Darnah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Darnah?

Darnah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 150 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Darnah between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1988, reaching 44.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Darnah?

The coldest day measured in Darnah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at 2.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Darnah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Darnah warmed?

Yes: Darnah warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Darnah?

The wettest day measured in Darnah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 1959, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Darnah?

The windiest day measured in Darnah between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 1968, with winds reaching 57.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Darnah?

The warmest month in Darnah is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Darnah?

Darnah receives on average 150 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 34 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Darnah?

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

Darnah (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 150 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Darnah averages 0 frost days, 63 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 34 rainy days per year.

Darnah has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.5 °C (on 28 June 1988) and the coldest 2.6 °C (on 2 January 1942).

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

DarnahDarnah

coords: 32.77°, 22.64°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.6°C

Average daily high

23.9°C

Average daily low

16.3°C

Annual rainfall

150mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

22.2km/h

Seasonal range

13.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

63 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

34 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

22.7 °C

Average feels-like low

14.9 °C

Average peak gust

42.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

114 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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

44.5 °C

28 June 1988

Coldest day

2.6 °C

2 January 1942

Wettest day

55 mm

2 October 1959

Windiest day

57.0 km/h

29 February 1968

Strongest gust

106.6 km/h

17 March 2003

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

12 August 1968

Coldest feels-like

-4.0 °C

14 February 2004

Sunniest day

13.3 h

26 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.0 °C24 May 2025	6.6 °C24 February 2025	20.8 °C	95 mm	120
2024	42.5 °C12 June 2024	6.3 °C31 January 2024	21.5 °C	73 mm	129
2023	37.8 °C26 July 2023	7.8 °C22 January 2023	20.8 °C	159 mm	80
2022	39.3 °C1 October 2022	6.2 °C26 January 2022	20.4 °C	152 mm	75
2021	40.9 °C3 May 2021	6.1 °C23 January 2021	21.0 °C	124 mm	95
2020	39.0 °C26 September 2020	7.0 °C2 March 2020	20.3 °C	221 mm	102
2019	36.5 °C11 July 2019	5.8 °C18 January 2019	20.2 °C	151 mm	86
2018	36.9 °C8 June 2018	8.3 °C16 January 2018	20.9 °C	128 mm	77
2017	39.0 °C11 September 2017	4.6 °C11 January 2017	19.9 °C	153 mm	69
2016	37.5 °C8 September 2016	6.0 °C31 December 2016	20.9 °C	112 mm	92
2015	37.6 °C10 September 2015	4.6 °C11 February 2015	20.1 °C	160 mm	75
2014	39.2 °C27 June 2014	8.1 °C6 February 2014	20.4 °C	129 mm	78
2013	40.0 °C7 June 2013	6.4 °C12 February 2013	20.6 °C	71 mm	95
2012	39.3 °C21 May 2012	6.1 °C2 February 2012	20.2 °C	167 mm	84
2011	38.9 °C9 June 2011	6.7 °C9 March 2011	19.5 °C	223 mm	60
2010	39.9 °C15 May 2010	8.1 °C11 December 2010	21.1 °C	70 mm	79
2009	36.1 °C17 September 2009	7.6 °C12 March 2009	20.3 °C	86 mm	43
2008	39.3 °C21 April 2008	3.9 °C18 February 2008	20.6 °C	127 mm	89
2007	38.6 °C27 June 2007	5.5 °C7 February 2007	20.2 °C	126 mm	79
2006	37.6 °C10 August 2006	5.5 °C8 February 2006	19.6 °C	152 mm	55
2005	38.0 °C18 May 2005	5.0 °C21 January 2005	19.7 °C	120 mm	56
2004	37.5 °C17 June 2004	4.0 °C14 February 2004	20.0 °C	75 mm	63
