As Sawānī climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of As Sawānī?

As Sawānī has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 178 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in As Sawānī?

The hottest day measured in As Sawānī between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1945, reaching 46.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in As Sawānī?

The coldest day measured in As Sawānī between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1941, at 1.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in As Sawānī?

Almost never: As Sawānī sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of As Sawānī warmed?

Yes: As Sawānī warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in As Sawānī?

The wettest day measured in As Sawānī between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1974, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in As Sawānī?

The windiest day measured in As Sawānī between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1994, with winds reaching 54.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in As Sawānī?

The warmest month in As Sawānī is August (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in As Sawānī?

As Sawānī receives on average 178 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 38 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in As Sawānī?

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

As Sawānī (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 178 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

As Sawānī averages 0 frost days, 114 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 38 rainy days per year.

As Sawānī has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.6 °C (on 19 August 1945) and the coldest 1.4 °C (on 7 January 1941).

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

As SawānīAl Jafarah

coords: 32.72°, 13.07°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.3°C

Average daily high

25.5°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

178mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

19.5km/h

Seasonal range

15.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

114 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

38 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.3 °C

Average feels-like low

15.3 °C

Average peak gust

36.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

116 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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

46.6 °C

19 August 1945

Coldest day

1.4 °C

7 January 1941

Wettest day

85 mm

20 October 1974

Windiest day

54.6 km/h

5 April 1994

Strongest gust

97.6 km/h

5 April 1994

Hottest feels-like

47.8 °C

18 August 2022

Coldest feels-like

-4.4 °C

19 December 1940

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

18 February 1979

Sunniest day

13.9 h

16 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	43.2 °C25 July 2025	8.0 °C17 February 2025	22.0 °C	116 mm	146
2024	43.1 °C10 June 2024	8.2 °C1 February 2024	22.4 °C	156 mm	142
2023	44.3 °C25 July 2023	6.9 °C25 January 2023	21.2 °C	129 mm	113
2022	43.3 °C18 August 2022	6.2 °C28 January 2022	21.4 °C	137 mm	128
2021	41.0 °C23 June 2021	5.7 °C5 January 2021	21.7 °C	58 mm	124
2020	43.4 °C14 May 2020	6.0 °C8 February 2020	21.5 °C	152 mm	121
2019	42.5 °C12 June 2019	5.1 °C17 February 2019	21.1 °C	210 mm	126
2018	40.3 °C23 July 2018	6.3 °C30 December 2018	21.5 °C	146 mm	122
2017	42.1 °C29 June 2017	4.2 °C19 January 2017	20.6 °C	210 mm	106
2016	44.7 °C16 June 2016	6.1 °C20 February 2016	21.9 °C	77 mm	131
2015	41.6 °C13 June 2015	5.6 °C1 January 2015	20.9 °C	164 mm	128
2014	42.5 °C22 September 2014	6.2 °C31 December 2014	21.7 °C	169 mm	139
2013	42.2 °C6 June 2013	5.6 °C27 February 2013	21.6 °C	141 mm	133
2012	41.6 °C14 August 2012	3.5 °C9 February 2012	21.4 °C	101 mm	160
2011	45.3 °C22 July 2011	7.0 °C9 March 2011	20.9 °C	174 mm	115
2010	41.5 °C12 June 2010	6.0 °C18 December 2010	21.9 °C	109 mm	122
2009	41.2 °C7 July 2009	6.6 °C17 February 2009	21.2 °C	122 mm	121
2008	43.6 °C13 July 2008	5.3 °C19 February 2008	21.3 °C	169 mm	133
2007	43.0 °C22 August 2007	5.9 °C19 December 2007	21.3 °C	180 mm	123
2006	41.4 °C23 June 2006	5.2 °C7 January 2006	21.1 °C	199 mm	122
