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Weather extremes

How extreme does Ghardaïa's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Ghardaïa 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 Noumerat station 16 km away. 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 Ghardaïa has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
120°F Jul 31, 1998

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

The three most extreme on record

1 120°F Jul 31, 1998
2 117°F Jul 15, 2012
3 117°F Jul 4, 2018
❄️ Coldest night
22°F Dec 30, 2004

About 23°F colder than a normal December night in Ghardaïa (typical low near 45°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 22°F Dec 30, 2004
2 22°F Jan 3, 2005
3 26°F Dec 24, 2004
🌧️ Most rain in one day
7.87 in Jul 31, 1990

More rain in a single day than Ghardaïa usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 0.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.87 in Jul 31, 1990
2 6.73 in Oct 31, 1993
3 5.24 in Dec 19, 1993

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.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 120°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Ghardaïa'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, Ghardaïa's warmest days reach the mid-100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 120°F and as low as 22°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 Noumerat, a weather station, about 16 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →