Tidjixja Weather Records (MR000001450)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Tidjixja (MR000001450), Mauritania, with 36 years of record.

Key Facts for Tidjixja

Tidjixja (MR000001450) is a weather station in Mauritania at 18.57 latitude and -11.43 longitude, 399 m (1,309 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1945 to 1980, 36 years of record.
1,464 records set at Tidjixja still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Tidjixja set a daily record low minimum temperature of 7.1 C (44.8 F) on 20 December 1980.

About the Station

Location: Mauritania, 18.57 latitude, -11.43 longitude.
Elevation: 399 m (1,309 ft).
Period of record: 1945 to 1980, 36 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Tidjixja. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Tidjixja, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	36.8 C (98.2 F)	3.0 C (37.4 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	39.7 C (103.5 F)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	43.2 C (109.8 F)	7.0 C (44.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	44.0 C (111.2 F)	11.0 C (51.8 F)	n/a	n/a
May	46.0 C (114.8 F)	7.4 C (45.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	48.8 C (119.8 F)	17.8 C (64.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	45.7 C (114.3 F)	15.5 C (59.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	44.9 C (112.8 F)	13.5 C (56.3 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	44.0 C (111.2 F)	16.0 C (60.8 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	42.0 C (107.6 F)	11.7 C (53.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	40.5 C (104.9 F)	7.0 C (44.6 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	37.0 C (98.6 F)	2.0 C (35.6 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Tidjixja still stand. 1969 holds the most, with 76.

Standing records at Tidjixja by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1945	37
1946	39
1947	12
1948	29
1949	73
1950	48
1951	48
1952	39
1953	39
1954	31
1955	56
1956	48
1957	35
1958	39
1959	27
1960	41
1961	39
1962	35
1963	52
1964	40
1965	39
1967	33
1968	37
1969	76
1970	48
1971	26
1972	56
1973	46
1974	39
1975	36
1976	43
1977	48
1978	26
1979	67
1980	37

Wettest Day of Each Month

Aug: 90.7 mm (3.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Tidjixja. The most was 90.7 mm (3.6 in) on 28 August 1969.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Tidjixja
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 January 1976
Feb	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	10 February 1968
Mar	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	4 March 1953
Apr	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	19 April 1970
May	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 May 1958
Jun	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 June 1962
Jul	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 July 1978
Aug	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 August 1969
Sep	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	3 September 1956
Oct	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	7 October 1969
Nov	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	3 November 1954
Dec	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 December 1956

Period of Record Coverage

1945 to 1980

35 years of record at Tidjixja, 1945 to 1980. 4 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1945, 1947, 1948, 1952.

Days with data per year at Tidjixja
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1945	273	75%	No
1946	350	96%	Yes
1947	79	22%	No
1948	167	46%	No
1949	365	100%	Yes
1950	362	99%	Yes
1951	365	100%	Yes
1952	329	90%	No
1953	348	95%	Yes
1954	352	96%	Yes
1955	364	100%	Yes
1956	361	99%	Yes
1957	365	100%	Yes
1958	356	98%	Yes
1959	355	97%	Yes
1960	366	100%	Yes
1961	365	100%	Yes
1962	365	100%	Yes
1963	364	100%	Yes
1964	366	100%	Yes
1965	365	100%	Yes
1967	365	100%	Yes
1968	366	100%	Yes
1969	363	99%	Yes
1970	365	100%	Yes
1971	335	92%	Yes
1972	366	100%	Yes
1973	365	100%	Yes
1974	365	100%	Yes
1975	334	92%	Yes
1976	360	98%	Yes
1977	365	100%	Yes
1978	364	100%	Yes
1979	364	100%	Yes
1980	365	100%	Yes

