al Haql climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of al Haql?

al Haql has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 25 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in al Haql?

The hottest day measured in al Haql between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 44.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in al Haql?

The coldest day measured in al Haql between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1942, at -1.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in al Haql?

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

Q: Has the climate of al Haql warmed?

Yes: al Haql warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in al Haql?

The wettest day measured in al Haql between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1952, with 28 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in al Haql?

The windiest day measured in al Haql between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2020, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in al Haql?

The warmest month in al Haql is July (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in al Haql?

al Haql receives on average 25 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 6 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in al Haql?

al Haql gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

al Haql (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 25 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 (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

al Haql averages 0 frost days, 165 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 6 rainy days per year.

al Haql has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.3 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -1.6 °C (on 7 January 1942).

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 HaqlAl Jawf Region

coords: 29.29°, 34.95°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

27.6°C

Average daily low

15.9°C

Annual rainfall

25mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

45%

Average peak wind

15.5km/h

Seasonal range

16.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

165 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

6 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.1 °C

Average feels-like low

14.7 °C

Average peak gust

34.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

117 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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

44.3 °C

14 August 2025

Coldest day

-1.6 °C

7 January 1942

Wettest day

28 mm

3 February 1952

Windiest day

37.2 km/h

13 March 2020

Strongest gust

82.8 km/h

7 May 1992

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

14 August 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.5 °C

7 January 1942

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

6 February 1950

Sunniest day

13.2 h

2 July 1959

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.3 °C14 August 2025	4.8 °C9 February 2025	23.5 °C	30 mm	195	0
2024	42.3 °C14 June 2024	6.5 °C16 December 2024	23.8 °C	21 mm	179	0
2023	41.4 °C8 September 2023	5.1 °C11 January 2023	23.4 °C	23 mm	176	0
2022	40.6 °C28 August 2022	2.8 °C21 January 2022	22.7 °C	31 mm	175	0
2021	40.5 °C3 July 2021	4.9 °C23 January 2021	23.3 °C	21 mm	197	0
2020	41.7 °C4 September 2020	2.5 °C26 January 2020	23.1 °C	50 mm	179	0
2019	40.9 °C23 May 2019	4.6 °C11 January 2019	23.0 °C	18 mm	177	0
2018	41.4 °C25 July 2018	5.2 °C9 January 2018	23.7 °C	17 mm	177	0
2017	40.7 °C17 July 2017	3.0 °C3 February 2017	22.9 °C	10 mm	163	0
2016	41.2 °C4 June 2016	3.0 °C29 January 2016	23.2 °C	9 mm	182	0
2015	41.0 °C17 August 2015	2.8 °C10 January 2015	22.9 °C	30 mm	182	0
2014	40.6 °C28 June 2014	5.4 °C8 January 2014	22.9 °C	55 mm	164	0
2013	41.1 °C2 June 2013	3.6 °C12 January 2013	22.6 °C	46 mm	175	0
2012	41.0 °C18 July 2012	3.1 °C20 February 2012	23.0 °C	9 mm	187	0
2011	41.6 °C30 July 2011	4.2 °C7 December 2011	22.0 °C	12 mm	164	0
2010	41.9 °C20 August 2010	3.9 °C7 February 2010	24.1 °C	39 mm	197	0
2009	39.8 °C1 July 2009	2.1 °C3 January 2009	22.6 °C	9 mm	174	0
2008	38.9 °C29 August 2008	-1.0 °C15 January 2008	22.5 °C	10 mm	170	2
2007	41.0 °C24 June 2007	2.8 °C2 January 2007	22.3 °C	18 mm	179	0
2006	40.1 °C5 June 2006	1.8 °C30 December 2006	22.0 °C	15 mm	167	0
2005	39.5 °C12 July 2005	2.7 °C27 December 2005	22.1 °C	16 mm	162	0
