Irbid climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Irbid?

Irbid has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 264 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Irbid between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 2020, reaching 43.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Irbid?

The coldest day measured in Irbid between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1992, at -5.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Irbid?

Almost never: Irbid sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Irbid warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Irbid?

The wettest day measured in Irbid between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2013, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Irbid?

The windiest day measured in Irbid between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2001, with winds reaching 37.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Irbid?

The warmest month in Irbid is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Irbid?

Irbid receives on average 264 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 47 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Irbid?

Irbid gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Irbid (Jordan) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 264 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 (9.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Irbid averages 1 frost days, 128 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 47 rainy days per year.

Irbid 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 43.4 °C (on 30 August 2020) and the coldest -5.1 °C (on 10 February 1992).

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

IrbidIrbid Governorate

coords: 32.56°, 35.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.5°C

Average daily high

24.9°C

Average daily low

13.3°C

Annual rainfall

264mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

15.4km/h

Seasonal range

16.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

128 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

47 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.4 cm

Average feels-like high

24.2 °C

Average feels-like low

12.6 °C

Average peak gust

37.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

53 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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

43.4 °C

30 August 2020

Coldest day

-5.1 °C

10 February 1992

Wettest day

47 mm

8 January 2013

Windiest day

37.6 km/h

20 February 2001

Strongest gust

92.5 km/h

13 March 2020

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

20 August 2010

Coldest feels-like

-9.3 °C

10 February 1992

Snowiest day

4.3 cm

9 February 1992

Sunniest day

13.5 h

1 July 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.2 °C12 August 2025	-1.2 °C25 February 2025	20.6 °C	185 mm	157	1
2024	41.7 °C3 June 2024	3.3 °C1 February 2024	20.6 °C	198 mm	144	0
2023	42.4 °C13 August 2023	3.0 °C18 February 2023	20.4 °C	279 mm	147	0
2022	40.5 °C28 August 2022	-1.3 °C18 January 2022	19.6 °C	220 mm	151	1
2021	38.8 °C7 August 2021	2.5 °C25 January 2021	20.3 °C	181 mm	156	0
2020	43.4 °C30 August 2020	1.7 °C11 February 2020	20.0 °C	343 mm	153	0
2019	41.3 °C23 May 2019	2.7 °C19 January 2019	19.7 °C	296 mm	165	0
2018	40.4 °C25 July 2018	4.3 °C31 January 2018	20.2 °C	420 mm	149	0
2017	40.1 °C3 July 2017	0.4 °C17 February 2017	19.6 °C	127 mm	146	0
2016	40.3 °C16 May 2016	-1.4 °C28 January 2016	19.9 °C	265 mm	154	1
2015	43.2 °C2 August 2015	-1.0 °C10 January 2015	19.4 °C	216 mm	136	2
2014	39.9 °C28 June 2014	0.7 °C5 February 2014	19.5 °C	177 mm	123	0
2013	38.1 °C24 May 2013	0.4 °C15 December 2013	19.2 °C	293 mm	136	0
2012	40.5 °C18 July 2012	1.8 °C18 March 2012	19.5 °C	311 mm	156	0
2011	39.4 °C30 July 2011	1.1 °C6 December 2011	18.6 °C	264 mm	127	0
2010	43.0 °C20 August 2010	1.2 °C6 February 2010	20.8 °C	191 mm	162	0
2009	39.2 °C1 July 2009	0.6 °C14 January 2009	19.3 °C	229 mm	145	0
2008	39.4 °C24 April 2008	-2.6 °C15 January 2008	19.2 °C	186 mm	144	7
2007	39.9 °C28 July 2007	1.2 °C31 December 2007	19.1 °C	210 mm	143	0
2006	40.1 °C10 September 2006	0.4 °C29 December 2006	18.5 °C	218 mm	132	0
2005	38.0 °C15 August 2005	-0.1 °C13 February 2005	18.6 °C	235 mm	121	1
2004	39.0 °C14 July 2004	-2.0 °C17 December 2004	18.9 °C	247 mm	137	1
2003	38.3 °C29 May 2003	3.5 °C17 January 2003	19.0 °C	356 mm	155	0
