Syria Weather Records in 2023

134 weather records set or tied in Syria in 2023, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Syria in 2023

134 weather records were set or tied in Syria in 2023.
127 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
136 records set in 2023 still stand in Syria.

Records per Year, by Type

2023 outlined

Records set or tied in Syria each year from 1976 to 2026, stacked by type. 2023 had 134.

Weather records per year in Syria, stacked by type, 2023 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1976	0	0	0	0	4	4
1977	0	0	0	0	8	8
1978	0	0	0	0	1	1
1979	0	0	0	0	8	8
1980	0	0	0	0	11	11
1981	0	0	0	0	26	26
1982	0	0	0	0	19	19
1983	0	0	0	0	11	11
1984	0	0	0	0	18	18
1985	0	0	0	0	8	8
1986	7	6	26	16	15	70
1987	7	12	32	18	12	81
1988	2	7	31	7	23	70
1989	4	6	21	9	9	49
1990	6	5	33	12	5	61
1991	6	16	26	9	9	66
1992	4	69	16	44	3	136
1993	11	30	46	17	19	123
1994	44	36	78	14	30	202
1995	28	20	22	16	7	93
1996	21	17	51	11	20	120
1997	33	67	33	68	25	226
1998	106	17	104	7	22	256
1999	40	1	32	11	6	90
2000	53	6	31	8	4	102
2001	40	8	29	9	9	95
2002	53	16	20	12	18	119
2003	20	20	33	12	9	94
2004	29	14	49	20	8	120
2005	51	19	53	9	9	141
2006	48	20	72	14	17	171
2007	62	18	86	18	6	190
2008	95	27	93	26	8	249
2009	54	24	74	21	4	177
2010	275	19	175	5	4	478
2011	32	29	55	23	11	150
2012	75	20	82	11	7	195
2013	31	26	40	24	4	125
2014	60	5	58	7	7	137
2015	58	19	46	9	5	137
2016	54	24	51	9	6	144
2017	56	5	38	4	0	103
2018	45	2	77	5	5	134
2019	60	7	44	4	3	118
2020	90	10	42	12	3	157
2021	55	4	51	3	1	114
2022	40	12	46	13	6	117
2023	73	3	54	2	2	134
2024	32	4	86	0	4	126
2025	7	0	6	1	0	14
2026	0	4	31	0	0	35

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Syria: 1980s 1.6 to 1, 1990s 1.5 to 1, 2000s 3.2 to 1, 2010s 5.5 to 1, 2020s 9.1 to 1.

Standing Records by Year Set

2023: 136

Records still standing in Syria by the year they were set. 136 of them were set in 2023.

Standing records in Syria by the year they were set, 2023 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1914	169
1915	1
1928	93
1929	377
1930	160
1931	7
1932	30
1933	120
1934	65
1935	39
1936	36
1937	47
1938	78
1939	50
1940	41
1941	4
1944	15
1945	15
1954	3
1955	153
1956	568
1957	915
1958	861
1959	587
1960	439
1961	268
1962	58
1963	79
1964	81
1965	190
1966	159
1967	188
1968	140
1969	107
1970	97
1971	158
1972	137
1973	201
1974	165
1975	598
1976	233
1977	170
1978	208
1979	200
1980	185
1981	188
1982	348
1983	246
1984	256
1985	246
1986	175
1987	224
1988	167
1989	158
1990	226
1991	201
1992	449
1993	298
1994	324
1995	198
1996	221
1997	338
1998	325
1999	145
2000	151
2001	161
2002	199
2003	180
2004	165
2005	104
2006	115
2007	135
2008	183
2009	133
2010	375
2011	126
2012	168
2013	111
2014	111
2015	123
2016	127
2017	84
2018	113
2019	107
2020	155
2021	113
2022	119
2023	136
2024	126
2025	14
2026	29

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Data for Syria in 2023: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Decade	Highs per low
1980s	1.60 to 1
1990s	1.53 to 1
2000s	3.24 to 1
2010s	5.52 to 1
2020s	9.09 to 1