
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