2005	41.9 °C26 July 2005	4.8 °C19 February 2005	20.8 °C	162 mm	108
2004	39.9 °C10 August 2004	5.0 °C2 February 2004	20.9 °C	134 mm	130
2003	42.5 °C30 June 2003	5.9 °C8 February 2003	21.2 °C	170 mm	136
2002	42.8 °C14 July 2002	4.8 °C9 January 2002	21.0 °C	220 mm	115
2001	41.5 °C19 July 2001	6.2 °C5 February 2001	21.3 °C	149 mm	126
2000	43.0 °C11 July 2000	5.0 °C23 February 2000	20.6 °C	122 mm	107
1999	43.0 °C8 June 1999	2.8 °C2 February 1999	21.6 °C	190 mm	137
1998	40.8 °C5 September 1998	6.3 °C24 January 1998	20.5 °C	193 mm	115
1997	44.0 °C24 July 1997	6.1 °C30 December 1997	20.5 °C	209 mm	106
1996	42.8 °C22 August 1996	5.3 °C29 December 1996	20.6 °C	170 mm	92
1995	44.2 °C26 June 1995	5.6 °C7 January 1995	20.4 °C	240 mm	94
1994	39.4 °C18 August 1994	6.6 °C1 February 1994	20.8 °C	211 mm	123
1993	42.6 °C3 July 1993	5.3 °C31 January 1993	20.5 °C	109 mm	114
1992	40.4 °C6 July 1992	5.0 °C7 January 1992	19.8 °C	108 mm	92
1991	40.7 °C31 July 1991	5.4 °C17 February 1991	19.7 °C	218 mm	97
1990	41.5 °C20 June 1990	6.1 °C8 December 1990	20.8 °C	145 mm	127
1989	40.7 °C8 September 1989	6.2 °C7 March 1989	20.3 °C	107 mm	102
1988	44.4 °C1 July 1988	5.3 °C11 March 1988	20.6 °C	243 mm	119
1987	43.3 °C15 June 1987	4.6 °C10 January 1987	20.3 °C	115 mm	116
1986	39.4 °C14 July 1986	4.8 °C3 February 1986	19.8 °C	239 mm	93
1985	41.1 °C19 June 1985	4.0 °C11 January 1985	20.3 °C	105 mm	101
1984	41.1 °C24 August 1984	3.7 °C21 February 1984	19.7 °C	193 mm	98
1983	43.2 °C30 August 1983	5.0 °C6 February 1983	19.8 °C	131 mm	97
1982	41.3 °C24 June 1982	5.1 °C16 March 1982	20.3 °C	212 mm	115
1981	43.3 °C3 July 1981	2.8 °C10 January 1981	20.1 °C	159 mm	116
1980	42.1 °C27 June 1980	4.8 °C11 January 1980	19.4 °C	155 mm	89
1979	41.3 °C3 July 1979	3.7 °C18 February 1979	19.9 °C	181 mm	104
1978	43.6 °C15 June 1978	5.3 °C3 January 1978	19.8 °C	161 mm	92
1977	43.8 °C8 July 1977	5.6 °C24 December 1977	20.5 °C	150 mm	97
1976	40.7 °C14 September 1976	2.9 °C30 January 1976	19.2 °C	372 mm	93
1975	40.0 °C16 June 1975	5.5 °C4 December 1975	19.5 °C	212 mm	86
1974	42.7 °C26 June 1974	5.3 °C11 February 1974	19.3 °C	423 mm	85
1973	42.8 °C15 July 1973	4.6 °C3 March 1973	19.7 °C	216 mm	118
1972	42.0 °C14 June 1972	5.4 °C16 January 1972	19.7 °C	282 mm	86
1971	41.9 °C18 June 1971	4.8 °C4 January 1971	19.6 °C	215 mm	96
1970	41.7 °C17 June 1970	4.0 °C1 March 1970	19.8 °C	73 mm	88
1969	41.7 °C19 June 1969	5.4 °C6 January 1969	20.0 °C	201 mm	86
1968	43.4 °C11 August 1968	4.3 °C30 January 1968	20.1 °C	146 mm	99
1967	41.1 °C17 June 1967	3.5 °C20 January 1967	19.2 °C	193 mm	92
1966	43.8 °C27 July 1966	4.5 °C31 January 1966	20.0 °C	209 mm	105
1965	42.5 °C1 August 1965	3.7 °C11 February 1965	19.6 °C	167 mm	110
1964	44.9 °C15 August 1964	4.0 °C29 December 1964	20.0 °C	283 mm	122
1963	37.9 °C9 August 1963	4.1 °C30 January 1963	19.5 °C	189 mm	78
1962	40.5 °C1 June 1962	4.2 °C31 January 1962	19.3 °C	276 mm	63
1961	40.7 °C28 May 1961	5.4 °C2 January 1961	19.3 °C	181 mm	78
1960	43.1 °C12 August 1960	4.2 °C15 January 1960	20.3 °C	148 mm	110
1959	43.2 °C5 August 1959	4.7 °C20 January 1959	19.3 °C	131 mm	89
1958	42.7 °C10 June 1958	3.5 °C26 January 1958	20.0 °C	99 mm	108
1957	42.8 °C24 June 1957	3.4 °C5 March 1957	19.4 °C	264 mm	91
1956	45.1 °C21 July 1956	3.3 °C4 February 1956	19.6 °C	143 mm	108
1955	45.8 °C2 August 1955	5.5 °C17 March 1955	21.0 °C	193 mm	122
1954	45.2 °C5 July 1954	4.2 °C2 January 1954	19.5 °C	161 mm	98
1953	42.5 °C30 June 1953	2.4 °C24 January 1953	19.9 °C	232 mm	138
1952	41.9 °C26 July 1952	3.7 °C22 January 1952	20.6 °C	120 mm	142
1951	44.0 °C26 June 1951	4.5 °C20 December 1951	20.2 °C	224 mm	115
1950	40.4 °C8 August 1950	4.0 °C21 January 1950	19.7 °C	228 mm	126
1949	41.2 °C16 June 1949	4.7 °C6 March 1949	19.7 °C	192 mm	123
1948	44.1 °C11 July 1948	4.6 °C24 January 1948	20.0 °C	167 mm	121
1947	43.2 °C1 September 1947	4.8 °C27 December 1947	20.9 °C	137 mm	142
1946	41.8 °C24 August 1946	3.6 °C26 February 1946	20.9 °C	156 mm	156
1945	46.6 °C19 August 1945	2.8 °C3 January 1945	20.1 °C	204 mm	141
1944	45.5 °C10 August 1944	2.2 °C10 January 1944	19.5 °C	223 mm	133
1943	43.3 °C7 July 1943	4.1 °C3 January 1943	19.9 °C	242 mm	129
1942	46.1 °C18 June 1942	2.3 °C13 January 1942	20.0 °C	195 mm	132
1941	45.4 °C4 August 1941	1.4 °C7 January 1941	19.7 °C	158 mm	124
1940	43.9 °C23 June 1940	1.9 °C19 December 1940	19.6 °C	178 mm	131

