Salqīn climate — normals and trends
Salqīn (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 512 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 (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Salqīn averages 13 frost days, 124 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 78 rainy days per year.
Salqīn 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 18 to 8 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.2 °C (on 13 August 2023) and the coldest -8.2 °C (on 16 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
SalqīnIdlib Governorate
- coords
- 36.14°, 36.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.5°C
Average daily high
23.8°C
Average daily low
12.4°C
Annual rainfall
512mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
13 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
124 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
78 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.6 cm
Average feels-like high
23.2 °C
Average feels-like low
11.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
69 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 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
45.2 °C
13 August 2023
Coldest day
-8.2 °C
16 January 1973
Wettest day
69 mm
25 March 2003
Windiest day
33.0 km/h
24 March 1975
Strongest gust
86.4 km/h
13 January 1968
Hottest feels-like
48.1 °C
14 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-12.8 °C
18 January 1973
Snowiest day
19.6 cm
17 December 1971
Sunniest day
14.1 h
24 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.6 °C | +5.0 °C | 4 mm | -89 mm |
| Feb | 13.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 56 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 23.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 17 mm | -60 mm |
| Apr | 23.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 49 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 30.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 23 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 34.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 35.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 36.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 33.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 8 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 27.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 60 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 23.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 14 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 15.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 76 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Salqīn?
Salqīn has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 512 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salqīn?
The hottest day measured in Salqīn between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2023, reaching 45.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Salqīn?
The coldest day measured in Salqīn between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1973, at -8.2 °C.
Does it snow in Salqīn?
Yes. Salqīn gets on average 4.6 cm of snow per year and has around 13 frost days.
Has the climate of Salqīn warmed?
Yes: Salqīn warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Salqīn?
The wettest day measured in Salqīn between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2003, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Salqīn?
The windiest day measured in Salqīn between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1975, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Salqīn?
The warmest month in Salqīn is August (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Salqīn?
Salqīn receives on average 512 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 78 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Salqīn?
Salqīn gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Salqīn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salqīn between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1971, with 19.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Salqīn?
Yes: Salqīn has on average 69 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salqīn?
In Salqīn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.1 °C on 14 August 2023, and the lowest was -12.8 °C on 18 January 1973.
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