Salt climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Salt?

Salt has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 187 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 2010, reaching 43.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Salt?

The coldest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at -5.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Salt?

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

Q: Has the climate of Salt warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Salt?

The wettest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2006, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Salt?

The windiest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1952, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Salt?

The warmest month in Salt is August (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Salt?

Salt receives on average 187 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 35 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Salt?

Salt gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Salt (Jordan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 187 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Salt averages 1 frost days, 132 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 35 rainy days per year.

Salt 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 43.8 °C (on 20 August 2010) and the coldest -5.9 °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

SaltBalqa Governorate

coords: 32.04°, 35.73°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.1°C

Average daily high

25.0°C

Average daily low

13.8°C

Annual rainfall

187mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

56%

Average peak wind

13.1km/h

Seasonal range

16.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

132 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

35 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.5 cm

Average feels-like high

24.5 °C

Average feels-like low

12.9 °C

Average peak gust

32.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

70 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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

43.8 °C

20 August 2010

Coldest day

-5.9 °C

8 February 1950

Wettest day

34 mm

2 April 2006

Windiest day

40.8 km/h

10 March 1952

Strongest gust

100.4 km/h

13 March 2020

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

13 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-11.0 °C

8 February 1950

Snowiest day

5.0 cm

25 February 1992

Sunniest day

13.4 h

27 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	42.3 °C14 August 2025	-1.7 °C25 February 2025	20.7 °C	149 mm	157	1
2024	41.5 °C14 June 2024	4.4 °C27 November 2024	20.7 °C	98 mm	146	0
2023	43.7 °C13 August 2023	2.5 °C13 February 2023	20.9 °C	191 mm	148	0
2022	41.5 °C29 August 2022	-0.1 °C18 January 2022	20.2 °C	145 mm	153	1
2021	39.1 °C19 April 2021	2.2 °C26 December 2021	20.8 °C	117 mm	164	0
2020	43.8 °C30 August 2020	2.9 °C11 February 2020	20.5 °C	245 mm	160	0
2019	41.1 °C23 May 2019	1.9 °C19 January 2019	20.2 °C	185 mm	160	0
2018	39.6 °C25 July 2018	4.7 °C21 January 2018	20.8 °C	257 mm	151	0
2017	40.7 °C3 July 2017	0.2 °C4 February 2017	20.2 °C	98 mm	144	0
2016	40.3 °C16 May 2016	-1.2 °C28 January 2016	20.3 °C	177 mm	154	2
2015	43.5 °C2 August 2015	-0.9 °C6 December 2015	20.0 °C	162 mm	139	2
2014	40.0 °C28 June 2014	0.1 °C5 February 2014	19.9 °C	125 mm	127	0
2013	38.7 °C24 May 2013	-0.2 °C15 December 2013	19.7 °C	232 mm	137	1
2012	41.5 °C18 July 2012	1.6 °C18 March 2012	20.1 °C	220 mm	157	0
2011	40.5 °C30 July 2011	0.6 °C7 December 2011	19.2 °C	164 mm	129	0
2010	43.8 °C20 August 2010	1.3 °C7 February 2010	21.5 °C	130 mm	161	0
2009	40.1 °C1 July 2009	0.4 °C4 January 2009	19.9 °C	132 mm	148	0
2008	39.0 °C18 August 2008	-3.7 °C15 January 2008	19.8 °C	135 mm	146	8
2007	41.0 °C28 July 2007	0.8 °C31 December 2007	19.6 °C	138 mm	148	0
2006	40.2 °C10 September 2006	0.4 °C17 December 2006	19.1 °C	156 mm	138	0
2005	38.8 °C15 August 2005	0.6 °C11 February 2005	19.1 °C	198 mm	126	0
2004	39.4 °C14 July 2004	0.7 °C18 December 2004	19.4 °C	178 mm	142	0
2003	38.1 °C6 July 2003	4.1 °C1 March 2003	19.5 °C	234 mm	155	0
2002	41.7 °C9 June 2002	2.1 °C11 January 2002	19.6 °C	274 mm	138	0
