Ataq climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ataq?

Ataq has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 63 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ataq?

The hottest day measured in Ataq between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2009, reaching 40.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ataq?

The coldest day measured in Ataq between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1964, at 2.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ataq?

Almost never: Ataq sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ataq warmed?

Yes: Ataq warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ataq?

The wettest day measured in Ataq between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1951, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ataq?

The windiest day measured in Ataq between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1992, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ataq?

The warmest month in Ataq is June (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ataq?

Ataq receives on average 63 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 15 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ataq?

Ataq gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ataq (Yemen) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 63 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 June (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Ataq averages 0 frost days, 187 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 15 rainy days per year.

Ataq has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 13 July 2009) and the coldest 2.2 °C (on 28 December 1964).

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

AtaqShabwah

coords: 14.54°, 46.83°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

23.3°C

Average daily high

29.8°C

Average daily low

17.1°C

Annual rainfall

63mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

49%

Average peak wind

19.0km/h

Seasonal range

10.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

187 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

15 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.8 °C

Average feels-like low

16.3 °C

Average peak gust

35.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

119 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.0 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

40.3 °C

13 July 2009

Coldest day

2.2 °C

28 December 1964

Wettest day

57 mm

30 July 1951

Windiest day

46.5 km/h

5 August 1992

Strongest gust

83.2 km/h

5 August 1992

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

14 July 2024

Coldest feels-like

-2.9 °C

4 February 1969

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 May 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.9 °C24 July 2025	7.3 °C4 January 2025	25.0 °C	44 mm	216
2024	40.3 °C14 July 2024	7.0 °C19 December 2024	25.9 °C	61 mm	245
2023	40.2 °C9 July 2023	5.2 °C18 December 2023	25.0 °C	36 mm	210
2022	38.4 °C14 June 2022	8.2 °C20 December 2022	24.3 °C	32 mm	211
2021	38.0 °C28 August 2021	6.2 °C10 December 2021	24.2 °C	55 mm	205
2020	38.3 °C11 July 2020	6.2 °C16 January 2020	24.2 °C	69 mm	193
2019	38.5 °C4 September 2019	8.7 °C22 December 2019	24.6 °C	50 mm	217
2018	38.5 °C12 July 2018	2.2 °C12 January 2018	24.1 °C	31 mm	209
2017	38.8 °C29 June 2017	3.1 °C11 December 2017	24.2 °C	31 mm	223
2016	39.2 °C1 July 2016	7.6 °C17 February 2016	24.5 °C	52 mm	213
2015	38.0 °C8 July 2015	6.8 °C22 January 2015	24.4 °C	69 mm	231
2014	39.6 °C19 July 2014	7.7 °C22 January 2014	24.5 °C	34 mm	215
2013	39.0 °C9 July 2013	6.6 °C30 December 2013	24.5 °C	38 mm	211
2012	38.6 °C22 August 2012	7.9 °C28 January 2012	24.7 °C	37 mm	222
2011	39.0 °C22 July 2011	6.0 °C22 December 2011	24.6 °C	28 mm	228
2010	39.0 °C31 July 2010	5.1 °C10 January 2010	24.5 °C	54 mm	229
2009	40.3 °C13 July 2009	7.4 °C17 January 2009	25.0 °C	22 mm	225
2008	39.4 °C28 July 2008	4.4 °C21 December 2008	24.1 °C	96 mm	212
2007	39.5 °C6 September 2007	4.6 °C6 January 2007	24.8 °C	55 mm	216
2006	39.4 °C20 July 2006	6.4 °C27 February 2006	24.7 °C	29 mm	222
2005	39.8 °C31 July 2005	6.1 °C1 January 2005	24.7 °C	45 mm	233
