Al Jadīd climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Jadīd?

Al Jadīd has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 11 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Jadīd?

The hottest day measured in Al Jadīd between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 2010, reaching 46.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Jadīd?

The coldest day measured in Al Jadīd between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1940, at -7.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Jadīd?

Almost never: Al Jadīd sees virtually no snow, with about 5 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Al Jadīd warmed?

Yes: Al Jadīd warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Jadīd?

The wettest day measured in Al Jadīd between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1954, with 22 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Jadīd?

The windiest day measured in Al Jadīd between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1992, with winds reaching 61.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Jadīd?

The warmest month in Al Jadīd is June (31.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Jadīd?

Al Jadīd receives on average 11 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 3 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Jadīd?

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

Al Jadīd (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 11 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 June (31.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Al Jadīd averages 5 frost days, 187 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 3 rainy days per year.

Al Jadīd has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 12 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.4 °C (on 22 June 2010) and the coldest -7.5 °C (on 19 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 JadīdSabha District

coords: 27.05°, 14.40°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

22.4°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

15.5°C

Annual rainfall

11mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

33%

Average peak wind

21.6km/h

Seasonal range

20.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

5 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

187 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

3 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.3 °C

Average feels-like low

11.8 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

144 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.0 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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

46.4 °C

22 June 2010

Coldest day

-7.5 °C

19 December 1940

Wettest day

22 mm

11 November 1954

Windiest day

61.7 km/h

11 May 1992

Strongest gust

90.4 km/h

11 May 1992

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

29 June 1997

Coldest feels-like

-12.2 °C

19 December 1940

Sunniest day

13.3 h

28 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.1 °C24 May 2025	2.1 °C29 November 2025	24.5 °C	6 mm	206	0
2024	44.3 °C21 August 2024	1.9 °C27 December 2024	25.0 °C	4 mm	208	0
2023	44.9 °C15 June 2023	0.1 °C21 January 2023	23.8 °C	1 mm	209	0
2022	42.9 °C10 June 2022	-0.4 °C27 January 2022	23.6 °C	1 mm	190	1
2021	45.7 °C5 July 2021	0.4 °C23 January 2021	24.3 °C	5 mm	205	0
2020	44.5 °C11 June 2020	-1.6 °C8 January 2020	23.4 °C	12 mm	198	1
2019	45.4 °C18 June 2019	-1.2 °C14 January 2019	23.2 °C	12 mm	194	4
2018	44.6 °C13 June 2018	0.7 °C14 January 2018	24.6 °C	13 mm	221	0
2017	42.9 °C27 July 2017	-2.1 °C1 January 2017	22.4 °C	9 mm	179	8
2016	44.0 °C6 June 2016	-1.1 °C20 January 2016	24.1 °C	10 mm	212	1
2015	44.0 °C20 June 2015	-3.2 °C1 January 2015	23.0 °C	6 mm	194	5
2014	45.0 °C2 June 2014	0.4 °C31 December 2014	23.8 °C	5 mm	177	0
2013	44.9 °C27 May 2013	0.3 °C16 February 2013	23.6 °C	17 mm	203	0
2012	43.1 °C21 May 2012	-1.4 °C7 February 2012	23.1 °C	6 mm	210	5
2011	44.5 °C27 July 2011	0.4 °C27 December 2011	22.7 °C	17 mm	183	0
2010	46.4 °C22 June 2010	0.0 °C18 December 2010	25.0 °C	3 mm	228	0
2009	43.3 °C11 July 2009	1.9 °C24 February 2009	23.5 °C	3 mm	190	0
2008	45.6 °C10 June 2008	-0.5 °C17 January 2008	23.7 °C	11 mm	204	1
2007	44.6 °C27 May 2007	0.6 °C3 January 2007	23.4 °C	2 mm	208	0
2006	44.2 °C10 August 2006	-0.2 °C14 January 2006	23.3 °C	22 mm	202	1
