How extreme does Al Khums's weather get?

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

Based on 36 years of daily weather observations (1990–present), from the El Khoms station 4 km away. Updated through May 2026 — 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 Al Khums has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

119°F Jul 4, 2003

That is about 30°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Al Khums (typical high near 89°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 119°F Jul 4, 2003

2 118°F Jul 25, 2023

3 117°F Jun 28, 1997

❄️ Coldest night

33°F Feb 19, 1993

About 17°F colder than a normal February night in Al Khums (typical low near 50°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 33°F Feb 19, 1993

2 33°F Feb 2, 1999

3 33°F Mar 25, 2003

🌧️ Most rain in one day

7.91 in May 12, 2007

More rain in a single day than Al Khums usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 0.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.91 in May 12, 2007

2 7.91 in Sep 4, 2007

3 7.91 in May 12, 2009

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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Al Khums's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 119°F is about 30°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, Al Khums's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 119°F and as low as 33°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 16 years of daily observations at EL Khoms, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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