Arad climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Arad?

Arad has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 131 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Arad between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 44.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Arad?

The coldest day measured in Arad between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -3.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Arad?

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

Q: Has the climate of Arad warmed?

Yes: Arad warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Arad?

The wettest day measured in Arad between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1987, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Arad?

The windiest day measured in Arad between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 2012, with winds reaching 42.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Arad?

The warmest month in Arad is August (29.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Arad?

Arad receives on average 131 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 28 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Arad?

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

Arad (Israel) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 131 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 (29.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Arad averages 0 frost days, 160 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 28 rainy days per year.

Arad has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.9 °C (on 7 June 1961) and the coldest -3.2 °C (on 7 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

AradSouthern District

coords: 31.26°, 35.21°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

26.9°C

Average daily low

16.0°C

Annual rainfall

131mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

55%

Average peak wind

14.3km/h

Seasonal range

17.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

160 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

28 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

26.3 °C

Average feels-like low

15.3 °C

Average peak gust

30.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

122 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °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

44.9 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest day

-3.2 °C

7 February 1950

Wettest day

56 mm

17 October 1987

Windiest day

42.1 km/h

29 February 2012

Strongest gust

87.5 km/h

7 January 2015

Hottest feels-like

47.6 °C

13 August 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.7 °C

7 February 1950

Snowiest day

2.4 cm

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.4 h

27 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.3 °C13 August 2025	3.0 °C25 February 2025	22.4 °C	137 mm	181	0
2024	43.3 °C14 June 2024	6.1 °C1 February 2024	22.7 °C	69 mm	176	0
2023	43.1 °C13 August 2023	5.8 °C14 February 2023	22.7 °C	147 mm	174	0
2022	41.0 °C29 August 2022	3.7 °C16 March 2022	22.1 °C	82 mm	169	0
2021	41.1 °C5 August 2021	6.3 °C24 January 2021	22.7 °C	63 mm	185	0
2020	43.5 °C4 September 2020	4.6 °C25 January 2020	22.4 °C	172 mm	179	0
2019	43.2 °C24 May 2019	6.3 °C11 January 2019	22.1 °C	148 mm	172	0
2018	43.2 °C25 July 2018	7.2 °C9 January 2018	22.7 °C	201 mm	178	0
2017	43.0 °C3 July 2017	4.3 °C17 February 2017	22.1 °C	77 mm	162	0
2016	42.2 °C4 June 2016	3.3 °C28 January 2016	22.3 °C	105 mm	180	0
2015	43.1 °C2 August 2015	2.2 °C10 January 2015	21.8 °C	185 mm	167	0
2014	41.5 °C28 June 2014	5.6 °C5 February 2014	21.9 °C	103 mm	163	0
2013	40.1 °C24 May 2013	4.1 °C15 December 2013	21.8 °C	133 mm	169	0
2012	43.2 °C18 July 2012	4.7 °C9 February 2012	22.2 °C	103 mm	186	0
2011	41.8 °C30 July 2011	5.7 °C7 December 2011	21.3 °C	124 mm	160	0
2010	44.3 °C20 August 2010	5.3 °C6 February 2010	23.4 °C	118 mm	194	0
2009	41.4 °C1 July 2009	4.4 °C2 January 2009	22.0 °C	85 mm	172	0
2008	41.2 °C24 April 2008	0.8 °C15 January 2008	21.9 °C	86 mm	169	0
2007	42.3 °C26 July 2007	5.6 °C13 January 2007	21.6 °C	100 mm	182	0
2006	40.3 °C10 September 2006	4.9 °C30 January 2006	21.2 °C	112 mm	165	0
2005	40.6 °C15 August 2005	4.1 °C9 February 2005	21.3 °C	75 mm	163	0
2004	41.6 °C10 May 2004	4.0 °C17 December 2004	21.3 °C	133 mm	168	0
