Ad Darbāsīyah climate — normals and trends
Ad Darbāsīyah (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 393 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 (32.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Ad Darbāsīyah averages 26 frost days, 147 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 59 rainy days per year.
Ad Darbāsīyah has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 32 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.5 °C (on 6 August 1973) and the coldest -10.9 °C (on 17 January 1944).
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
Ad DarbāsīyahAl-Hasakah Governorate
- coords
- 37.07°, 40.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.7°C
Average daily high
25.2°C
Average daily low
12.8°C
Annual rainfall
393mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
48%
Average peak wind
12.5km/h
Seasonal range
27.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
26 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
147 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
59 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.5 cm
Average feels-like high
24.0 °C
Average feels-like low
10.4 °C
Average peak gust
27.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
99 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · 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
47.5 °C
6 August 1973
Coldest day
-10.9 °C
17 January 1944
Wettest day
80 mm
2 April 1980
Windiest day
38.5 km/h
15 March 1955
Strongest gust
87.5 km/h
16 March 1998
Hottest feels-like
48.8 °C
14 July 1980
Coldest feels-like
-15.9 °C
29 December 1948
Snowiest day
17.6 cm
11 December 2013
Sunniest day
14.1 h
28 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 2 mm | -67 mm |
| Feb | 12.1 °C | -0.7 °C | 56 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 22.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 9 mm | -54 mm |
| Apr | 25.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 22 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 33.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 7 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 38.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 42.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 2 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 41.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 35.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 29.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 4 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 23.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 25 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 13.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 100 mm | +34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ad Darbāsīyah?
Ad Darbāsīyah has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 393 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ad Darbāsīyah?
The hottest day measured in Ad Darbāsīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1973, reaching 47.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ad Darbāsīyah?
The coldest day measured in Ad Darbāsīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1944, at -10.9 °C.
Does it snow in Ad Darbāsīyah?
Yes. Ad Darbāsīyah gets on average 7.5 cm of snow per year and has around 26 frost days.
Has the climate of Ad Darbāsīyah warmed?
Yes: Ad Darbāsīyah warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ad Darbāsīyah?
The wettest day measured in Ad Darbāsīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1980, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ad Darbāsīyah?
The windiest day measured in Ad Darbāsīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1955, with winds reaching 38.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ad Darbāsīyah?
The warmest month in Ad Darbāsīyah is July (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Ad Darbāsīyah?
Ad Darbāsīyah receives on average 393 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 59 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ad Darbāsīyah?
Ad Darbāsīyah gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ad Darbāsīyah?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ad Darbāsīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2013, with 17.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ad Darbāsīyah?
Yes: Ad Darbāsīyah has on average 99 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ad Darbāsīyah?
In Ad Darbāsīyah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.8 °C on 14 July 1980, and the lowest was -15.9 °C on 29 December 1948.
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