At Tāj climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of At Tāj?

At Tāj has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 2 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in At Tāj?

The hottest day measured in At Tāj between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 2010, reaching 46.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in At Tāj?

The coldest day measured in At Tāj between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1945, at -4.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in At Tāj?

Almost never: At Tāj sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of At Tāj warmed?

Yes: At Tāj warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in At Tāj?

The wettest day measured in At Tāj between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1964, with 13 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in At Tāj?

The windiest day measured in At Tāj between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1980, with winds reaching 51.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in At Tāj?

The warmest month in At Tāj is July (31.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in At Tāj?

At Tāj receives on average 2 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 1 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in At Tāj?

At Tāj gets on average 11.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,234 hours per year over 1940-2025.

At Tāj (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 2 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 (31.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

At Tāj averages 2 frost days, 195 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 1 rainy days per year.

At Tāj has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °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 46.1 °C (on 23 June 2010) and the coldest -4.2 °C (on 5 January 1945).

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

At TājAl Kufrah

coords: 24.20°, 23.29°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

22.8°C

Average daily high

29.5°C

Average daily low

15.5°C

Annual rainfall

2mm

Sunshine / day

11.6h

Mean relative humidity

30%

Average peak wind

19.6km/h

Seasonal range

19.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

195 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

1 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.1 °C

Average feels-like low

12.1 °C

Average peak gust

31.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

137 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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

