Bet Shean climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bet Shean?

Bet Shean has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 315 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bet Shean?

The hottest day measured in Bet Shean between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2015, reaching 44.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bet Shean?

The coldest day measured in Bet Shean between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 2008, at -1.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bet Shean?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bet Shean warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Bet Shean?

The wettest day measured in Bet Shean between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2013, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bet Shean?

The windiest day measured in Bet Shean between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2001, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bet Shean?

The warmest month in Bet Shean is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bet Shean?

Bet Shean receives on average 315 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 49 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bet Shean?

Bet Shean gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bet Shean (Israel) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 315 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Bet Shean averages 0 frost days, 155 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 49 rainy days per year.

Bet Shean has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.6 °C (on 2 August 2015) and the coldest -1.4 °C (on 15 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

Bet SheanNorthern District

coords: 32.50°, 35.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

26.7°C

Average daily low

15.2°C

Annual rainfall

315mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

12.4km/h

Seasonal range

16.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

155 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

49 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.0 °C

Average feels-like low

15.4 °C

Average peak gust

32.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

111 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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

44.6 °C

2 August 2015

Coldest day

-1.4 °C

15 January 2008

Wettest day

53 mm

8 January 2013

Windiest day

31.3 km/h

20 February 2001

Strongest gust

90.7 km/h

20 February 2001

Hottest feels-like

48.6 °C

20 August 2010

Coldest feels-like

-5.3 °C

8 February 1950

Snowiest day

0.5 cm

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.6 h

25 June 1944

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	43.7 °C13 August 2025	0.7 °C25 February 2025	22.5 °C	215 mm	185	0
2024	42.2 °C3 June 2024	5.8 °C1 February 2024	22.5 °C	262 mm	165	0
2023	41.4 °C2 June 2023	4.7 °C18 February 2023	22.3 °C	339 mm	182	0
2022	41.1 °C28 August 2022	1.0 °C18 January 2022	21.5 °C	269 mm	170	0
2021	40.6 °C7 August 2021	4.0 °C25 January 2021	22.1 °C	229 mm	189	0
2020	44.4 °C4 September 2020	4.8 °C25 January 2020	21.9 °C	372 mm	171	0
2019	42.9 °C23 May 2019	4.2 °C22 December 2019	21.6 °C	358 mm	181	0
2018	42.4 °C25 July 2018	5.5 °C1 February 2018	22.2 °C	430 mm	170	0
2017	41.4 °C3 July 2017	2.2 °C17 February 2017	21.5 °C	151 mm	161	0
2016	41.8 °C16 May 2016	0.9 °C28 January 2016	21.8 °C	306 mm	178	0
2015	44.6 °C2 August 2015	1.7 °C10 January 2015	21.4 °C	243 mm	162	0
2014	41.0 °C28 June 2014	3.0 °C5 February 2014	21.3 °C	220 mm	151	0
2013	38.7 °C13 September 2013	1.9 °C15 December 2013	21.1 °C	312 mm	166	0
2012	41.3 °C18 July 2012	3.2 °C20 February 2012	21.5 °C	392 mm	182	0
2011	40.0 °C30 July 2011	2.6 °C6 December 2011	20.6 °C	324 mm	152	0
2010	43.4 °C20 August 2010	3.9 °C7 February 2010	22.7 °C	199 mm	192	0
2009	40.8 °C1 July 2009	2.1 °C14 January 2009	21.3 °C	269 mm	170	0
2008	41.1 °C24 April 2008	-1.4 °C15 January 2008	21.1 °C	234 mm	156	3
2007	40.9 °C28 July 2007	2.5 °C31 December 2007	21.0 °C	264 mm	164	0
2006	40.8 °C29 September 2006	2.5 °C17 December 2006	20.5 °C	262 mm	154	0
2005	39.4 °C15 August 2005	2.2 °C13 February 2005	20.5 °C	285 mm	158	0
2004	41.1 °C14 July 2004	0.9 °C17 December 2004	20.9 °C	291 mm	172	0
2003	39.6 °C29 May 2003	5.9 °C17 January 2003	21.0 °C	416 mm	168	0
