Kelaat Mgouna climate — normals and trends
Kelaat Mgouna (Morocco) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 174 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Kelaat Mgouna averages 41 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 35 rainy days per year.
Kelaat Mgouna has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 63 to 19 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 12 July 2024) and the coldest -12.8 °C (on 9 January 1965).
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
Kelaat MgounaDrâa-Tafilalet
- coords
- 31.25°, -6.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.8°C
Average daily high
20.5°C
Average daily low
9.0°C
Annual rainfall
174mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
40%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
20.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
41 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
58 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
35 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.7 cm
Average feels-like high
17.2 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · p = < 0.001
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
36.6 °C
12 July 2024
Coldest day
-12.8 °C
9 January 1965
Wettest day
53 mm
22 November 2014
Windiest day
43.9 km/h
10 April 2008
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
10 April 2008
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
23 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-17.7 °C
17 December 1957
Snowiest day
26.0 cm
16 January 1988
Sunniest day
13.3 h
10 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 13.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 9 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 15 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 65 mm | +52 mm |
| May | 24.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 6 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 29.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 8 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 3 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 32.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 27.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 15 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 24.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 1 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 18.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 6 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 9.4 °C | -2.1 °C | 55 mm | +37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kelaat Mgouna?
Kelaat Mgouna has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.8 °C and it receives 174 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kelaat Mgouna?
The hottest day measured in Kelaat Mgouna between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2024, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kelaat Mgouna?
The coldest day measured in Kelaat Mgouna between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1965, at -12.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kelaat Mgouna?
Yes. Kelaat Mgouna gets on average 17.7 cm of snow per year and has around 41 frost days.
Has the climate of Kelaat Mgouna warmed?
Yes: Kelaat Mgouna warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kelaat Mgouna?
The wettest day measured in Kelaat Mgouna between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2014, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kelaat Mgouna?
The windiest day measured in Kelaat Mgouna between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 2008, with winds reaching 43.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kelaat Mgouna?
The warmest month in Kelaat Mgouna is July (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Kelaat Mgouna?
Kelaat Mgouna receives on average 174 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 35 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kelaat Mgouna?
Kelaat Mgouna gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kelaat Mgouna?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kelaat Mgouna between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1988, with 26.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kelaat Mgouna?
Yes: Kelaat Mgouna has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kelaat Mgouna?
In Kelaat Mgouna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 23 July 2024, and the lowest was -17.7 °C on 17 December 1957.
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