2004	39.5 °C29 July 2004	4.9 °C31 December 2004	24.4 °C	30 mm	212
2003	38.0 °C21 July 2003	6.1 °C8 January 2003	24.2 °C	29 mm	230
2002	38.9 °C19 July 2002	8.7 °C7 February 2002	24.1 °C	45 mm	208
2001	39.7 °C24 August 2001	6.3 °C1 February 2001	24.2 °C	39 mm	230
2000	39.3 °C17 July 2000	7.4 °C30 December 2000	24.1 °C	26 mm	216
1999	37.9 °C10 August 1999	6.2 °C24 December 1999	23.9 °C	73 mm	203
1998	38.7 °C6 June 1998	7.1 °C14 December 1998	24.3 °C	51 mm	220
1997	39.2 °C23 July 1997	9.3 °C1 January 1997	24.2 °C	49 mm	197
1996	39.1 °C4 August 1996	8.3 °C28 January 1996	23.4 °C	141 mm	196
1995	38.6 °C5 July 1995	7.2 °C7 January 1995	23.7 °C	54 mm	207
1994	37.8 °C12 August 1994	5.6 °C20 January 1994	23.9 °C	23 mm	212
1993	38.8 °C2 June 1993	7.8 °C20 December 1993	23.6 °C	124 mm	206
1992	38.6 °C18 July 1992	3.8 °C6 January 1992	23.4 °C	92 mm	174
1991	38.6 °C20 August 1991	7.7 °C27 November 1991	23.9 °C	30 mm	202
1990	38.7 °C28 July 1990	8.2 °C29 December 1990	24.4 °C	33 mm	210
1989	37.6 °C23 July 1989	6.8 °C26 January 1989	23.4 °C	122 mm	179
1988	38.6 °C14 August 1988	5.0 °C30 December 1988	23.7 °C	38 mm	212
1987	38.1 °C24 August 1987	2.7 °C19 January 1987	23.6 °C	53 mm	205
1986	37.6 °C19 July 1986	3.7 °C2 January 1986	23.2 °C	25 mm	197
1985	38.4 °C7 August 1985	5.3 °C31 December 1985	23.4 °C	30 mm	207
1984	37.5 °C16 June 1984	5.5 °C4 January 1984	23.1 °C	29 mm	197
1983	38.9 °C8 August 1983	5.4 °C30 December 1983	23.2 °C	134 mm	170
1982	38.1 °C11 August 1982	6.8 °C20 November 1982	23.5 °C	35 mm	192
1981	38.1 °C9 July 1981	7.0 °C22 January 1981	23.3 °C	81 mm	186
1980	37.6 °C30 July 1980	5.3 °C5 December 1980	23.5 °C	52 mm	203
1979	38.4 °C14 June 1979	6.9 °C21 February 1979	23.3 °C	48 mm	194
1978	37.3 °C11 June 1978	3.5 °C21 December 1978	23.1 °C	81 mm	181
1977	36.9 °C25 July 1977	4.5 °C3 February 1977	22.8 °C	94 mm	168
1976	36.7 °C30 June 1976	6.9 °C16 December 1976	22.5 °C	37 mm	158
1975	35.9 °C13 August 1975	7.2 °C15 January 1975	22.6 °C	60 mm	167
1974	36.3 °C28 July 1974	5.3 °C26 January 1974	22.4 °C	43 mm	173
1973	37.6 °C9 June 1973	4.4 °C15 December 1973	22.7 °C	34 mm	201
1972	36.6 °C28 July 1972	3.7 °C3 January 1972	22.5 °C	73 mm	160
1971	35.5 °C3 August 1971	4.3 °C3 February 1971	21.8 °C	40 mm	161
1970	36.4 °C1 July 1970	5.4 °C16 December 1970	22.9 °C	59 mm	169
1969	36.7 °C13 July 1969	2.3 °C4 February 1969	23.0 °C	36 mm	184
1968	36.5 °C30 June 1968	3.2 °C4 January 1968	22.4 °C	106 mm	163
1967	36.6 °C10 July 1967	3.6 °C15 December 1967	22.5 °C	61 mm	157
1966	36.7 °C16 July 1966	3.3 °C8 December 1966	22.8 °C	52 mm	184
1965	37.1 °C27 July 1965	5.9 °C19 December 1965	22.6 °C	36 mm	162
1964	36.8 °C10 June 1964	2.2 °C28 December 1964	22.6 °C	53 mm	178
1963	36.7 °C22 July 1963	3.8 °C14 January 1963	22.8 °C	60 mm	157
1962	37.2 °C20 July 1962	3.9 °C19 January 1962	23.0 °C	29 mm	171
1961	37.0 °C15 August 1961	5.5 °C31 December 1961	23.2 °C	61 mm	179
1960	36.9 °C3 August 1960	3.5 °C18 January 1960	22.2 °C	87 mm	154
1959	35.6 °C28 June 1959	2.8 °C17 December 1959	22.3 °C	46 mm	157
1958	36.5 °C5 July 1958	4.0 °C17 January 1958	22.9 °C	24 mm	199
1957	36.3 °C27 June 1957	3.9 °C26 January 1957	22.2 °C	50 mm	150
1956	36.2 °C17 August 1956	3.8 °C25 January 1956	21.9 °C	46 mm	144
1955	36.3 °C16 July 1955	5.2 °C28 February 1955	22.3 °C	63 mm	157
1954	36.6 °C8 June 1954	6.6 °C18 December 1954	22.3 °C	94 mm	146
1953	36.3 °C13 June 1953	6.3 °C29 January 1953	22.2 °C	151 mm	111
1952	35.6 °C13 June 1952	6.5 °C8 December 1952	22.4 °C	83 mm	133
1951	35.7 °C3 July 1951	7.8 °C23 January 1951	22.1 °C	183 mm	131
1950	35.6 °C5 July 1950	5.5 °C9 February 1950	21.5 °C	99 mm	105
1949	36.0 °C13 July 1949	2.9 °C3 January 1949	21.8 °C	257 mm	132
1948	36.5 °C29 July 1948	4.1 °C20 January 1948	22.5 °C	119 mm	148
1947	37.3 °C15 July 1947	5.9 °C15 December 1947	22.1 °C	220 mm	140
1946	36.3 °C21 July 1946	8.0 °C18 November 1946	22.7 °C	61 mm	177
1945	36.4 °C7 July 1945	7.2 °C3 March 1945	22.5 °C	58 mm	158
1944	36.8 °C20 August 1944	7.4 °C9 December 1944	23.2 °C	22 mm	190
1943	34.8 °C28 July 1943	4.6 °C6 February 1943	21.3 °C	86 mm	124
1942	35.5 °C11 May 1942	7.8 °C4 January 1942	22.8 °C	67 mm	171
1941	36.8 °C5 June 1941	3.7 °C10 January 1941	22.8 °C	23 mm	177
1940	37.1 °C31 July 1940	4.8 °C27 November 1940	22.4 °C	70 mm	162

