Msalātah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Msalātah?

Msalātah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 176 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Msalātah between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1959, reaching 44.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Msalātah?

The coldest day measured in Msalātah between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1940, at 0.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Msalātah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Msalātah warmed?

Yes: Msalātah warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Msalātah?

The wettest day measured in Msalātah between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2017, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Msalātah?

The windiest day measured in Msalātah between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1988, with winds reaching 73.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Msalātah?

The warmest month in Msalātah is August (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Msalātah?

Msalātah receives on average 176 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 38 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Msalātah?

Msalātah gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Msalātah (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 176 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 (26.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Msalātah averages 0 frost days, 88 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 38 rainy days per year.

Msalātah has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.5 °C (on 5 August 1959) and the coldest 0.2 °C (on 21 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

MsalātahAl Marqab

coords: 32.58°, 14.04°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.4°C

Average daily high

24.2°C

Average daily low

15.3°C

Annual rainfall

176mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

23.3km/h

Seasonal range

15.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

88 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

38 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

22.9 °C

Average feels-like low

13.7 °C

Average peak gust

38.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

93 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

5 August 1959

Coldest day

0.2 °C

21 December 1940

Wettest day

77 mm

21 December 2017

Windiest day

73.2 km/h

8 December 1988

Strongest gust

121.0 km/h

5 April 1994

Hottest feels-like

45.0 °C

12 August 1960

Coldest feels-like

-6.5 °C

8 January 1981

Snowiest day

0.2 cm

18 February 1979

Sunniest day

14.0 h

6 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.1 °C25 July 2025	6.5 °C25 December 2025	20.9 °C	109 mm	110
2024	43.6 °C11 June 2024	7.2 °C16 February 2024	21.4 °C	149 mm	118
2023	43.1 °C25 July 2023	5.8 °C29 January 2023	20.6 °C	125 mm	87
2022	42.0 °C18 August 2022	7.1 °C28 January 2022	20.7 °C	134 mm	109
2021	42.7 °C5 August 2021	4.6 °C5 January 2021	21.1 °C	55 mm	108
2020	41.8 °C14 May 2020	4.3 °C8 February 2020	20.4 °C	178 mm	98
2019	42.2 °C28 July 2019	5.4 °C24 February 2019	20.0 °C	193 mm	97
2018	43.1 °C23 July 2018	6.4 °C16 January 2018	20.5 °C	145 mm	99
2017	41.1 °C12 May 2017	5.0 °C11 January 2017	19.6 °C	278 mm	85
2016	42.0 °C17 June 2016	6.2 °C19 January 2016	20.8 °C	84 mm	109
2015	38.2 °C25 June 2015	4.1 °C1 January 2015	19.9 °C	142 mm	104
2014	42.2 °C8 July 2014	4.3 °C31 December 2014	20.6 °C	132 mm	117
2013	41.4 °C6 June 2013	4.9 °C9 February 2013	20.5 °C	79 mm	109
2012	39.6 °C5 July 2012	2.5 °C9 February 2012	20.1 °C	96 mm	119
2011	43.8 °C23 July 2011	6.4 °C28 February 2011	19.6 °C	156 mm	86
2010	39.3 °C17 June 2010	4.3 °C11 January 2010	21.0 °C	93 mm	97
2009	42.3 °C9 July 2009	6.0 °C16 February 2009	20.0 °C	174 mm	97
2008	39.8 °C19 April 2008	4.1 °C19 February 2008	20.2 °C	252 mm	116
2007	41.2 °C20 June 2007	4.8 °C18 December 2007	20.2 °C	167 mm	98
2006	41.1 °C16 August 2006	5.5 °C26 January 2006	19.9 °C	250 mm	90
2005	40.7 °C10 July 2005	3.8 °C27 January 2005	19.9 °C	159 mm	89
2004	40.5 °C11 August 2004	5.5 °C31 December 2004	19.9 °C	186 mm	96