2001	40.7 °C2 June 2001	1.7 °C29 January 2001	20.0 °C	134 mm	151	0
2000	42.1 °C30 July 2000	1.0 °C14 January 2000	19.2 °C	223 mm	136	0
1999	39.7 °C23 May 1999	1.3 °C2 December 1999	19.9 °C	91 mm	149	0
1998	42.1 °C9 August 1998	0.3 °C12 January 1998	20.0 °C	158 mm	145	0
1997	37.9 °C22 June 1997	-0.9 °C9 February 1997	18.9 °C	216 mm	136	3
1996	40.2 °C3 July 1996	1.7 °C25 January 1996	19.5 °C	163 mm	134	0
1995	40.2 °C23 May 1995	3.0 °C26 November 1995	18.9 °C	85 mm	131	0
1994	40.0 °C13 September 1994	1.9 °C9 December 1994	19.4 °C	269 mm	147	0
1993	40.4 °C23 June 1993	-1.5 °C18 January 1993	18.8 °C	161 mm	130	2
1992	38.5 °C12 August 1992	-3.3 °C10 February 1992	17.5 °C	313 mm	100	7
1991	36.5 °C8 May 1991	0.4 °C18 December 1991	18.7 °C	273 mm	120	0
1990	38.6 °C27 May 1990	-1.3 °C25 January 1990	18.8 °C	160 mm	124	2
1989	37.5 °C16 May 1989	-1.1 °C5 February 1989	18.7 °C	109 mm	139	5
1988	39.9 °C15 May 1988	0.4 °C14 November 1988	18.6 °C	274 mm	125	0
1987	39.7 °C7 August 1987	1.0 °C28 December 1987	18.5 °C	214 mm	130	0
1986	39.1 °C18 September 1986	1.0 °C24 January 1986	18.6 °C	208 mm	125	0
1985	40.3 °C13 August 1985	-0.4 °C3 March 1985	18.8 °C	152 mm	125	1
1984	36.4 °C13 May 1984	0.4 °C8 December 1984	18.3 °C	167 mm	127	0
1983	40.7 °C11 July 1983	0.1 °C27 January 1983	17.7 °C	219 mm	104	0
1982	36.4 °C12 August 1982	0.7 °C19 January 1982	17.8 °C	185 mm	106	0
1981	38.1 °C6 September 1981	2.5 °C23 November 1981	18.6 °C	129 mm	127	0
1980	40.6 °C31 May 1980	-0.1 °C2 February 1980	18.7 °C	260 mm	134	1
1979	37.2 °C24 June 1979	3.8 °C25 January 1979	19.3 °C	187 mm	127	0
1978	41.4 °C8 July 1978	1.5 °C14 January 1978	19.1 °C	106 mm	135	0
1977	41.7 °C24 August 1977	1.5 °C12 January 1977	18.7 °C	206 mm	126	0
1976	36.3 °C8 June 1976	-0.4 °C3 March 1976	18.3 °C	136 mm	118	1
1975	37.3 °C28 May 1975	1.7 °C14 January 1975	18.4 °C	173 mm	114	0
1974	38.8 °C19 June 1974	-0.1 °C24 January 1974	18.6 °C	252 mm	133	1
1973	38.7 °C21 July 1973	-2.0 °C1 January 1973	18.5 °C	193 mm	133	3
1972	39.2 °C17 September 1972	-1.4 °C27 December 1972	18.1 °C	205 mm	116	6
1971	37.5 °C25 August 1971	0.2 °C14 February 1971	18.3 °C	330 mm	121	0
1970	41.1 °C21 May 1970	0.2 °C16 December 1970	18.7 °C	179 mm	120	0
1969	40.2 °C1 June 1969	3.1 °C29 January 1969	19.1 °C	235 mm	123	0
1968	38.6 °C14 August 1968	0.8 °C2 February 1968	19.0 °C	203 mm	118	0
1967	38.2 °C21 May 1967	-0.9 °C24 January 1967	17.8 °C	230 mm	93	3
1966	39.9 °C3 June 1966	1.6 °C11 January 1966	19.4 °C	188 mm	119	0
1965	40.3 °C13 June 1965	2.9 °C13 March 1965	18.9 °C	192 mm	128	0
1964	38.6 °C31 May 1964	-2.5 °C19 January 1964	17.9 °C	190 mm	112	5
1963	38.8 °C7 June 1963	1.0 °C26 December 1963	19.5 °C	178 mm	129	0
1962	38.9 °C11 June 1962	2.1 °C22 February 1962	19.8 °C	72 mm	152	0
1961	40.7 °C7 June 1961	0.7 °C16 January 1961	18.3 °C	190 mm	117	0
1960	37.6 °C5 July 1960	0.0 °C24 January 1960	19.7 °C	127 mm	140	0
1959	39.1 °C11 June 1959	-2.4 °C10 February 1959	17.8 °C	182 mm	113	5
1958	39.3 °C23 August 1958	1.4 °C1 February 1958	19.3 °C	77 mm	114	0
1957	39.0 °C29 May 1957	-2.4 °C23 January 1957	18.8 °C	229 mm	124	4
1956	39.9 °C24 July 1956	0.8 °C31 March 1956	18.6 °C	228 mm	112	0
1955	39.0 °C11 June 1955	2.6 °C8 January 1955	19.3 °C	99 mm	142	0
1954	40.1 °C22 August 1954	1.9 °C15 January 1954	18.9 °C	187 mm	132	0
1953	38.2 °C20 July 1953	-0.8 °C30 November 1953	17.9 °C	383 mm	113	4
1952	41.2 °C23 August 1952	2.2 °C30 December 1952	19.1 °C	197 mm	127	0
1951	37.5 °C10 September 1951	1.6 °C26 December 1951	18.9 °C	240 mm	122	0
1950	38.1 °C18 May 1950	-5.9 °C8 February 1950	18.5 °C	169 mm	131	9
1949	37.4 °C4 June 1949	-2.1 °C19 February 1949	17.7 °C	359 mm	118	9
1948	37.6 °C4 July 1948	-1.7 °C31 December 1948	17.7 °C	247 mm	116	1
1947	38.2 °C16 September 1947	1.9 °C27 December 1947	19.6 °C	117 mm	140	0
1946	40.4 °C8 September 1946	0.9 °C24 January 1946	19.0 °C	135 mm	131	0
1945	40.6 °C11 July 1945	-0.1 °C23 December 1945	18.2 °C	214 mm	127	1
1944	40.2 °C14 June 1944	0.1 °C17 January 1944	18.7 °C	205 mm	138	0
1943	39.3 °C30 September 1943	1.3 °C7 March 1943	18.8 °C	166 mm	138	0
1942	40.6 °C6 May 1942	-5.1 °C7 January 1942	18.8 °C	167 mm	137	5
1941	39.2 °C25 May 1941	1.0 °C2 January 1941	19.2 °C	232 mm	141	0
1940	40.1 °C2 June 1940	0.1 °C16 January 1940	18.7 °C	129 mm	128	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.7 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