46.1 °C

23 June 2010

Coldest day

-4.2 °C

5 January 1945

Wettest day

13 mm

16 November 1964

Windiest day

51.2 km/h

26 March 1980

Strongest gust

78.5 km/h

26 March 1980

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

21 June 2010

Coldest feels-like

-9.0 °C

5 January 1945

Sunniest day

13.0 h

14 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.1 °C16 May 2025	5.3 °C14 February 2025	24.1 °C	1 mm	198	0
2024	43.4 °C22 May 2024	2.3 °C2 February 2024	25.0 °C	3 mm	215	0
2023	44.0 °C7 June 2023	3.7 °C11 January 2023	24.4 °C	4 mm	214	0
2022	41.7 °C28 April 2022	-0.4 °C27 January 2022	23.6 °C	0 mm	192	1
2021	43.1 °C3 July 2021	1.6 °C8 December 2021	24.3 °C	0 mm	219	0
2020	44.1 °C13 June 2020	0.4 °C23 January 2020	23.7 °C	3 mm	201	0
2019	44.2 °C19 June 2019	0.5 °C15 January 2019	24.3 °C	0 mm	205	0
2018	45.0 °C13 June 2018	0.1 °C26 January 2018	24.9 °C	0 mm	225	0
2017	42.2 °C29 July 2017	-1.6 °C10 January 2017	22.9 °C	1 mm	186	5
2016	44.7 °C7 June 2016	1.2 °C19 January 2016	24.2 °C	1 mm	215	0
2015	43.6 °C10 August 2015	-0.5 °C2 January 2015	23.6 °C	7 mm	194	1
2014	43.6 °C13 July 2014	2.5 °C21 January 2014	24.1 °C	1 mm	200	0
2013	44.8 °C2 June 2013	2.2 °C10 January 2013	24.1 °C	1 mm	210	0
2012	42.1 °C25 May 2012	2.0 °C9 January 2012	23.8 °C	1 mm	219	0
2011	42.6 °C26 July 2011	4.0 °C26 February 2011	23.2 °C	0 mm	189	0
2010	46.1 °C23 June 2010	2.5 °C19 December 2010	25.4 °C	4 mm	236	0
2009	42.2 °C23 June 2009	2.0 °C3 January 2009	23.9 °C	0 mm	208	0
2008	44.8 °C11 June 2008	0.3 °C19 February 2008	23.9 °C	0 mm	197	0
2007	42.6 °C8 May 2007	2.3 °C6 January 2007	24.0 °C	0 mm	218	0
2006	43.0 °C11 August 2006	1.3 °C29 December 2006	23.8 °C	1 mm	206	0
2005	42.5 °C11 June 2005	1.8 °C25 January 2005	23.9 °C	0 mm	214	0
2004	45.1 °C25 May 2004	-0.6 °C16 February 2004	23.2 °C	2 mm	205	1
2003	43.2 °C28 May 2003	-0.5 °C3 February 2003	23.1 °C	0 mm	203	3
2002	42.7 °C29 July 2002	0.7 °C1 January 2002	23.3 °C	0 mm	187	0
2001	43.2 °C5 May 2001	2.7 °C19 February 2001	23.4 °C	1 mm	190	0
2000	41.2 °C2 May 2000	-0.2 °C6 January 2000	22.5 °C	1 mm	191	1
1999	42.3 °C20 August 1999	0.7 °C29 December 1999	23.6 °C	4 mm	207	0
1998	42.3 °C4 May 1998	1.8 °C19 December 1998	23.4 °C	0 mm	195	0
1997	43.4 °C28 June 1997	1.6 °C16 December 1997	23.2 °C	1 mm	189	0
1996	43.0 °C6 May 1996	0.4 °C29 December 1996	23.3 °C	1 mm	196	0
1995	45.2 °C30 June 1995	-2.0 °C16 January 1995	23.2 °C	4 mm	195	2
1994	42.8 °C21 April 1994	2.2 °C2 February 1994	23.0 °C	0 mm	197	0
1993	40.7 °C6 June 1993	1.1 °C3 February 1993	23.3 °C	12 mm	218	0
1992	45.3 °C19 June 1992	-0.3 °C13 February 1992	22.5 °C	0 mm	192	1
1991	44.8 °C14 May 1991	-0.8 °C28 December 1991	23.2 °C	1 mm	210	1
1990	42.8 °C19 June 1990	1.7 °C7 February 1990	23.3 °C	0 mm	207	0
1989	43.2 °C6 June 1989	0.7 °C8 January 1989	22.7 °C	0 mm	197	0
1988	44.8 °C22 June 1988	2.1 °C17 December 1988	23.3 °C	3 mm	191	0
1987	43.6 °C22 June 1987	0.4 °C7 January 1987	22.8 °C	1 mm	176	0
1986	42.7 °C9 June 1986	-1.2 °C28 December 1986	22.7 °C	0 mm	186	1
1985	42.0 °C22 May 1985	1.7 °C3 January 1985	23.0 °C	7 mm	181	0
1984	44.2 °C26 May 1984	1.5 °C15 January 1984	22.9 °C	0 mm	195	0
1983	41.6 °C10 May 1983	-1.9 °C2 January 1983	22.1 °C	0 mm	176	1
1982	41.2 °C28 June 1982	0.8 °C22 December 1982	22.5 °C	7 mm	197	0
1981	43.5 °C26 April 1981	-2.1 °C11 January 1981	22.7 °C	0 mm	201	9
1980	43.7 °C20 June 1980	-0.3 °C8 January 1980	22.9 °C	1 mm	203	1
1979	42.6 °C23 June 1979	1.3 °C21 January 1979	23.1 °C	2 mm	212	0
1978	44.3 °C28 May 1978	-2.3 °C5 January 1978	22.8 °C	1 mm	200	5
1977	44.7 °C4 June 1977	-0.6 °C31 December 1977	22.1 °C	1 mm	181	1
1976	41.8 °C9 June 1976	-1.3 °C19 January 1976	22.8 °C	7 mm	196	4
1975	42.4 °C3 June 1975	-0.2 °C31 December 1975	22.0 °C	3 mm	185	1
1974	40.8 °C14 June 1974	0.7 °C31 January 1974	22.4 °C	5 mm	212	0
1973	43.4 °C13 June 1973	-0.5 °C17 January 1973	22.5 °C	0 mm	202	1
1972	43.0 °C20 June 1972	1.5 °C9 January 1972	23.1 °C	1 mm	196	0
1971	44.4 °C7 June 1971	0.8 °C5 February 1971	22.5 °C	1 mm	183	0
1970	42.9 °C19 May 1970	1.6 °C14 December 1970	22.0 °C	0 mm	175	0
1969	43.8 °C16 June 1969	-1.6 °C6 January 1969	23.2 °C	11 mm	216	5
1968	42.2 °C23 June 1968	-1.5 °C13 January 1968	22.5 °C	2 mm	181	2
1967	42.1 °C20 June 1967	-2.5 °C25 December 1967	22.0 °C	3 mm	180	3
1966	41.3 °C27 July 1966	-0.5 °C14 January 1966	22.6 °C	10 mm	192	1
1965	41.3 °C29 May 1965	-0.9 °C18 December 1965	21.6 °C	0 mm	183	2
1964	39.8 °C11 June 1964	-0.1 °C16 January 1964	21.9 °C	23 mm	192	1
1963	42.4 °C30 May 1963	2.3 °C28 January 1963	23.5 °C	9 mm	206	0
1962	41.4 °C6 June 1962	-1.0 °C18 February 1962	23.0 °C	1 mm	216	1
1961	43.8 °C9 June 1961	0.5 °C26 December 1961	21.4 °C	1 mm	159	0
1960	41.9 °C5 July 1960	1.5 °C9 January 1960	23.2 °C	0 mm	199	0
1959	41.6 °C2 June 1959	-0.7 °C23 January 1959	21.9 °C	1 mm	185	4
1958	42.0 °C18 April 1958	1.5 °C7 February 1958	22.9 °C	0 mm	202	0
1957	41.7 °C4 May 1957	0.4 °C14 January 1957	22.9 °C	8 mm	202	0
1956	42.3 °C25 July 1956	-0.2 °C10 February 1956	22.6 °C	1 mm	191	1
1955	42.0 °C31 July 1955	-0.1 °C6 December 1955	22.5 °C	0 mm	195	1
1954	43.1 °C26 May 1954	-2.2 °C13 January 1954	21.7 °C	0 mm	182	11
1953	42.7 °C15 June 1953	-2.5 °C22 January 1953	21.8 °C	1 mm	189	13
1952	41.6 °C30 May 1952	-3.6 °C12 January 1952	21.8 °C	0 mm	191	10
1951	41.8 °C16 May 1951	-1.5 °C23 December 1951	22.2 °C	0 mm	201	4
1950	39.2 °C25 June 1950	-1.3 °C8 February 1950	21.2 °C	7 mm	180	3
1949	43.1 °C5 May 1949	-1.3 °C30 January 1949	20.9 °C	3 mm	170	13
1948	42.1 °C17 June 1948	-0.9 °C14 December 1948	21.0 °C	0 mm	172	6
1947	42.4 °C21 June 1947	-0.7 °C5 January 1947	22.4 °C	1 mm	185	2
1946	40.8 °C6 May 1946	-1.2 °C14 January 1946	21.5 °C	1 mm	186	6
1945	41.0 °C6 August 1945	-4.2 °C5 January 1945	20.5 °C	13 mm	161	6
1944	44.3 °C10 June 1944	-1.7 °C10 February 1944	21.4 °C	1 mm	179	11
1943	39.7 °C9 July 1943	-0.8 °C18 January 1943	21.0 °C	7 mm	156	1
1942	41.5 °C6 May 1942	-3.7 °C3 January 1942	21.7 °C	14 mm	181	10
1941	42.5 °C10 May 1941	-1.9 °C1 January 1941	22.1 °C	0 mm	187	10
1940	43.7 °C26 June 1940	-3.2 °C31 December 1940	21.4 °C	1 mm	186	8

