Al-Hasakah climate — normals and trends
Al-Hasakah (Syria) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 293 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 (33.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Al-Hasakah averages 16 frost days, 155 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 52 rainy days per year.
Al-Hasakah has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 21 to 11 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.7 °C (on 2 August 1957) and the coldest -9.1 °C (on 2 January 2009).
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-HasakahAl-Hasakah Governorate
- coords
- 36.50°, 40.75°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.8°C
Average daily high
26.0°C
Average daily low
14.1°C
Annual rainfall
293mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
48%
Average peak wind
16.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
155 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
52 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.2 °C
Average feels-like low
11.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
119 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
47.7 °C
2 August 1957
Coldest day
-9.1 °C
2 January 2009
Wettest day
72 mm
12 April 1971
Windiest day
49.3 km/h
9 January 1946
Strongest gust
93.2 km/h
16 March 1998
Hottest feels-like
48.9 °C
15 July 1980
Coldest feels-like
-14.2 °C
7 February 1950
Snowiest day
17.4 cm
11 December 2013
Sunniest day
14.0 h
29 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 2 mm | -49 mm |
| Feb | 12.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 32 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 23.1 °C | +5.3 °C | 5 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 26.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 13 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 34.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 39.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 42.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 41.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 35.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 29.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 24.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 10 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 14.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 81 mm | +32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Al-Hasakah?
Al-Hasakah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 293 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al-Hasakah?
The hottest day measured in Al-Hasakah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1957, reaching 47.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Al-Hasakah?
The coldest day measured in Al-Hasakah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2009, at -9.1 °C.
Does it snow in Al-Hasakah?
Yes. Al-Hasakah gets on average 3.0 cm of snow per year and has around 16 frost days.
Has the climate of Al-Hasakah warmed?
Yes: Al-Hasakah warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Al-Hasakah?
The wettest day measured in Al-Hasakah between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1971, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Al-Hasakah?
The windiest day measured in Al-Hasakah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1946, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Al-Hasakah?
The warmest month in Al-Hasakah is July (33.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Al-Hasakah?
Al-Hasakah receives on average 293 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 52 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Al-Hasakah?
Al-Hasakah gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Al-Hasakah?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Al-Hasakah between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2013, with 17.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Al-Hasakah?
Yes: Al-Hasakah has on average 119 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al-Hasakah?
In Al-Hasakah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.9 °C on 15 July 1980, and the lowest was -14.2 °C on 7 February 1950.
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