Yāfā climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Yāfā?

Yāfā has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 512 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Yāfā between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 2002, reaching 42.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Yāfā?

The coldest day measured in Yāfā between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at -1.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Yāfā?

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

Q: Has the climate of Yāfā warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Yāfā?

The wettest day measured in Yāfā between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1955, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Yāfā?

The windiest day measured in Yāfā between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2001, with winds reaching 38.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Yāfā?

The warmest month in Yāfā is August (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Yāfā?

Yāfā receives on average 512 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Yāfā?

Yāfā gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Yāfā (Israel) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 512 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 (26.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Yāfā averages 0 frost days, 119 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 66 rainy days per year.

Yāfā has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.1 °C (on 8 June 2002) and the coldest -1.0 °C (on 6 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

YāfāNorthern District

coords: 32.69°, 35.28°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

19.4°C

Average daily high

25.0°C

Average daily low

15.0°C

Annual rainfall

512mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

14.8km/h

Seasonal range

15.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

119 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

66 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.5 °C

Average feels-like low

15.3 °C

Average peak gust

37.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

96 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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

42.1 °C

8 June 2002

Coldest day

-1.0 °C

6 February 1950

Wettest day

61 mm

23 November 1955

Windiest day

38.8 km/h

20 February 2001

Strongest gust

96.5 km/h

20 February 2001

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

20 August 2010

Coldest feels-like

-4.9 °C

7 January 1942

Snowiest day

0.5 cm

5 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.6 h

2 July 1949

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.2 °C17 May 2025	1.5 °C25 February 2025	21.3 °C	319 mm	144	0
2024	38.5 °C25 April 2024	6.1 °C1 February 2024	21.3 °C	537 mm	141	0
2023	40.3 °C2 June 2023	5.3 °C14 February 2023	21.1 °C	534 mm	138	0
2022	36.4 °C29 August 2022	2.7 °C18 January 2022	20.3 °C	424 mm	138	0
2021	37.7 °C19 April 2021	4.7 °C22 January 2021	21.0 °C	375 mm	140	0
2020	39.6 °C4 September 2020	5.0 °C28 January 2020	20.8 °C	555 mm	143	0
2019	41.5 °C23 May 2019	3.9 °C13 January 2019	20.6 °C	666 mm	158	0
2018	38.9 °C25 July 2018	5.6 °C2 February 2018	21.2 °C	648 mm	142	0
2017	37.8 °C9 May 2017	2.6 °C30 January 2017	20.3 °C	256 mm	134	0
2016	38.6 °C15 May 2016	1.4 °C28 January 2016	20.7 °C	435 mm	145	0
2015	40.7 °C27 May 2015	2.6 °C10 January 2015	20.3 °C	458 mm	127	0
2014	38.7 °C4 June 2014	3.9 °C5 February 2014	20.3 °C	375 mm	124	0
2013	36.6 °C13 September 2013	3.4 °C15 December 2013	20.2 °C	444 mm	129	0
2012	37.7 °C1 August 2012	3.2 °C20 February 2012	20.3 °C	667 mm	151	0
2011	36.9 °C10 October 2011	3.4 °C12 December 2011	19.6 °C	547 mm	109	0
2010	40.1 °C20 August 2010	4.7 °C7 February 2010	21.5 °C	310 mm	152	0
2009	38.3 °C1 July 2009	3.1 °C14 January 2009	20.2 °C	500 mm	143	0
2008	39.8 °C23 April 2008	-0.8 °C15 January 2008	20.1 °C	356 mm	141	3
2007	38.0 °C10 June 2007	1.8 °C31 December 2007	19.9 °C	452 mm	130	0
2006	39.7 °C29 September 2006	3.6 °C29 December 2006	19.4 °C	447 mm	126	0
2005	36.2 °C16 September 2005	2.3 °C13 February 2005	19.5 °C	444 mm	119	0
2004	37.6 °C14 July 2004	2.2 °C17 December 2004	19.9 °C	466 mm	139	0
2003	39.7 °C29 May 2003	6.2 °C6 February 2003	20.2 °C	569 mm	148	0