2004	40.2 °C15 July 2004	4.1 °C17 December 2004	22.1 °C	13 mm	176	0
2003	39.4 °C6 July 2003	4.2 °C29 December 2003	22.1 °C	23 mm	181	0
2002	41.7 °C1 August 2002	3.1 °C4 January 2002	22.2 °C	12 mm	161	0
2001	39.6 °C10 August 2001	2.5 °C28 January 2001	22.2 °C	6 mm	167	0
2000	42.9 °C30 July 2000	2.3 °C29 January 2000	21.6 °C	8 mm	161	0
1999	39.2 °C24 May 1999	4.4 °C2 December 1999	22.3 °C	15 mm	172	0
1998	40.6 °C31 August 1998	4.9 °C12 January 1998	22.7 °C	7 mm	174	0
1997	39.2 °C21 June 1997	3.1 °C10 February 1997	21.7 °C	19 mm	165	0
1996	42.1 °C4 July 1996	4.3 °C25 January 1996	22.3 °C	31 mm	170	0
1995	40.4 °C28 June 1995	4.7 °C19 January 1995	21.8 °C	12 mm	159	0
1994	39.5 °C15 June 1994	3.9 °C8 December 1994	22.0 °C	47 mm	176	0
1993	40.6 °C30 August 1993	1.2 °C18 January 1993	21.9 °C	18 mm	169	0
1992	39.6 °C5 July 1992	2.7 °C5 January 1992	20.8 °C	29 mm	153	0
1991	39.4 °C18 June 1991	2.9 °C18 December 1991	21.8 °C	40 mm	174	0
1990	40.1 °C4 August 1990	3.7 °C11 January 1990	21.9 °C	12 mm	170	0
1989	41.3 °C7 June 1989	0.9 °C5 February 1989	21.5 °C	13 mm	170	0
1988	39.9 °C14 May 1988	4.2 °C20 January 1988	21.9 °C	36 mm	164	0
1987	40.6 °C7 August 1987	3.8 °C29 December 1987	21.7 °C	16 mm	153	0
1986	39.6 °C17 September 1986	3.7 °C6 December 1986	21.6 °C	30 mm	159	0
1985	40.3 °C23 August 1985	3.6 °C28 February 1985	22.1 °C	24 mm	162	0
1984	41.5 °C26 May 1984	3.2 °C11 December 1984	21.5 °C	11 mm	170	0
1983	40.8 °C11 July 1983	2.3 °C29 January 1983	20.7 °C	7 mm	148	0
1982	38.2 °C13 August 1982	3.0 °C17 January 1982	20.8 °C	36 mm	149	0
1981	39.7 °C4 August 1981	4.6 °C19 January 1981	21.7 °C	14 mm	171	0
1980	41.4 °C30 May 1980	3.2 °C30 January 1980	22.0 °C	52 mm	177	0
1979	39.2 °C24 June 1979	5.1 °C6 January 1979	22.2 °C	15 mm	176	0
1978	41.1 °C8 July 1978	2.1 °C14 January 1978	22.0 °C	21 mm	173	0
1977	41.7 °C24 August 1977	3.6 °C9 January 1977	21.6 °C	17 mm	157	0
1976	39.5 °C8 June 1976	2.6 °C7 January 1976	21.3 °C	6 mm	175	0
1975	39.2 °C11 June 1975	3.2 °C14 January 1975	21.1 °C	56 mm	161	0
1974	40.1 °C19 June 1974	2.7 °C24 January 1974	21.4 °C	55 mm	175	0
1973	41.1 °C26 July 1973	0.4 °C3 January 1973	21.7 °C	21 mm	169	0
1972	38.8 °C17 September 1972	1.9 °C26 December 1972	21.3 °C	36 mm	169	0
1971	39.6 °C19 June 1971	3.7 °C20 December 1971	21.5 °C	70 mm	162	0
1970	42.3 °C21 May 1970	2.6 °C16 December 1970	21.6 °C	17 mm	160	0
1969	42.2 °C16 June 1969	4.5 °C11 January 1969	22.2 °C	41 mm	172	0
1968	40.6 °C17 July 1968	4.1 °C16 January 1968	21.6 °C	29 mm	161	0
1967	40.5 °C13 June 1967	0.0 °C22 January 1967	20.6 °C	46 mm	141	0
1966	40.2 °C19 June 1966	2.8 °C13 January 1966	21.8 °C	51 mm	163	0
1965	40.9 °C13 June 1965	4.0 °C19 December 1965	21.3 °C	45 mm	145	0
1964	40.3 °C30 May 1964	0.8 °C21 January 1964	20.7 °C	22 mm	146	0
1963	40.0 °C7 June 1963	2.0 °C28 December 1963	22.2 °C	14 mm	164	0
1962	40.2 °C11 August 1962	4.2 °C22 February 1962	22.1 °C	14 mm	170	0
1961	43.3 °C7 June 1961	3.5 °C23 January 1961	20.9 °C	23 mm	140	0
1960	39.6 °C5 July 1960	2.4 °C4 February 1960	22.0 °C	17 mm	167	0
1959	39.9 °C10 June 1959	2.9 °C10 February 1959	20.5 °C	15 mm	149	0
1958	39.8 °C14 June 1958	3.5 °C4 February 1958	21.6 °C	6 mm	143	0
1957	39.4 °C21 August 1957	0.9 °C24 January 1957	21.6 °C	16 mm	155	0
1956	41.0 °C25 July 1956	3.1 °C11 February 1956	21.3 °C	11 mm	140	0
1955	39.7 °C11 June 1955	2.8 °C4 January 1955	21.6 °C	11 mm	162	0
1954	41.2 °C22 August 1954	3.3 °C21 January 1954	21.4 °C	31 mm	158	0
1953	40.8 °C21 July 1953	1.5 °C30 November 1953	20.7 °C	68 mm	154	0
1952	40.5 °C25 August 1952	3.2 °C14 January 1952	21.7 °C	28 mm	160	0
1951	38.6 °C8 June 1951	1.9 °C25 January 1951	21.3 °C	20 mm	155	0
1950	37.5 °C6 September 1950	-1.3 °C8 February 1950	21.1 °C	29 mm	156	5
1949	39.6 °C4 June 1949	1.2 °C20 February 1949	20.4 °C	36 mm	148	0
1948	39.9 °C15 June 1948	1.6 °C31 December 1948	20.5 °C	11 mm	140	0
1947	38.4 °C6 July 1947	4.5 °C8 January 1947	22.0 °C	22 mm	168	0
1946	38.4 °C2 June 1946	2.2 °C20 January 1946	21.5 °C	15 mm	158	0
1945	40.6 °C2 August 1945	2.2 °C1 February 1945	20.7 °C	10 mm	152	0
1944	42.7 °C14 June 1944	2.9 °C23 January 1944	21.3 °C	43 mm	163	0
1943	39.8 °C15 August 1943	2.8 °C8 March 1943	21.2 °C	32 mm	155	0
1942	40.2 °C5 May 1942	-1.6 °C7 January 1942	21.6 °C	65 mm	170	2
1941	39.3 °C25 May 1941	2.0 °C1 January 1941	21.7 °C	38 mm	163	0
1940	39.1 °C17 August 1940	2.6 °C17 December 1940	21.2 °C	11 mm	155	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.0 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

