Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm climate — normals and trends
Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 39 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 (35.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm averages 0 frost days, 222 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 8 rainy days per year.
Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.4 °C (on 17 July 2010) and the coldest -3.6 °C (on 20 January 1964).
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
Ḥawṭah Banī TamīmRiyadh Region
- coords
- 23.50°, 46.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.9°C
Average daily high
32.5°C
Average daily low
18.9°C
Annual rainfall
39mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
27%
Average peak wind
18.7km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
222 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
8 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
30.0 °C
Average feels-like low
15.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
179 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.3 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
47.4 °C
17 July 2010
Coldest day
-3.6 °C
20 January 1964
Wettest day
36 mm
22 March 1995
Windiest day
47.7 km/h
4 May 1952
Strongest gust
76.0 km/h
4 May 1952
Hottest feels-like
47.4 °C
15 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-9.8 °C
20 January 1964
Sunniest day
12.8 h
19 May 1941
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 | 19.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 22.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 27.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 10 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 36.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 41.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 42.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 43.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 43.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 40.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Oct | 34.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Nov | 27.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 22.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 14 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 39 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
The hottest day measured in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2010, reaching 47.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
The coldest day measured in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1964, at -3.6 °C.
Does it snow in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
Almost never: Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm warmed?
Yes: Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
The wettest day measured in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1995, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
The windiest day measured in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm between 1940 and 2025 was 4 May 1952, with winds reaching 47.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
The warmest month in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm is July (35.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm receives on average 39 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 8 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
Yes: Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm has on average 179 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm?
In Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.4 °C on 15 July 2020, and the lowest was -9.8 °C on 20 January 1964.
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