157 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Annual rainfall

149 mm

-38 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.0 °C	+3.5 °C	1 mm	-42 mm
Feb	14.2 °C	-1.6 °C	40 mm	-1 mm
Mar	22.3 °C	+3.3 °C	28 mm	-6 mm
Apr	26.0 °C	+1.7 °C	5 mm	-8 mm
May	30.5 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Jun	33.6 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	35.1 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	35.5 °C	+1.8 °C	3 mm	+3 mm
Sep	32.6 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Nov	26.2 °C	+4.1 °C	16 mm	+0 mm
Dec	17.0 °C	+0.5 °C	53 mm	+22 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.3 °C

14 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-1.7 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

20.7 mm

28 Dec 2025

Windiest day

31.8 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

69.1 km/h

20 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-5.5 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

9 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Salt?

Salt has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 187 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salt?

The hottest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 2010, reaching 43.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Salt?

The coldest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at -5.9 °C.

Does it snow in Salt?

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

Has the climate of Salt warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Salt?

The wettest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2006, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Salt?

The windiest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1952, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Salt?

The warmest month in Salt is August (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Salt?

Salt receives on average 187 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 35 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Salt?

Salt gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Salt?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1992, with 5.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Salt?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salt?

In Salt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 13 August 2023, and the lowest was -11.0 °C on 8 February 1950.

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