195 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

30 mm

+5 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.5 °C	+2.6 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Feb	18.4 °C	-1.0 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Mar	25.0 °C	+2.3 °C	6 mm	+2 mm
Apr	29.1 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
May	32.2 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Jun	35.3 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	37.2 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	37.3 °C	+1.9 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Sep	33.8 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Oct	30.7 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	+3.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Dec	19.7 °C	+0.1 °C	21 mm	+16 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.3 °C

14 Aug 2025

Coldest day

4.8 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

12.7 mm

6 Dec 2025

Windiest day

23.5 km/h

24 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

5 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

14 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.8 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

20 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of al Haql?

al Haql has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 25 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in al Haql?

The hottest day measured in al Haql between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 44.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in al Haql?

The coldest day measured in al Haql between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1942, at -1.6 °C.

Does it snow in al Haql?

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

Has the climate of al Haql warmed?

Yes: al Haql warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in al Haql?

The wettest day measured in al Haql between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1952, with 28 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in al Haql?

The windiest day measured in al Haql between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2020, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in al Haql?

The warmest month in al Haql is July (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.8 °C).

How much does it rain in al Haql?

al Haql receives on average 25 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 6 rainy days.

Is it sunny in al Haql?

al Haql gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in al Haql?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in al Haql between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in al Haql?

Yes: al Haql has on average 117 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in al Haql?

In al Haql, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 14 August 2025, and the lowest was -6.5 °C on 7 January 1942.

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