Guercif climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Guercif?

Guercif has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 224 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Guercif between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2023, reaching 45.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Guercif?

The coldest day measured in Guercif between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at -7.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Guercif?

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

Q: Has the climate of Guercif warmed?

Yes: Guercif warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Guercif?

The wettest day measured in Guercif between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1963, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Guercif?

The windiest day measured in Guercif between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2016, with winds reaching 51.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Guercif?

The warmest month in Guercif is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Guercif?

Guercif receives on average 224 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 46 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Guercif?

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

Guercif (Morocco) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 224 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 (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Guercif averages 2 frost days, 107 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 46 rainy days per year.

Guercif has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.3 °C (on 10 July 2023) and the coldest -7.7 °C (on 28 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

GuercifFes-Meknes

coords: 34.23°, -3.35°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.4°C

Average daily high

24.4°C

Average daily low

13.2°C

Annual rainfall

224mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

58%

Average peak wind

17.8km/h

Seasonal range

18.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

107 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

46 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.9 cm

Average feels-like high

22.9 °C

Average feels-like low

12.0 °C

Average peak gust

35.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

69 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.5 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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

45.3 °C

10 July 2023

Coldest day

-7.7 °C

28 January 2005

Wettest day

70 mm

27 May 1963

Windiest day

51.6 km/h

14 February 2016

Strongest gust

101.2 km/h

1 December 1959

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

13 August 2021

Coldest feels-like

-11.7 °C

28 January 2005

Snowiest day

11.8 cm

31 December 1942

Sunniest day

13.9 h

11 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.2 °C8 June 2025	0.1 °C14 January 2025	20.2 °C	217 mm	136	0
2024	42.8 °C30 July 2024	2.3 °C28 December 2024	20.7 °C	146 mm	132	0
2023	45.3 °C10 July 2023	-0.3 °C25 January 2023	20.5 °C	139 mm	126	1
2022	42.4 °C14 August 2022	1.6 °C8 January 2022	20.5 °C	208 mm	142	0
2021	44.7 °C23 July 2021	-0.7 °C4 January 2021	19.8 °C	196 mm	125	1
2020	42.9 °C1 July 2020	0.8 °C13 January 2020	20.1 °C	193 mm	134	0
2019	43.3 °C6 August 2019	-0.2 °C12 January 2019	19.3 °C	163 mm	135	3
2018	40.9 °C28 July 2018	2.3 °C3 February 2018	18.8 °C	276 mm	108	0
2017	44.4 °C12 July 2017	-1.3 °C16 January 2017	19.8 °C	109 mm	142	2
2016	42.1 °C5 September 2016	0.8 °C31 December 2016	19.6 °C	220 mm	127	0
2015	42.3 °C28 July 2015	-0.4 °C2 January 2015	19.7 °C	236 mm	125	1
2014	41.7 °C17 July 2014	-1.0 °C31 December 2014	19.8 °C	150 mm	141	1
2013	41.5 °C2 August 2013	0.3 °C30 November 2013	18.7 °C	226 mm	118	0
2012	43.2 °C13 July 2012	-2.1 °C14 February 2012	19.1 °C	220 mm	146	2
2011	42.9 °C11 July 2011	-0.2 °C4 February 2011	19.3 °C	229 mm	126	1
2010	43.7 °C8 July 2010	0.4 °C17 December 2010	19.5 °C	315 mm	114	0
2009	43.4 °C21 July 2009	2.0 °C10 January 2009	19.5 °C	181 mm	117	0
2008	41.1 °C7 August 2008	1.4 °C26 November 2008	18.6 °C	326 mm	103	0
2007	41.8 °C27 August 2007	-0.6 °C27 January 2007	18.6 °C	241 mm	112	1
2006	41.5 °C11 July 2006	-0.3 °C25 December 2006	19.5 °C	239 mm	140	1
2005	43.2 °C15 July 2005	-7.7 °C28 January 2005	18.7 °C	136 mm	123	8