2005	43.3 °C24 July 2005	-0.1 °C25 December 2005	23.3 °C	15 mm	195	1
2004	44.1 °C17 June 2004	-1.0 °C7 January 2004	23.0 °C	4 mm	195	3
2003	42.9 °C5 July 2003	-1.2 °C25 December 2003	23.2 °C	5 mm	200	6
2002	44.9 °C21 July 2002	-0.2 °C1 January 2002	23.3 °C	4 mm	180	1
2001	43.1 °C22 August 2001	0.3 °C30 December 2001	23.5 °C	2 mm	196	0
2000	41.9 °C4 April 2000	0.2 °C21 January 2000	22.8 °C	15 mm	208	0
1999	44.3 °C16 June 1999	0.2 °C23 December 1999	23.5 °C	3 mm	198	0
1998	43.4 °C8 September 1998	-0.8 °C23 January 1998	23.3 °C	14 mm	193	1
1997	45.9 °C29 June 1997	0.8 °C29 December 1997	23.1 °C	10 mm	182	0
1996	44.1 °C10 May 1996	1.0 °C24 February 1996	23.3 °C	8 mm	179	0
1995	44.9 °C12 July 1995	-3.2 °C16 January 1995	22.8 °C	25 mm	171	7
1994	42.2 °C13 June 1994	-1.1 °C11 January 1994	22.6 °C	7 mm	181	2
1993	43.1 °C11 June 1993	-1.1 °C2 January 1993	22.8 °C	13 mm	202	1
1992	43.7 °C16 June 1992	-0.8 °C4 January 1992	21.9 °C	22 mm	181	1
1991	43.1 °C22 June 1991	-1.0 °C29 December 1991	22.5 °C	20 mm	194	2
1990	44.1 °C17 June 1990	1.7 °C26 December 1990	23.1 °C	7 mm	203	0
1989	45.2 °C5 June 1989	-0.1 °C8 January 1989	22.6 °C	1 mm	183	1
1988	46.0 °C22 June 1988	0.7 °C14 December 1988	23.2 °C	21 mm	189	0
1987	43.5 °C20 June 1987	-1.8 °C1 January 1987	22.8 °C	14 mm	185	8
1986	43.8 °C7 June 1986	-0.9 °C27 December 1986	22.3 °C	5 mm	178	2
1985	42.4 °C19 June 1985	-1.9 °C19 January 1985	22.4 °C	18 mm	179	4
1984	44.0 °C23 May 1984	-2.4 °C9 January 1984	22.3 °C	7 mm	192	7
1983	43.6 °C11 August 1983	-0.8 °C17 December 1983	22.0 °C	10 mm	173	6
1982	42.2 °C10 August 1982	-2.2 °C27 December 1982	22.0 °C	12 mm	193	4
1981	42.7 °C29 April 1981	-5.6 °C10 January 1981	22.5 °C	10 mm	194	7
1980	44.1 °C19 June 1980	-0.9 °C5 December 1980	22.4 °C	6 mm	195	3
1979	41.7 °C21 June 1979	0.1 °C18 January 1979	22.5 °C	1 mm	190	0
1978	45.9 °C28 May 1978	-0.8 °C11 January 1978	22.3 °C	30 mm	186	5
1977	44.4 °C30 July 1977	-0.7 °C16 January 1977	22.3 °C	1 mm	173	3
1976	42.8 °C2 July 1976	-1.8 °C13 February 1976	22.0 °C	36 mm	178	6
1975	43.5 °C17 June 1975	-1.9 °C14 January 1975	22.0 °C	5 mm	180	6
1974	43.3 °C29 June 1974	0.5 °C9 December 1974	22.0 °C	8 mm	195	0
1973	42.9 °C12 June 1973	-0.9 °C3 March 1973	21.8 °C	5 mm	190	1
1972	43.8 °C2 July 1972	-0.2 °C25 January 1972	22.7 °C	34 mm	178	1
1971	42.2 °C4 June 1971	-0.6 °C18 January 1971	22.2 °C	7 mm	184	3
1970	43.3 °C19 May 1970	-0.6 °C24 December 1970	22.1 °C	7 mm	183	1
1969	44.5 °C14 June 1969	-2.7 °C4 January 1969	23.2 °C	6 mm	198	5
1968	42.8 °C21 June 1968	-2.3 °C28 January 1968	22.3 °C	22 mm	179	12
1967	42.7 °C16 June 1967	-1.1 °C9 January 1967	21.7 °C	9 mm	169	3
1966	43.3 °C27 July 1966	-2.2 °C24 December 1966	21.8 °C	31 mm	178	10
1965	42.4 °C10 June 1965	-0.8 °C20 December 1965	21.7 °C	5 mm	179	3
1964	41.2 °C28 June 1964	-1.6 °C5 December 1964	22.0 °C	5 mm	168	2
1963	42.5 °C17 June 1963	-2.9 °C28 January 1963	22.2 °C	17 mm	175	1
1962	42.1 °C29 May 1962	-2.1 °C2 February 1962	21.8 °C	8 mm	185	6
1961	44.5 °C5 June 1961	-2.2 °C23 December 1961	20.8 °C	4 mm	150	10
1960	42.7 °C9 July 1960	-5.7 °C20 January 1960	22.2 °C	9 mm	189	10
1959	43.4 °C31 May 1959	-1.2 °C10 January 1959	21.5 °C	1 mm	180	6
1958	43.0 °C13 July 1958	-1.4 °C26 December 1958	22.3 °C	13 mm	177	7
1957	40.4 °C25 June 1957	-2.7 °C13 January 1957	21.8 °C	43 mm	184	9
1956	42.4 °C30 June 1956	-3.1 °C29 December 1956	21.3 °C	11 mm	167	15
1955	42.6 °C9 August 1955	0.8 °C1 January 1955	22.7 °C	1 mm	181	0
1954	42.6 °C25 May 1954	-5.6 °C12 January 1954	21.0 °C	28 mm	165	16
1953	42.8 °C14 June 1953	-6.2 °C12 January 1953	21.5 °C	12 mm	190	15
1952	43.4 °C29 July 1952	-4.7 °C12 January 1952	21.4 °C	3 mm	182	22
1951	42.3 °C31 May 1951	-2.1 °C5 January 1951	22.1 °C	13 mm	181	5
1950	40.7 °C25 June 1950	-0.5 °C29 December 1950	20.9 °C	4 mm	166	5
1949	41.9 °C19 June 1949	-2.0 °C5 February 1949	21.1 °C	8 mm	164	8
1948	43.4 °C4 June 1948	-2.2 °C25 January 1948	21.1 °C	5 mm	178	6
1947	41.0 °C13 July 1947	-3.1 °C2 January 1947	21.9 °C	22 mm	174	17
1946	42.4 °C8 June 1946	-2.9 °C30 December 1946	21.4 °C	11 mm	176	11
1945	43.0 °C5 July 1945	-5.3 °C12 January 1945	20.6 °C	11 mm	159	19
1944	43.2 °C19 June 1944	-3.8 °C8 January 1944	20.9 °C	1 mm	179	17
1943	39.9 °C7 July 1943	-1.1 °C31 January 1943	20.5 °C	37 mm	155	4
1942	40.7 °C16 June 1942	-3.3 °C4 January 1942	21.1 °C	29 mm	182	18
1941	42.0 °C8 August 1941	-4.7 °C1 January 1941	21.5 °C	2 mm	176	24
1940	44.3 °C24 June 1940	-7.5 °C19 December 1940	20.6 °C	13 mm	184	24