2002	41.9 °C9 June 2002	1.7 °C14 January 2002	19.2 °C	355 mm	138	0
2001	41.3 °C2 June 2001	1.6 °C28 January 2001	19.6 °C	172 mm	151	0
2000	41.5 °C30 July 2000	1.1 °C14 January 2000	18.8 °C	268 mm	135	0
1999	39.8 °C23 May 1999	1.7 °C2 December 1999	19.5 °C	137 mm	144	0
1998	41.7 °C9 August 1998	0.4 °C12 January 1998	19.5 °C	227 mm	142	0
1997	37.9 °C8 June 1997	-0.7 °C9 February 1997	18.4 °C	256 mm	125	3
1996	39.2 °C3 July 1996	2.1 °C25 January 1996	18.9 °C	280 mm	135	0
1995	40.2 °C23 May 1995	3.1 °C10 February 1995	18.4 °C	163 mm	124	0
1994	40.3 °C13 September 1994	1.2 °C8 December 1994	18.9 °C	353 mm	144	0
1993	40.2 °C23 June 1993	-2.5 °C18 January 1993	18.2 °C	199 mm	126	4
1992	37.9 °C12 August 1992	-5.1 °C10 February 1992	17.0 °C	374 mm	101	8
1991	36.0 °C26 September 1991	0.6 °C27 January 1991	18.2 °C	335 mm	114	0
1990	38.1 °C27 May 1990	-1.1 °C25 January 1990	18.2 °C	198 mm	124	3
1989	37.9 °C14 June 1989	-1.2 °C3 February 1989	18.1 °C	141 mm	135	6
1988	40.1 °C16 May 1988	0.6 °C14 November 1988	18.1 °C	353 mm	127	0
1987	39.2 °C15 September 1987	1.3 °C8 January 1987	17.9 °C	312 mm	127	0
1986	38.6 °C18 September 1986	1.6 °C24 January 1986	18.0 °C	279 mm	124	0
1985	39.2 °C23 August 1985	-1.2 °C3 March 1985	18.2 °C	213 mm	119	2
1984	37.6 °C22 September 1984	-0.4 °C8 December 1984	17.6 °C	274 mm	121	1
1983	40.8 °C11 July 1983	-0.4 °C29 January 1983	17.2 °C	276 mm	100	2
1982	36.1 °C12 August 1982	-0.5 °C5 February 1982	17.3 °C	263 mm	104	1
1981	37.2 °C2 September 1981	2.5 °C1 January 1981	18.0 °C	218 mm	123	0
1980	40.0 °C31 May 1980	0.2 °C2 February 1980	18.1 °C	329 mm	123	0
1979	37.5 °C24 June 1979	4.1 °C26 February 1979	18.7 °C	247 mm	123	0
1978	41.2 °C9 July 1978	1.6 °C16 January 1978	18.4 °C	207 mm	130	0
1977	41.5 °C24 August 1977	0.7 °C15 January 1977	18.1 °C	276 mm	122	0
1976	35.2 °C8 June 1976	-1.4 °C2 March 1976	17.8 °C	213 mm	113	2
1975	37.4 °C28 May 1975	1.3 °C14 January 1975	17.9 °C	224 mm	109	0
1974	37.8 °C19 June 1974	-0.8 °C23 January 1974	18.0 °C	319 mm	127	2
1973	38.8 °C21 July 1973	-1.0 °C3 January 1973	18.0 °C	261 mm	130	4
1972	39.3 °C17 September 1972	-1.1 °C23 December 1972	17.5 °C	295 mm	103	6
1971	37.8 °C25 August 1971	-0.5 °C17 December 1971	17.7 °C	427 mm	102	1
1970	41.4 °C21 May 1970	0.6 °C21 December 1970	18.1 °C	241 mm	110	0
1969	39.8 °C22 May 1969	2.5 °C30 January 1969	18.4 °C	336 mm	111	0
1968	38.8 °C18 May 1968	-1.1 °C2 February 1968	18.4 °C	311 mm	105	1
1967	37.7 °C21 May 1967	-0.6 °C24 January 1967	17.3 °C	366 mm	89	2
1966	41.0 °C3 June 1966	1.8 °C23 March 1966	19.0 °C	253 mm	117	0
1965	40.3 °C13 June 1965	2.9 °C13 March 1965	18.4 °C	268 mm	129	0
1964	38.7 °C31 May 1964	-3.0 °C19 January 1964	17.6 °C	294 mm	111	5
1963	38.7 °C7 June 1963	1.1 °C27 December 1963	19.0 °C	278 mm	125	0
1962	39.0 °C11 June 1962	1.7 °C22 February 1962	19.2 °C	141 mm	147	0
1961	40.5 °C7 June 1961	1.3 °C16 January 1961	17.9 °C	262 mm	112	0
1960	37.9 °C5 July 1960	1.0 °C24 January 1960	19.3 °C	184 mm	140	0
1959	37.5 °C11 June 1959	-2.6 °C28 February 1959	17.4 °C	214 mm	104	6
1958	38.5 °C14 June 1958	1.2 °C1 February 1958	18.8 °C	136 mm	110	0
1957	38.3 °C30 May 1957	-2.2 °C23 January 1957	18.2 °C	371 mm	120	5
1956	40.5 °C24 July 1956	0.9 °C12 December 1956	18.0 °C	300 mm	108	0
1955	38.0 °C12 June 1955	2.2 °C8 March 1955	18.8 °C	170 mm	136	0
1954	38.9 °C22 August 1954	0.3 °C18 January 1954	18.1 °C	325 mm	116	0
1953	37.7 °C26 September 1953	-0.8 °C30 November 1953	17.4 °C	495 mm	107	2
1952	40.3 °C23 August 1952	1.2 °C4 March 1952	18.5 °C	273 mm	122	0
1951	37.1 °C10 September 1951	1.1 °C26 January 1951	18.4 °C	323 mm	120	0
1950	38.7 °C18 May 1950	-3.6 °C8 February 1950	17.9 °C	232 mm	125	11
1949	35.9 °C4 June 1949	-2.1 °C19 February 1949	17.1 °C	470 mm	105	11
1948	37.1 °C4 July 1948	-1.3 °C31 December 1948	17.3 °C	372 mm	109	3
1947	38.2 °C16 September 1947	2.4 °C11 February 1947	19.0 °C	222 mm	140	0
1946	41.4 °C8 September 1946	0.8 °C24 January 1946	18.5 °C	183 mm	131	0
1945	40.7 °C11 July 1945	0.3 °C27 January 1945	17.7 °C	270 mm	125	0
1944	40.1 °C7 June 1944	1.0 °C26 February 1944	18.1 °C	277 mm	136	0
1943	39.6 °C30 September 1943	0.7 °C9 February 1943	18.2 °C	235 mm	135	0
1942	41.2 °C6 May 1942	-4.8 °C5 January 1942	18.1 °C	259 mm	133	6
1941	39.4 °C25 May 1941	2.8 °C8 February 1941	18.6 °C	327 mm	139	0
1940	40.9 °C2 June 1940	0.6 °C16 January 1940	18.2 °C	210 mm	121	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.8 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

