Berkane climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Berkane?

Berkane has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 365 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Berkane between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1946, reaching 42.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Berkane?

The coldest day measured in Berkane between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1954, at -1.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Berkane?

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

Q: Has the climate of Berkane warmed?

Yes: Berkane warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Berkane?

The wettest day measured in Berkane between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1968, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Berkane?

The windiest day measured in Berkane between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2009, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Berkane?

The warmest month in Berkane is August (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Berkane?

Berkane receives on average 365 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 58 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Berkane?

Berkane gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Berkane (Morocco) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 365 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Berkane averages 0 frost days, 55 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 58 rainy days per year.

Berkane has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.4 °C (on 13 July 1946) and the coldest -1.6 °C (on 10 January 1954).

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

BerkaneOriental

coords: 34.92°, -2.32°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BSkCold semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.0°C

Average daily high

23.2°C

Average daily low

13.2°C

Annual rainfall

365mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

15.0km/h

Seasonal range

14.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

58 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.3 cm

Average feels-like high

23.3 °C

Average feels-like low

12.8 °C

Average peak gust

35.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

51 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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

42.4 °C

13 July 1946

Coldest day

-1.6 °C

10 January 1954

Wettest day

118 mm

10 May 1968

Windiest day

47.2 km/h

5 March 2009

Strongest gust

109.8 km/h

5 March 2009

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

13 August 2022

Coldest feels-like

-5.9 °C

2 February 1954

Snowiest day

7.6 cm

11 December 1967

Sunniest day

14.0 h

27 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.9 °C18 August 2025	3.4 °C14 January 2025	19.5 °C	291 mm	84	0
2024	37.4 °C6 April 2024	3.6 °C8 January 2024	19.8 °C	171 mm	72	0
2023	40.0 °C26 August 2023	2.0 °C23 January 2023	19.9 °C	175 mm	84	0
2022	42.1 °C12 September 2022	2.1 °C17 January 2022	19.7 °C	224 mm	96	0
2021	40.0 °C11 July 2021	2.8 °C5 January 2021	19.1 °C	248 mm	72	0
2020	40.3 °C2 August 2020	1.9 °C27 December 2020	19.2 °C	253 mm	80	0
2019	36.1 °C8 August 2019	0.7 °C12 January 2019	18.8 °C	320 mm	71	0
2018	37.6 °C25 August 2018	3.9 °C31 December 2018	18.5 °C	429 mm	69	0
2017	38.5 °C8 August 2017	2.2 °C1 January 2017	18.9 °C	217 mm	77	0
2016	39.3 °C5 September 2016	2.8 °C17 January 2016	19.1 °C	339 mm	61	0
2015	38.9 °C8 July 2015	2.1 °C1 January 2015	19.1 °C	268 mm	82	0
2014	38.4 °C6 June 2014	1.7 °C31 December 2014	19.2 °C	385 mm	84	0
2013	35.1 °C2 August 2013	1.8 °C8 February 2013	18.2 °C	377 mm	47	0
2012	40.3 °C11 August 2012	-0.9 °C14 February 2012	18.3 °C	362 mm	76	1
2011	36.9 °C2 July 2011	2.7 °C3 March 2011	18.8 °C	381 mm	70	0
2010	38.8 °C27 August 2010	0.9 °C17 December 2010	18.9 °C	506 mm	64	0
2009	38.7 °C30 July 2009	2.6 °C10 January 2009	19.0 °C	283 mm	78	0
2008	36.1 °C7 August 2008	1.8 °C7 March 2008	18.2 °C	458 mm	69	0
2007	36.9 °C28 August 2007	2.4 °C23 March 2007	18.2 °C	465 mm	45	0
2006	37.7 °C1 August 2006	3.7 °C4 January 2006	19.0 °C	283 mm	80	0
2005	39.0 °C7 August 2005	-0.6 °C28 January 2005	18.1 °C	199 mm	77	4
2004	37.0 °C25 July 2004	1.5 °C3 March 2004	18.5 °C	385 mm	84	0
2003	36.6 °C27 July 2003	0.4 °C2 February 2003	18.6 °C	463 mm	67	0