2002	43.7 °C9 June 2002	3.8 °C14 January 2002	21.2 °C	431 mm	157	0
2001	42.7 °C2 June 2001	3.2 °C28 January 2001	21.6 °C	215 mm	170	0
2000	42.3 °C30 July 2000	2.9 °C14 January 2000	20.8 °C	296 mm	155	0
1999	41.4 °C23 May 1999	3.6 °C30 November 1999	21.4 °C	168 mm	169	0
1998	42.6 °C9 August 1998	2.7 °C10 January 1998	21.4 °C	292 mm	162	0
1997	39.6 °C8 June 1997	1.1 °C8 February 1997	20.4 °C	329 mm	156	0
1996	41.0 °C6 September 1996	4.2 °C25 January 1996	20.7 °C	332 mm	154	0
1995	41.7 °C23 May 1995	4.9 °C25 January 1995	20.3 °C	219 mm	151	0
1994	42.2 °C13 September 1994	3.3 °C8 December 1994	20.8 °C	408 mm	169	0
1993	41.6 °C23 June 1993	-1.0 °C18 January 1993	20.0 °C	219 mm	151	1
1992	38.4 °C28 May 1992	-0.3 °C10 February 1992	19.0 °C	439 mm	139	1
1991	36.9 °C26 September 1991	2.8 °C27 January 1991	20.1 °C	425 mm	151	0
1990	39.2 °C27 May 1990	0.9 °C25 January 1990	20.1 °C	219 mm	150	0
1989	39.6 °C14 June 1989	-0.2 °C4 February 1989	20.0 °C	176 mm	155	1
1988	42.0 °C16 May 1988	3.2 °C15 November 1988	20.0 °C	419 mm	147	0
1987	40.9 °C15 September 1987	2.8 °C8 January 1987	19.7 °C	360 mm	141	0
1986	39.6 °C18 September 1986	3.3 °C8 December 1986	19.9 °C	337 mm	146	0
1985	40.9 °C3 June 1985	1.2 °C3 March 1985	20.0 °C	259 mm	148	0
1984	38.1 °C13 May 1984	1.9 °C8 December 1984	19.5 °C	356 mm	153	0
1983	42.2 °C11 July 1983	1.4 °C29 January 1983	19.2 °C	345 mm	139	0
1982	37.9 °C12 August 1982	1.5 °C5 February 1982	19.3 °C	293 mm	140	0
1981	39.2 °C25 September 1981	3.8 °C20 January 1981	19.8 °C	256 mm	149	0
1980	42.1 °C31 May 1980	1.6 °C2 February 1980	19.9 °C	388 mm	156	0
1979	39.3 °C24 June 1979	5.0 °C25 January 1979	20.5 °C	290 mm	155	0
1978	42.7 °C9 July 1978	3.5 °C14 January 1978	20.1 °C	263 mm	156	0
1977	42.2 °C24 August 1977	2.4 °C15 January 1977	19.9 °C	334 mm	141	0
1976	36.6 °C7 October 1976	1.6 °C3 March 1976	19.7 °C	255 mm	147	0
1975	38.7 °C27 May 1975	2.9 °C15 January 1975	19.8 °C	270 mm	129	0
1974	38.7 °C19 June 1974	1.7 °C24 January 1974	20.0 °C	359 mm	157	0
1973	40.2 °C21 July 1973	0.2 °C3 January 1973	19.9 °C	292 mm	151	0
1972	40.9 °C17 September 1972	0.5 °C27 December 1972	19.5 °C	341 mm	142	0
1971	38.9 °C19 June 1971	1.9 °C17 December 1971	19.7 °C	505 mm	139	0
1970	42.5 °C21 May 1970	2.5 °C21 December 1970	19.9 °C	314 mm	138	0
1969	41.6 °C22 May 1969	4.7 °C30 January 1969	20.2 °C	366 mm	136	0
1968	40.7 °C14 August 1968	1.6 °C2 February 1968	20.3 °C	361 mm	143	0
1967	38.1 °C21 May 1967	1.0 °C24 January 1967	19.4 °C	418 mm	123	0
1966	42.8 °C3 June 1966	3.7 °C23 March 1966	20.8 °C	291 mm	150	0
1965	41.9 °C13 June 1965	4.6 °C14 March 1965	20.2 °C	341 mm	147	0
1964	39.8 °C31 May 1964	0.1 °C19 January 1964	19.5 °C	354 mm	148	0
1963	40.2 °C7 June 1963	2.3 °C28 December 1963	20.8 °C	322 mm	141	0
1962	40.9 °C11 June 1962	4.7 °C22 February 1962	21.1 °C	176 mm	163	0
1961	41.9 °C7 June 1961	3.1 °C23 January 1961	19.8 °C	325 mm	140	0
1960	39.9 °C5 July 1960	3.4 °C24 January 1960	21.1 °C	208 mm	169	0
1959	38.9 °C10 June 1959	-0.2 °C28 February 1959	19.3 °C	263 mm	130	1
1958	39.9 °C14 June 1958	3.2 °C1 February 1958	20.6 °C	173 mm	143	0
1957	40.0 °C29 May 1957	-0.3 °C23 January 1957	20.0 °C	473 mm	150	2
1956	42.2 °C24 July 1956	2.8 °C31 March 1956	19.9 °C	345 mm	138	0
1955	38.9 °C12 June 1955	4.1 °C6 January 1955	20.7 °C	265 mm	161	0
1954	39.8 °C22 August 1954	1.6 °C18 January 1954	20.1 °C	407 mm	148	0
1953	39.1 °C26 September 1953	1.4 °C1 December 1953	19.4 °C	599 mm	136	0
1952	41.3 °C25 May 1952	2.8 °C4 March 1952	20.4 °C	305 mm	150	0
1951	38.5 °C10 September 1951	3.8 °C27 January 1951	20.4 °C	389 mm	144	0
1950	40.4 °C18 May 1950	-1.3 °C8 February 1950	19.9 °C	271 mm	154	5
1949	37.7 °C10 May 1949	-0.5 °C8 January 1949	19.0 °C	526 mm	134	3
1948	38.4 °C4 July 1948	1.0 °C31 December 1948	19.2 °C	448 mm	145	0
1947	39.3 °C16 September 1947	4.9 °C11 February 1947	20.8 °C	272 mm	169	0
1946	43.7 °C8 September 1946	2.8 °C24 January 1946	20.4 °C	236 mm	162	0
1945	41.6 °C11 July 1945	2.2 °C27 January 1945	19.6 °C	326 mm	146	0
1944	41.8 °C14 June 1944	3.3 °C17 January 1944	20.0 °C	338 mm	164	0
1943	41.7 °C30 September 1943	2.6 °C21 February 1943	20.0 °C	282 mm	146	0
1942	43.3 °C6 May 1942	-0.8 °C7 January 1942	20.1 °C	328 mm	159	3
1941	41.0 °C25 May 1941	4.4 °C2 January 1941	20.5 °C	410 mm	159	0
1940	43.1 °C2 June 1940	2.6 °C16 January 1940	20.1 °C	254 mm	159	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.5 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

