New Halfa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of New Halfa?

New Halfa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.5 °C and it receives 313 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in New Halfa?

The hottest day measured in New Halfa between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2021, reaching 46.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in New Halfa?

The coldest day measured in New Halfa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 9.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in New Halfa?

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

Q: Has the climate of New Halfa warmed?

Yes: New Halfa warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in New Halfa?

The wettest day measured in New Halfa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1988, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in New Halfa?

The windiest day measured in New Halfa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1967, with winds reaching 35.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in New Halfa?

The warmest month in New Halfa is May (33.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in New Halfa?

New Halfa receives on average 313 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in New Halfa?

New Halfa gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

New Halfa (Sudan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 29.5 °C and it receives 313 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 May (33.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

New Halfa averages 0 frost days, 349 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 60 rainy days per year.

New Halfa has warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.41 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.8 °C (on 1 June 2021) and the coldest 9.2 °C (on 25 December 1971).

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

New HalfaKassala

coords: 15.33°, 35.60°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

29.5°C

Average daily high

36.7°C

Average daily low

23.3°C

Annual rainfall

313mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

41%

Average peak wind

17.2km/h

Seasonal range

8.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

349 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

60 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.4 °C

Average feels-like low

23.3 °C

Average peak gust

35.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

296 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.5 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

46.8 °C

1 June 2021

Coldest day

9.2 °C

25 December 1971

Wettest day

73 mm

2 August 1988

Windiest day

35.8 km/h

7 May 1967

Strongest gust

68.4 km/h

7 May 1967

Hottest feels-like

48.0 °C

8 May 1951

Coldest feels-like

5.6 °C

6 February 1993

Sunniest day

12.8 h

18 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	46.2 °C17 May 2025	14.8 °C20 December 2025	31.2 °C	154 mm	363
2024	45.4 °C13 May 2024	15.2 °C2 February 2024	30.9 °C	222 mm	357
2023	45.5 °C13 May 2023	15.8 °C8 January 2023	31.8 °C	75 mm	365
2022	45.4 °C4 May 2022	14.4 °C20 January 2022	30.7 °C	137 mm	353
2021	46.8 °C1 June 2021	15.4 °C6 February 2021	31.2 °C	128 mm	359
2020	45.5 °C14 May 2020	13.3 °C11 January 2020	30.5 °C	168 mm	347
2019	45.8 °C2 May 2019	15.4 °C20 February 2019	30.5 °C	371 mm	359
2018	45.8 °C5 May 2018	15.6 °C8 January 2018	30.6 °C	242 mm	363
2017	45.5 °C11 May 2017	15.8 °C3 February 2017	31.3 °C	138 mm	364
2016	45.6 °C12 June 2016	13.0 °C29 January 2016	31.0 °C	167 mm	361
2015	44.7 °C17 May 2015	11.2 °C11 January 2015	31.4 °C	118 mm	355
2014	44.7 °C17 May 2014	15.0 °C6 January 2014	30.3 °C	251 mm	362
2013	44.9 °C30 May 2013	13.8 °C17 December 2013	30.7 °C	200 mm	354
2012	44.3 °C15 May 2012	13.8 °C24 January 2012	30.3 °C	204 mm	362
2011	44.9 °C6 June 2011	14.7 °C19 January 2011	30.4 °C	135 mm	358
2010	45.4 °C18 May 2010	16.4 °C31 December 2010	30.9 °C	214 mm	361
2009	45.5 °C6 May 2009	15.9 °C2 March 2009	31.1 °C	175 mm	365
2008	44.1 °C22 May 2008	13.5 °C1 February 2008	30.4 °C	214 mm	362
2007	44.9 °C21 May 2007	14.2 °C5 February 2007	29.8 °C	270 mm	351
2006	45.1 °C1 May 2006	13.2 °C29 December 2006	29.9 °C	289 mm	359
2005	44.8 °C15 April 2005	14.4 °C11 January 2005	30.3 °C	229 mm	357
