Kiryat Shmona climate — normals and trends
Kiryat Shmona (Israel) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 659 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Kiryat Shmona averages 3 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 72 rainy days per year.
Kiryat Shmona has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 8 September 1946) and the coldest -7.7 °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
Kiryat ShmonaNorthern District
- coords
- 33.21°, 35.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.6°C
Average daily high
21.9°C
Average daily low
12.1°C
Annual rainfall
659mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
15.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
72 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.7 cm
Average feels-like high
22.2 °C
Average feels-like low
11.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
38.3 °C
8 September 1946
Coldest day
-7.7 °C
7 February 1950
Wettest day
72 mm
18 December 1951
Windiest day
33.7 km/h
12 March 2021
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
20 February 2001
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
7 August 1987
Coldest feels-like
-12.6 °C
7 February 1950
Snowiest day
9.3 cm
9 February 1992
Sunniest day
13.6 h
29 June 2025
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 | 17.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 8 mm | -125 mm |
| Feb | 12.8 °C | -1.5 °C | 100 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 20.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 52 mm | -59 mm |
| Apr | 22.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 25 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 26.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 10 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 30.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 31.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 25.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 8 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 25.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 67 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 16.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 114 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kiryat Shmona?
Kiryat Shmona has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 659 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kiryat Shmona?
The hottest day measured in Kiryat Shmona between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 1946, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kiryat Shmona?
The coldest day measured in Kiryat Shmona between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -7.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kiryat Shmona?
Yes. Kiryat Shmona gets on average 1.7 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Kiryat Shmona warmed?
Yes: Kiryat Shmona warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kiryat Shmona?
The wettest day measured in Kiryat Shmona between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1951, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kiryat Shmona?
The windiest day measured in Kiryat Shmona between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2021, with winds reaching 33.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kiryat Shmona?
The warmest month in Kiryat Shmona is August (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kiryat Shmona?
Kiryat Shmona receives on average 659 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 72 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kiryat Shmona?
Kiryat Shmona gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kiryat Shmona?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kiryat Shmona between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1992, with 9.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kiryat Shmona?
Yes: Kiryat Shmona has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kiryat Shmona?
In Kiryat Shmona, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 7 August 1987, and the lowest was -12.6 °C on 7 February 1950.
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