2002	42.1 °C8 June 2002	2.9 °C14 January 2002	20.4 °C	577 mm	137	0
2001	39.7 °C2 June 2001	3.8 °C29 January 2001	20.6 °C	332 mm	149	0
2000	38.6 °C30 July 2000	2.8 °C14 January 2000	19.8 °C	437 mm	125	0
1999	40.7 °C23 May 1999	4.7 °C30 November 1999	20.4 °C	273 mm	131	0
1998	40.1 °C9 August 1998	2.9 °C11 January 1998	20.4 °C	453 mm	143	0
1997	36.8 °C16 October 1997	1.8 °C8 February 1997	19.4 °C	549 mm	117	0
1996	38.0 °C24 September 1996	4.8 °C25 January 1996	19.7 °C	544 mm	126	0
1995	39.9 °C23 May 1995	4.8 °C27 November 1995	19.3 °C	379 mm	115	0
1994	40.5 °C13 September 1994	4.6 °C8 December 1994	19.8 °C	702 mm	136	0
1993	38.5 °C22 June 1993	0.7 °C18 January 1993	19.1 °C	343 mm	131	0
1992	35.4 °C5 September 1992	0.9 °C9 February 1992	18.1 °C	685 mm	101	0
1991	35.2 °C2 October 1991	3.0 °C18 December 1991	19.0 °C	672 mm	106	0
1990	35.8 °C27 May 1990	1.9 °C25 January 1990	19.0 °C	346 mm	118	0
1989	37.6 °C16 May 1989	-0.6 °C4 February 1989	18.9 °C	328 mm	127	1
1988	41.2 °C16 May 1988	3.2 °C9 January 1988	19.1 °C	609 mm	122	0
1987	38.1 °C15 September 1987	2.5 °C8 January 1987	18.8 °C	478 mm	122	0
1986	37.3 °C18 September 1986	3.1 °C5 December 1986	19.0 °C	526 mm	110	0
1985	39.1 °C3 June 1985	1.7 °C3 March 1985	19.0 °C	428 mm	120	0
1984	36.4 °C22 September 1984	2.6 °C8 December 1984	18.5 °C	559 mm	117	0
1983	39.2 °C11 July 1983	1.6 °C27 January 1983	18.4 °C	538 mm	106	0
1982	35.5 °C12 August 1982	2.3 °C5 February 1982	18.4 °C	425 mm	113	0
1981	37.4 °C25 September 1981	4.1 °C1 January 1981	18.9 °C	461 mm	120	0
1980	40.7 °C31 May 1980	2.1 °C2 February 1980	19.0 °C	563 mm	112	0
1979	38.4 °C28 September 1979	5.4 °C5 February 1979	19.5 °C	449 mm	118	0
1978	39.8 °C9 July 1978	3.8 °C14 January 1978	19.1 °C	455 mm	122	0
1977	38.7 °C24 August 1977	3.1 °C15 January 1977	18.9 °C	593 mm	116	0
1976	34.5 °C27 April 1976	2.4 °C3 March 1976	18.7 °C	533 mm	103	0
1975	36.5 °C27 May 1975	2.4 °C15 January 1975	18.8 °C	485 mm	102	0
1974	36.6 °C27 September 1974	2.7 °C5 February 1974	19.0 °C	581 mm	117	0
1973	39.0 °C29 September 1973	1.4 °C4 January 1973	18.8 °C	436 mm	122	0
1972	39.5 °C17 September 1972	1.8 °C27 December 1972	18.5 °C	554 mm	79	0
1971	37.2 °C19 June 1971	2.8 °C28 December 1971	18.7 °C	771 mm	75	0
1970	41.2 °C21 May 1970	2.9 °C21 December 1970	18.9 °C	566 mm	85	0
1969	40.2 °C22 May 1969	4.5 °C30 January 1969	19.2 °C	600 mm	96	0
1968	38.5 °C18 May 1968	2.9 °C2 February 1968	19.1 °C	640 mm	85	0
1967	36.3 °C21 May 1967	1.7 °C24 January 1967	18.5 °C	641 mm	79	0
1966	40.0 °C3 June 1966	3.5 °C23 March 1966	19.8 °C	485 mm	104	0
1965	39.9 °C13 June 1965	4.9 °C14 March 1965	19.2 °C	541 mm	113	0
1964	38.6 °C31 May 1964	0.6 °C20 January 1964	18.7 °C	558 mm	105	0
1963	38.4 °C7 June 1963	4.0 °C27 December 1963	19.7 °C	494 mm	122	0
1962	39.0 °C26 September 1962	5.2 °C22 February 1962	20.0 °C	400 mm	129	0
1961	38.3 °C7 June 1961	3.5 °C23 January 1961	18.9 °C	569 mm	105	0
1960	36.8 °C5 July 1960	3.7 °C25 January 1960	20.1 °C	385 mm	135	0
1959	37.0 °C10 June 1959	1.5 °C7 February 1959	18.3 °C	420 mm	77	0
1958	38.0 °C14 June 1958	3.8 °C1 February 1958	19.6 °C	366 mm	102	0
1957	37.3 °C29 May 1957	-0.1 °C23 January 1957	19.1 °C	730 mm	108	1
1956	40.0 °C24 July 1956	3.5 °C15 December 1956	18.9 °C	509 mm	98	0
1955	35.7 °C3 October 1955	3.6 °C6 January 1955	19.6 °C	578 mm	114	0
1954	36.8 °C22 August 1954	3.8 °C18 January 1954	19.1 °C	666 mm	106	0
1953	36.1 °C20 July 1953	2.4 °C12 December 1953	18.4 °C	960 mm	96	0
1952	38.7 °C25 May 1952	4.3 °C4 March 1952	19.3 °C	503 mm	107	0
1951	35.4 °C10 September 1951	4.3 °C26 December 1951	19.3 °C	615 mm	104	0
1950	36.0 °C18 May 1950	-1.0 °C6 February 1950	18.9 °C	455 mm	117	3
1949	36.7 °C10 May 1949	0.6 °C7 January 1949	18.2 °C	706 mm	89	0
1948	35.5 °C27 August 1948	1.5 °C31 December 1948	18.3 °C	675 mm	103	0
1947	36.2 °C27 June 1947	4.8 °C26 January 1947	19.7 °C	472 mm	126	0
1946	41.7 °C8 September 1946	2.5 °C24 January 1946	19.3 °C	452 mm	116	0
1945	39.4 °C11 July 1945	1.7 °C6 February 1945	18.6 °C	463 mm	117	0
1944	40.2 °C14 June 1944	3.8 °C11 February 1944	18.9 °C	528 mm	125	0
1943	41.6 °C30 September 1943	1.6 °C7 March 1943	18.9 °C	459 mm	120	0
1942	41.5 °C6 May 1942	-0.4 °C5 January 1942	19.0 °C	522 mm	128	2
1941	40.3 °C25 May 1941	3.8 °C3 January 1941	19.3 °C	663 mm	117	0
1940	40.7 °C2 June 1940	3.3 °C16 January 1940	19.0 °C	518 mm	107	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.4 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

