How extreme does Sirte's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Sirte 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 Sirte station 1 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 Sirte has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

118°F Jun 28, 1997

That is about 33°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Sirte (typical high near 85°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 118°F Jun 28, 1997

2 118°F Aug 10, 2002

3 117°F Jul 11, 1997

❄️ Coldest night

32°F Apr 7, 1973

About 25°F colder than a normal April night in Sirte (typical low near 57°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Apr 7, 1973

2 32°F Mar 28, 1978

3 33°F Jan 2, 2020

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.13 in Dec 14, 2021

More rain in a single day than Sirte usually gets in the whole month of December (typical December total about 2.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.13 in Dec 14, 2021recent

2 4.02 in Apr 3, 2009

3 3.94 in Nov 26, 1985

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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Sirte's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 118°F is about 33°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, Sirte's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 118°F and as low as 32°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 19 years of daily observations at Sirte, a weather station, about 1 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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