2004	43.0 °C23 August 2004	-0.5 °C3 March 2004	18.9 °C	196 mm	130	1
2003	41.9 °C20 July 2003	-0.1 °C2 February 2003	19.3 °C	274 mm	131	1
2002	41.2 °C16 June 2002	2.3 °C7 December 2002	19.0 °C	244 mm	122	0
2001	43.9 °C23 July 2001	1.6 °C16 November 2001	19.7 °C	138 mm	132	0
2000	42.2 °C20 August 2000	0.6 °C9 January 2000	19.1 °C	179 mm	120	0
1999	43.6 °C2 July 1999	-0.9 °C2 February 1999	19.0 °C	193 mm	126	3
1998	42.0 °C26 August 1998	0.3 °C1 December 1998	19.2 °C	128 mm	109	0
1997	37.7 °C26 July 1997	3.2 °C28 December 1997	19.1 °C	236 mm	94	0
1996	42.0 °C24 July 1996	-0.9 °C23 February 1996	18.3 °C	306 mm	87	1
1995	42.6 °C24 July 1995	-1.0 °C14 January 1995	19.0 °C	279 mm	88	2
1994	42.5 °C3 July 1994	0.6 °C25 December 1994	19.3 °C	182 mm	113	0
1993	43.4 °C25 July 1993	-1.3 °C9 January 1993	17.8 °C	258 mm	82	2
1992	40.9 °C24 August 1992	-0.5 °C5 January 1992	18.0 °C	178 mm	90	3
1991	41.3 °C25 August 1991	0.5 °C14 January 1991	17.9 °C	231 mm	102	0
1990	38.4 °C12 August 1990	1.8 °C23 January 1990	19.0 °C	183 mm	115	0
1989	41.3 °C10 August 1989	-1.0 °C2 January 1989	19.2 °C	207 mm	99	1
1988	43.9 °C3 August 1988	-0.3 °C22 December 1988	18.8 °C	154 mm	93	1
1987	38.9 °C28 July 1987	0.6 °C20 January 1987	19.0 °C	168 mm	104	0
1986	40.8 °C14 August 1986	-0.6 °C12 December 1986	18.3 °C	173 mm	109	2
1985	42.9 °C8 July 1985	-1.7 °C17 January 1985	18.7 °C	207 mm	110	7
1984	42.7 °C21 July 1984	-1.6 °C31 December 1984	17.9 °C	133 mm	92	1
1983	41.0 °C14 July 1983	-1.2 °C3 January 1983	18.9 °C	110 mm	117	1
1982	41.3 °C19 August 1982	0.5 °C29 January 1982	18.0 °C	239 mm	95	0
1981	42.0 °C30 July 1981	-1.8 °C15 January 1981	18.3 °C	174 mm	108	6
1980	41.2 °C15 July 1980	-2.6 °C3 December 1980	18.2 °C	216 mm	112	2
1979	43.2 °C30 July 1979	1.0 °C22 December 1979	17.8 °C	191 mm	71	0
1978	44.3 °C17 July 1978	-1.0 °C15 January 1978	18.1 °C	155 mm	91	2
1977	36.6 °C27 June 1977	3.8 °C10 January 1977	17.9 °C	231 mm	75	0
1976	42.2 °C5 August 1976	-2.2 °C28 January 1976	17.2 °C	379 mm	77	3
1975	42.8 °C14 July 1975	-0.9 °C8 January 1975	17.5 °C	303 mm	84	1
1974	40.5 °C6 August 1974	1.2 °C5 March 1974	17.5 °C	212 mm	106	0
1973	40.6 °C14 September 1973	-1.7 °C24 January 1973	17.5 °C	393 mm	97	4
1972	39.9 °C23 July 1972	0.4 °C23 December 1972	16.9 °C	325 mm	79	0
1971	41.7 °C16 August 1971	-0.3 °C2 January 1971	17.2 °C	384 mm	92	1
1970	41.9 °C17 August 1970	-0.9 °C16 February 1970	18.5 °C	185 mm	106	3
1969	41.0 °C14 August 1969	1.4 °C6 December 1969	17.6 °C	394 mm	83	0
1968	43.2 °C9 July 1968	0.5 °C22 January 1968	18.2 °C	380 mm	111	0
1967	43.0 °C1 August 1967	-1.5 °C15 December 1967	18.2 °C	320 mm	108	3
1966	43.0 °C3 August 1966	-0.7 °C28 November 1966	18.3 °C	153 mm	106	2
1965	41.1 °C30 July 1965	-3.6 °C9 January 1965	17.9 °C	352 mm	88	4
1964	40.5 °C25 July 1964	-1.3 °C10 February 1964	18.0 °C	181 mm	133	7
1963	40.4 °C24 August 1963	-0.5 °C25 December 1963	17.2 °C	413 mm	77	1
1962	41.0 °C20 August 1962	0.6 °C1 December 1962	17.9 °C	387 mm	99	0
1961	42.4 °C26 July 1961	0.7 °C6 January 1961	18.5 °C	160 mm	102	0
1960	39.3 °C22 June 1960	-0.4 °C17 December 1960	18.1 °C	291 mm	88	2
1959	41.3 °C28 July 1959	1.0 °C20 February 1959	17.7 °C	224 mm	82	0
1958	39.5 °C18 August 1958	1.4 °C4 March 1958	18.1 °C	170 mm	94	0
1957	39.4 °C8 August 1957	-1.4 °C22 December 1957	17.3 °C	270 mm	93	7
1956	39.7 °C12 July 1956	-3.4 °C5 February 1956	16.7 °C	227 mm	92	11
1955	41.2 °C16 July 1955	-0.3 °C13 March 1955	18.6 °C	242 mm	114	1
1954	40.3 °C19 August 1954	-3.8 °C10 January 1954	17.1 °C	245 mm	105	11
1953	41.7 °C25 July 1953	-2.0 °C11 January 1953	17.4 °C	237 mm	102	8
1952	40.4 °C11 July 1952	-4.0 °C7 February 1952	17.9 °C	158 mm	109	6
1951	39.0 °C28 July 1951	0.5 °C27 February 1951	17.2 °C	222 mm	87	0
1950	40.0 °C29 July 1950	0.5 °C20 January 1950	17.8 °C	213 mm	90	0
1949	40.6 °C4 July 1949	0.6 °C13 January 1949	17.7 °C	245 mm	90	0
1948	39.1 °C21 July 1948	2.2 °C18 January 1948	17.9 °C	207 mm	84	0
1947	39.9 °C7 August 1947	-0.5 °C21 December 1947	18.4 °C	257 mm	112	1
1946	41.3 °C13 July 1946	1.0 °C26 January 1946	17.6 °C	118 mm	98	0
1945	41.5 °C7 September 1945	-2.4 °C3 January 1945	18.6 °C	124 mm	121	5
1944	41.3 °C31 July 1944	-1.4 °C21 February 1944	17.3 °C	119 mm	89	2
1943	41.1 °C11 July 1943	0.0 °C20 November 1943	17.4 °C	223 mm	114	0
1942	40.5 °C9 July 1942	0.9 °C9 February 1942	18.0 °C	292 mm	108	0
1941	40.5 °C20 July 1941	-3.0 °C5 January 1941	17.6 °C	122 mm	96	10
1940	41.4 °C10 August 1940	-3.2 °C27 December 1940	17.2 °C	198 mm	97	14

