Kafr Lāhā climate — normals and trends
Kafr Lāhā (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 473 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Kafr Lāhā averages 9 frost days, 102 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 82 rainy days per year.
Kafr Lāhā has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 13 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 9 August 2025) and the coldest -14.0 °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
Kafr LāhāHoms Governorate
- coords
- 34.89°, 36.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.0°C
Average daily high
23.2°C
Average daily low
12.1°C
Annual rainfall
473mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
16.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
102 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
82 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.7 cm
Average feels-like high
22.1 °C
Average feels-like low
11.1 °C
Average peak gust
40.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
47 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °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
43.7 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest day
-14.0 °C
9 February 1949
Wettest day
49 mm
19 December 2002
Windiest day
45.6 km/h
10 March 1977
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
18 February 1970
Hottest feels-like
46.3 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-19.0 °C
9 February 1949
Snowiest day
11.8 cm
6 February 1972
Sunniest day
13.8 h
1 July 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 23 mm | -68 mm |
| Feb | 13.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 63 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 21.8 °C | +4.8 °C | 37 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 23.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 38 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 29.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 13 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 32.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 33.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 34.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 32.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 27.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 11 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 24.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 31 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 15.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 98 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kafr Lāhā?
Kafr Lāhā has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 473 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kafr Lāhā?
The hottest day measured in Kafr Lāhā between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2025, reaching 43.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kafr Lāhā?
The coldest day measured in Kafr Lāhā between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1949, at -14.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kafr Lāhā?
Yes. Kafr Lāhā gets on average 3.7 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Kafr Lāhā warmed?
Yes: Kafr Lāhā warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kafr Lāhā?
The wettest day measured in Kafr Lāhā between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 2002, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kafr Lāhā?
The windiest day measured in Kafr Lāhā between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1977, with winds reaching 45.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kafr Lāhā?
The warmest month in Kafr Lāhā is August (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kafr Lāhā?
Kafr Lāhā receives on average 473 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 82 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kafr Lāhā?
Kafr Lāhā gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kafr Lāhā?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kafr Lāhā between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1972, with 11.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kafr Lāhā?
Yes: Kafr Lāhā has on average 47 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kafr Lāhā?
In Kafr Lāhā, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 9 August 2025, and the lowest was -19.0 °C on 9 February 1949.
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