Turubah climate — normals and trends
Turubah (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 78 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 August (33.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Turubah averages 6 frost days, 189 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 16 rainy days per year.
Turubah has warmed by +3.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.46 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 11 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.9 °C (on 1 August 2017) and the coldest -8.3 °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
TurubahHa'il Region
- coords
- 28.26°, 42.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.5°C
Average daily high
29.0°C
Average daily low
16.0°C
Annual rainfall
78mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
33%
Average peak wind
20.4km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
189 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
16 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.4 °C
Average feels-like low
12.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
149 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.9 °C
since 1940
+0.5 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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
46.9 °C
1 August 2017
Coldest day
-8.3 °C
20 January 1964
Wettest day
41 mm
10 April 2002
Windiest day
53.6 km/h
1 April 2015
Strongest gust
85.7 km/h
1 April 2015
Hottest feels-like
47.2 °C
31 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-13.4 °C
20 January 1964
Snowiest day
1.8 cm
28 February 1959
Sunniest day
13.3 h
6 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 6 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 16.5 °C | -1.9 °C | 12 mm | +4 mm |
| Mar | 23.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 27 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 31.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 3 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 36.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 40.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 40.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 41.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 38.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Oct | 33.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 26.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 5 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 18.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 40 mm | +27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Turubah?
Turubah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 78 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Turubah?
The hottest day measured in Turubah between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2017, reaching 46.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Turubah?
The coldest day measured in Turubah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1964, at -8.3 °C.
Does it snow in Turubah?
Almost never: Turubah sees virtually no snow, with about 6 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Turubah warmed?
Yes: Turubah warmed by +3.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Turubah?
The wettest day measured in Turubah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 2002, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Turubah?
The windiest day measured in Turubah between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 2015, with winds reaching 53.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Turubah?
The warmest month in Turubah is August (33.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Turubah?
Turubah receives on average 78 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 16 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Turubah?
Turubah gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Turubah?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Turubah between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1959, with 1.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Turubah?
Yes: Turubah has on average 149 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Turubah?
In Turubah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 31 July 2020, and the lowest was -13.4 °C on 20 January 1964.
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