How extreme does Madīnat ash Shamāl's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Madīnat ash Shamāl has
recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far
they sit beyond a normal day.
Based on 14 years of daily weather observations (2011–present), from the Ai Ruwais station 2 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 Madīnat ash Shamāl
has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year
looks like.
🔥Hottest day
111°FMay 25, 2021
The three most extreme on record
1111°FMay 25, 2021recent
2109°FSep 2, 2016
3109°FMay 14, 2012
❄️Coldest night
51°FFeb 15, 2014
The three most extreme on record
151°FFeb 15, 2014
251°FJan 27, 2012
352°FJan 15, 2018
🌧️Most rain in one day
4.17 inApr 16, 2024
The three most extreme on record
14.17 inApr 16, 2024recent
22.36 inJan 2, 2022
32.28 inOct 22, 2018
In plain terms
Across the record, Madīnat ash Shamāl has reached as high as 111°F and as low as 51°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 Bahrain Intl, a weather station, about 59 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.