2002	35.4 °C4 July 2002	3.4 °C18 January 2002	18.4 °C	344 mm	52	0
2001	36.5 °C23 July 2001	3.2 °C21 January 2001	18.8 °C	315 mm	72	0
2000	34.9 °C19 August 2000	1.7 °C3 January 2000	18.0 °C	239 mm	34	0
1999	36.2 °C31 May 1999	1.6 °C3 February 1999	18.2 °C	404 mm	39	0
1998	34.3 °C14 July 1998	2.6 °C26 December 1998	18.2 °C	212 mm	47	0
1997	32.4 °C26 July 1997	5.0 °C13 January 1997	18.7 °C	328 mm	16	0
1996	34.2 °C7 September 1996	0.8 °C23 February 1996	18.1 °C	460 mm	31	0
1995	35.3 °C22 July 1995	1.0 °C15 January 1995	18.4 °C	362 mm	36	0
1994	39.4 °C6 July 1994	1.7 °C25 December 1994	18.4 °C	333 mm	52	0
1993	38.3 °C25 July 1993	0.4 °C9 January 1993	17.5 °C	335 mm	35	0
1992	36.1 °C19 August 1992	1.4 °C25 January 1992	17.4 °C	367 mm	31	0
1991	37.0 °C14 July 1991	0.6 °C28 December 1991	17.4 °C	327 mm	42	0
1990	37.9 °C29 September 1990	4.4 °C24 January 1990	18.4 °C	305 mm	53	0
1989	35.8 °C2 July 1989	1.7 °C2 January 1989	18.5 °C	287 mm	49	0
1988	38.3 °C28 August 1988	2.9 °C18 December 1988	18.0 °C	261 mm	41	0
1987	36.9 °C25 September 1987	0.6 °C20 January 1987	18.2 °C	277 mm	27	0
1986	38.1 °C22 August 1986	1.7 °C12 December 1986	17.5 °C	506 mm	34	0
1985	35.1 °C2 October 1985	0.6 °C15 January 1985	18.1 °C	363 mm	44	0
1984	36.9 °C25 July 1984	0.9 °C11 February 1984	17.3 °C	276 mm	32	0
1983	36.9 °C12 June 1983	1.5 °C3 January 1983	17.9 °C	188 mm	31	0
1982	37.7 °C27 July 1982	1.7 °C29 January 1982	17.6 °C	308 mm	33	0
1981	32.8 °C18 July 1981	0.5 °C3 February 1981	17.5 °C	302 mm	28	0
1980	37.7 °C23 August 1980	0.1 °C3 December 1980	17.7 °C	425 mm	56	0
1979	38.8 °C30 July 1979	2.0 °C3 March 1979	17.4 °C	362 mm	27	0
1978	42.1 °C17 July 1978	0.6 °C15 January 1978	17.9 °C	320 mm	55	0
1977	31.7 °C12 May 1977	4.6 °C16 January 1977	17.6 °C	388 mm	10	0
1976	38.3 °C9 August 1976	0.8 °C29 January 1976	17.2 °C	593 mm	42	0
1975	37.6 °C15 July 1975	1.3 °C8 January 1975	17.2 °C	530 mm	56	0
1974	38.6 °C7 August 1974	2.6 °C24 January 1974	17.1 °C	425 mm	57	0
1973	36.0 °C15 August 1973	-0.5 °C24 January 1973	17.2 °C	579 mm	51	1
1972	35.4 °C24 July 1972	2.0 °C23 January 1972	17.3 °C	551 mm	34	0
1971	38.5 °C16 August 1971	2.0 °C8 February 1971	17.5 °C	565 mm	49	0
1970	37.4 °C2 July 1970	2.0 °C21 December 1970	17.8 °C	312 mm	50	0
1969	36.1 °C1 August 1969	2.1 °C4 January 1969	17.5 °C	721 mm	31	0
1968	34.7 °C8 July 1968	2.5 °C13 January 1968	17.8 °C	626 mm	55	0
1967	38.9 °C21 July 1967	-0.5 °C13 December 1967	17.7 °C	546 mm	58	2
1966	34.9 °C11 July 1966	1.2 °C26 December 1966	17.7 °C	246 mm	51	0
1965	35.0 °C22 June 1965	0.4 °C12 February 1965	17.6 °C	490 mm	42	0
1964	38.0 °C2 September 1964	0.4 °C11 February 1964	17.5 °C	328 mm	71	0
1963	35.7 °C9 July 1963	0.3 °C29 January 1963	17.3 °C	515 mm	40	0
1962	37.1 °C21 August 1962	2.2 °C16 February 1962	17.5 °C	487 mm	66	0
1961	36.8 °C11 July 1961	2.9 °C6 January 1961	18.1 °C	214 mm	47	0
1960	35.8 °C22 June 1960	2.3 °C1 February 1960	17.7 °C	328 mm	39	0
1959	38.1 °C13 July 1959	2.0 °C6 January 1959	17.4 °C	336 mm	34	0
1958	38.9 °C17 August 1958	2.5 °C24 January 1958	17.6 °C	337 mm	43	0
1957	36.3 °C5 August 1957	1.4 °C19 December 1957	17.2 °C	510 mm	49	0
1956	37.4 °C8 September 1956	-0.6 °C5 February 1956	16.6 °C	357 mm	49	3
1955	40.7 °C31 August 1955	1.4 °C11 March 1955	18.3 °C	379 mm	65	0
1954	38.3 °C20 August 1954	-1.6 °C10 January 1954	16.9 °C	573 mm	45	4
1953	38.5 °C9 August 1953	-0.3 °C10 January 1953	17.4 °C	292 mm	70	2
1952	36.5 °C9 August 1952	-0.4 °C7 February 1952	17.8 °C	288 mm	57	1
1951	35.8 °C22 July 1951	1.5 °C27 February 1951	17.1 °C	325 mm	42	0
1950	39.1 °C22 August 1950	1.5 °C4 March 1950	17.6 °C	444 mm	70	0
1949	38.7 °C2 August 1949	1.0 °C6 February 1949	17.6 °C	435 mm	69	0
1948	37.7 °C29 June 1948	4.0 °C14 January 1948	17.6 °C	371 mm	60	0
1947	38.4 °C18 September 1947	2.2 °C27 December 1947	18.3 °C	399 mm	77	0
1946	42.4 °C13 July 1946	2.9 °C22 December 1946	17.5 °C	316 mm	66	0
1945	42.2 °C3 September 1945	-0.5 °C3 January 1945	18.2 °C	153 mm	72	1
1944	37.2 °C1 August 1944	0.4 °C21 February 1944	16.9 °C	208 mm	48	0
1943	36.2 °C16 July 1943	2.0 °C21 November 1943	17.3 °C	439 mm	91	0
1942	40.3 °C18 July 1942	1.6 °C18 February 1942	17.8 °C	519 mm	73	0
1941	40.6 °C20 July 1941	-1.1 °C6 January 1941	17.5 °C	237 mm	78	3
1940	39.0 °C22 August 1940	-0.7 °C29 December 1940	17.2 °C	289 mm	65	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.7 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