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.7 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

206 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-5

Annual rainfall

6 mm

-5 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.2 °C	+3.2 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Feb	21.3 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	+4.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	31.9 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
May	36.3 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jun	37.5 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	39.5 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	39.0 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	36.0 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	31.3 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Nov	25.3 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Dec	19.5 °C	+1.6 °C	3 mm	+2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.1 °C

24 May 2025

Coldest day

2.1 °C

29 Nov 2025

Wettest day

3.0 mm

2 Dec 2025

Windiest day

47.2 km/h

21 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

21 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

30 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.4 °C

29 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

27 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Jadīd?

Al Jadīd has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 11 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Jadīd?

The hottest day measured in Al Jadīd between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 2010, reaching 46.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Jadīd?

The coldest day measured in Al Jadīd between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1940, at -7.5 °C.

Does it snow in Al Jadīd?

Almost never: Al Jadīd sees virtually no snow, with about 5 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Al Jadīd warmed?

Yes: Al Jadīd warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Jadīd?

The wettest day measured in Al Jadīd between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1954, with 22 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Jadīd?

The windiest day measured in Al Jadīd between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1992, with winds reaching 61.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Jadīd?

The warmest month in Al Jadīd is June (31.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Jadīd?

Al Jadīd receives on average 11 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 3 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Jadīd?

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

Are there tropical nights in Al Jadīd?

Yes: Al Jadīd has on average 144 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Jadīd?

In Al Jadīd, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 29 June 1997, and the lowest was -12.2 °C on 19 December 1940.

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