Ofakim climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ofakim?

Ofakim has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 154 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ofakim between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 45.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ofakim?

The coldest day measured in Ofakim between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -1.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ofakim?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ofakim warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ofakim?

The wettest day measured in Ofakim between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 1944, with 31 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ofakim?

The windiest day measured in Ofakim between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 2012, with winds reaching 49.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ofakim?

The warmest month in Ofakim is August (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ofakim?

Ofakim receives on average 154 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 33 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ofakim?

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

Ofakim (Israel) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 154 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Ofakim averages 0 frost days, 135 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 33 rainy days per year.

Ofakim 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 45.9 °C (on 7 June 1961) and the coldest -1.3 °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

OfakimSouthern District

coords: 31.31°, 34.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

20.2°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

15.4°C

Annual rainfall

154mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

17.5km/h

Seasonal range

14.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

135 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

33 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.2 °C

Average peak gust

33.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

99 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

45.9 °C

7 June 1961

Coldest day

-1.3 °C

7 February 1950

Wettest day

31 mm

6 November 1944

Windiest day

49.1 km/h

29 February 2012

Strongest gust

92.9 km/h

29 February 2012

Hottest feels-like

45.0 °C

13 August 2025

Coldest feels-like

-5.5 °C

7 February 1950

Snowiest day

1.6 cm

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.6 h

3 July 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.9 °C17 May 2025	2.4 °C25 February 2025	21.5 °C	146 mm	167	0
2024	42.2 °C25 April 2024	5.9 °C1 February 2024	21.7 °C	106 mm	148	0
2023	42.7 °C2 June 2023	5.2 °C17 February 2023	21.9 °C	131 mm	157	0
2022	37.7 °C17 April 2022	2.8 °C18 January 2022	21.0 °C	140 mm	150	0
2021	41.5 °C19 April 2021	5.1 °C25 January 2021	21.9 °C	86 mm	159	0
2020	42.9 °C19 May 2020	4.3 °C26 January 2020	21.5 °C	199 mm	158	0
2019	43.8 °C23 May 2019	4.6 °C11 January 2019	21.3 °C	153 mm	169	0
2018	42.7 °C16 June 2018	7.3 °C9 January 2018	22.1 °C	168 mm	163	0
2017	39.5 °C22 April 2017	4.5 °C3 February 2017	21.2 °C	77 mm	143	0
2016	42.4 °C15 May 2016	2.8 °C28 January 2016	21.6 °C	118 mm	162	0
2015	43.9 °C27 May 2015	3.5 °C10 January 2015	21.0 °C	190 mm	140	0
2014	42.4 °C4 June 2014	4.8 °C7 February 2014	21.1 °C	123 mm	134	0
2013	39.4 °C2 June 2013	1.6 °C15 December 2013	21.2 °C	134 mm	149	0
2012	40.5 °C1 August 2012	3.9 °C9 February 2012	21.1 °C	161 mm	162	0
2011	39.3 °C25 July 2011	5.4 °C12 December 2011	20.7 °C	124 mm	142	0
2010	40.9 °C6 August 2010	5.6 °C7 February 2010	22.4 °C	111 mm	172	0
2009	38.9 °C18 October 2009	4.8 °C4 January 2009	21.3 °C	99 mm	163	0
2008	41.6 °C24 April 2008	0.2 °C15 January 2008	21.1 °C	116 mm	153	0
2007	42.0 °C10 June 2007	3.6 °C31 December 2007	20.7 °C	96 mm	149	0
2006	40.5 °C29 September 2006	4.5 °C31 January 2006	20.3 °C	111 mm	145	0
2005	37.9 °C4 July 2005	4.4 °C11 February 2005	20.5 °C	118 mm	141	0
2004	40.4 °C10 May 2004	5.1 °C1 December 2004	20.5 °C	156 mm	145	0
2003	44.4 °C29 May 2003	6.4 °C11 February 2003	20.7 °C	141 mm	163	0
2002	43.4 °C8 June 2002	4.3 °C11 January 2002	21.0 °C	192 mm	139	0
