Şāmitah climate — normals and trends
Şāmitah (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 29.7 °C and it receives 365 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 (33.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Şāmitah averages 0 frost days, 308 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 44 rainy days per year.
Şāmitah has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 6 April 2003) and the coldest 14.7 °C (on 13 January 1992).
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
ŞāmitahJazan Region
- coords
- 16.60°, 42.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
29.7°C
Average daily high
33.9°C
Average daily low
25.8°C
Annual rainfall
365mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
8.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
308 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
44 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
37.9 °C
Average feels-like low
29.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
352 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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
42.3 °C
6 April 2003
Coldest day
14.7 °C
13 January 1992
Wettest day
264 mm
10 August 1950
Windiest day
44.6 km/h
20 July 2020
Strongest gust
75.2 km/h
10 August 1950
Hottest feels-like
48.4 °C
31 August 2015
Coldest feels-like
10.2 °C
20 January 1987
Sunniest day
12.0 h
6 April 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 | 29.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 30.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 33.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 1 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 35.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 37.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 37.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 38.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -87 mm |
| Aug | 35.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 324 mm | +210 mm |
| Sep | 37.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 11 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 36.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 33.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 30.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 6 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Şāmitah?
Şāmitah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.7 °C and it receives 365 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Şāmitah?
The hottest day measured in Şāmitah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 2003, reaching 42.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Şāmitah?
The coldest day measured in Şāmitah between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1992, at 14.7 °C.
Does it snow in Şāmitah?
Almost never: Şāmitah sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Şāmitah warmed?
Yes: Şāmitah warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Şāmitah?
The wettest day measured in Şāmitah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1950, with 264 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Şāmitah?
The windiest day measured in Şāmitah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2020, with winds reaching 44.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Şāmitah?
The warmest month in Şāmitah is June (33.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Şāmitah?
Şāmitah receives on average 365 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 44 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Şāmitah?
Şāmitah gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Şāmitah?
Yes: Şāmitah has on average 352 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Şāmitah?
In Şāmitah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.4 °C on 31 August 2015, and the lowest was 10.2 °C on 20 January 1987.
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