2004	45.7 °C8 May 2004	13.8 °C7 February 2004	30.4 °C	181 mm	355
2003	45.8 °C5 April 2003	14.6 °C6 December 2003	30.1 °C	329 mm	362
2002	45.4 °C26 April 2002	11.6 °C11 January 2002	30.4 °C	199 mm	352
2001	45.2 °C15 May 2001	15.0 °C10 January 2001	30.1 °C	224 mm	357
2000	44.5 °C23 May 2000	12.5 °C29 January 2000	29.9 °C	137 mm	357
1999	43.8 °C4 May 1999	15.3 °C9 January 1999	30.0 °C	311 mm	360
1998	46.1 °C25 May 1998	13.5 °C15 January 1998	29.9 °C	276 mm	349
1997	43.5 °C4 June 1997	12.7 °C25 January 1997	29.7 °C	322 mm	355
1996	44.4 °C2 May 1996	13.8 °C18 January 1996	29.3 °C	470 mm	361
1995	45.1 °C23 May 1995	14.8 °C13 February 1995	29.9 °C	329 mm	359
1994	44.9 °C29 April 1994	16.0 °C25 February 1994	29.9 °C	295 mm	360
1993	44.7 °C4 May 1993	10.4 °C6 February 1993	30.0 °C	226 mm	343
1992	44.9 °C28 May 1992	11.3 °C4 January 1992	29.2 °C	230 mm	333
1991	45.1 °C1 May 1991	15.3 °C27 January 1991	30.5 °C	159 mm	359
1990	44.8 °C27 May 1990	14.6 °C27 February 1990	30.9 °C	69 mm	355
1989	44.6 °C1 May 1989	13.6 °C7 February 1989	29.4 °C	250 mm	338
1988	44.8 °C29 May 1988	14.0 °C18 January 1988	29.6 °C	508 mm	356
1987	44.7 °C17 April 1987	15.4 °C5 January 1987	30.2 °C	299 mm	364
1986	44.0 °C17 April 1986	14.5 °C22 January 1986	29.4 °C	372 mm	359
1985	43.3 °C18 March 1985	14.7 °C17 February 1985	29.1 °C	383 mm	357
1984	44.6 °C29 April 1984	14.8 °C20 January 1984	30.2 °C	110 mm	360
1983	44.8 °C4 May 1983	11.3 °C25 January 1983	29.4 °C	208 mm	344
1982	45.2 °C2 May 1982	11.9 °C9 February 1982	29.0 °C	275 mm	354
1981	44.6 °C2 May 1981	13.6 °C12 February 1981	29.9 °C	314 mm	362
1980	45.3 °C4 May 1980	14.2 °C13 December 1980	30.0 °C	270 mm	359
1979	45.6 °C21 April 1979	14.8 °C10 January 1979	29.9 °C	417 mm	363
1978	45.0 °C19 May 1978	14.4 °C11 January 1978	29.2 °C	444 mm	349
1977	44.4 °C11 May 1977	14.1 °C8 January 1977	28.8 °C	359 mm	347
1976	44.1 °C14 May 1976	13.9 °C1 January 1976	29.5 °C	283 mm	355
1975	43.2 °C17 April 1975	12.7 °C18 January 1975	28.7 °C	306 mm	351
1974	44.7 °C26 April 1974	13.0 °C18 January 1974	28.8 °C	434 mm	352
1973	44.5 °C25 April 1973	12.8 °C16 January 1973	29.8 °C	326 mm	358
1972	44.8 °C9 May 1972	14.2 °C4 February 1972	29.3 °C	377 mm	359
1971	43.7 °C28 May 1971	9.2 °C25 December 1971	28.5 °C	341 mm	330
1970	43.9 °C27 April 1970	14.1 °C14 December 1970	29.6 °C	279 mm	357
1969	44.8 °C6 June 1969	13.8 °C25 January 1969	30.4 °C	190 mm	356
1968	42.7 °C16 April 1968	14.9 °C16 January 1968	29.3 °C	225 mm	353
1967	43.7 °C21 May 1967	15.1 °C6 February 1967	28.9 °C	184 mm	361
1966	43.1 °C5 August 1966	15.8 °C2 March 1966	29.2 °C	309 mm	333
1965	43.5 °C1 June 1965	13.7 °C12 January 1965	28.9 °C	329 mm	324
1964	43.5 °C13 June 1964	15.5 °C27 December 1964	28.3 °C	340 mm	305
1963	43.6 °C2 June 1963	17.3 °C25 December 1963	29.4 °C	451 mm	344
1962	44.6 °C24 May 1962	17.2 °C8 January 1962	29.7 °C	249 mm	363
1961	45.7 °C15 May 1961	16.2 °C14 December 1961	29.2 °C	308 mm	347
1960	44.1 °C23 May 1960	14.6 °C31 January 1960	30.1 °C	199 mm	361
1959	45.0 °C23 April 1959	11.4 °C22 January 1959	29.0 °C	334 mm	345
1958	44.7 °C16 May 1958	15.8 °C7 February 1958	29.7 °C	266 mm	359
1957	43.9 °C27 April 1957	11.4 °C5 February 1957	29.2 °C	270 mm	345
1956	43.8 °C11 April 1956	14.3 °C1 January 1956	28.6 °C	434 mm	343
1955	42.4 °C17 April 1955	15.3 °C1 January 1955	28.9 °C	286 mm	359
1954	43.3 °C19 April 1954	14.2 °C30 December 1954	28.3 °C	343 mm	337
1953	44.3 °C7 May 1953	12.8 °C18 December 1953	27.1 °C	799 mm	333
1952	43.6 °C29 April 1952	14.9 °C19 January 1952	27.8 °C	616 mm	363
1951	42.0 °C8 May 1951	11.2 °C24 December 1951	27.9 °C	284 mm	350
1950	43.5 °C6 April 1950	12.7 °C18 January 1950	25.8 °C	1,210 mm	305
1949	44.0 °C9 May 1949	11.4 °C10 February 1949	26.9 °C	602 mm	340
1948	43.2 °C18 May 1948	13.7 °C10 March 1948	27.1 °C	498 mm	319
1947	41.6 °C23 April 1947	14.0 °C16 January 1947	27.1 °C	600 mm	322
1946	43.7 °C21 April 1946	10.8 °C12 January 1946	27.7 °C	411 mm	321
1945	42.0 °C28 May 1945	13.3 °C2 February 1945	28.1 °C	307 mm	341
1944	41.6 °C26 April 1944	12.7 °C31 January 1944	27.1 °C	447 mm	312
1943	43.2 °C30 April 1943	12.6 °C2 February 1943	25.8 °C	1,060 mm	232
1942	43.2 °C19 May 1942	13.3 °C5 January 1942	28.5 °C	441 mm	333
1941	43.4 °C12 May 1941	13.5 °C18 December 1941	28.8 °C	261 mm	360
1940	41.7 °C8 May 1940	13.7 °C31 January 1940	28.3 °C	298 mm	361

