Silicon Oasis climate — normals and trends
Silicon Oasis (United Arab Emirates) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 85 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 (35.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Silicon Oasis averages 0 frost days, 243 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 12 rainy days per year.
Silicon Oasis has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 48.4 °C (on 9 July 1962) and the coldest 3.4 °C (on 3 January 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
Silicon OasisDubai
- coords
- 25.12°, 55.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.3°C
Average daily high
34.1°C
Average daily low
21.2°C
Annual rainfall
85mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
54%
Average peak wind
21.2km/h
Seasonal range
17.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
243 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
12 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.4 °C
Average feels-like low
21.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
207 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
48.4 °C
9 July 1962
Coldest day
3.4 °C
3 January 1949
Wettest day
142 mm
16 April 2024
Windiest day
56.1 km/h
21 February 2015
Strongest gust
84.2 km/h
21 February 2015
Hottest feels-like
52.3 °C
20 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-0.1 °C
3 January 1949
Sunniest day
13.0 h
24 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 26.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 31.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 37.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 40.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 41.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 43.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 42.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 2 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 40.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 36.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 31.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 26.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 21 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Silicon Oasis?
Silicon Oasis has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 85 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Silicon Oasis?
The hottest day measured in Silicon Oasis between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1962, reaching 48.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Silicon Oasis?
The coldest day measured in Silicon Oasis between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1949, at 3.4 °C.
Does it snow in Silicon Oasis?
Almost never: Silicon Oasis sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Silicon Oasis warmed?
Yes: Silicon Oasis warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Silicon Oasis?
The wettest day measured in Silicon Oasis between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2024, with 142 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Silicon Oasis?
The windiest day measured in Silicon Oasis between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2015, with winds reaching 56.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Silicon Oasis?
The warmest month in Silicon Oasis is July (35.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Silicon Oasis?
Silicon Oasis receives on average 85 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 12 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Silicon Oasis?
Silicon Oasis gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Silicon Oasis?
Yes: Silicon Oasis has on average 207 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Silicon Oasis?
In Silicon Oasis, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 52.3 °C on 20 July 2024, and the lowest was -0.1 °C on 3 January 1949.
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