How extreme does Karbala's weather get?

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

Based on 16 years of daily weather observations (2009–present), from the Kerbela station 6 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 Karbala has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

124°F Jul 27, 2025

The three most extreme on record

1 124°F Jul 27, 2025recent

2 123°F Aug 13, 2023

3 123°F Aug 10, 2025

❄️ Coldest night

28°F Jan 22, 2012

The three most extreme on record

1 28°F Jan 22, 2012

2 29°F Dec 21, 2016

3 29°F Jan 21, 2012

🌧️ Most rain in one day

7.52 in Dec 24, 2016

The three most extreme on record

1 7.52 in Dec 24, 2016

2 3.90 in Dec 15, 2016

3 3.39 in Mar 28, 2016

In plain terms

Across the record, Karbala has reached as high as 124°F and as low as 28°F. A single day has delivered over 8 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 — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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