2003	40.3 °C10 September 2003	6.7 °C26 February 2003	20.1 °C	115 mm	81
2002	42.7 °C11 August 2002	5.8 °C6 January 2002	20.0 °C	91 mm	66
2001	37.9 °C19 September 2001	7.7 °C21 December 2001	20.1 °C	114 mm	76
2000	37.4 °C2 September 2000	5.9 °C2 March 2000	19.6 °C	128 mm	53
1999	37.4 °C21 June 1999	6.0 °C6 February 1999	20.4 °C	92 mm	70
1998	39.5 °C4 July 1998	7.1 °C17 March 1998	19.9 °C	130 mm	78
1997	39.6 °C12 July 1997	7.3 °C25 January 1997	19.4 °C	154 mm	44
1996	39.4 °C23 September 1996	6.5 °C20 January 1996	19.5 °C	184 mm	47
1995	39.8 °C6 September 1995	6.3 °C15 January 1995	19.6 °C	150 mm	69
1994	36.8 °C18 May 1994	7.1 °C31 January 1994	20.0 °C	114 mm	57
1993	38.2 °C15 September 1993	6.0 °C19 February 1993	19.7 °C	179 mm	51
1992	36.4 °C10 July 1992	4.9 °C23 February 1992	19.2 °C	164 mm	49
1991	37.7 °C20 June 1991	6.5 °C4 February 1991	19.5 °C	225 mm	40
1990	38.7 °C30 May 1990	7.3 °C8 February 1990	20.0 °C	144 mm	49
1989	39.3 °C10 September 1989	4.8 °C6 January 1989	19.6 °C	140 mm	54
1988	44.5 °C28 June 1988	7.7 °C24 February 1988	20.0 °C	201 mm	76
1987	36.0 °C27 July 1987	4.5 °C11 March 1987	19.6 °C	116 mm	50
1986	37.7 °C6 June 1986	8.1 °C15 December 1986	19.6 °C	198 mm	48
1985	35.3 °C27 April 1985	7.2 °C25 February 1985	19.9 °C	194 mm	38
1984	38.1 °C21 May 1984	7.0 °C29 January 1984	19.5 °C	139 mm	49
1983	37.7 °C29 June 1983	6.2 °C19 February 1983	19.3 °C	129 mm	32
1982	38.5 °C10 August 1982	5.8 °C31 December 1982	19.6 °C	120 mm	61
1981	39.6 °C15 August 1981	4.4 °C29 January 1981	19.7 °C	137 mm	41
1980	40.8 °C30 May 1980	6.6 °C25 December 1980	19.3 °C	74 mm	48
1979	40.4 °C21 August 1979	5.9 °C16 January 1979	19.7 °C	182 mm	42
1978	42.7 °C21 June 1978	6.6 °C10 January 1978	19.3 °C	186 mm	37
1977	37.5 °C24 August 1977	6.0 °C3 March 1977	19.7 °C	166 mm	63
1976	39.1 °C8 July 1976	5.3 °C28 February 1976	18.7 °C	209 mm	30
1975	37.2 °C24 May 1975	6.1 °C11 February 1975	19.0 °C	164 mm	31
1974	41.5 °C17 June 1974	6.0 °C2 February 1974	19.4 °C	147 mm	46
1973	39.5 °C20 July 1973	6.5 °C20 December 1973	19.4 °C	144 mm	54
1972	40.2 °C14 June 1972	5.5 °C29 January 1972	19.4 °C	266 mm	58
1971	37.0 °C19 June 1971	6.6 °C22 January 1971	19.2 °C	220 mm	48
1970	38.9 °C11 May 1970	7.6 °C19 February 1970	19.4 °C	133 mm	49
1969	43.9 °C14 June 1969	7.0 °C28 December 1969	19.3 °C	229 mm	53
1968	42.3 °C12 August 1968	5.5 °C14 January 1968	19.5 °C	155 mm	54
1967	41.2 °C18 June 1967	6.1 °C17 February 1967	19.1 °C	166 mm	43
1966	38.5 °C22 July 1966	6.6 °C7 January 1966	19.9 °C	170 mm	75
1965	41.2 °C5 June 1965	6.7 °C9 February 1965	19.2 °C	146 mm	70
1964	36.0 °C28 May 1964	5.5 °C28 January 1964	19.5 °C	189 mm	75
1963	41.9 °C17 June 1963	5.8 °C27 January 1963	19.7 °C	174 mm	57
1962	37.7 °C13 July 1962	4.8 °C9 February 1962	19.6 °C	252 mm	57
1961	42.8 °C29 May 1961	7.7 °C21 January 1961	19.1 °C	208 mm	38
1960	41.2 °C4 July 1960	6.1 °C17 January 1960	19.8 °C	126 mm	64
1959	39.3 °C31 May 1959	5.1 °C28 January 1959	18.7 °C	234 mm	35
1958	39.7 °C11 July 1958	5.8 °C28 January 1958	19.7 °C	83 mm	53
1957	36.5 °C1 May 1957	6.3 °C3 March 1957	19.3 °C	237 mm	49
1956	39.0 °C2 June 1956	5.1 °C9 February 1956	19.2 °C	141 mm	64
1955	41.0 °C2 June 1955	6.4 °C6 March 1955	20.3 °C	70 mm	86
1954	39.6 °C4 June 1954	6.4 °C9 January 1954	18.9 °C	150 mm	68
1953	38.3 °C9 June 1953	5.2 °C13 March 1953	18.8 °C	198 mm	63
1952	36.3 °C25 July 1952	6.4 °C12 March 1952	19.5 °C	146 mm	88
1951	37.9 °C30 May 1951	5.4 °C2 February 1951	19.5 °C	125 mm	69
1950	35.4 °C10 August 1950	4.6 °C7 February 1950	19.1 °C	127 mm	57
1949	34.4 °C26 June 1949	4.8 °C5 March 1949	18.5 °C	165 mm	35
1948	39.8 °C13 June 1948	6.4 °C16 February 1948	18.8 °C	150 mm	58
1947	40.0 °C3 September 1947	6.1 °C23 January 1947	19.7 °C	130 mm	82
1946	37.8 °C31 May 1946	4.8 °C16 February 1946	19.6 °C	85 mm	85
1945	41.6 °C21 August 1945	3.1 °C10 January 1945	19.1 °C	123 mm	84
1944	38.3 °C20 June 1944	4.5 °C23 January 1944	18.8 °C	161 mm	50
1943	34.8 °C22 July 1943	5.1 °C7 March 1943	19.1 °C	181 mm	63
1942	38.7 °C14 May 1942	2.6 °C2 January 1942	19.1 °C	129 mm	57
1941	40.1 °C16 June 1941	4.3 °C31 December 1941	19.2 °C	137 mm	82
1940	37.5 °C24 June 1940	5.3 °C22 February 1940	19.0 °C	153 mm	69