144 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

319 mm

-193 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.9 °C	+2.9 °C	31 mm	-82 mm
Feb	15.6 °C	-1.4 °C	71 mm	-22 mm
Mar	22.8 °C	+3.3 °C	29 mm	-48 mm
Apr	24.9 °C	+1.4 °C	9 mm	-26 mm
May	28.5 °C	+1.1 °C	10 mm	-1 mm
Jun	30.7 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Jul	33.1 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	33.5 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	32.1 °C	+0.7 °C	4 mm	-0 mm
Oct	29.2 °C	+0.7 °C	3 mm	-20 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	+4.4 °C	43 mm	-13 mm
Dec	19.2 °C	+1.3 °C	120 mm	+25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.2 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

1.5 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

29.3 mm

27 Dec 2025

Windiest day

26.1 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.3 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.6 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

1 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Yāfā?

Yāfā has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 512 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yāfā?

The hottest day measured in Yāfā between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 2002, reaching 42.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Yāfā?

The coldest day measured in Yāfā between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at -1.0 °C.

Does it snow in Yāfā?

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

Has the climate of Yāfā warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Yāfā?

The wettest day measured in Yāfā between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1955, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Yāfā?

The windiest day measured in Yāfā between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2001, with winds reaching 38.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Yāfā?

The warmest month in Yāfā is August (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Yāfā?

Yāfā receives on average 512 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Yāfā?

Yāfā gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Yāfā?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yāfā between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, with 0.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Yāfā?

Yes: Yāfā has on average 96 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yāfā?

In Yāfā, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 20 August 2010, and the lowest was -4.9 °C on 7 January 1942.

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