Kurayyimah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kurayyimah?

Kurayyimah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 320 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kurayyimah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2015, reaching 45.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kurayyimah?

The coldest day measured in Kurayyimah between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at -2.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kurayyimah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kurayyimah warmed?

Yes: Kurayyimah warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kurayyimah?

The wettest day measured in Kurayyimah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1971, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kurayyimah?

The windiest day measured in Kurayyimah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2012, with winds reaching 29.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kurayyimah?

The warmest month in Kurayyimah is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kurayyimah?

Kurayyimah receives on average 320 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 48 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kurayyimah?

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

Kurayyimah (Jordan) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 320 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kurayyimah averages 1 frost days, 158 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 48 rainy days per year.

Kurayyimah 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 45.3 °C (on 2 August 2015) and the coldest -2.9 °C (on 8 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

KurayyimahIrbid Governorate

coords: 32.28°, 35.60°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

26.8°C

Average daily low

14.9°C

Annual rainfall

320mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

11.5km/h

Seasonal range

16.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

158 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

48 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.3 °C

Average feels-like low

14.8 °C

Average peak gust

30.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

100 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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

45.3 °C

2 August 2015

Coldest day

-2.9 °C

8 February 1950

Wettest day

45 mm

6 December 1971

Windiest day

29.0 km/h

17 February 2012

Strongest gust

81.7 km/h

20 February 2001

Hottest feels-like

48.8 °C

12 August 2025

Coldest feels-like

-7.1 °C

8 February 1950

Snowiest day

1.8 cm

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.5 h

27 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	43.8 °C13 August 2025	0.5 °C25 February 2025	22.3 °C	238 mm	188	0
2024	42.8 °C15 June 2024	4.5 °C1 February 2024	22.3 °C	234 mm	170	0
2023	42.1 °C13 August 2023	4.4 °C18 February 2023	22.2 °C	329 mm	182	0
2022	42.5 °C28 August 2022	0.6 °C18 January 2022	21.5 °C	257 mm	174	0
2021	40.8 °C4 August 2021	3.4 °C24 January 2021	22.1 °C	221 mm	191	0
2020	45.1 °C4 September 2020	4.8 °C25 January 2020	21.8 °C	390 mm	171	0
2019	42.9 °C24 May 2019	2.3 °C22 December 2019	21.5 °C	330 mm	182	0
2018	42.3 °C25 July 2018	5.2 °C21 January 2018	22.2 °C	403 mm	175	0
2017	42.3 °C3 July 2017	1.6 °C2 February 2017	21.4 °C	180 mm	163	0
2016	41.9 °C16 May 2016	-0.1 °C26 November 2016	21.6 °C	313 mm	181	1
2015	45.3 °C2 August 2015	1.0 °C10 January 2015	21.3 °C	249 mm	165	0
2014	41.5 °C28 June 2014	2.4 °C10 February 2014	21.3 °C	218 mm	158	0
2013	39.0 °C24 May 2013	0.6 °C15 December 2013	21.1 °C	331 mm	169	0
2012	42.0 °C18 July 2012	2.6 °C19 March 2012	21.4 °C	379 mm	186	0
2011	41.0 °C30 July 2011	0.6 °C6 December 2011	20.6 °C	324 mm	158	0
2010	44.0 °C20 August 2010	2.5 °C7 February 2010	22.6 °C	204 mm	194	0
2009	41.2 °C1 July 2009	0.5 °C14 January 2009	21.3 °C	266 mm	171	0
2008	41.1 °C24 April 2008	-2.4 °C15 January 2008	21.0 °C	242 mm	160	7
2007	41.6 °C28 July 2007	1.4 °C31 December 2007	20.9 °C	258 mm	172	0
2006	41.1 °C10 September 2006	1.5 °C17 December 2006	20.3 °C	272 mm	155	0
2005	40.2 °C15 August 2005	2.9 °C13 February 2005	20.4 °C	324 mm	161	0
2004	41.6 °C14 July 2004	0.4 °C17 December 2004	20.8 °C	309 mm	174	0
2003	39.8 °C6 July 2003	4.6 °C17 January 2003	20.9 °C	405 mm	171	0