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.8 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

120 d/yr

+57

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

95 mm

-55 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.2 °C	+2.5 °C	20 mm	-9 mm
Feb	16.9 °C	-0.5 °C	12 mm	-11 mm
Mar	23.3 °C	+3.9 °C	12 mm	-6 mm
Apr	22.5 °C	-0.2 °C	4 mm	-4 mm
May	29.3 °C	+3.3 °C	10 mm	+5 mm
Jun	30.7 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	33.2 °C	+3.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	32.0 °C	+1.5 °C	4 mm	+4 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+1.5 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Oct	27.4 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	-14 mm
Nov	23.7 °C	+1.6 °C	20 mm	+3 mm
Dec	19.7 °C	+1.5 °C	9 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.0 °C

24 May 2025

Coldest day

6.6 °C

24 Feb 2025

Wettest day

14.3 mm

5 Nov 2025

Windiest day

38.3 km/h

26 May 2025

Strongest gust

70.2 km/h

26 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

31 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.6 °C

24 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

19 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Darnah?

Darnah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 150 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Darnah?

The hottest day measured in Darnah between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1988, reaching 44.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Darnah?

The coldest day measured in Darnah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at 2.6 °C.

Does it snow in Darnah?

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

Has the climate of Darnah warmed?

Yes: Darnah warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Darnah?

The wettest day measured in Darnah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 1959, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Darnah?

The windiest day measured in Darnah between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 1968, with winds reaching 57.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Darnah?

The warmest month in Darnah is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Darnah?

Darnah receives on average 150 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 34 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Darnah?

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

Are there tropical nights in Darnah?

Yes: Darnah has on average 114 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Darnah?

In Darnah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 12 August 1968, and the lowest was -4.0 °C on 14 February 2004.

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