2001	41.2 °C6 May 2001	3.8 °C29 January 2001	20.8 °C	114 mm	153	0
2000	39.5 °C12 April 2000	4.4 °C29 January 2000	20.2 °C	155 mm	133	0
1999	40.8 °C23 May 1999	5.1 °C2 December 1999	20.9 °C	49 mm	144	0
1998	40.2 °C13 April 1998	4.0 °C10 January 1998	21.0 °C	119 mm	143	0
1997	40.5 °C8 June 1997	2.4 °C9 February 1997	20.0 °C	184 mm	135	0
1996	42.0 °C12 May 1996	5.2 °C14 January 1996	20.5 °C	147 mm	135	0
1995	39.2 °C8 June 1995	5.1 °C21 January 1995	20.0 °C	76 mm	132	0
1994	41.9 °C22 April 1994	4.9 °C9 December 1994	20.5 °C	191 mm	147	0
1993	41.2 °C6 June 1993	1.7 °C18 January 1993	19.8 °C	139 mm	135	0
1992	38.9 °C20 June 1992	1.6 °C26 January 1992	18.9 °C	213 mm	117	0
1991	38.5 °C15 May 1991	3.5 °C18 December 1991	19.8 °C	194 mm	124	0
1990	38.4 °C17 June 1990	3.4 °C25 January 1990	19.9 °C	133 mm	123	0
1989	39.2 °C14 June 1989	1.1 °C5 February 1989	19.6 °C	134 mm	139	0
1988	43.3 °C15 May 1988	4.1 °C20 January 1988	19.9 °C	186 mm	133	0
1987	40.5 °C7 May 1987	3.9 °C8 January 1987	19.6 °C	135 mm	126	0
1986	38.4 °C7 June 1986	3.9 °C6 December 1986	19.8 °C	179 mm	127	0
1985	41.3 °C3 June 1985	3.6 °C4 March 1985	20.0 °C	136 mm	133	0
1984	39.9 °C13 May 1984	3.9 °C11 December 1984	19.6 °C	117 mm	138	0
1983	38.3 °C11 July 1983	2.6 °C29 January 1983	18.9 °C	168 mm	112	0
1982	37.6 °C21 April 1982	2.7 °C17 January 1982	19.2 °C	155 mm	124	0
1981	38.6 °C23 April 1981	5.2 °C19 January 1981	19.7 °C	81 mm	132	0
1980	42.7 °C31 May 1980	4.0 °C2 February 1980	19.9 °C	191 mm	130	0
1979	42.0 °C2 April 1979	5.4 °C6 January 1979	20.4 °C	182 mm	140	0
1978	41.2 °C27 May 1978	2.9 °C14 January 1978	20.1 °C	100 mm	140	0
1977	39.4 °C29 May 1977	4.9 °C24 January 1977	19.9 °C	167 mm	133	0
1976	41.9 °C15 April 1976	1.9 °C2 March 1976	19.9 °C	96 mm	132	0
1975	38.6 °C11 June 1975	4.1 °C12 February 1975	19.8 °C	180 mm	125	0
1974	38.2 °C27 September 1974	3.6 °C23 January 1974	19.8 °C	234 mm	140	0
1973	38.7 °C28 September 1973	1.8 °C3 January 1973	19.8 °C	126 mm	139	0
1972	38.7 °C19 June 1972	2.4 °C27 December 1972	19.7 °C	211 mm	131	0
1971	37.1 °C24 May 1971	3.4 °C17 December 1971	19.8 °C	328 mm	122	0
1970	45.9 °C21 May 1970	2.2 °C21 December 1970	19.9 °C	161 mm	128	0
1969	43.1 °C22 May 1969	6.1 °C29 January 1969	20.4 °C	161 mm	137	0
1968	43.6 °C18 May 1968	5.2 °C2 February 1968	20.0 °C	168 mm	117	0
1967	40.2 °C21 June 1967	3.9 °C22 January 1967	19.3 °C	215 mm	113	0
1966	40.4 °C3 June 1966	4.4 °C9 January 1966	20.6 °C	168 mm	120	0
1965	42.7 °C13 June 1965	5.2 °C19 December 1965	20.0 °C	183 mm	125	0
1964	40.5 °C30 May 1964	1.1 °C21 January 1964	19.4 °C	149 mm	109	0
1963	42.7 °C7 June 1963	3.8 °C28 December 1963	20.7 °C	182 mm	134	0
1962	39.6 °C11 June 1962	5.3 °C22 February 1962	20.7 °C	88 mm	139	0
1961	45.9 °C7 June 1961	4.1 °C1 March 1961	19.6 °C	164 mm	100	0
1960	39.4 °C16 April 1960	4.4 °C24 January 1960	20.6 °C	127 mm	127	0
1959	41.1 °C10 June 1959	0.9 °C28 February 1959	18.9 °C	176 mm	94	0
1958	38.5 °C13 June 1958	4.7 °C1 February 1958	20.1 °C	87 mm	108	0
1957	39.9 °C15 April 1957	1.8 °C23 January 1957	19.8 °C	192 mm	109	0
1956	39.2 °C24 July 1956	5.0 °C15 December 1956	19.6 °C	169 mm	106	0
1955	36.7 °C30 July 1955	4.7 °C4 January 1955	20.1 °C	122 mm	114	0
1954	40.6 °C20 May 1954	2.0 °C14 January 1954	19.7 °C	159 mm	121	0
1953	40.2 °C16 June 1953	1.7 °C15 January 1953	19.2 °C	297 mm	112	0
1952	41.7 °C2 June 1952	3.8 °C17 January 1952	19.9 °C	138 mm	117	0
1951	36.9 °C17 May 1951	4.2 °C27 January 1951	19.8 °C	215 mm	120	0
1950	40.5 °C18 May 1950	-1.3 °C7 February 1950	19.4 °C	167 mm	132	1
1949	39.6 °C18 May 1949	1.4 °C8 January 1949	18.6 °C	227 mm	82	0
1948	37.6 °C6 June 1948	2.4 °C1 March 1948	18.9 °C	220 mm	115	0
1947	37.1 °C13 July 1947	5.2 °C9 January 1947	20.4 °C	108 mm	143	0
1946	40.0 °C25 May 1946	4.6 °C10 February 1946	20.0 °C	177 mm	146	0
1945	39.2 °C2 August 1945	2.7 °C3 January 1945	19.2 °C	167 mm	131	0
1944	44.3 °C14 June 1944	3.3 °C12 February 1944	19.6 °C	207 mm	141	0
1943	42.7 °C30 September 1943	3.2 °C8 March 1943	19.4 °C	138 mm	130	0
1942	43.7 °C6 May 1942	0.9 °C5 January 1942	19.8 °C	146 mm	142	0
1941	42.7 °C10 May 1941	4.3 °C1 January 1941	20.2 °C	177 mm	154	0
1940	41.8 °C18 May 1940	3.9 °C16 January 1940	19.7 °C	151 mm	133	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.6 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

