Al Aşābi‘ah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Aşābi‘ah?

Al Aşābi‘ah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 141 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Aşābi‘ah?

The hottest day measured in Al Aşābi‘ah between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 2024, reaching 44.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Aşābi‘ah?

The coldest day measured in Al Aşābi‘ah between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1940, at -4.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Aşābi‘ah?

Almost never: Al Aşābi‘ah sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Al Aşābi‘ah warmed?

Yes: Al Aşābi‘ah warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Aşābi‘ah?

The wettest day measured in Al Aşābi‘ah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 1988, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Aşābi‘ah?

The windiest day measured in Al Aşābi‘ah between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2006, with winds reaching 62.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Aşābi‘ah?

The warmest month in Al Aşābi‘ah is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Aşābi‘ah?

Al Aşābi‘ah receives on average 141 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 30 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Aşābi‘ah?

Al Aşābi‘ah gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al Aşābi‘ah (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 141 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 July (27.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Al Aşābi‘ah averages 2 frost days, 110 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 30 rainy days per year.

Al Aşābi‘ah has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.4 °C (on 11 June 2024) and the coldest -4.0 °C (on 31 December 1940).

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

Al Aşābi‘ahJabal al Gharbi

coords: 32.03°, 12.87°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.5°C

Average daily high

23.9°C

Average daily low

13.5°C

Annual rainfall

141mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

54%

Average peak wind

22.1km/h

Seasonal range

18.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

110 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

30 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.4 cm

Average feels-like high

21.8 °C

Average feels-like low

11.2 °C

Average peak gust

38.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

76 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

44.4 °C

11 June 2024

Coldest day

-4.0 °C

31 December 1940

Wettest day

58 mm

20 September 1988

Windiest day

62.9 km/h

23 February 2006

Strongest gust

106.6 km/h

23 February 2006

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

4 July 1988

Coldest feels-like

-10.7 °C

9 January 1981

Snowiest day

4.3 cm

18 December 1962

Sunniest day

13.8 h

16 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.7 °C25 July 2025	3.0 °C11 February 2025	20.2 °C	81 mm	124	0
2024	44.4 °C11 June 2024	3.7 °C1 February 2024	20.9 °C	101 mm	132	0
2023	42.9 °C29 July 2023	2.3 °C20 January 2023	19.8 °C	122 mm	114	0
2022	41.0 °C18 August 2022	1.6 °C26 January 2022	20.1 °C	74 mm	127	0
2021	43.1 °C4 July 2021	1.7 °C5 January 2021	20.7 °C	35 mm	136	0
2020	41.4 °C14 May 2020	2.4 °C9 February 2020	19.8 °C	101 mm	122	0
2019	41.3 °C14 June 2019	1.3 °C16 January 2019	19.2 °C	200 mm	116	0
2018	42.4 °C23 July 2018	1.8 °C30 December 2018	19.8 °C	160 mm	114	0
2017	40.5 °C12 May 2017	1.8 °C7 January 2017	18.7 °C	226 mm	105	0
2016	42.2 °C16 June 2016	2.0 °C17 January 2016	20.3 °C	51 mm	131	0
2015	40.1 °C13 June 2015	0.7 °C7 February 2015	19.2 °C	85 mm	119	0
2014	42.8 °C3 August 2014	0.4 °C31 December 2014	20.1 °C	135 mm	138	0
2013	40.5 °C6 June 2013	1.0 °C11 February 2013	19.9 °C	106 mm	131	0
2012	40.7 °C12 July 2012	-1.5 °C9 February 2012	19.5 °C	113 mm	140	4
2011	42.6 °C23 July 2011	1.8 °C21 December 2011	18.6 °C	157 mm	107	0
2010	41.8 °C10 June 2010	1.5 °C17 December 2010	20.4 °C	87 mm	125	0
2009	42.5 °C8 July 2009	1.3 °C16 February 2009	19.4 °C	102 mm	118	0
2008	43.0 °C13 July 2008	2.1 °C19 February 2008	19.6 °C	192 mm	129	0
2007	41.5 °C20 June 2007	1.3 °C20 December 2007	19.6 °C	134 mm	123	0
2006	41.5 °C16 August 2006	1.1 °C7 January 2006	19.4 °C	212 mm	118	0
2005	42.0 °C28 July 2005	0.2 °C27 January 2005	19.3 °C	139 mm	107	0