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.6 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

198 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

1 mm

-1 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	vs. normal
Jan	22.3 °C	+3.6 °C	0 mm
Feb	21.7 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm
Mar	28.5 °C	+2.3 °C	-0 mm
Apr	32.2 °C	+0.5 °C	-0 mm
May	35.3 °C	-0.2 °C	-0 mm
Jun	36.5 °C	-0.9 °C	0 mm
Jul	38.7 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm
Aug	38.0 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm
Sep	35.4 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm
Oct	31.2 °C	+0.8 °C	-0 mm
Nov	25.4 °C	+1.1 °C	-0 mm
Dec	21.7 °C	+2.1 °C	-0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.1 °C

16 May 2025

Coldest day

5.3 °C

14 Feb 2025

Wettest day

0.3 mm

21 Jan 2025

Windiest day

41.2 km/h

7 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

7 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

1 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.1 °C

14 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

11 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of At Tāj?

At Tāj has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 2 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in At Tāj?

The hottest day measured in At Tāj between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 2010, reaching 46.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in At Tāj?

The coldest day measured in At Tāj between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1945, at -4.2 °C.

Does it snow in At Tāj?

Almost never: At Tāj sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of At Tāj warmed?

Yes: At Tāj warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in At Tāj?

The wettest day measured in At Tāj between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1964, with 13 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in At Tāj?

The windiest day measured in At Tāj between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1980, with winds reaching 51.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in At Tāj?

The warmest month in At Tāj is July (31.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.9 °C).

How much does it rain in At Tāj?

At Tāj receives on average 2 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 1 rainy days.

Is it sunny in At Tāj?

At Tāj gets on average 11.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,234 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in At Tāj?

Yes: At Tāj has on average 137 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in At Tāj?

In At Tāj, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.5 °C on 21 June 2010, and the lowest was -9.0 °C on 5 January 1945.

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