2003	43.2 °C29 May 2003	5.4 °C25 February 2003	21.6 °C	120 mm	181	0
2002	43.1 °C31 July 2002	5.1 °C11 January 2002	21.6 °C	159 mm	160	0
2001	40.5 °C2 June 2001	4.9 °C28 January 2001	21.9 °C	89 mm	168	0
2000	43.5 °C30 July 2000	3.3 °C29 January 2000	21.3 °C	98 mm	158	0
1999	40.2 °C21 August 1999	5.3 °C21 February 1999	21.9 °C	42 mm	172	0
1998	43.3 °C9 August 1998	2.7 °C12 January 1998	21.9 °C	100 mm	168	0
1997	40.3 °C8 June 1997	3.0 °C10 February 1997	20.8 °C	175 mm	162	0
1996	41.6 °C6 September 1996	5.3 °C25 January 1996	21.5 °C	133 mm	164	0
1995	40.7 °C2 July 1995	6.1 °C17 January 1995	20.9 °C	73 mm	154	0
1994	40.2 °C15 June 1994	5.3 °C8 December 1994	21.3 °C	168 mm	171	0
1993	41.3 °C6 June 1993	1.8 °C18 January 1993	20.8 °C	98 mm	162	0
1992	39.5 °C28 May 1992	2.9 °C5 January 1992	19.7 °C	148 mm	145	0
1991	38.0 °C13 May 1991	3.6 °C27 January 1991	20.7 °C	190 mm	153	0
1990	39.4 °C31 May 1990	3.4 °C25 January 1990	20.7 °C	130 mm	155	0
1989	39.3 °C14 June 1989	3.1 °C5 February 1989	20.7 °C	93 mm	160	0
1988	41.0 °C15 May 1988	4.7 °C18 January 1988	20.7 °C	197 mm	149	0
1987	41.2 °C7 August 1987	4.3 °C8 January 1987	20.6 °C	174 mm	147	0
1986	40.4 °C18 September 1986	5.6 °C21 January 1986	20.7 °C	175 mm	156	0
1985	40.9 °C23 August 1985	3.1 °C3 March 1985	20.8 °C	121 mm	156	0
1984	39.2 °C25 May 1984	5.0 °C8 December 1984	20.4 °C	91 mm	163	0
1983	42.0 °C11 July 1983	3.9 °C29 January 1983	19.9 °C	89 mm	145	0
1982	38.6 °C12 August 1982	3.0 °C17 January 1982	19.9 °C	146 mm	147	0
1981	40.1 °C2 September 1981	3.9 °C31 January 1981	20.6 °C	70 mm	161	0
1980	42.0 °C31 May 1980	3.9 °C30 January 1980	20.8 °C	176 mm	158	0
1979	40.8 °C24 June 1979	5.7 °C6 January 1979	21.3 °C	165 mm	168	0
1978	42.3 °C9 July 1978	4.2 °C14 January 1978	21.0 °C	79 mm	170	0
1977	42.7 °C23 August 1977	4.9 °C6 January 1977	20.8 °C	114 mm	152	0
1976	38.8 °C8 June 1976	2.2 °C2 March 1976	20.5 °C	67 mm	158	0
1975	39.2 °C11 June 1975	4.8 °C12 February 1975	20.4 °C	144 mm	145	0
1974	40.1 °C1 July 1974	2.2 °C24 January 1974	20.5 °C	271 mm	165	0
1973	41.2 °C21 July 1973	2.8 °C3 January 1973	20.7 °C	79 mm	165	0
1972	39.8 °C19 June 1972	3.2 °C27 December 1972	20.3 °C	182 mm	156	0
1971	39.8 °C20 June 1971	3.7 °C14 February 1971	20.4 °C	253 mm	150	0
1970	42.6 °C21 May 1970	3.6 °C21 December 1970	20.7 °C	101 mm	147	0
1969	42.7 °C16 June 1969	5.0 °C29 January 1969	21.1 °C	175 mm	154	0
1968	41.1 °C14 August 1968	3.4 °C2 February 1968	20.8 °C	159 mm	157	0
1967	40.1 °C21 June 1967	3.0 °C23 January 1967	19.7 °C	204 mm	127	0
1966	41.4 °C3 June 1966	5.1 °C23 March 1966	21.2 °C	163 mm	158	0
1965	41.0 °C7 June 1965	6.1 °C13 March 1965	20.7 °C	160 mm	146	0
1964	39.7 °C31 May 1964	1.2 °C19 January 1964	19.8 °C	130 mm	139	0
1963	42.7 °C7 June 1963	3.6 °C28 December 1963	21.5 °C	172 mm	154	0
1962	40.5 °C12 June 1962	4.7 °C22 February 1962	21.6 °C	53 mm	166	0
1961	44.9 °C7 June 1961	3.8 °C1 March 1961	20.2 °C	145 mm	142	0
1960	41.3 °C5 July 1960	4.2 °C25 January 1960	21.4 °C	142 mm	164	0
1959	40.9 °C11 June 1959	1.4 °C28 February 1959	19.8 °C	107 mm	136	0
1958	40.4 °C23 August 1958	4.9 °C4 February 1958	21.0 °C	55 mm	145	0
1957	39.5 °C21 August 1957	2.4 °C23 January 1957	20.6 °C	200 mm	149	0
1956	41.2 °C23 July 1956	4.5 °C14 January 1956	20.4 °C	149 mm	137	0
1955	40.2 °C12 June 1955	5.6 °C4 December 1955	21.0 °C	98 mm	159	0
1954	41.6 °C22 August 1954	3.3 °C14 January 1954	20.7 °C	119 mm	155	0
1953	40.3 °C20 July 1953	3.6 °C16 January 1953	19.9 °C	217 mm	153	0
1952	42.2 °C23 August 1952	4.2 °C22 January 1952	21.0 °C	92 mm	159	0
1951	38.5 °C10 September 1951	4.9 °C25 January 1951	20.8 °C	132 mm	152	0
1950	40.1 °C18 May 1950	-3.2 °C7 February 1950	20.4 °C	128 mm	158	2
1949	39.1 °C4 June 1949	2.9 °C20 February 1949	19.6 °C	211 mm	148	0
1948	39.7 °C4 July 1948	3.1 °C1 March 1948	19.7 °C	153 mm	135	0
1947	38.8 °C21 July 1947	5.3 °C20 January 1947	21.3 °C	122 mm	166	0
1946	39.1 °C25 May 1946	4.2 °C20 January 1946	20.9 °C	119 mm	156	0
1945	41.5 °C11 July 1945	3.5 °C1 February 1945	19.9 °C	145 mm	146	0
1944	41.8 °C14 June 1944	4.4 °C23 January 1944	20.5 °C	174 mm	158	0
1943	40.1 °C30 July 1943	3.1 °C7 March 1943	20.5 °C	134 mm	150	0
1942	42.5 °C7 May 1942	0.9 °C6 January 1942	20.8 °C	133 mm	170	0
1941	40.6 °C25 May 1941	4.9 °C27 December 1941	21.1 °C	137 mm	166	0
1940	40.3 °C1 June 1940	3.3 °C31 December 1940	20.4 °C	118 mm	154	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.4 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