2003	42.1 °C30 June 2003	2.6 °C28 December 2003	20.2 °C	168 mm	109
2002	41.0 °C3 July 2002	5.5 °C9 January 2002	20.2 °C	206 mm	101
2001	41.4 °C24 September 2001	3.7 °C5 February 2001	20.4 °C	185 mm	96
2000	42.1 °C1 September 2000	3.4 °C27 February 2000	19.9 °C	111 mm	81
1999	41.9 °C20 September 1999	2.3 °C2 February 1999	20.7 °C	169 mm	117
1998	41.7 °C15 July 1998	4.8 °C29 March 1998	19.7 °C	193 mm	93
1997	44.5 °C28 June 1997	3.9 °C30 December 1997	19.8 °C	157 mm	89
1996	42.8 °C8 July 1996	3.8 °C29 December 1996	19.8 °C	197 mm	83
1995	44.0 °C27 June 1995	3.4 °C7 January 1995	19.6 °C	209 mm	83
1994	39.2 °C18 August 1994	5.9 °C20 March 1994	19.8 °C	222 mm	98
1993	41.1 °C6 July 1993	4.9 °C27 February 1993	19.6 °C	114 mm	94
1992	40.7 °C7 July 1992	5.7 °C31 December 1992	18.9 °C	179 mm	71
1991	39.3 °C29 September 1991	3.3 °C17 February 1991	18.9 °C	266 mm	75
1990	38.5 °C5 June 1990	5.2 °C8 December 1990	19.8 °C	195 mm	96
1989	41.3 °C12 September 1989	5.0 °C5 January 1989	19.3 °C	142 mm	63
1988	40.1 °C1 June 1988	5.1 °C27 February 1988	19.6 °C	221 mm	99
1987	42.1 °C15 June 1987	3.5 °C10 January 1987	19.5 °C	101 mm	86
1986	39.5 °C7 June 1986	4.1 °C14 February 1986	18.8 °C	203 mm	66
1985	39.8 °C17 June 1985	4.5 °C18 January 1985	19.5 °C	128 mm	73
1984	41.1 °C13 August 1984	2.4 °C19 February 1984	18.8 °C	158 mm	71
1983	41.0 °C30 August 1983	3.8 °C6 February 1983	19.0 °C	134 mm	81
1982	41.5 °C7 August 1982	4.1 °C5 March 1982	19.4 °C	221 mm	102
1981	40.8 °C26 June 1981	1.7 °C10 January 1981	19.2 °C	127 mm	82
1980	39.0 °C27 June 1980	4.0 °C11 January 1980	18.4 °C	205 mm	72
1979	39.4 °C3 July 1979	3.3 °C18 February 1979	19.1 °C	115 mm	78
1978	43.0 °C20 June 1978	5.1 °C1 December 1978	18.7 °C	231 mm	62
1977	43.0 °C10 July 1977	5.0 °C14 January 1977	19.7 °C	118 mm	92
1976	40.1 °C14 September 1976	1.5 °C30 January 1976	18.1 °C	407 mm	62
1975	38.7 °C30 August 1975	4.1 °C13 January 1975	18.7 °C	155 mm	73
1974	40.8 °C26 June 1974	4.8 °C11 February 1974	18.6 °C	264 mm	63
1973	42.6 °C15 July 1973	3.3 °C3 March 1973	19.1 °C	190 mm	100
1972	41.5 °C3 August 1972	3.8 °C23 January 1972	18.8 °C	299 mm	72
1971	41.0 °C6 July 1971	3.2 °C4 March 1971	18.9 °C	202 mm	77
1970	39.1 °C9 June 1970	3.0 °C1 March 1970	19.2 °C	69 mm	69
1969	40.3 °C19 June 1969	3.7 °C23 December 1969	19.1 °C	195 mm	77
1968	43.8 °C11 August 1968	3.2 °C7 February 1968	19.3 °C	161 mm	85
1967	38.4 °C13 August 1967	3.2 °C19 January 1967	18.5 °C	197 mm	66
1966	43.3 °C27 August 1966	4.9 °C9 January 1966	19.3 °C	167 mm	80
1965	40.3 °C8 July 1965	3.1 °C11 February 1965	18.7 °C	161 mm	84
1964	41.4 °C14 August 1964	1.9 °C29 December 1964	19.0 °C	272 mm	88
1963	41.3 °C16 June 1963	3.6 °C30 January 1963	18.9 °C	206 mm	66
1962	41.6 °C1 June 1962	4.1 °C1 February 1962	18.9 °C	257 mm	59
1961	41.7 °C28 May 1961	3.6 °C2 January 1961	18.7 °C	271 mm	56
1960	42.7 °C12 August 1960	2.4 °C15 January 1960	19.7 °C	145 mm	94
1959	44.5 °C5 August 1959	2.9 °C1 February 1959	18.6 °C	188 mm	69
1958	42.3 °C27 June 1958	2.4 °C26 January 1958	19.1 °C	117 mm	77
1957	41.1 °C24 June 1957	4.1 °C14 January 1957	18.6 °C	254 mm	74
1956	41.9 °C21 July 1956	2.8 °C4 February 1956	18.5 °C	158 mm	75
1955	43.1 °C28 July 1955	5.3 °C22 February 1955	20.0 °C	150 mm	99
1954	41.8 °C5 July 1954	2.9 °C30 December 1954	18.3 °C	114 mm	72
1953	41.8 °C7 July 1953	1.4 °C24 January 1953	18.8 °C	190 mm	92
1952	41.2 °C17 June 1952	2.6 °C22 January 1952	19.6 °C	120 mm	122
1951	42.2 °C26 June 1951	3.7 °C8 January 1951	19.2 °C	219 mm	85
1950	38.1 °C8 August 1950	1.6 °C12 December 1950	18.6 °C	213 mm	84
1949	38.4 °C29 June 1949	3.4 °C6 March 1949	18.5 °C	148 mm	75
1948	39.9 °C11 July 1948	4.3 °C24 January 1948	18.7 °C	164 mm	83
1947	42.1 °C2 September 1947	3.3 °C29 December 1947	19.7 °C	142 mm	96
1946	39.3 °C25 August 1946	3.8 °C25 February 1946	19.6 °C	154 mm	115
1945	44.3 °C19 August 1945	1.2 °C12 January 1945	18.8 °C	221 mm	106
1944	42.2 °C20 May 1944	1.5 °C10 January 1944	18.2 °C	195 mm	79
1943	41.0 °C7 July 1943	2.7 °C3 January 1943	18.6 °C	240 mm	95
1942	43.2 °C18 June 1942	1.6 °C25 January 1942	18.7 °C	213 mm	94
1941	41.2 °C6 August 1941	0.8 °C9 January 1941	18.5 °C	148 mm	97
1940	41.9 °C24 June 1940	0.2 °C21 December 1940	18.4 °C	151 mm	89

