Al Fqih Ben Çalah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

Al Fqih Ben Çalah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 391 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The hottest day measured in Al Fqih Ben Çalah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2021, reaching 47.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The coldest day measured in Al Fqih Ben Çalah between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 2005, at -3.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

Almost never: Al Fqih Ben Çalah sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Al Fqih Ben Çalah warmed?

Yes: Al Fqih Ben Çalah warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The wettest day measured in Al Fqih Ben Çalah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 1962, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The windiest day measured in Al Fqih Ben Çalah between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1975, with winds reaching 46.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The warmest month in Al Fqih Ben Çalah is July (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

Al Fqih Ben Çalah receives on average 391 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 54 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

Al Fqih Ben Çalah gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al Fqih Ben Çalah (Morocco) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 391 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 (29.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Al Fqih Ben Çalah averages 1 frost days, 136 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 54 rainy days per year.

Al Fqih Ben Çalah has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.2 °C (on 10 July 2021) and the coldest -3.7 °C (on 30 January 2005).

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 Fqih Ben ÇalahBeni Mellal-Khenifra

coords: 32.50°, -6.69°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.8°C

Average daily high

26.7°C

Average daily low

13.4°C

Annual rainfall

391mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

13.3km/h

Seasonal range

18.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

136 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

54 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.0 °C

Average feels-like low

12.5 °C

Average peak gust

27.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

72 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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

