Nawa climate — normals and trends
Nawa (Syria) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 305 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Nawa averages 7 frost days, 109 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 50 rainy days per year.
Nawa has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 10 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -12.0 °C (on 7 February 1950).
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
NawaDaraa Governorate
- coords
- 32.89°, 36.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
23.5°C
Average daily low
11.2°C
Annual rainfall
305mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
17.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
109 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
50 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.5 cm
Average feels-like high
22.4 °C
Average feels-like low
9.9 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
42.9 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest day
-12.0 °C
7 February 1950
Wettest day
54 mm
23 November 1955
Windiest day
43.4 km/h
9 February 1956
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
20 February 2001
Hottest feels-like
44.6 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-16.7 °C
7 February 1950
Snowiest day
14.4 cm
9 February 1992
Sunniest day
13.5 h
27 June 1940
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 | 16.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 5 mm | -62 mm |
| Feb | 13.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 43 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 21.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 29 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 24.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 12 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 30.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 4 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 33.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 34.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 35.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 8 mm | +8 mm |
| Sep | 32.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 28.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 24.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 33 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 15.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 67 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nawa?
Nawa has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 305 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nawa?
The hottest day measured in Nawa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 42.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nawa?
The coldest day measured in Nawa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -12.0 °C.
Does it snow in Nawa?
Yes. Nawa gets on average 3.5 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.
Has the climate of Nawa warmed?
Yes: Nawa warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nawa?
The wettest day measured in Nawa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1955, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nawa?
The windiest day measured in Nawa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nawa?
The warmest month in Nawa is August (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Nawa?
Nawa receives on average 305 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 50 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nawa?
Nawa 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 Nawa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nawa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1992, with 14.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nawa?
Yes: Nawa has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nawa?
In Nawa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 9 August 2025, and the lowest was -16.7 °C on 7 February 1950.
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