Tabount climate — normals and trends
Tabount (Morocco) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.3 °C and it receives 100 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 (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Tabount averages 19 frost days, 107 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 17 rainy days per year.
Tabount has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 34 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 12 July 2024) and the coldest -13.3 °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
TabountDrâa-Tafilalet
- coords
- 30.90°, -6.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.3°C
Average daily high
24.2°C
Average daily low
10.2°C
Annual rainfall
100mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
39%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
20.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
107 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
17 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.5 cm
Average feels-like high
21.1 °C
Average feels-like low
7.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
30 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 = 0.73 · 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
40.6 °C
12 July 2024
Coldest day
-13.3 °C
9 January 1965
Wettest day
51 mm
9 October 1994
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
2 January 1953
Strongest gust
83.5 km/h
30 March 1990
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
3 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-18.0 °C
9 January 1965
Snowiest day
11.8 cm
16 January 1988
Sunniest day
13.2 h
20 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 | 16.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 17.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 2 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 20.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 8 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 29 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 28.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 33.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 36.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 35.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 31.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 4 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 27.9 °C | +3.9 °C | 0 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 22.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 13.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 43 mm | +30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tabount?
Tabount has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.3 °C and it receives 100 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tabount?
The hottest day measured in Tabount between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2024, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tabount?
The coldest day measured in Tabount between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1965, at -13.3 °C.
Does it snow in Tabount?
Yes. Tabount gets on average 2.5 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Tabount warmed?
Yes: Tabount warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tabount?
The wettest day measured in Tabount between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 1994, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tabount?
The windiest day measured in Tabount between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1953, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tabount?
The warmest month in Tabount is July (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Tabount?
Tabount receives on average 100 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 17 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tabount?
Tabount gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tabount?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tabount between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1988, with 11.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tabount?
Yes: Tabount has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tabount?
In Tabount, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 3 August 2023, and the lowest was -18.0 °C on 9 January 1965.
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