292 mm

-74 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.0 °C	+2.5 °C	39 mm	-3 mm
Feb	18.9 °C	+1.4 °C	35 mm	-7 mm
Mar	20.6 °C	+1.4 °C	66 mm	+15 mm
Apr	22.3 °C	+1.4 °C	40 mm	-9 mm
May	26.4 °C	+2.5 °C	17 mm	-18 mm
Jun	31.0 °C	+3.5 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
Jul	31.4 °C	+0.6 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
Aug	31.9 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Sep	29.0 °C	+0.5 °C	5 mm	-12 mm
Oct	26.6 °C	+1.7 °C	4 mm	-29 mm
Nov	21.5 °C	+0.9 °C	20 mm	-19 mm
Dec	17.2 °C	-0.2 °C	65 mm	+23 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.9 °C

18 Aug 2025

Coldest day

3.4 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

19.1 mm

13 Apr 2025

Windiest day

35.8 km/h

3 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

74.9 km/h

3 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

18 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.2 °C

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

28 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Berkane?

Berkane has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 365 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Berkane?

The hottest day measured in Berkane between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1946, reaching 42.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Berkane?

The coldest day measured in Berkane between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1954, at -1.6 °C.

Does it snow in Berkane?

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

Has the climate of Berkane warmed?

Yes: Berkane warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Berkane?

The wettest day measured in Berkane between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 1968, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Berkane?

The windiest day measured in Berkane between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2009, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Berkane?

The warmest month in Berkane is August (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Berkane?

Berkane receives on average 365 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 58 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Berkane?

Berkane 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 Berkane?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Berkane between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1967, with 7.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Berkane?

Yes: Berkane has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Berkane?

In Berkane, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 13 August 2022, and the lowest was -5.9 °C on 2 February 1954.

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