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Weather extremes

How extreme does Sharjah's weather get?

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

Based on 49 years of daily weather observations (1976–present), from the Sharjah Inter. Airp station 11 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 Sharjah has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
121°F Jul 21, 2012

That is about 12°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Sharjah (typical high near 109°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 121°F Jul 21, 2012
2 121°F Jul 25, 2012
3 121°F Aug 3, 2016
❄️ Coldest night
33°F Jan 10, 1989

About 21°F colder than a normal January night in Sharjah (typical low near 54°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 33°F Jan 10, 1989
2 35°F Jan 10, 1998
3 36°F Feb 17, 1991
🌧️ Most rain in one day
16.02 in Mar 23, 1995

More rain in a single day than Sharjah usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 0.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 16.02 in Mar 23, 1995
2 5.35 in Mar 27, 1991
3 5.08 in Apr 16, 2024

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°150° all-time high 121°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Sharjah's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 121°F is about 12°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, Sharjah's warmest days reach the high 100s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 121°F and as low as 33°F. A single day has delivered over 16 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 22 years of daily observations at Sharjah Inter. Airp, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →