How extreme does Najaf's weather get?

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

Based on 16 years of daily weather observations (2009–present), from the Najaf station 9 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 Najaf has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

125°F Jul 21, 2016

The three most extreme on record

1 125°F Jul 21, 2016

2 125°F Jun 30, 2021

3 124°F Jul 28, 2025

❄️ Coldest night

27°F Feb 26, 2025

The three most extreme on record

1 27°F Feb 26, 2025recent

2 28°F Feb 12, 2020

3 28°F Jan 19, 2022

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.33 in Mar 1, 2010

The three most extreme on record

1 4.33 in Mar 1, 2010

2 4.29 in Jan 4, 2023

3 2.45 in Feb 24, 2010

In plain terms

Across the record, Najaf has reached as high as 125°F and as low as 27°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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