167 d/yr

+32

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

146 mm

-8 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.5 °C	+3.0 °C	10 mm	-26 mm
Feb	16.9 °C	-1.7 °C	23 mm	-5 mm
Mar	24.3 °C	+2.8 °C	13 mm	-12 mm
Apr	27.2 °C	+1.5 °C	4 mm	-5 mm
May	30.0 °C	+0.9 °C	3 mm	+0 mm
Jun	32.2 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	34.9 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	34.5 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Oct	29.9 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Nov	28.0 °C	+3.8 °C	25 mm	+9 mm
Dec	20.5 °C	+1.1 °C	64 mm	+37 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.9 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

2.4 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

14.4 mm

28 Dec 2025

Windiest day

37.8 km/h

29 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

63.4 km/h

30 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.0 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.1 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

27 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ofakim?

Ofakim has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 154 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ofakim?

The hottest day measured in Ofakim between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1961, reaching 45.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ofakim?

The coldest day measured in Ofakim between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -1.3 °C.

Does it snow in Ofakim?

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

Has the climate of Ofakim warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ofakim?

The wettest day measured in Ofakim between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 1944, with 31 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ofakim?

The windiest day measured in Ofakim between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 2012, with winds reaching 49.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ofakim?

The warmest month in Ofakim is August (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Ofakim?

Ofakim receives on average 154 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 33 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ofakim?

Ofakim 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 Ofakim?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ofakim between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, with 1.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Ofakim?

Yes: Ofakim has on average 99 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ofakim?

In Ofakim, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.0 °C on 13 August 2025, and the lowest was -5.5 °C on 7 February 1950.

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