2004	40.8 °C11 August 2004	1.9 °C6 January 2004	19.2 °C	139 mm	117	0
2003	41.6 °C3 July 2003	0.6 °C27 December 2003	19.5 °C	160 mm	130	0
2002	40.5 °C7 July 2002	0.9 °C9 January 2002	19.5 °C	141 mm	116	0
2001	41.7 °C10 July 2001	2.2 °C3 February 2001	19.9 °C	100 mm	132	0
2000	41.1 °C11 July 2000	2.2 °C26 February 2000	19.3 °C	90 mm	110	0
1999	42.2 °C9 August 1999	-1.7 °C2 February 1999	20.3 °C	163 mm	139	3
1998	41.6 °C8 September 1998	1.8 °C12 March 1998	18.9 °C	165 mm	120	0
1997	43.0 °C28 June 1997	2.1 °C30 December 1997	19.1 °C	145 mm	107	0
1996	42.3 °C7 July 1996	-0.1 °C28 December 1996	19.2 °C	144 mm	109	1
1995	43.1 °C27 June 1995	-0.7 °C15 January 1995	18.9 °C	201 mm	114	1
1994	40.7 °C18 August 1994	2.1 °C1 February 1994	19.1 °C	177 mm	120	0
1993	41.4 °C3 July 1993	0.7 °C26 February 1993	19.2 °C	81 mm	124	0
1992	40.6 °C7 July 1992	-0.6 °C26 January 1992	18.3 °C	110 mm	99	1
1991	41.7 °C31 July 1991	1.3 °C16 February 1991	18.0 °C	217 mm	109	0
1990	41.0 °C12 June 1990	2.5 °C8 December 1990	19.4 °C	117 mm	135	0
1989	39.9 °C11 September 1989	2.2 °C14 January 1989	18.9 °C	94 mm	106	0
1988	43.0 °C1 July 1988	2.1 °C10 December 1988	19.1 °C	204 mm	124	0
1987	42.2 °C14 June 1987	0.3 °C21 January 1987	18.9 °C	136 mm	119	0
1986	39.9 °C14 July 1986	0.6 °C26 December 1986	18.2 °C	152 mm	102	0
1985	40.2 °C17 June 1985	0.4 °C11 January 1985	18.7 °C	113 mm	100	0
1984	41.1 °C13 August 1984	0.4 °C17 February 1984	18.3 °C	147 mm	108	0
1983	41.3 °C9 August 1983	-0.3 °C6 February 1983	18.2 °C	107 mm	105	2
1982	40.7 °C23 June 1982	0.5 °C25 December 1982	18.5 °C	206 mm	116	0
1981	42.1 °C3 July 1981	-2.7 °C10 January 1981	18.7 °C	85 mm	118	7
1980	41.7 °C13 June 1980	0.8 °C5 January 1980	17.6 °C	226 mm	93	0
1979	39.5 °C3 July 1979	-2.1 °C18 January 1979	18.2 °C	155 mm	101	1
1978	42.7 °C20 June 1978	0.4 °C3 January 1978	18.0 °C	138 mm	92	0
1977	43.5 °C8 July 1977	-0.5 °C19 January 1977	19.0 °C	109 mm	104	1
1976	39.7 °C20 June 1976	0.2 °C30 January 1976	17.1 °C	363 mm	85	0
1975	38.4 °C16 June 1975	0.4 °C4 December 1975	17.8 °C	140 mm	90	0
1974	41.4 °C26 June 1974	0.8 °C2 March 1974	17.5 °C	265 mm	85	0
1973	41.5 °C17 July 1973	-0.4 °C3 March 1973	18.0 °C	148 mm	122	1
1972	40.9 °C30 July 1972	0.9 °C23 January 1972	17.8 °C	337 mm	91	0
1971	40.7 °C18 June 1971	0.6 °C3 March 1971	17.9 °C	149 mm	94	0
1970	42.3 °C24 June 1970	0.8 °C1 March 1970	18.2 °C	72 mm	97	0
1969	40.9 °C29 May 1969	-0.2 °C23 December 1969	18.2 °C	211 mm	89	2
1968	42.1 °C11 August 1968	0.0 °C14 March 1968	18.3 °C	123 mm	98	0
1967	40.9 °C17 June 1967	-1.2 °C8 January 1967	17.6 °C	119 mm	95	3
1966	41.2 °C25 July 1966	0.3 °C31 January 1966	17.9 °C	172 mm	96	0
1965	41.4 °C1 August 1965	-1.3 °C11 February 1965	17.6 °C	104 mm	94	4
1964	41.3 °C15 August 1964	0.2 °C29 December 1964	17.9 °C	143 mm	96	0
1963	40.5 °C16 June 1963	-0.6 °C30 January 1963	18.0 °C	199 mm	92	1
1962	41.6 °C13 July 1962	-0.1 °C10 January 1962	17.8 °C	204 mm	77	1
1961	41.7 °C27 May 1961	0.1 °C22 December 1961	17.6 °C	126 mm	88	0
1960	42.2 °C12 August 1960	-1.7 °C19 January 1960	18.9 °C	127 mm	108	3
1959	43.8 °C5 August 1959	-0.6 °C20 January 1959	17.8 °C	81 mm	100	1
1958	42.3 °C3 July 1958	-0.6 °C15 January 1958	18.3 °C	74 mm	104	2
1957	39.8 °C24 June 1957	-0.4 °C5 March 1957	17.3 °C	227 mm	80	1
1956	40.8 °C21 July 1956	-2.3 °C9 February 1956	17.4 °C	108 mm	94	4
1955	43.3 °C2 August 1955	0.9 °C3 March 1955	19.1 °C	147 mm	114	0
1954	42.0 °C5 July 1954	-0.6 °C2 January 1954	17.1 °C	104 mm	88	3
1953	40.3 °C7 July 1953	-1.2 °C10 February 1953	17.7 °C	128 mm	112	9
1952	41.2 °C28 July 1952	-1.4 °C21 January 1952	18.4 °C	82 mm	131	3
1951	40.5 °C26 June 1951	0.4 °C2 February 1951	18.2 °C	115 mm	105	0
1950	39.8 °C23 June 1950	-1.2 °C21 January 1950	17.3 °C	168 mm	109	2
1949	39.7 °C16 June 1949	-1.6 °C30 January 1949	17.5 °C	121 mm	99	2
1948	40.1 °C11 July 1948	-0.4 °C23 January 1948	17.6 °C	103 mm	102	1
1947	40.8 °C1 September 1947	-1.1 °C18 December 1947	18.6 °C	79 mm	107	3
1946	39.4 °C16 June 1946	-0.5 °C24 February 1946	18.5 °C	81 mm	120	1
1945	42.0 °C19 August 1945	-3.0 °C8 January 1945	17.6 °C	135 mm	115	11
1944	41.7 °C10 August 1944	-2.2 °C9 January 1944	17.1 °C	154 mm	105	10
1943	39.0 °C26 July 1943	-0.1 °C3 January 1943	17.4 °C	249 mm	99	1
1942	41.5 °C18 June 1942	-3.2 °C13 January 1942	17.6 °C	120 mm	104	13
1941	40.5 °C13 July 1941	-3.6 °C8 January 1941	17.4 °C	114 mm	100	12
1940	42.0 °C24 June 1940	-4.0 °C31 December 1940	17.2 °C	70 mm	91	19