185 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

215 mm

-100 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.0 °C	+3.2 °C	7 mm	-64 mm
Feb	16.6 °C	-1.4 °C	58 mm	-5 mm
Mar	24.8 °C	+4.0 °C	16 mm	-37 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+2.2 °C	8 mm	-13 mm
May	31.7 °C	+1.8 °C	5 mm	-1 mm
Jun	34.3 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	36.4 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	36.7 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	34.3 °C	+0.9 °C	6 mm	+4 mm
Oct	30.7 °C	+0.7 °C	1 mm	-9 mm
Nov	28.3 °C	+4.1 °C	38 mm	+8 mm
Dec	19.6 °C	+0.9 °C	77 mm	+19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.7 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest day

0.7 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

24.5 mm

27 Dec 2025

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

48.4 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.6 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

26 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bet Shean?

Bet Shean has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 315 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bet Shean?

The hottest day measured in Bet Shean between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2015, reaching 44.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bet Shean?

The coldest day measured in Bet Shean between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 2008, at -1.4 °C.

Does it snow in Bet Shean?

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

Has the climate of Bet Shean warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Bet Shean?

The wettest day measured in Bet Shean between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2013, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bet Shean?

The windiest day measured in Bet Shean between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2001, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bet Shean?

The warmest month in Bet Shean is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Bet Shean?

Bet Shean receives on average 315 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 49 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bet Shean?

Bet Shean gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bet Shean?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bet Shean between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, with 0.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Bet Shean?

Yes: Bet Shean has on average 111 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bet Shean?

In Bet Shean, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.6 °C on 20 August 2010, and the lowest was -5.3 °C on 8 February 1950.

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