Jisr ash Shughūr climate — normals and trends
Jisr ash Shughūr (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 702 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Jisr ash Shughūr averages 13 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Jisr ash Shughūr has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 9 August 2025) and the coldest -10.2 °C (on 18 January 1973).
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
Jisr ash ShughūrIdlib Governorate
- coords
- 35.81°, 36.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.6°C
Average daily high
22.2°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
702mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.1km/h
Seasonal range
18.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
74 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.3 cm
Average feels-like high
22.1 °C
Average feels-like low
11.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
46 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
43.1 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest day
-10.2 °C
18 January 1973
Wettest day
57 mm
18 December 2012
Windiest day
37.4 km/h
29 March 1948
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
6 February 1992
Hottest feels-like
46.7 °C
7 August 1987
Coldest feels-like
-14.7 °C
18 January 1973
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
17 December 1971
Sunniest day
14.0 h
22 June 1942
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 | 15.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 11 mm | -119 mm |
| Feb | 12.6 °C | -0.8 °C | 74 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 21.3 °C | +4.8 °C | 25 mm | -79 mm |
| Apr | 21.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 67 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 27.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 26 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 5 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 31.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 32.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 30.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 11 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 26.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 47 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 23.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 53 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 15.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 126 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Jisr ash Shughūr?
Jisr ash Shughūr has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 702 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Jisr ash Shughūr?
The hottest day measured in Jisr ash Shughūr between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2025, reaching 43.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Jisr ash Shughūr?
The coldest day measured in Jisr ash Shughūr between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1973, at -10.2 °C.
Does it snow in Jisr ash Shughūr?
Yes. Jisr ash Shughūr gets on average 4.3 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Jisr ash Shughūr warmed?
Yes: Jisr ash Shughūr warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Jisr ash Shughūr?
The wettest day measured in Jisr ash Shughūr between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 2012, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Jisr ash Shughūr?
The windiest day measured in Jisr ash Shughūr between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1948, with winds reaching 37.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Jisr ash Shughūr?
The warmest month in Jisr ash Shughūr is August (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Jisr ash Shughūr?
Jisr ash Shughūr receives on average 702 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Jisr ash Shughūr?
Jisr ash Shughūr 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 Jisr ash Shughūr?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Jisr ash Shughūr between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1971, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Jisr ash Shughūr?
Yes: Jisr ash Shughūr has on average 46 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Jisr ash Shughūr?
In Jisr ash Shughūr, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.7 °C on 7 August 1987, and the lowest was -14.7 °C on 18 January 1973.
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