Bet Shemesh climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bet Shemesh?

Bet Shemesh has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 209 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bet Shemesh between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 41.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bet Shemesh?

The coldest day measured in Bet Shemesh between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -4.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bet Shemesh?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bet Shemesh warmed?

Yes: Bet Shemesh warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bet Shemesh?

The wettest day measured in Bet Shemesh between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1991, with 33 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bet Shemesh?

The windiest day measured in Bet Shemesh between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 2012, with winds reaching 45.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bet Shemesh?

The warmest month in Bet Shemesh is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bet Shemesh?

Bet Shemesh receives on average 209 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bet Shemesh?

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

Bet Shemesh (Israel) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 209 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 (26.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Bet Shemesh averages 0 frost days, 104 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 42 rainy days per year.

Bet Shemesh has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 7 June 1961) and the coldest -4.0 °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

Bet ShemeshJerusalem

coords: 31.73°, 34.99°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.2°C

Average daily high

24.5°C

Average daily low

14.8°C

Annual rainfall

209mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

15.0km/h

Seasonal range

15.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

104 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

42 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

24.4 °C

Average feels-like low

14.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

81 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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

41.7 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest day

-4.0 °C

7 February 1950

Wettest day

33 mm

22 March 1991

Windiest day

45.5 km/h

29 February 2012

Strongest gust

99.4 km/h

29 February 2012

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

20 August 2010

Coldest feels-like

-7.3 °C

7 February 1950

Snowiest day

2.0 cm

5 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.5 h

27 June 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.5 °C17 May 2025	1.0 °C25 February 2025	20.5 °C	185 mm	139	0
2024	38.5 °C25 April 2024	5.0 °C1 February 2024	20.5 °C	156 mm	127	0
2023	40.1 °C2 June 2023	5.1 °C14 February 2023	20.9 °C	238 mm	127	0
2022	36.4 °C28 August 2022	3.1 °C18 January 2022	20.1 °C	181 mm	129	0
2021	38.2 °C19 April 2021	4.6 °C18 February 2021	20.9 °C	138 mm	129	0
2020	40.0 °C19 May 2020	4.0 °C26 January 2020	20.5 °C	270 mm	134	0
2019	40.6 °C23 May 2019	4.8 °C12 January 2019	20.1 °C	245 mm	144	0
2018	38.8 °C16 June 2018	6.6 °C9 January 2018	20.9 °C	332 mm	137	0
2017	37.8 °C3 July 2017	3.2 °C3 February 2017	20.2 °C	99 mm	118	0
2016	39.4 °C15 May 2016	1.3 °C28 January 2016	20.5 °C	157 mm	137	0
2015	40.9 °C27 May 2015	1.3 °C10 January 2015	19.9 °C	236 mm	126	0
2014	38.6 °C4 June 2014	4.2 °C7 February 2014	20.1 °C	175 mm	105	0
2013	36.0 °C2 June 2013	1.2 °C15 December 2013	20.0 °C	200 mm	122	0
2012	37.5 °C18 July 2012	3.6 °C9 February 2012	20.1 °C	226 mm	139	0
2011	36.8 °C25 July 2011	4.8 °C3 February 2011	19.5 °C	186 mm	111	0
2010	39.0 °C20 October 2010	3.1 °C6 February 2010	21.5 °C	156 mm	147	0
2009	37.9 °C1 July 2009	3.9 °C2 January 2009	20.2 °C	166 mm	136	0
2008	38.7 °C24 April 2008	1.1 °C15 January 2008	20.1 °C	129 mm	136	0
2007	38.4 °C10 June 2007	4.5 °C31 December 2007	19.7 °C	169 mm	119	0
2006	37.8 °C29 September 2006	4.0 °C29 December 2006	19.3 °C	153 mm	123	0
2005	36.2 °C15 August 2005	3.1 °C11 February 2005	19.4 °C	167 mm	110	0
2004	37.7 °C14 July 2004	4.1 °C17 December 2004	19.6 °C	191 mm	113	0
2003	41.5 °C29 May 2003	4.9 °C24 February 2003	19.8 °C	217 mm	136	0
2002	40.5 °C8 June 2002	4.1 °C10 January 2002	19.9 °C	279 mm	122	0
2001	37.5 °C27 May 2001	4.7 °C27 January 2001	20.0 °C	144 mm	124	0
2000	38.3 °C30 July 2000	2.3 °C28 January 2000	19.4 °C	185 mm	121	0
1999	39.0 °C23 May 1999	5.5 °C22 February 1999	20.1 °C	84 mm	117	0
1998	38.6 °C9 September 1998	1.8 °C12 January 1998	20.1 °C	151 mm	123	0
1997	37.2 °C8 June 1997	2.2 °C6 February 1997	19.0 °C	237 mm	99	0
1996	38.8 °C12 May 1996	4.6 °C20 January 1996	19.5 °C	188 mm	111	0
1995	36.5 °C2 July 1995	5.2 °C16 December 1995	19.0 °C	123 mm	104	0
1994	38.1 °C22 April 1994	5.2 °C9 December 1994	19.4 °C	288 mm	120	0
1993	37.7 °C22 June 1993	1.2 °C15 February 1993	18.9 °C	150 mm	109	0
1992	35.2 °C27 June 1992	0.9 °C10 February 1992	17.7 °C	308 mm	76	0
1991	35.7 °C8 May 1991	3.1 °C27 January 1991	18.7 °C	298 mm	88	0
1990	35.9 °C17 June 1990	2.7 °C20 February 1990	18.8 °C	195 mm	103	0
1989	36.5 °C28 May 1989	1.4 °C5 January 1989	18.7 °C	140 mm	122	0
1988	40.1 °C15 May 1988	4.3 °C20 January 1988	18.8 °C	262 mm	110	0
1987	37.1 °C7 May 1987	3.1 °C28 January 1987	18.6 °C	215 mm	102	0
1986	36.1 °C24 September 1986	3.6 °C21 January 1986	18.7 °C	235 mm	107	0
1985	37.7 °C3 June 1985	2.5 °C4 March 1985	18.9 °C	174 mm	102	0
1984	36.1 °C25 May 1984	3.2 °C8 December 1984	18.5 °C	170 mm	105	0
1983	37.2 °C11 July 1983	2.8 °C29 January 1983	17.9 °C	208 mm	84	0
1982	34.7 °C29 June 1982	1.8 °C17 January 1982	18.1 °C	203 mm	92	0
1981	35.3 °C27 July 1981	3.8 °C25 January 1981	18.7 °C	135 mm	106	0
1980	39.7 °C31 May 1980	3.0 °C2 February 1980	18.9 °C	240 mm	102	0
1979	38.1 °C2 April 1979	4.4 °C6 January 1979	19.3 °C	231 mm	94	0
1978	38.3 °C8 September 1978	4.2 °C16 January 1978	19.1 °C	145 mm	106	0
1977	36.7 °C24 August 1977	3.7 °C8 January 1977	18.9 °C	217 mm	110	0
1976	35.3 °C15 April 1976	1.1 °C2 March 1976	18.6 °C	140 mm	82	0
1975	35.9 °C27 May 1975	3.1 °C12 February 1975	18.7 °C	194 mm	91	0
1974	35.9 °C27 September 1974	1.5 °C23 January 1974	18.8 °C	308 mm	95	0
1973	36.7 °C21 July 1973	2.7 °C1 January 1973	18.9 °C	168 mm	112	0
1972	36.4 °C17 September 1972	2.0 °C23 December 1972	18.4 °C	287 mm	81	0
1971	35.4 °C19 June 1971	2.6 °C17 December 1971	18.6 °C	390 mm	72	0
1970	41.7 °C21 May 1970	2.7 °C21 December 1970	18.8 °C	207 mm	78	0
1969	39.6 °C22 May 1969	3.6 °C29 January 1969	19.2 °C	316 mm	93	0
1968	39.5 °C18 May 1968	2.4 °C2 February 1968	19.0 °C	225 mm	80	0
1967	36.6 °C21 June 1967	3.1 °C24 January 1967	18.1 °C	308 mm	74	0
1966	38.7 °C3 June 1966	4.0 °C23 March 1966	19.6 °C	218 mm	87	0
1965	40.0 °C13 June 1965	5.2 °C10 January 1965	19.0 °C	202 mm	98	0
1964	37.3 °C30 May 1964	0.3 °C19 January 1964	18.3 °C	238 mm	73	0
1963	39.1 °C7 June 1963	4.6 °C28 January 1963	19.6 °C	240 mm	115	0
1962	37.3 °C11 June 1962	4.4 °C22 February 1962	19.8 °C	112 mm	104	0
1961	41.7 °C7 June 1961	3.0 °C1 March 1961	18.5 °C	221 mm	87	0
1960	37.0 °C5 July 1960	3.2 °C24 January 1960	19.8 °C	152 mm	94	0
1959	38.0 °C10 June 1959	-0.6 °C28 February 1959	18.0 °C	162 mm	56	1
1958	36.7 °C14 June 1958	3.5 °C1 February 1958	19.2 °C	103 mm	74	0
1957	37.8 °C29 May 1957	0.9 °C23 January 1957	18.8 °C	293 mm	83	0
1956	37.8 °C24 July 1956	4.4 °C31 March 1956	18.8 °C	223 mm	74	0
1955	34.2 °C11 June 1955	5.8 °C5 January 1955	19.2 °C	163 mm	66	0
1954	37.5 °C20 May 1954	2.1 °C14 January 1954	18.8 °C	230 mm	84	0
1953	36.5 °C16 June 1953	3.0 °C12 December 1953	18.1 °C	357 mm	73	0
1952	38.5 °C2 June 1952	4.8 °C22 January 1952	19.0 °C	206 mm	91	0
1951	34.6 °C17 May 1951	4.2 °C25 December 1951	18.9 °C	267 mm	88	0
1950	36.4 °C18 May 1950	-4.0 °C7 February 1950	18.5 °C	180 mm	98	4
1949	36.5 °C10 May 1949	1.3 °C20 February 1949	17.7 °C	368 mm	60	0
1948	35.3 °C6 June 1948	2.4 °C1 March 1948	18.0 °C	271 mm	80	0
1947	34.9 °C13 July 1947	6.2 °C11 February 1947	19.5 °C	187 mm	111	0
1946	37.1 °C25 May 1946	3.7 °C24 January 1946	19.1 °C	178 mm	109	0
1945	36.7 °C2 August 1945	3.8 °C2 March 1945	18.2 °C	236 mm	106	0
1944	40.6 °C14 June 1944	3.6 °C23 January 1944	18.7 °C	221 mm	101	0
1943	39.9 °C30 September 1943	1.5 °C7 March 1943	18.6 °C	190 mm	105	0
1942	40.7 °C6 May 1942	-1.0 °C5 January 1942	18.9 °C	198 mm	106	2
1941	39.2 °C10 May 1941	4.9 °C26 December 1941	19.3 °C	230 mm	106	0
1940	38.3 °C18 May 1940	3.8 °C16 January 1940	18.7 °C	191 mm	84	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.7 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

139 d/yr

+35

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

186 mm

-24 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.2 °C	+2.7 °C	13 mm	-32 mm
Feb	14.6 °C	-1.9 °C	32 mm	-8 mm
Mar	22.0 °C	+2.9 °C	25 mm	-10 mm
Apr	25.0 °C	+1.5 °C	4 mm	-9 mm
May	28.0 °C	+0.5 °C	7 mm	+3 mm
Jun	30.5 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	32.9 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	32.9 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Sep	30.9 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	28.3 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Nov	26.0 °C	+3.6 °C	28 mm	+6 mm
Dec	18.3 °C	+0.8 °C	74 mm	+37 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.5 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

1.0 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

17.5 mm

28 Dec 2025

Windiest day

35.0 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

70.6 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.2 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

29 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bet Shemesh?

Bet Shemesh has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 209 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bet Shemesh?

The hottest day measured in Bet Shemesh between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 41.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bet Shemesh?

The coldest day measured in Bet Shemesh between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -4.0 °C.

Does it snow in Bet Shemesh?

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

Has the climate of Bet Shemesh warmed?

Yes: Bet Shemesh warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bet Shemesh?

The wettest day measured in Bet Shemesh between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1991, with 33 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bet Shemesh?

The windiest day measured in Bet Shemesh between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 2012, with winds reaching 45.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bet Shemesh?

The warmest month in Bet Shemesh is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Bet Shemesh?

Bet Shemesh receives on average 209 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 42 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bet Shemesh?

Bet Shemesh 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 Bet Shemesh?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bet Shemesh between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, with 2.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Bet Shemesh?

Yes: Bet Shemesh has on average 81 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bet Shemesh?

In Bet Shemesh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 20 August 2010, and the lowest was -7.3 °C on 7 February 1950.

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