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.3 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

124 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

81 mm

-60 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	15.4 °C	+2.2 °C	12 mm	-8 mm
Feb	16.0 °C	+0.8 °C	6 mm	-11 mm
Mar	23.2 °C	+4.5 °C	17 mm	-4 mm
Apr	24.6 °C	+1.2 °C	11 mm	-2 mm
May	28.5 °C	+0.6 °C	7 mm	-0 mm
Jun	32.2 °C	-0.1 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
Jul	35.0 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	34.1 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+0.9 °C	3 mm	-6 mm
Oct	26.2 °C	+1.0 °C	6 mm	-12 mm
Nov	20.8 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-14 mm
Dec	15.5 °C	+1.1 °C	18 mm	+0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.7 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

3.0 °C

11 Feb 2025

Wettest day

7.6 mm

7 Apr 2025

Windiest day

53.3 km/h

15 May 2025

Strongest gust

87.1 km/h

15 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.8 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.3 °C

28 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

16 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Aşābi‘ah?

Al Aşābi‘ah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 141 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Aşābi‘ah?

The hottest day measured in Al Aşābi‘ah between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 2024, reaching 44.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Aşābi‘ah?

The coldest day measured in Al Aşābi‘ah between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1940, at -4.0 °C.

Does it snow in Al Aşābi‘ah?

Almost never: Al Aşābi‘ah sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Al Aşābi‘ah warmed?

Yes: Al Aşābi‘ah warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Aşābi‘ah?

The wettest day measured in Al Aşābi‘ah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 1988, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Aşābi‘ah?

The windiest day measured in Al Aşābi‘ah between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2006, with winds reaching 62.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Aşābi‘ah?

The warmest month in Al Aşābi‘ah is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Aşābi‘ah?

Al Aşābi‘ah receives on average 141 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 30 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Aşābi‘ah?

Al Aşābi‘ah 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 Al Aşābi‘ah?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Al Aşābi‘ah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1962, with 4.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Al Aşābi‘ah?

Yes: Al Aşābi‘ah has on average 76 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Aşābi‘ah?

In Al Aşābi‘ah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 4 July 1988, and the lowest was -10.7 °C on 9 January 1981.

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