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.2 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

146 d/yr

+32

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

116 mm

-62 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.5 °C	+1.9 °C	16 mm	-14 mm
Feb	19.6 °C	+1.4 °C	7 mm	-15 mm
Mar	25.6 °C	+4.8 °C	21 mm	+2 mm
Apr	25.4 °C	+0.9 °C	10 mm	-1 mm
May	29.0 °C	+0.9 °C	7 mm	+3 mm
Jun	33.0 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	35.4 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	34.2 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	32.6 °C	+1.0 °C	6 mm	-4 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+1.1 °C	21 mm	-2 mm
Nov	24.0 °C	+1.5 °C	5 mm	-20 mm
Dec	19.7 °C	+1.8 °C	23 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.2 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

8.0 °C

17 Feb 2025

Wettest day

15.3 mm

19 Oct 2025

Windiest day

36.9 km/h

21 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

69.1 km/h

29 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.9 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.9 °C

28 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

16 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of As Sawānī?

As Sawānī has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 178 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in As Sawānī?

The hottest day measured in As Sawānī between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1945, reaching 46.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in As Sawānī?

The coldest day measured in As Sawānī between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1941, at 1.4 °C.

Does it snow in As Sawānī?

Almost never: As Sawānī sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of As Sawānī warmed?

Yes: As Sawānī warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in As Sawānī?

The wettest day measured in As Sawānī between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1974, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in As Sawānī?

The windiest day measured in As Sawānī between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1994, with winds reaching 54.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in As Sawānī?

The warmest month in As Sawānī is August (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.4 °C).

How much does it rain in As Sawānī?

As Sawānī receives on average 178 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 38 rainy days.

Is it sunny in As Sawānī?

As Sawānī 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 As Sawānī?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in As Sawānī between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1979, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in As Sawānī?

Yes: As Sawānī has on average 116 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in As Sawānī?

In As Sawānī, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.8 °C on 18 August 2022, and the lowest was -4.4 °C on 19 December 1940.

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