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Weather extremes

How extreme does Ouargla's weather get?

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

🔥 Hottest day
128°F Aug 13, 1984

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Ouargla (typical high near 108°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 128°F Aug 13, 1984
2 124°F Jul 5, 2018
3 123°F Aug 2, 2014
❄️ Coldest night
25°F Jan 16, 2001

About 16°F colder than a normal January night in Ouargla (typical low near 41°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 25°F Jan 16, 2001
2 27°F Dec 17, 2010
3 28°F Jan 10, 1981
🌧️ Most rain in one day
12.33 in Apr 23, 2011

More rain in a single day than Ouargla usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 0.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 12.33 in Apr 23, 2011
2 3.66 in May 19, 2000
3 2.76 in May 5, 1998

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 128°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Ouargla's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 128°F is about 20°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, Ouargla's warmest days reach the low 110s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 128°F and as low as 25°F. A single day has delivered over 12 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 18 years of daily observations at Ouargla, a weather station, about 9 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →