Al Fūlah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Fūlah?

Al Fūlah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 505 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Fūlah?

The hottest day measured in Al Fūlah between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2019, reaching 43.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Fūlah?

The coldest day measured in Al Fūlah between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1992, at 8.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Fūlah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Al Fūlah warmed?

Yes: Al Fūlah warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Fūlah?

The wettest day measured in Al Fūlah between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1950, with 156 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Fūlah?

The windiest day measured in Al Fūlah between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1967, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Fūlah?

The warmest month in Al Fūlah is April (31.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Fūlah?

Al Fūlah receives on average 505 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Fūlah?

Al Fūlah gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al Fūlah (Sudan) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 505 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 April (31.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Al Fūlah averages 0 frost days, 304 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.

Al Fūlah has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 24 March 2019) and the coldest 8.8 °C (on 4 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

Al FūlahSouthern Kordofan

coords: 11.73°, 28.36°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.3°C

Average daily high

33.9°C

Average daily low

21.8°C

Annual rainfall

505mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

42%

Average peak wind

16.4km/h

Seasonal range

7.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

304 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

86 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.6 °C

Average feels-like low

20.9 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

277 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.4 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

43.7 °C

24 March 2019

Coldest day

8.8 °C

4 January 1992

Wettest day

156 mm

27 June 1950

Windiest day

34.9 km/h

23 April 1967

Strongest gust

67.0 km/h

23 April 1967

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

22 April 1950

Coldest feels-like

2.7 °C

4 January 1992

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 July 1967

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.7 °C10 April 2025	14.9 °C13 January 2025	28.5 °C	303 mm	344
2024	43.5 °C14 March 2024	14.2 °C19 January 2024	28.7 °C	408 mm	325
2023	42.4 °C11 April 2023	15.0 °C7 January 2023	29.7 °C	183 mm	356
2022	42.3 °C3 April 2022	13.3 °C20 January 2022	27.9 °C	261 mm	307
2021	41.6 °C19 April 2021	14.2 °C19 February 2021	28.7 °C	212 mm	342
2020	43.1 °C2 April 2020	11.2 °C24 January 2020	28.2 °C	324 mm	317
2019	43.7 °C24 March 2019	14.5 °C28 December 2019	28.0 °C	541 mm	327
2018	42.0 °C4 May 2018	13.2 °C3 January 2018	28.3 °C	323 mm	341
2017	42.0 °C23 March 2017	15.4 °C10 January 2017	28.9 °C	303 mm	349
2016	43.6 °C11 March 2016	11.5 °C29 January 2016	28.7 °C	314 mm	338
2015	43.0 °C10 March 2015	9.3 °C10 January 2015	28.6 °C	236 mm	328
2014	42.1 °C31 March 2014	14.8 °C16 February 2014	28.2 °C	396 mm	325
2013	42.4 °C3 April 2013	13.0 °C15 December 2013	28.8 °C	346 mm	321
2012	42.5 °C1 May 2012	14.6 °C26 December 2012	28.0 °C	283 mm	340
2011	42.8 °C25 April 2011	14.2 °C10 January 2011	28.1 °C	305 mm	338
2010	43.1 °C18 April 2010	15.7 °C6 February 2010	29.0 °C	421 mm	339
2009	42.9 °C21 March 2009	15.9 °C3 January 2009	29.0 °C	324 mm	356
2008	42.7 °C24 March 2008	12.6 °C1 February 2008	28.4 °C	333 mm	335
2007	42.3 °C23 March 2007	12.9 °C1 January 2007	28.1 °C	396 mm	308
2006	42.5 °C1 May 2006	11.6 °C30 December 2006	28.4 °C	362 mm	338
2005	42.9 °C2 April 2005	12.3 °C8 January 2005	28.6 °C	505 mm	336
2004	43.5 °C5 March 2004	13.3 °C6 February 2004	28.5 °C	355 mm	345
2003	42.7 °C4 April 2003	13.9 °C5 January 2003	28.5 °C	480 mm	340
2002	42.5 °C8 April 2002	10.8 °C12 January 2002	28.5 °C	362 mm	322
2001	42.2 °C19 April 2001	13.4 °C26 January 2001	28.2 °C	494 mm	314
2000	42.2 °C22 March 2000	12.6 °C30 January 2000	27.9 °C	391 mm	331
1999	42.2 °C7 February 1999	14.9 °C9 January 1999	28.2 °C	596 mm	325
1998	43.5 °C16 March 1998	10.6 °C14 January 1998	28.1 °C	542 mm	316
1997	41.8 °C28 March 1997	12.5 °C24 January 1997	27.2 °C	571 mm	320
1996	41.4 °C16 March 1996	14.8 °C8 January 1996	27.0 °C	641 mm	320
1995	42.2 °C10 April 1995	14.9 °C13 December 1995	27.4 °C	467 mm	320
1994	43.1 °C24 April 1994	13.4 °C5 December 1994	27.2 °C	593 mm	307
1993	41.9 °C30 April 1993	11.1 °C7 February 1993	27.7 °C	446 mm	321
1992	42.6 °C13 March 1992	8.8 °C4 January 1992	27.3 °C	438 mm	300
1991	42.9 °C26 April 1991	13.2 °C16 December 1991	27.8 °C	487 mm	327
1990	42.7 °C22 April 1990	14.7 °C11 January 1990	28.6 °C	398 mm	339
1989	41.1 °C28 April 1989	10.2 °C18 January 1989	26.8 °C	499 mm	301
1988	41.3 °C12 April 1988	13.4 °C18 January 1988	27.7 °C	492 mm	306
1987	42.2 °C7 May 1987	12.7 °C4 January 1987	27.9 °C	490 mm	340
1986	42.2 °C17 April 1986	13.1 °C5 December 1986	27.4 °C	439 mm	318
1985	42.1 °C18 March 1985	13.2 °C28 February 1985	26.4 °C	569 mm	269
1984	42.7 °C24 March 1984	12.4 °C13 December 1984	27.2 °C	399 mm	318
1983	43.1 °C29 March 1983	9.6 °C28 December 1983	27.2 °C	384 mm	315
1982	41.6 °C2 May 1982	10.8 °C9 February 1982	26.8 °C	523 mm	299
1981	41.6 °C29 April 1981	13.7 °C11 February 1981	27.4 °C	496 mm	325
1980	43.1 °C25 March 1980	12.4 °C13 December 1980	27.5 °C	532 mm	325
1979	42.4 °C4 April 1979	13.9 °C11 January 1979	27.6 °C	799 mm	342
1978	42.0 °C13 April 1978	13.1 °C11 January 1978	26.6 °C	671 mm	283
1977	42.0 °C14 April 1977	12.4 °C8 January 1977	26.3 °C	610 mm	280
1976	41.4 °C30 April 1976	11.6 °C1 January 1976	27.3 °C	476 mm	309
1975	41.0 °C7 May 1975	11.8 °C18 January 1975	26.4 °C	577 mm	260
1974	42.1 °C30 April 1974	12.3 °C19 January 1974	26.1 °C	724 mm	254
1973	42.9 °C1 April 1973	13.0 °C17 January 1973	27.4 °C	540 mm	308
1972	41.6 °C4 March 1972	13.6 °C1 January 1972	26.9 °C	589 mm	323
1971	41.4 °C1 April 1971	9.4 °C25 December 1971	26.5 °C	492 mm	270
1970	42.0 °C6 April 1970	11.7 °C14 December 1970	26.9 °C	547 mm	297
1969	42.3 °C9 April 1969	10.5 °C31 January 1969	27.8 °C	561 mm	334
1968	40.7 °C30 April 1968	9.3 °C17 January 1968	27.3 °C	393 mm	327
1967	42.4 °C24 April 1967	14.4 °C5 February 1967	27.7 °C	199 mm	344
1966	41.5 °C4 June 1966	15.4 °C13 January 1966	28.0 °C	353 mm	331
1965	41.3 °C28 May 1965	12.0 °C12 January 1965	27.1 °C	362 mm	278
1964	41.2 °C13 June 1964	12.2 °C28 November 1964	26.7 °C	770 mm	233
1963	40.7 °C29 March 1963	13.8 °C6 December 1963	27.3 °C	450 mm	293
1962	41.2 °C3 May 1962	12.6 °C4 January 1962	26.8 °C	527 mm	305
1961	42.5 °C15 May 1961	12.3 °C27 December 1961	26.2 °C	582 mm	281
1960	41.9 °C26 April 1960	13.9 °C30 January 1960	27.4 °C	487 mm	325
1959	43.1 °C16 March 1959	11.3 °C22 January 1959	26.9 °C	469 mm	299
1958	42.1 °C9 April 1958	13.0 °C15 February 1958	27.4 °C	444 mm	310
1957	41.1 °C7 May 1957	9.7 °C5 February 1957	26.4 °C	613 mm	304
1956	41.0 °C11 March 1956	11.9 °C2 January 1956	26.2 °C	524 mm	261
1955	39.8 °C2 April 1955	13.3 °C18 December 1955	25.6 °C	513 mm	277
1954	40.7 °C19 April 1954	11.4 °C15 January 1954	25.1 °C	610 mm	230
1953	41.0 °C18 March 1953	9.6 °C18 December 1953	24.9 °C	896 mm	247
1952	40.9 °C16 March 1952	13.2 °C5 January 1952	25.7 °C	694 mm	263
1951	39.5 °C28 April 1951	9.8 °C25 December 1951	25.2 °C	571 mm	282
1950	40.0 °C21 April 1950	11.9 °C12 January 1950	24.3 °C	1,590 mm	211
1949	41.4 °C24 March 1949	10.2 °C10 February 1949	25.2 °C	698 mm	258
1948	40.5 °C4 April 1948	11.5 °C23 December 1948	25.5 °C	534 mm	225
1947	39.5 °C15 April 1947	11.0 °C16 January 1947	25.2 °C	659 mm	231
1946	40.8 °C8 May 1946	10.3 °C12 January 1946	25.3 °C	921 mm	203
1945	39.7 °C29 April 1945	10.4 °C2 February 1945	25.3 °C	510 mm	265
1944	39.2 °C14 March 1944	11.7 °C16 January 1944	24.8 °C	730 mm	214
1943	41.3 °C15 March 1943	12.2 °C11 December 1943	24.9 °C	1,254 mm	169
1942	40.1 °C2 March 1942	10.8 °C5 January 1942	26.8 °C	549 mm	288
1941	40.8 °C19 April 1941	11.3 °C18 December 1941	27.1 °C	327 mm	331
1940	40.5 °C11 April 1940	13.2 °C4 March 1940	26.3 °C	478 mm	302

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.2 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

344 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

303 mm

-202 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.8 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	35.7 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	37.5 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Apr	39.4 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
May	39.0 °C	+1.4 °C	3 mm	-33 mm
Jun	37.5 °C	+2.8 °C	1 mm	-64 mm
Jul	33.4 °C	+1.9 °C	51 mm	-63 mm
Aug	31.6 °C	+1.3 °C	139 mm	+8 mm
Sep	31.6 °C	+0.3 °C	94 mm	-3 mm
Oct	35.2 °C	+1.4 °C	14 mm	-36 mm
Nov	35.9 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Dec	33.3 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.7 °C

10 Apr 2025

Coldest day

14.9 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

35.7 mm

29 Aug 2025

Windiest day

26.1 km/h

1 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

1 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

16 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.8 °C

1 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

9 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Fūlah?

Al Fūlah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 505 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Fūlah?

The hottest day measured in Al Fūlah between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2019, reaching 43.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Fūlah?

The coldest day measured in Al Fūlah between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1992, at 8.8 °C.

Does it snow in Al Fūlah?

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

Has the climate of Al Fūlah warmed?

Yes: Al Fūlah warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Fūlah?

The wettest day measured in Al Fūlah between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1950, with 156 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Fūlah?

The windiest day measured in Al Fūlah between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1967, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Fūlah?

The warmest month in Al Fūlah is April (31.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Fūlah?

Al Fūlah receives on average 505 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Fūlah?

Al Fūlah gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Al Fūlah?

Yes: Al Fūlah has on average 277 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Fūlah?

In Al Fūlah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 22 April 1950, and the lowest was 2.7 °C on 4 January 1992.

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