How extreme does Sohar's weather get?

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

Based on 43 years of daily weather observations (1983–present), from the Sohar Majis station 15 km away. Updated through May 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 Sohar has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

123°F May 31, 2009

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Sohar (typical high near 98°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 123°F May 31, 2009

2 122°F Jul 10, 1987

3 122°F Aug 20, 2015

❄️ Coldest night

36°F Feb 9, 1994

About 24°F colder than a normal February night in Sohar (typical low near 60°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 36°F Feb 9, 1994

2 42°F Jan 22, 1983

3 42°F Feb 2, 1983

🌧️ Most rain in one day

7.20 in Sep 11, 1997

More rain in a single day than Sohar usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 1.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 7.20 in Sep 11, 1997

2 6.42 in Sep 14, 1991

3 4.92 in Aug 21, 1990

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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Sohar's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 123°F is about 25°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, Sohar's warmest days reach the high 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 123°F and as low as 36°F. A single day has delivered over 7 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 26 years of daily observations at Sohar Majis, a weather station, about 15 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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