Ḩalfāyā climate — normals and trends
Ḩalfāyā (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 522 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Ḩalfāyā averages 11 frost days, 111 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 83 rainy days per year.
Ḩalfāyā has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 16 to 6 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.4 °C (on 9 August 2025) and the coldest -11.1 °C (on 9 February 1949).
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
ḨalfāyāHama Governorate
- coords
- 35.26°, 36.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
23.4°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
522mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
19.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
11 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
111 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
83 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.2 cm
Average feels-like high
22.9 °C
Average feels-like low
11.2 °C
Average peak gust
33.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
43 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
44.4 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest day
-11.1 °C
9 February 1949
Wettest day
61 mm
19 December 2002
Windiest day
39.5 km/h
10 March 1977
Strongest gust
108.7 km/h
18 February 1970
Hottest feels-like
46.6 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-16.1 °C
9 February 1949
Snowiest day
13.5 cm
8 January 1979
Sunniest day
13.8 h
22 June 1955
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 11 mm | -90 mm |
| Feb | 13.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 53 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 22.3 °C | +5.3 °C | 26 mm | -54 mm |
| Apr | 23.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 49 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 29.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 19 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 33.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 2 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 34.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 35.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 32.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 13 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 27.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 25 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 23.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 33 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 15.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 106 mm | +18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ḩalfāyā?
Ḩalfāyā has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 522 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ḩalfāyā?
The hottest day measured in Ḩalfāyā between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2025, reaching 44.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ḩalfāyā?
The coldest day measured in Ḩalfāyā between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1949, at -11.1 °C.
Does it snow in Ḩalfāyā?
Yes. Ḩalfāyā gets on average 4.2 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.
Has the climate of Ḩalfāyā warmed?
Yes: Ḩalfāyā warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ḩalfāyā?
The wettest day measured in Ḩalfāyā between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 2002, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ḩalfāyā?
The windiest day measured in Ḩalfāyā between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1977, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ḩalfāyā?
The warmest month in Ḩalfāyā is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Ḩalfāyā?
Ḩalfāyā receives on average 522 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 83 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ḩalfāyā?
Ḩalfāyā 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 Ḩalfāyā?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ḩalfāyā between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1979, with 13.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ḩalfāyā?
Yes: Ḩalfāyā has on average 43 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ḩalfāyā?
In Ḩalfāyā, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.6 °C on 9 August 2025, and the lowest was -16.1 °C on 9 February 1949.
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