How extreme does Biskra's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Biskra has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1973–present), from the Biskra station. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Biskra has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

120°F Jul 2, 2022

That is about 14°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Biskra (typical high near 106°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 120°F Jul 2, 2022recent

2 119°F Jul 9, 2008

3 118°F Jul 13, 2012

❄️ Coldest night

29°F Jan 25, 2006

About 15°F colder than a normal January night in Biskra (typical low near 44°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 29°F Jan 25, 2006

2 30°F Dec 14, 1980

3 30°F Jan 2, 1987

🌧️ Most rain in one day

7.60 in Sep 17, 1995

More rain in a single day than Biskra usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 1.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.60 in Sep 17, 1995

2 4.45 in Apr 25, 1988

3 3.82 in Jul 14, 1996

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

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Biskra's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 120°F is about 14°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Biskra's warmest days reach the mid-100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 120°F and as low as 29°F. A single day has delivered over 8 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Biskra, a weather station, inside the city. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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