157 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Annual rainfall

185 mm

-79 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.2 °C	+3.6 °C	5 mm	-51 mm
Feb	14.5 °C	-1.3 °C	44 mm	-10 mm
Mar	23.0 °C	+4.2 °C	29 mm	-19 mm
Apr	25.8 °C	+2.0 °C	11 mm	-10 mm
May	30.4 °C	+2.0 °C	5 mm	-2 mm
Jun	33.2 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	34.9 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	35.3 °C	+1.9 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Sep	32.7 °C	+1.1 °C	4 mm	+3 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	+0.7 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Nov	26.6 °C	+4.3 °C	27 mm	+3 mm
Dec	17.3 °C	+0.7 °C	57 mm	+13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.2 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-1.2 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

13.7 mm

5 Feb 2025

Windiest day

28.3 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.3 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-4.9 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Irbid?

Irbid has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 264 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Irbid?

The hottest day measured in Irbid between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 2020, reaching 43.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Irbid?

The coldest day measured in Irbid between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1992, at -5.1 °C.

Does it snow in Irbid?

Almost never: Irbid sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Irbid warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Irbid?

The wettest day measured in Irbid between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2013, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Irbid?

The windiest day measured in Irbid between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2001, with winds reaching 37.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Irbid?

The warmest month in Irbid is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Irbid?

Irbid receives on average 264 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 47 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Irbid?

Irbid 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 Irbid?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Irbid between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1992, with 4.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Irbid?

Yes: Irbid has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Irbid?

In Irbid, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 20 August 2010, and the lowest was -9.3 °C on 10 February 1992.

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