181 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

137 mm

+6 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.2 °C	+2.0 °C	11 mm	-17 mm
Feb	16.2 °C	-1.4 °C	13 mm	-11 mm
Mar	23.3 °C	+2.2 °C	29 mm	+5 mm
Apr	28.3 °C	+1.8 °C	5 mm	-5 mm
May	32.3 °C	+1.1 °C	6 mm	+3 mm
Jun	35.8 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	37.9 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	37.7 °C	+1.8 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Sep	34.4 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	30.3 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Nov	26.6 °C	+3.5 °C	12 mm	-2 mm
Dec	18.6 °C	+0.7 °C	59 mm	+37 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.3 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest day

3.0 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

15.5 mm

7 Mar 2025

Windiest day

32.0 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.6 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.7 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

8 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Arad?

Arad has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 131 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arad?

The hottest day measured in Arad between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 44.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Arad?

The coldest day measured in Arad between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -3.2 °C.

Does it snow in Arad?

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

Has the climate of Arad warmed?

Yes: Arad warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Arad?

The wettest day measured in Arad between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1987, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Arad?

The windiest day measured in Arad between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 2012, with winds reaching 42.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Arad?

The warmest month in Arad is August (29.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Arad?

Arad receives on average 131 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 28 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Arad?

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

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arad?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arad between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, with 2.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Arad?

Yes: Arad has on average 122 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arad?

In Arad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.6 °C on 13 August 2025, and the lowest was -6.7 °C on 7 February 1950.

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