An Nimas climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of An Nimas?

An Nimas has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 489 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in An Nimas?

The hottest day measured in An Nimas between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 2022, reaching 40.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in An Nimas?

The coldest day measured in An Nimas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1957, at 5.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in An Nimas?

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

Q: Has the climate of An Nimas warmed?

Yes: An Nimas warmed by +3.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in An Nimas?

The wettest day measured in An Nimas between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1946, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in An Nimas?

The windiest day measured in An Nimas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2019, with winds reaching 25.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in An Nimas?

The warmest month in An Nimas is June (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in An Nimas?

An Nimas receives on average 489 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in An Nimas?

An Nimas gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

An Nimas (Saudi Arabia) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 489 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 June (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

An Nimas averages 0 frost days, 129 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.

An Nimas has warmed by +3.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.44 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 14 June 2022) and the coldest 5.5 °C (on 25 January 1957).

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

An Nimas'Asir Region

coords: 19.15°, 42.12°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

23.2°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

19.0°C

Annual rainfall

489mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

54%

Average peak wind

11.5km/h

Seasonal range

9.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

129 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

97 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.7 °C

Average feels-like low

18.8 °C

Average peak gust

35.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

159 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.7 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.87 · 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

40.7 °C

14 June 2022

Coldest day

5.5 °C

25 January 1957

Wettest day

158 mm

14 August 1946

Windiest day

25.5 km/h

25 March 2019

Strongest gust

83.9 km/h

25 March 2019

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

30 July 2017

Coldest feels-like

1.7 °C

25 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.3 h

25 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.8 °C12 June 2025	8.9 °C20 December 2025	25.0 °C	274 mm	197
2024	37.6 °C30 May 2024	12.8 °C11 January 2024	24.6 °C	565 mm	142
2023	39.4 °C28 July 2023	10.1 °C18 December 2023	24.9 °C	464 mm	182
2022	40.7 °C14 June 2022	11.8 °C28 December 2022	24.6 °C	363 mm	184
2021	38.9 °C1 June 2021	10.9 °C13 January 2021	24.7 °C	345 mm	195
2020	37.1 °C24 June 2020	7.7 °C12 January 2020	24.4 °C	350 mm	176
2019	38.9 °C21 July 2019	11.1 °C20 February 2019	24.8 °C	453 mm	168
2018	38.2 °C6 June 2018	10.0 °C4 February 2018	24.6 °C	503 mm	197
2017	38.6 °C30 July 2017	11.1 °C21 December 2017	25.0 °C	435 mm	209
2016	37.3 °C9 June 2016	10.4 °C29 January 2016	24.7 °C	431 mm	192
2015	38.1 °C10 June 2015	10.8 °C20 January 2015	25.0 °C	417 mm	201
2014	37.2 °C1 July 2014	12.2 °C16 March 2014	24.4 °C	391 mm	170
2013	37.7 °C3 June 2013	12.4 °C26 December 2013	24.5 °C	258 mm	164
2012	38.1 °C3 June 2012	9.3 °C24 January 2012	24.6 °C	194 mm	179
2011	38.2 °C9 July 2011	10.5 °C30 November 2011	24.5 °C	254 mm	186
2010	39.5 °C21 June 2010	10.0 °C10 January 2010	24.9 °C	300 mm	205
2009	37.0 °C10 August 2009	12.5 °C4 January 2009	24.8 °C	357 mm	186
2008	36.8 °C3 July 2008	10.1 °C2 February 2008	24.2 °C	449 mm	188
2007	37.4 °C23 June 2007	11.2 °C3 January 2007	24.3 °C	416 mm	190
2006	37.6 °C24 June 2006	12.5 °C1 January 2006	24.2 °C	492 mm	169
2005	38.4 °C6 June 2005	10.9 °C1 January 2005	24.3 °C	461 mm	186
2004	37.5 °C11 May 2004	7.7 °C31 December 2004	24.4 °C	435 mm	181
2003	37.5 °C10 June 2003	10.6 °C7 January 2003	24.4 °C	363 mm	180
2002	37.8 °C5 June 2002	9.5 °C26 December 2002	24.2 °C	798 mm	176
2001	37.0 °C28 May 2001	8.2 °C11 January 2001	23.9 °C	629 mm	177
2000	38.2 °C21 May 2000	11.5 °C31 January 2000	24.2 °C	358 mm	172
1999	37.1 °C22 May 1999	9.5 °C21 December 1999	24.0 °C	561 mm	162
1998	37.7 °C7 June 1998	8.6 °C14 January 1998	24.0 °C	618 mm	162
1997	36.4 °C9 September 1997	7.1 °C26 January 1997	23.6 °C	401 mm	160
1996	36.9 °C1 August 1996	12.9 °C30 December 1996	23.7 °C	532 mm	156
1995	38.3 °C30 June 1995	9.6 °C14 March 1995	23.7 °C	393 mm	152
1994	35.9 °C17 June 1994	11.9 °C6 January 1994	23.7 °C	279 mm	140
1993	36.5 °C17 June 1993	6.5 °C7 February 1993	23.4 °C	380 mm	149
1992	37.3 °C12 June 1992	7.5 °C13 January 1992	22.5 °C	565 mm	112
1991	35.8 °C4 August 1991	10.0 °C28 January 1991	24.0 °C	249 mm	186
1990	36.5 °C10 June 1990	10.6 °C27 February 1990	23.9 °C	240 mm	170
1989	38.7 °C10 July 1989	10.0 °C7 January 1989	23.5 °C	326 mm	161
1988	37.1 °C20 June 1988	10.7 °C20 January 1988	23.7 °C	438 mm	142
1987	36.5 °C11 July 1987	8.0 °C19 January 1987	23.7 °C	546 mm	141
1986	37.2 °C17 August 1986	9.2 °C5 January 1986	23.2 °C	346 mm	114
1985	35.3 °C14 June 1985	9.9 °C17 February 1985	23.2 °C	488 mm	138
1984	35.6 °C14 June 1984	10.1 °C12 January 1984	23.5 °C	264 mm	148
1983	37.3 °C17 June 1983	8.5 °C29 December 1983	23.1 °C	379 mm	140
1982	35.0 °C21 July 1982	9.4 °C16 December 1982	22.6 °C	466 mm	132
1981	37.1 °C25 June 1981	10.3 °C12 February 1981	23.5 °C	267 mm	140
1980	37.1 °C13 June 1980	9.8 °C5 December 1980	23.5 °C	291 mm	152
1979	37.0 °C24 June 1979	10.6 °C12 January 1979	23.1 °C	503 mm	128
1978	36.8 °C19 June 1978	8.9 °C21 December 1978	23.0 °C	456 mm	118
1977	36.0 °C6 June 1977	9.3 °C3 February 1977	22.7 °C	514 mm	116
1976	34.8 °C26 June 1976	11.4 °C12 January 1976	22.7 °C	400 mm	99
1975	35.2 °C3 July 1975	11.0 °C14 January 1975	22.3 °C	616 mm	85
1974	33.8 °C22 May 1974	9.2 °C19 January 1974	22.0 °C	613 mm	69
1973	37.5 °C5 June 1973	8.0 °C4 January 1973	23.3 °C	544 mm	137
1972	36.0 °C19 June 1972	9.2 °C6 February 1972	22.2 °C	742 mm	95
1971	35.9 °C30 May 1971	7.1 °C30 December 1971	22.0 °C	589 mm	78
1970	36.0 °C22 May 1970	9.2 °C12 January 1970	22.9 °C	303 mm	111
1969	35.0 °C4 June 1969	9.4 °C4 February 1969	22.9 °C	464 mm	102
1968	33.7 °C1 July 1968	7.2 °C3 February 1968	21.8 °C	750 mm	46
1967	35.3 °C16 June 1967	10.5 °C7 February 1967	22.3 °C	279 mm	78
1966	35.6 °C16 August 1966	10.5 °C2 January 1966	22.8 °C	429 mm	113
1965	35.7 °C12 August 1965	9.1 °C4 January 1965	22.4 °C	435 mm	104
1964	35.0 °C10 June 1964	10.5 °C28 December 1964	22.5 °C	406 mm	117
1963	35.1 °C25 May 1963	7.5 °C25 December 1963	22.8 °C	273 mm	119
1962	37.9 °C2 June 1962	11.2 °C4 January 1962	22.7 °C	362 mm	106
1961	36.7 °C8 June 1961	11.9 °C29 December 1961	22.5 °C	354 mm	105
1960	34.7 °C18 June 1960	7.7 °C31 January 1960	22.6 °C	409 mm	93
1959	35.2 °C13 June 1959	6.7 °C23 January 1959	22.3 °C	351 mm	76
1958	34.6 °C11 June 1958	10.7 °C27 January 1958	22.9 °C	353 mm	118
1957	35.6 °C19 June 1957	5.5 °C25 January 1957	22.1 °C	541 mm	82
1956	34.6 °C7 June 1956	9.1 °C24 January 1956	22.1 °C	542 mm	70
1955	34.7 °C28 May 1955	10.8 °C11 February 1955	22.0 °C	421 mm	85
1954	34.0 °C1 June 1954	11.0 °C31 December 1954	21.7 °C	590 mm	56
1953	33.2 °C17 June 1953	8.8 °C21 December 1953	20.9 °C	1,087 mm	22
1952	31.6 °C7 July 1952	9.6 °C18 January 1952	21.4 °C	920 mm	25
1951	34.0 °C11 July 1951	9.7 °C26 December 1951	21.3 °C	928 mm	47
1950	32.0 °C10 June 1950	7.9 °C18 January 1950	20.3 °C	1,691 mm	13
1949	33.3 °C25 May 1949	8.8 °C12 February 1949	21.0 °C	865 mm	48
1948	34.0 °C9 July 1948	7.5 °C10 March 1948	21.4 °C	510 mm	66
1947	33.4 °C18 June 1947	9.9 °C8 March 1947	21.2 °C	657 mm	51
1946	34.2 °C27 May 1946	7.3 °C12 January 1946	21.9 °C	854 mm	77
1945	33.7 °C5 July 1945	9.8 °C18 January 1945	21.9 °C	512 mm	90
1944	36.2 °C3 July 1944	11.4 °C19 December 1944	22.3 °C	367 mm	108
1943	32.3 °C15 May 1943	8.9 °C3 February 1943	20.8 °C	1,225 mm	24
1942	35.8 °C22 May 1942	11.0 °C7 January 1942	22.1 °C	690 mm	85
1941	35.9 °C6 June 1941	9.3 °C7 January 1941	22.3 °C	365 mm	101
1940	36.9 °C14 June 1940	7.8 °C16 January 1940	21.9 °C	394 mm	96

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.8 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

197 d/yr

+68

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

275 mm

-215 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	23.7 °C	+1.1 °C	10 mm	-12 mm
Feb	25.4 °C	+1.4 °C	4 mm	-16 mm
Mar	27.7 °C	+1.4 °C	14 mm	-14 mm
Apr	31.4 °C	+2.7 °C	10 mm	-20 mm
May	34.0 °C	+2.8 °C	19 mm	-26 mm
Jun	35.5 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-19 mm
Jul	34.0 °C	+2.5 °C	5 mm	-35 mm
Aug	31.2 °C	+0.5 °C	126 mm	+38 mm
Sep	32.3 °C	+1.8 °C	45 mm	-80 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+2.8 °C	8 mm	-30 mm
Nov	27.4 °C	+1.9 °C	10 mm	-8 mm
Dec	23.3 °C	-0.2 °C	23 mm	+7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.8 °C

12 Jun 2025

Coldest day

8.9 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

20.1 mm

20 Aug 2025

Windiest day

21.5 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.3 °C

4 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.0 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

19 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of An Nimas?

An Nimas has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 489 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in An Nimas?

The hottest day measured in An Nimas between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 2022, reaching 40.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in An Nimas?

The coldest day measured in An Nimas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1957, at 5.5 °C.

Does it snow in An Nimas?

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

Has the climate of An Nimas warmed?

Yes: An Nimas warmed by +3.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in An Nimas?

The wettest day measured in An Nimas between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1946, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in An Nimas?

The windiest day measured in An Nimas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2019, with winds reaching 25.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in An Nimas?

The warmest month in An Nimas is June (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.0 °C).

How much does it rain in An Nimas?

An Nimas receives on average 489 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.

Is it sunny in An Nimas?

An Nimas gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in An Nimas?

Yes: An Nimas has on average 159 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in An Nimas?

In An Nimas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 30 July 2017, and the lowest was 1.7 °C on 25 January 1957.

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