47.2 °C

10 July 2021

Coldest day

-3.7 °C

30 January 2005

Wettest day

60 mm

20 March 1962

Windiest day

46.3 km/h

15 December 1975

Strongest gust

96.5 km/h

25 November 2002

Hottest feels-like

48.2 °C

23 July 1995

Coldest feels-like

-7.7 °C

30 January 2005

Snowiest day

0.4 cm

1 February 1954

Sunniest day

13.4 h

19 June 1943

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	45.6 °C25 July 2025	2.1 °C16 January 2025	21.6 °C	475 mm	172	0
2024	46.9 °C23 July 2024	2.9 °C11 December 2024	22.3 °C	199 mm	175	0
2023	46.7 °C11 July 2023	0.5 °C26 January 2023	22.3 °C	216 mm	191	0
2022	45.7 °C24 July 2022	3.3 °C12 January 2022	22.3 °C	261 mm	180	0
2021	47.2 °C10 July 2021	-0.2 °C13 January 2021	21.5 °C	248 mm	169	1
2020	46.8 °C6 July 2020	2.1 °C31 December 2020	22.0 °C	255 mm	166	0
2019	44.5 °C23 August 2019	0.9 °C9 January 2019	21.4 °C	235 mm	171	0
2018	43.7 °C4 August 2018	0.9 °C28 January 2018	19.8 °C	594 mm	122	0
2017	46.1 °C12 July 2017	0.1 °C25 January 2017	22.3 °C	202 mm	198	0
2016	45.0 °C8 August 2016	2.9 °C28 December 2016	21.5 °C	389 mm	157	0
2015	44.2 °C21 July 2015	1.6 °C8 February 2015	21.1 °C	268 mm	153	0
2014	43.4 °C15 July 2014	2.0 °C24 January 2014	20.9 °C	509 mm	169	0
2013	45.2 °C31 July 2013	1.3 °C10 February 2013	20.6 °C	295 mm	144	0
2012	46.5 °C17 July 2012	-0.8 °C5 February 2012	20.5 °C	376 mm	152	2
2011	46.3 °C8 August 2011	-0.2 °C4 February 2011	20.7 °C	438 mm	162	1
2010	45.3 °C26 August 2010	2.7 °C9 January 2010	20.9 °C	512 mm	130	0
2009	45.6 °C20 July 2009	1.4 °C12 January 2009	21.0 °C	448 mm	161	0
2008	44.4 °C27 June 2008	2.0 °C3 December 2008	20.4 °C	328 mm	141	0
2007	44.6 °C29 July 2007	1.6 °C27 January 2007	20.6 °C	229 mm	142	0
2006	46.0 °C10 July 2006	0.7 °C25 December 2006	20.8 °C	366 mm	158	0
2005	45.1 °C20 July 2005	-3.7 °C30 January 2005	20.4 °C	191 mm	160	6
2004	45.5 °C24 July 2004	0.3 °C20 January 2004	19.9 °C	326 mm	139	0
2003	45.0 °C29 July 2003	0.2 °C16 January 2003	20.4 °C	478 mm	148	0
2002	43.6 °C28 July 2002	3.8 °C7 December 2002	20.4 °C	415 mm	156	0
2001	44.1 °C21 July 2001	2.7 °C21 January 2001	20.9 °C	170 mm	152	0
2000	44.5 °C31 July 2000	0.6 °C11 January 2000	20.5 °C	286 mm	133	0
1999	45.3 °C2 July 1999	-0.8 °C18 December 1999	20.0 °C	311 mm	156	1
1998	44.0 °C4 August 1998	2.0 °C9 December 1998	20.5 °C	252 mm	137	0
1997	40.8 °C14 August 1997	4.1 °C26 January 1997	20.0 °C	491 mm	122	0
1996	43.2 °C24 July 1996	1.4 °C23 February 1996	19.6 °C	750 mm	134	0
1995	46.4 °C19 July 1995	0.7 °C9 January 1995	21.0 °C	317 mm	143	0
1994	45.1 °C10 July 1994	1.5 °C26 December 1994	20.4 °C	273 mm	135	0
1993	44.2 °C27 July 1993	1.4 °C4 January 1993	18.7 °C	275 mm	99	0
1992	41.3 °C13 August 1992	1.4 °C5 January 1992	19.4 °C	274 mm	109	0
1991	43.3 °C13 July 1991	1.4 °C1 February 1991	19.1 °C	376 mm	120	0
1990	43.3 °C3 August 1990	1.0 °C23 January 1990	20.0 °C	334 mm	124	0
1989	44.0 °C21 July 1989	0.9 °C5 January 1989	20.1 °C	497 mm	130	0
1988	45.5 °C27 August 1988	2.3 °C31 December 1988	19.8 °C	357 mm	119	0
1987	43.9 °C27 July 1987	1.9 °C4 January 1987	20.5 °C	381 mm	139	0
1986	42.7 °C29 July 1986	-0.4 °C26 December 1986	19.5 °C	391 mm	126	1
1985	43.8 °C4 August 1985	-0.8 °C1 January 1985	20.2 °C	381 mm	143	2
1984	43.8 °C9 July 1984	0.3 °C31 December 1984	19.4 °C	303 mm	131	0
1983	41.9 °C14 July 1983	-1.0 °C3 January 1983	20.1 °C	278 mm	147	1
1982	44.6 °C30 June 1982	0.7 °C31 December 1982	19.0 °C	418 mm	113	0
1981	43.1 °C29 July 1981	-1.1 °C15 January 1981	20.2 °C	186 mm	143	2
1980	45.2 °C21 July 1980	-0.7 °C29 December 1980	19.7 °C	428 mm	133	2
1979	43.7 °C29 July 1979	0.8 °C3 March 1979	18.9 °C	456 mm	108	0
1978	44.8 °C23 July 1978	-0.8 °C14 January 1978	19.5 °C	445 mm	110	1
1977	40.2 °C26 June 1977	1.9 °C25 November 1977	18.9 °C	409 mm	105	0
1976	42.6 °C14 August 1976	-2.4 °C27 January 1976	18.2 °C	642 mm	97	3
1975	43.9 °C15 July 1975	2.3 °C22 December 1975	19.0 °C	399 mm	112	0
1974	42.5 °C29 July 1974	2.2 °C1 January 1974	18.7 °C	400 mm	110	0
1973	43.7 °C27 July 1973	1.1 °C9 January 1973	19.0 °C	456 mm	120	0
1972	43.2 °C23 July 1972	-0.4 °C25 January 1972	17.4 °C	617 mm	90	1
1971	41.3 °C31 July 1971	1.9 °C2 January 1971	18.2 °C	687 mm	113	0
1970	43.8 °C26 July 1970	0.7 °C20 December 1970	19.7 °C	470 mm	139	0
1969	42.1 °C30 July 1969	1.5 °C3 December 1969	19.1 °C	662 mm	99	0
1968	43.6 °C18 July 1968	0.1 °C2 January 1968	19.2 °C	540 mm	144	0
1967	44.7 °C20 July 1967	-0.2 °C13 December 1967	19.4 °C	473 mm	126	1
1966	43.8 °C26 June 1966	1.5 °C26 December 1966	19.3 °C	286 mm	131	0
1965	43.0 °C5 August 1965	-0.7 °C9 January 1965	19.0 °C	433 mm	120	2
1964	41.0 °C26 July 1964	-0.3 °C30 January 1964	19.1 °C	463 mm	154	1
1963	42.2 °C16 July 1963	0.5 °C24 December 1963	18.6 °C	701 mm	114	0
1962	42.2 °C9 August 1962	-0.8 °C15 December 1962	19.1 °C	664 mm	131	1
1961	43.1 °C26 July 1961	-2.0 °C16 January 1961	20.1 °C	258 mm	139	4
1960	42.2 °C24 August 1960	-0.9 °C18 January 1960	18.6 °C	637 mm	112	4
1959	44.4 °C17 August 1959	1.9 °C5 January 1959	18.7 °C	375 mm	112	0
1958	42.0 °C15 August 1958	0.6 °C17 January 1958	19.3 °C	312 mm	134	0
1957	42.0 °C10 July 1957	-2.4 °C16 January 1957	18.5 °C	562 mm	109	5
1956	42.4 °C1 August 1956	-1.4 °C2 January 1956	17.8 °C	572 mm	126	5
1955	42.7 °C31 August 1955	-0.2 °C13 March 1955	20.1 °C	550 mm	161	1
1954	44.4 °C19 August 1954	-2.6 °C8 February 1954	18.5 °C	505 mm	137	5
1953	45.0 °C20 July 1953	-2.0 °C11 January 1953	18.9 °C	312 mm	128	7
1952	43.1 °C12 August 1952	-1.0 °C24 January 1952	19.0 °C	260 mm	136	5
1951	43.1 °C27 July 1951	0.3 °C13 February 1951	19.0 °C	403 mm	121	0
1950	41.9 °C19 July 1950	1.8 °C20 January 1950	19.5 °C	259 mm	119	0
1949	41.0 °C24 August 1949	0.1 °C15 January 1949	19.3 °C	477 mm	121	0
1948	44.3 °C25 July 1948	0.6 °C19 January 1948	19.8 °C	303 mm	124	0
1947	41.3 °C3 August 1947	0.1 °C2 February 1947	19.4 °C	452 mm	134	0
1946	45.1 °C23 July 1946	-0.9 °C26 January 1946	19.0 °C	225 mm	127	3
1945	43.8 °C22 July 1945	-1.5 °C8 January 1945	20.5 °C	204 mm	173	8
1944	45.1 °C31 July 1944	-0.1 °C30 December 1944	19.3 °C	282 mm	128	1
1943	42.8 °C15 August 1943	-0.8 °C1 January 1943	19.6 °C	334 mm	134	3
1942	45.1 °C16 July 1942	0.0 °C10 January 1942	19.3 °C	481 mm	138	0
1941	43.9 °C21 July 1941	-0.9 °C6 January 1941	19.2 °C	309 mm	132	5
1940	43.7 °C28 July 1940	-1.2 °C24 January 1940	18.6 °C	400 mm	127	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.9 °C

