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Weather extremes

How extreme does Sabha's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Sabha 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 Sebha station 3 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 Sabha has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
120°F Jul 16, 1973

That is about 18°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Sabha (typical high near 102°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 120°F Jul 16, 1973
2 118°F Jun 29, 1997
3 117°F Sep 8, 1975
❄️ Coldest night
25°F Jan 6, 1983

About 14°F colder than a normal January night in Sabha (typical low near 39°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 25°F Jan 6, 1983
2 28°F Jan 9, 1984
3 28°F Jan 11, 1994
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.45 in Apr 5, 1994

More rain in a single day than Sabha usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 0.0 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.45 in Apr 5, 1994
2 4.33 in Dec 23, 1988
3 4.13 in Feb 4, 2011

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

Sabha's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 120°F is about 18°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, Sabha's warmest days reach the low 100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 120°F and as low as 25°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 — 1991–2020 normals computed from 17 years of daily observations at Sebha, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →