Modiin climate — normals and trends

Modiin (Israel) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 306 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Modiin averages 0 frost days, 101 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 53 rainy days per year.

Modiin 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 41.3 °C (on 21 May 1970) and the coldest -2.4 °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

ModiinCentral District

coords
31.89°, 35.02°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

19.0°C

Average daily high

24.5°C

Average daily low

14.5°C

Annual rainfall

306mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

15.3km/h

Seasonal range

14.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

101 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

53 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.7 °C

Average feels-like low

14.2 °C

Average peak gust

35.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

70 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.6 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

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

41.3 °C

21 May 1970

Coldest day

-2.4 °C

7 February 1950

Wettest day

40 mm

6 December 1971

Windiest day

43.0 km/h

29 February 2012

Strongest gust

100.4 km/h

29 February 2012

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

2 August 2015

Coldest feels-like

-6.3 °C

8 February 1950

Snowiest day

0.8 cm

5 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.5 h

5 July 1958

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202539.6 °C17 May 20251.9 °C24 February 202520.5 °C198 mm1380
202438.4 °C25 April 20245.6 °C1 February 202420.4 °C263 mm1250
202340.2 °C2 June 20235.3 °C14 February 202320.7 °C331 mm1290
202236.4 °C28 August 20221.5 °C18 January 202219.9 °C252 mm1250
202138.1 °C19 April 20214.9 °C18 February 202120.6 °C226 mm1260
202040.0 °C19 May 20203.9 °C26 January 202020.3 °C364 mm1320
201940.9 °C23 May 20195.1 °C12 January 201920.0 °C347 mm1460
201839.0 °C18 May 20186.4 °C9 January 201820.8 °C446 mm1360
201737.3 °C9 May 20173.3 °C3 February 201720.0 °C148 mm1200
201639.5 °C15 May 20162.1 °C28 January 201620.2 °C275 mm1380
201540.5 °C27 May 20151.6 °C10 January 201519.7 °C292 mm1220
201438.8 °C4 June 20143.6 °C7 February 201419.8 °C233 mm1020
201336.0 °C2 June 20131.6 °C15 December 201319.8 °C283 mm1170
201237.2 °C1 August 20123.7 °C9 February 201219.9 °C352 mm1440
201137.2 °C10 October 20114.5 °C3 February 201119.3 °C312 mm1080
201039.3 °C20 October 20103.1 °C6 February 201021.2 °C244 mm1470
200937.9 °C18 October 20094.0 °C2 January 200919.9 °C286 mm1340
200838.6 °C24 April 20080.8 °C16 January 200819.8 °C211 mm1350
200737.8 °C10 June 20074.9 °C19 January 200719.4 °C273 mm1190
200638.4 °C29 September 20063.7 °C29 December 200619.0 °C253 mm1210
200535.5 °C15 August 20052.8 °C11 February 200519.1 °C277 mm1080
200437.3 °C14 July 20043.7 °C17 December 200419.4 °C276 mm1130
200340.5 °C29 May 20035.6 °C24 February 200319.6 °C345 mm1310
200240.7 °C8 June 20024.5 °C12 January 200219.8 °C354 mm1150
200137.6 °C27 May 20014.1 °C28 January 200119.9 °C215 mm1260
200037.5 °C29 July 20002.9 °C28 January 200019.1 °C273 mm1160
199939.3 °C23 May 19995.2 °C2 December 199919.8 °C152 mm1130
199838.5 °C9 September 19982.3 °C12 January 199819.9 °C252 mm1220
199737.2 °C8 June 19972.0 °C6 February 199718.8 °C344 mm900
199639.2 °C6 September 19964.7 °C3 February 199619.3 °C318 mm1050
199536.1 °C2 July 19955.1 °C21 January 199518.7 °C183 mm960
199437.7 °C13 September 19944.7 °C8 December 199419.2 °C419 mm1190
199337.7 °C22 June 19930.7 °C18 January 199318.6 °C200 mm1020
199234.5 °C28 May 19920.9 °C10 February 199217.5 °C426 mm690
199135.2 °C8 May 19912.9 °C27 January 199118.5 °C388 mm800
199035.3 °C17 June 19901.3 °C25 January 199018.6 °C250 mm920
198936.5 °C28 May 19891.6 °C5 January 198918.4 °C201 mm1150
198840.1 °C15 May 19884.1 °C14 November 198818.6 °C381 mm1080
198736.8 °C7 May 19873.5 °C28 January 198718.3 °C307 mm960
198636.5 °C24 September 19863.5 °C21 January 198618.5 °C324 mm980
198537.6 °C3 June 19852.7 °C2 March 198518.6 °C251 mm950
198435.5 °C25 May 19843.1 °C11 December 198418.2 °C292 mm980
198337.1 °C11 July 19831.8 °C29 January 198317.8 °C335 mm840
198234.6 °C16 May 19821.9 °C17 January 198217.9 °C273 mm910
198134.9 °C27 July 19813.7 °C25 January 198118.4 °C264 mm980
198039.7 °C31 May 19803.6 °C31 January 198018.6 °C355 mm940
197937.7 °C24 June 19794.6 °C6 January 197919.0 °C309 mm920
197838.2 °C8 September 19783.7 °C16 January 197818.7 °C236 mm990
197736.4 °C2 August 19773.6 °C8 January 197718.6 °C335 mm1060
197634.7 °C27 April 19760.8 °C2 March 197618.3 °C229 mm720
197536.0 °C27 May 19752.8 °C12 February 197518.5 °C280 mm860
197436.6 °C27 September 19741.7 °C23 January 197418.6 °C377 mm950
197337.0 °C29 September 19731.7 °C2 January 197318.5 °C263 mm1070
197236.9 °C17 September 19721.8 °C23 December 197218.2 °C364 mm750
197135.4 °C19 June 19712.4 °C17 December 197118.3 °C544 mm650
197041.3 °C21 May 19703.1 °C21 December 197018.5 °C317 mm640
196939.7 °C22 May 19694.2 °C29 January 196918.9 °C420 mm740
196839.1 °C18 May 19682.4 °C2 February 196818.8 °C343 mm740
196735.8 °C21 June 19671.5 °C24 January 196718.0 °C400 mm620
196638.5 °C3 June 19663.9 °C23 March 196619.3 °C302 mm860
196540.1 °C13 June 19655.1 °C24 February 196518.9 °C293 mm980
196437.4 °C30 May 1964-0.1 °C19 January 196418.1 °C352 mm691
196338.4 °C7 June 19633.9 °C28 December 196319.4 °C317 mm1120
196237.3 °C11 June 19624.8 °C23 February 196219.5 °C211 mm960
196140.9 °C7 June 19612.8 °C1 March 196118.3 °C337 mm750
196036.2 °C5 July 19603.7 °C25 January 196019.5 °C211 mm930
195938.0 °C10 June 1959-0.3 °C28 February 195917.8 °C248 mm541
195837.1 °C14 June 19583.2 °C1 February 195819.0 °C180 mm700
195738.2 °C29 May 19571.5 °C24 January 195718.6 °C443 mm790
195638.1 °C24 July 19564.0 °C31 March 195618.5 °C320 mm720
195534.1 °C3 October 19555.2 °C4 January 195519.0 °C267 mm710
195436.9 °C20 May 19541.9 °C14 January 195418.6 °C344 mm820
195336.5 °C16 June 19532.6 °C12 December 195317.9 °C546 mm730
195239.0 °C2 June 19524.2 °C4 March 195218.8 °C301 mm880
195134.2 °C11 August 19513.9 °C25 December 195118.7 °C388 mm900
195036.8 °C18 May 1950-2.4 °C7 February 195018.4 °C267 mm1004
194936.1 °C10 May 19491.3 °C20 February 194917.5 °C484 mm570
194834.9 °C6 June 19482.2 °C1 March 194817.9 °C401 mm840
194735.4 °C13 July 19475.5 °C26 December 194719.2 °C284 mm1110
194636.7 °C7 September 19463.9 °C24 January 194618.9 °C266 mm1060
194537.0 °C16 August 19453.1 °C26 January 194518.1 °C341 mm1060
194441.2 °C14 June 19443.2 °C17 January 194418.5 °C342 mm1020
194340.8 °C30 September 19431.3 °C7 March 194318.4 °C282 mm1080
194240.7 °C6 May 1942-0.6 °C5 January 194218.6 °C312 mm1002
194139.8 °C10 May 19415.3 °C1 January 194119.1 °C360 mm1080
194038.9 °C18 May 19403.5 °C16 January 194018.6 °C270 mm920

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
25.8 °C
+1.3 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
138 d/yr
+37
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
0
Annual rainfall
198 mm
-108 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan19.0 °C+3.2 °C14 mm-53 mm
Feb15.1 °C-1.7 °C43 mm-16 mm
Mar22.6 °C+3.3 °C18 mm-32 mm
Apr25.1 °C+1.7 °C5 mm-15 mm
May27.7 °C+0.6 °C8 mm+2 mm
Jun29.8 °C+0.1 °C0 mm-1 mm
Jul32.2 °C+0.8 °C0 mm-1 mm
Aug32.4 °C+0.6 °C0 mm-0 mm
Sep30.7 °C+0.2 °C2 mm+0 mm
Oct28.6 °C+0.8 °C2 mm-12 mm
Nov26.7 °C+3.8 °C33 mm+1 mm
Dec18.8 °C+1.0 °C75 mm+20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
39.6 °C
17 May 2025
Coldest day
1.9 °C
24 Feb 2025
Wettest day
21.5 mm
27 Dec 2025
Windiest day
33.8 km/h
6 Feb 2025
Strongest gust
69.8 km/h
6 Feb 2025
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
13 Aug 2025
Coldest feels-like
-1.5 °C
25 Feb 2025
Sunniest day
13.5 h
25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Modiin?

Modiin has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 306 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Modiin?

The hottest day measured in Modiin between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1970, reaching 41.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Modiin?

The coldest day measured in Modiin between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -2.4 °C.

Does it snow in Modiin?

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

Has the climate of Modiin warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Modiin?

The wettest day measured in Modiin between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1971, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Modiin?

The windiest day measured in Modiin between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 2012, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Modiin?

The warmest month in Modiin is August (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Modiin?

Modiin receives on average 306 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 53 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Modiin?

Modiin gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Modiin?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Modiin between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, with 0.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Modiin?

Yes: Modiin has on average 70 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Modiin?

In Modiin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 2 August 2015, and the lowest was -6.3 °C on 8 February 1950.

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