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.6 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

110 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

109 mm

-67 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.3 °C	+1.7 °C	16 mm	-12 mm
Feb	17.8 °C	+0.8 °C	7 mm	-15 mm
Mar	23.5 °C	+4.1 °C	22 mm	+1 mm
Apr	23.5 °C	+0.5 °C	11 mm	-0 mm
May	27.7 °C	+1.1 °C	5 mm	-2 mm
Jun	31.0 °C	+0.7 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jul	33.6 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	33.0 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	30.9 °C	+0.8 °C	3 mm	-9 mm
Oct	27.4 °C	+1.2 °C	12 mm	-13 mm
Nov	23.1 °C	+1.8 °C	2 mm	-20 mm
Dec	17.7 °C	+0.8 °C	31 mm	+5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.1 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

6.5 °C

25 Dec 2025

Wettest day

9.1 mm

7 Mar 2025

Windiest day

44.4 km/h

29 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

29 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

21 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.1 °C

28 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

9 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Msalātah?

Msalātah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 176 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Msalātah?

The hottest day measured in Msalātah between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1959, reaching 44.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Msalātah?

The coldest day measured in Msalātah between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1940, at 0.2 °C.

Does it snow in Msalātah?

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

Has the climate of Msalātah warmed?

Yes: Msalātah warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Msalātah?

The wettest day measured in Msalātah between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2017, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Msalātah?

The windiest day measured in Msalātah between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1988, with winds reaching 73.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Msalātah?

The warmest month in Msalātah is August (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Msalātah?

Msalātah receives on average 176 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 38 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Msalātah?

Msalātah gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Msalātah?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Msalātah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1979, with 0.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Msalātah?

Yes: Msalātah has on average 93 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Msalātah?

In Msalātah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.0 °C on 12 August 1960, and the lowest was -6.5 °C on 8 January 1981.

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