How extreme does Tel Aviv's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Tel Aviv 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 (1971–present), from the Bet Dagan station 9 km away. Updated through June 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 Tel Aviv has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

111°F May 15, 1988

That is about 29°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Tel Aviv (typical high near 82°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 111°F May 15, 1988

2 111°F Jun 2, 2023

3 110°F May 16, 1988

❄️ Coldest night

28°F Dec 27, 1972

About 21°F colder than a normal December night in Tel Aviv (typical low near 49°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 28°F Dec 27, 1972

2 28°F Feb 4, 1989

3 29°F Dec 26, 1972

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.07 in Dec 22, 2021

About 89% of a typical December's rain in a single day (Tel Aviv averages roughly 4.6 in across the month).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.07 in Dec 22, 2021recent

2 3.87 in Jan 13, 1974

3 3.59 in Dec 14, 1992

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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Tel Aviv's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 111°F is about 29°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, Tel Aviv's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 111°F and as low as 28°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 30 years of daily observations at Bet Dagan, 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 →

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