Salamiyah climate — normals and trends
Salamiyah (Syria) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 166 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Salamiyah averages 7 frost days, 134 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 41 rainy days per year.
Salamiyah has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 11 to 3 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.6 °C (on 16 June 2012) and the coldest -12.2 °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
SalamiyahHama Governorate
- coords
- 35.01°, 37.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.2°C
Average daily high
24.5°C
Average daily low
12.8°C
Annual rainfall
166mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
22.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
134 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
41 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.7 cm
Average feels-like high
22.4 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
38.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
65 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
44.6 °C
16 June 2012
Coldest day
-12.2 °C
9 February 1949
Wettest day
32 mm
17 February 2001
Windiest day
62.2 km/h
18 February 1970
Strongest gust
103.7 km/h
3 March 2022
Hottest feels-like
46.2 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-17.7 °C
9 February 1949
Snowiest day
7.8 cm
9 January 1979
Sunniest day
13.7 h
26 June 1949
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 2 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 13.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 23 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 22.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 20 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 25.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 11 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 31.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 4 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 34.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 35.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 36.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 33.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 2 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 28.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 24.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 14 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 15.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 34 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Salamiyah?
Salamiyah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 166 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salamiyah?
The hottest day measured in Salamiyah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 2012, reaching 44.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Salamiyah?
The coldest day measured in Salamiyah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1949, at -12.2 °C.
Does it snow in Salamiyah?
Yes. Salamiyah gets on average 1.7 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.
Has the climate of Salamiyah warmed?
Yes: Salamiyah warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Salamiyah?
The wettest day measured in Salamiyah between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2001, with 32 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Salamiyah?
The windiest day measured in Salamiyah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1970, with winds reaching 62.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Salamiyah?
The warmest month in Salamiyah is July (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Salamiyah?
Salamiyah receives on average 166 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 41 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Salamiyah?
Salamiyah 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 Salamiyah?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salamiyah between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1979, with 7.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Salamiyah?
Yes: Salamiyah has on average 65 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salamiyah?
In Salamiyah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 9 August 2025, and the lowest was -17.7 °C on 9 February 1949.
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