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.3 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

216 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

44 mm

-19 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.5 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	28.3 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Mar	29.7 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Apr	32.5 °C	+1.8 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
May	36.2 °C	+3.1 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Jun	37.4 °C	+2.6 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Jul	38.0 °C	+3.7 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Aug	33.7 °C	+0.3 °C	35 mm	+18 mm
Sep	34.8 °C	+2.3 °C	6 mm	-0 mm
Oct	30.5 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Nov	25.4 °C	-0.8 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Dec	25.1 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.9 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest day

7.3 °C

4 Jan 2025

Wettest day

16.3 mm

20 Aug 2025

Windiest day

33.0 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

14 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.1 °C

26 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.2 °C

4 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ataq?

Ataq has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 63 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ataq?

The hottest day measured in Ataq between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2009, reaching 40.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ataq?

The coldest day measured in Ataq between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1964, at 2.2 °C.

Does it snow in Ataq?

Almost never: Ataq sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ataq warmed?

Yes: Ataq warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ataq?

The wettest day measured in Ataq between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1951, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ataq?

The windiest day measured in Ataq between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1992, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ataq?

The warmest month in Ataq is June (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Ataq?

Ataq receives on average 63 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 15 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ataq?

Ataq gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ataq?

Yes: Ataq has on average 119 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ataq?

In Ataq, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 14 July 2024, and the lowest was -2.9 °C on 4 February 1969.

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