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

38.6 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

363 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

154 mm

-159 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.6 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	36.4 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	38.8 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	42.6 °C	+2.1 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
May	42.9 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-23 mm
Jun	42.5 °C	+3.2 °C	0 mm	-29 mm
Jul	38.5 °C	+2.7 °C	38 mm	-46 mm
Aug	35.5 °C	+1.2 °C	83 mm	-12 mm
Sep	38.7 °C	+2.5 °C	29 mm	-20 mm
Oct	39.3 °C	+1.7 °C	3 mm	-22 mm
Nov	38.2 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Dec	34.8 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

46.2 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

14.8 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

18.7 mm

24 Aug 2025

Windiest day

32.6 km/h

25 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

56.2 km/h

24 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

9 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.9 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

19 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of New Halfa?

New Halfa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.5 °C and it receives 313 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in New Halfa?

The hottest day measured in New Halfa between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2021, reaching 46.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in New Halfa?

The coldest day measured in New Halfa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 9.2 °C.

Does it snow in New Halfa?

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

Has the climate of New Halfa warmed?

Yes: New Halfa warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in New Halfa?

The wettest day measured in New Halfa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1988, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in New Halfa?

The windiest day measured in New Halfa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1967, with winds reaching 35.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in New Halfa?

The warmest month in New Halfa is May (33.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.0 °C).

How much does it rain in New Halfa?

New Halfa receives on average 313 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.

Is it sunny in New Halfa?

New Halfa gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in New Halfa?

Yes: New Halfa has on average 296 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in New Halfa?

In New Halfa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.0 °C on 8 May 1951, and the lowest was 5.6 °C on 6 February 1993.

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