How extreme does Ajdabiya's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Ajdabiya 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 Agedabia station 7 km away. Updated through July 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 Ajdabiya has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

120°F Jun 27, 1981

That is about 28°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Ajdabiya (typical high near 92°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 120°F Jun 27, 1981

2 120°F Jul 9, 1988

3 118°F Jun 18, 1988

❄️ Coldest night

32°F Jan 26, 1973

About 15°F colder than a normal January night in Ajdabiya (typical low near 47°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Jan 26, 1973

2 32°F Apr 7, 1973

3 32°F Dec 10, 1974

🌧️ Most rain in one day

11.30 in Dec 6, 1991

More rain in a single day than Ajdabiya usually gets in the whole month of December (typical December total about 1.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 11.30 in Dec 6, 1991

2 9.45 in Dec 23, 1991

3 7.28 in Apr 27, 1994

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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Ajdabiya's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 120°F is about 28°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, Ajdabiya's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 120°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 11 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 16 years of daily observations at Agedabia, a weather station, about 7 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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