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Weather extremes
How extreme does Ras Al Khaimah's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Ras Al Khaimah has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Ras Al Khaimah has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 11°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Ras Al Khaimah (typical high near 109°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 20°F colder than a normal January night in Ras Al Khaimah (typical low near 54°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Ras Al Khaimah usually gets in the whole month of January (typical January total about 0.8 in).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Ras Al Khaimah's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 120°F is about 11°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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Ras AL Khaimah Intl, a weather station, about 20 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.