Qaisumah climate — normals and trends
Qaisumah (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 98 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 (35.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Qaisumah averages 3 frost days, 208 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 18 rainy days per year.
Qaisumah has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 6 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.4 °C (on 30 July 2020) and the coldest -9.4 °C (on 8 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
QaisumahEastern Province
- coords
- 28.31°, 46.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.5°C
Average daily high
31.4°C
Average daily low
17.8°C
Annual rainfall
98mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
32%
Average peak wind
22.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
208 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
18 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.6 °C
Average feels-like low
14.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
170 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
49.4 °C
30 July 2020
Coldest day
-9.4 °C
8 January 1942
Wettest day
63 mm
14 November 2018
Windiest day
59.1 km/h
3 May 1946
Strongest gust
88.9 km/h
3 May 1946
Hottest feels-like
51.4 °C
29 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-14.7 °C
8 January 1942
Sunniest day
13.2 h
7 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 | 18.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 10 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 17.8 °C | -2.5 °C | 22 mm | +12 mm |
| Mar | 25.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 27 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 35.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 40.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 43.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 44.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 44.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 41.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Oct | 35.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 28.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 1 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 19.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 26 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qaisumah?
Qaisumah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 98 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qaisumah?
The hottest day measured in Qaisumah between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2020, reaching 49.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qaisumah?
The coldest day measured in Qaisumah between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1942, at -9.4 °C.
Does it snow in Qaisumah?
Almost never: Qaisumah sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Qaisumah warmed?
Yes: Qaisumah warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qaisumah?
The wettest day measured in Qaisumah between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 2018, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qaisumah?
The windiest day measured in Qaisumah between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1946, with winds reaching 59.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qaisumah?
The warmest month in Qaisumah is July (35.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Qaisumah?
Qaisumah receives on average 98 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 18 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qaisumah?
Qaisumah gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Qaisumah?
Yes: Qaisumah has on average 170 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qaisumah?
In Qaisumah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 51.4 °C on 29 July 2020, and the lowest was -14.7 °C on 8 January 1942.
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