2002	43.7 °C9 June 2002	2.7 °C19 February 2002	21.1 °C	444 mm	157	0
2001	42.6 °C2 June 2001	1.9 °C28 January 2001	21.3 °C	245 mm	170	0
2000	43.0 °C30 July 2000	2.3 °C14 January 2000	20.6 °C	351 mm	158	0
1999	41.4 °C23 May 1999	1.7 °C2 December 1999	21.2 °C	178 mm	168	0
1998	42.8 °C9 August 1998	2.1 °C10 January 1998	21.2 °C	289 mm	165	0
1997	39.7 °C22 June 1997	0.2 °C8 February 1997	20.3 °C	367 mm	156	0
1996	41.1 °C6 September 1996	3.4 °C25 January 1996	20.6 °C	302 mm	153	0
1995	42.0 °C23 May 1995	4.0 °C14 January 1995	20.2 °C	202 mm	155	0
1994	42.0 °C13 September 1994	2.5 °C8 December 1994	20.7 °C	467 mm	171	0
1993	41.8 °C23 June 1993	-2.3 °C18 January 1993	20.0 °C	246 mm	155	2
1992	39.2 °C28 May 1992	-0.1 °C27 January 1992	18.8 °C	476 mm	143	2
1991	36.7 °C26 September 1991	1.7 °C18 December 1991	20.0 °C	421 mm	150	0
1990	39.9 °C27 May 1990	-0.6 °C25 January 1990	20.0 °C	236 mm	156	1
1989	39.2 °C16 May 1989	-0.8 °C4 February 1989	19.9 °C	190 mm	156	3
1988	41.7 °C15 May 1988	1.8 °C15 November 1988	19.9 °C	454 mm	148	0
1987	40.8 °C7 August 1987	1.8 °C15 January 1987	19.6 °C	386 mm	143	0
1986	40.7 °C18 September 1986	1.7 °C24 January 1986	19.8 °C	341 mm	152	0
1985	41.0 °C23 August 1985	0.5 °C3 March 1985	20.0 °C	249 mm	150	0
1984	37.9 °C13 May 1984	1.6 °C8 December 1984	19.4 °C	360 mm	156	0
1983	42.3 °C11 July 1983	1.4 °C27 January 1983	19.1 °C	365 mm	139	0
1982	38.5 °C12 August 1982	1.1 °C5 February 1982	19.2 °C	320 mm	140	0
1981	38.9 °C25 September 1981	3.0 °C1 January 1981	19.7 °C	260 mm	153	0
1980	42.1 °C31 May 1980	1.0 °C2 February 1980	19.9 °C	423 mm	154	0
1979	39.1 °C24 June 1979	4.3 °C23 December 1979	20.4 °C	299 mm	159	0
1978	42.4 °C9 July 1978	2.3 °C14 January 1978	20.1 °C	240 mm	157	0
1977	42.3 °C24 August 1977	2.1 °C14 January 1977	19.9 °C	342 mm	143	0
1976	37.2 °C8 June 1976	1.0 °C3 March 1976	19.6 °C	265 mm	151	0
1975	38.8 °C27 May 1975	2.3 °C15 January 1975	19.7 °C	280 mm	136	0
1974	39.3 °C19 June 1974	1.5 °C24 January 1974	19.9 °C	386 mm	161	0
1973	40.7 °C21 July 1973	-1.6 °C3 January 1973	19.8 °C	299 mm	155	3
1972	40.8 °C17 September 1972	-0.9 °C27 December 1972	19.4 °C	354 mm	148	3
1971	38.8 °C19 June 1971	1.7 °C17 December 1971	19.6 °C	525 mm	146	0
1970	42.5 °C21 May 1970	1.7 °C16 December 1970	19.9 °C	329 mm	143	0
1969	41.8 °C2 June 1969	4.6 °C30 January 1969	20.2 °C	373 mm	144	0
1968	40.9 °C14 August 1968	2.4 °C2 February 1968	20.3 °C	331 mm	148	0
1967	38.7 °C21 May 1967	-0.4 °C24 January 1967	19.3 °C	422 mm	126	1
1966	42.5 °C3 June 1966	3.1 °C14 January 1966	20.8 °C	284 mm	155	0
1965	41.8 °C13 June 1965	3.9 °C3 February 1965	20.2 °C	313 mm	146	0
1964	39.8 °C30 May 1964	-1.1 °C21 January 1964	19.3 °C	348 mm	149	3
1963	40.2 °C7 June 1963	0.7 °C28 December 1963	20.8 °C	313 mm	144	0
1962	40.9 °C11 June 1962	4.0 °C22 February 1962	21.0 °C	148 mm	167	0
1961	42.6 °C7 June 1961	2.0 °C16 January 1961	19.7 °C	322 mm	148	0
1960	40.0 °C5 July 1960	2.3 °C24 January 1960	21.0 °C	205 mm	169	0
1959	40.0 °C11 June 1959	-1.1 °C28 February 1959	19.2 °C	289 mm	134	3
1958	40.4 °C23 August 1958	3.1 °C26 November 1958	20.6 °C	148 mm	149	0
1957	40.9 °C29 May 1957	-0.8 °C23 January 1957	20.0 °C	443 mm	151	2
1956	41.9 °C24 July 1956	1.6 °C31 March 1956	19.8 °C	362 mm	138	0
1955	39.6 °C12 June 1955	3.1 °C6 January 1955	20.7 °C	232 mm	164	0
1954	41.1 °C22 August 1954	0.9 °C18 January 1954	20.3 °C	367 mm	153	0
1953	40.1 °C26 September 1953	0.3 °C1 December 1953	19.5 °C	608 mm	142	0
1952	42.0 °C23 August 1952	2.0 °C4 March 1952	20.5 °C	319 mm	153	0
1951	39.4 °C10 September 1951	2.3 °C30 January 1951	20.4 °C	391 mm	149	0
1950	40.5 °C18 May 1950	-2.9 °C8 February 1950	19.9 °C	284 mm	157	6
1949	37.3 °C3 June 1949	-1.8 °C9 January 1949	19.0 °C	575 mm	147	7
1948	39.1 °C4 July 1948	-0.2 °C31 December 1948	19.2 °C	445 mm	149	1
1947	40.1 °C16 September 1947	3.2 °C27 December 1947	20.8 °C	242 mm	170	0
1946	43.3 °C8 September 1946	2.1 °C25 January 1946	20.5 °C	230 mm	165	0
1945	42.1 °C11 July 1945	1.2 °C26 January 1945	19.6 °C	363 mm	153	0
1944	42.3 °C14 June 1944	1.7 °C17 January 1944	20.0 °C	339 mm	167	0
1943	41.5 °C30 September 1943	2.1 °C7 March 1943	20.0 °C	291 mm	151	0
1942	43.1 °C6 May 1942	-2.3 °C6 January 1942	20.2 °C	305 mm	165	4
1941	41.6 °C25 May 1941	3.0 °C3 January 1941	20.7 °C	409 mm	163	0
1940	42.8 °C2 June 1940	2.1 °C16 January 1940	20.2 °C	240 mm	162	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.6 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