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.3 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

136 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

217 mm

-7 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.4 °C	+2.3 °C	19 mm	-2 mm
Feb	18.9 °C	+1.8 °C	16 mm	-6 mm
Mar	19.9 °C	0.0 °C	28 mm	-0 mm
Apr	24.4 °C	+2.1 °C	34 mm	+1 mm
May	28.4 °C	+2.3 °C	28 mm	+3 mm
Jun	36.0 °C	+5.2 °C	9 mm	-1 mm
Jul	36.2 °C	+1.0 °C	4 mm	+2 mm
Aug	36.7 °C	+1.6 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Sep	32.0 °C	+1.4 °C	6 mm	-7 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+3.2 °C	2 mm	-18 mm
Nov	21.8 °C	+2.2 °C	5 mm	-18 mm
Dec	14.8 °C	-0.9 °C	62 mm	+39 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.2 °C

8 Jun 2025

Coldest day

0.1 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

26.0 mm

13 Apr 2025

Windiest day

40.3 km/h

13 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

79.9 km/h

11 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

8 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.6 °C

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Guercif?

Guercif has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 224 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Guercif?

The hottest day measured in Guercif between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2023, reaching 45.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Guercif?

The coldest day measured in Guercif between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2005, at -7.7 °C.

Does it snow in Guercif?

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

Has the climate of Guercif warmed?

Yes: Guercif warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Guercif?

The wettest day measured in Guercif between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1963, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Guercif?

The windiest day measured in Guercif between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2016, with winds reaching 51.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Guercif?

The warmest month in Guercif is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Guercif?

Guercif receives on average 224 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 46 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Guercif?

Guercif 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 Guercif?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Guercif between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1942, with 11.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Guercif?

Yes: Guercif has on average 69 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Guercif?

In Guercif, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 13 August 2021, and the lowest was -11.7 °C on 28 January 2005.

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