+2.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

172 d/yr

+36

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

475 mm

+84 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.9 °C	+3.4 °C	34 mm	-20 mm
Feb	20.9 °C	+1.7 °C	34 mm	-18 mm
Mar	20.1 °C	-1.8 °C	124 mm	+67 mm
Apr	26.7 °C	+2.4 °C	52 mm	+9 mm
May	31.1 °C	+2.6 °C	2 mm	-22 mm
Jun	38.0 °C	+5.1 °C	10 mm	+3 mm
Jul	40.3 °C	+2.7 °C	5 mm	+2 mm
Aug	40.5 °C	+3.2 °C	7 mm	+3 mm
Sep	35.5 °C	+2.6 °C	9 mm	-2 mm
Oct	31.9 °C	+4.0 °C	3 mm	-26 mm
Nov	24.5 °C	+2.1 °C	43 mm	-7 mm
Dec	16.3 °C	-2.0 °C	152 mm	+95 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

45.6 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

2.1 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

33.5 mm

16 Dec 2025

Windiest day

26.0 km/h

16 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

58.0 km/h

8 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

28 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.0 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

Al Fqih Ben Çalah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 391 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The hottest day measured in Al Fqih Ben Çalah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2021, reaching 47.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The coldest day measured in Al Fqih Ben Çalah between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 2005, at -3.7 °C.

Does it snow in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

Almost never: Al Fqih Ben Çalah sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Al Fqih Ben Çalah warmed?

Yes: Al Fqih Ben Çalah warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The wettest day measured in Al Fqih Ben Çalah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 1962, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The windiest day measured in Al Fqih Ben Çalah between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1975, with winds reaching 46.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The warmest month in Al Fqih Ben Çalah is July (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

Al Fqih Ben Çalah receives on average 391 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 54 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

Al Fqih Ben Çalah gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Al Fqih Ben Çalah between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1954, with 0.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

Yes: Al Fqih Ben Çalah has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Fqih Ben Çalah?

In Al Fqih Ben Çalah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 23 July 1995, and the lowest was -7.7 °C on 30 January 2005.

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