188 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

238 mm

-82 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.0 °C	+3.4 °C	7 mm	-67 mm
Feb	16.5 °C	-1.4 °C	66 mm	-2 mm
Mar	24.7 °C	+3.9 °C	21 mm	-34 mm
Apr	28.0 °C	+2.3 °C	7 mm	-13 mm
May	32.1 °C	+1.7 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Jun	34.9 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	36.9 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	37.1 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	34.6 °C	+0.9 °C	4 mm	+3 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Nov	27.8 °C	+3.8 °C	42 mm	+14 mm
Dec	19.2 °C	+0.8 °C	86 mm	+28 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.8 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest day

0.5 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

23.4 mm

27 Dec 2025

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

59.4 km/h

29 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

48.8 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.9 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

21 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kurayyimah?

Kurayyimah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 320 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kurayyimah?

The hottest day measured in Kurayyimah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2015, reaching 45.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kurayyimah?

The coldest day measured in Kurayyimah between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at -2.9 °C.

Does it snow in Kurayyimah?

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

Has the climate of Kurayyimah warmed?

Yes: Kurayyimah warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kurayyimah?

The wettest day measured in Kurayyimah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1971, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kurayyimah?

The windiest day measured in Kurayyimah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2012, with winds reaching 29.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kurayyimah?

The warmest month in Kurayyimah is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Kurayyimah?

Kurayyimah receives on average 320 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 48 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kurayyimah?

Kurayyimah 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 Kurayyimah?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kurayyimah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, with 1.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Kurayyimah?

Yes: Kurayyimah has on average 100 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kurayyimah?

In Kurayyimah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.8 °C on 12 August 2025, and the lowest was -7.1 °C on 8 February 1950.

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