Latest Records

Latest records at Tidjixja
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily low min	7.1 C (44.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	29 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
18 December 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily low max	21.6 C (70.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	21 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	23 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high max	37.3 C (99.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	25 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
10 November 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	25 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high max	43.2 C (109.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	18 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high min	28.5 C (83.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	8 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high min (Tie)	27.5 C (81.5 F)	tie	4 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high min	29.0 C (84.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	1 year	4 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high min (Tie)	29.0 C (84.2 F)	tie	1 year	0 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high min	28.5 C (83.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	8 years	5 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily low max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 September 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily low min (Tie)	20.0 C (68.0 F)	tie	32 years	3 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high max	43.5 C (110.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	1 year	10 of 100 (Routine)
31 July 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	12 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high min	29.2 C (84.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	4 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 July 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high min	29.8 C (85.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	12 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
14 July 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high max	45.3 C (113.5 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1980	Tidjixja, MR	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	2 years	4 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

27 complete years, 1949 to 1980

One stripe for each of 27 complete years at Tidjixja, 1949 to 1980. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 27.7 C (81.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1950, at 26.8 C (80.2 F), and the warmest was 1970, at 28.9 C (84.1 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.2 C (2.2 F).

Annual mean temperature at Tidjixja as warming stripes, 1949 to 1980
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1949	26.9 C	-0.80 C
1950	26.8 C	-0.97 C
1951	27.0 C	-0.71 C
1953	27.8 C	+0.09 C
1955	27.8 C	+0.01 C
1956	27.0 C	-0.74 C
1957	26.8 C	-0.95 C
1958	27.7 C	0.00 C
1959	27.5 C	-0.20 C
1960	27.3 C	-0.42 C
1961	27.3 C	-0.43 C
1962	27.5 C	-0.27 C
1963	27.3 C	-0.41 C
1964	28.4 C	+0.61 C
1965	27.6 C	-0.17 C
1967	27.6 C	-0.10 C
1968	28.3 C	+0.57 C
1969	28.9 C	+1.16 C
1970	28.9 C	+1.20 C
1972	28.0 C	+0.28 C
1973	28.1 C	+0.32 C
1974	27.1 C	-0.67 C
1976	27.0 C	-0.70 C
1977	28.6 C	+0.87 C
1978	28.2 C	+0.50 C
1979	28.9 C	+1.15 C
1980	28.5 C	+0.80 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1945 to 1980

Yearly extremes at Tidjixja: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	48.8 C (119.8 F)	1971	44.9 C (112.8 F)	35
Coldest night (TNn)	2.0 C (35.6 F)	1946	7.0 C (44.6 F)	35
Wettest day (Rx1day)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	1969	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	35
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	1956	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35
Longest dry spell (CDD)	205 days	1977	126 days	35

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Tidjixja, 1945 to 1980. The record is 48.8 C (119.8 F) in 1971, marked on the chart; the median year is 44.9 C (112.8 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Tidjixja by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1945	45.0 C (113.0 F)
1946	45.4 C (113.7 F)
1947	41.4 C (106.5 F)
1948	41.0 C (105.8 F)
1949	45.7 C (114.3 F)
1950	46.0 C (114.8 F)
1951	45.2 C (113.4 F)
1952	45.2 C (113.4 F)
1953	45.4 C (113.7 F)
1954	46.0 C (114.8 F)
1955	45.2 C (113.4 F)
1956	45.6 C (114.1 F)
1957	43.7 C (110.7 F)
1958	44.5 C (112.1 F)
1959	44.6 C (112.3 F)
1960	44.0 C (111.2 F)
1961	44.9 C (112.8 F)
1962	43.7 C (110.7 F)
1963	45.0 C (113.0 F)
1964	44.6 C (112.3 F)
1965	43.9 C (111.0 F)
1967	44.7 C (112.5 F)
1968	44.7 C (112.5 F)
1969	43.6 C (110.5 F)
1970	46.0 C (114.8 F)
1971	48.8 C (119.8 F)
1972	45.1 C (113.2 F)
1973	45.2 C (113.4 F)
1974	45.0 C (113.0 F)
1975	44.8 C (112.6 F)
1976	43.7 C (110.7 F)
1977	44.5 C (112.1 F)
1978	44.9 C (112.8 F)
1979	44.4 C (111.9 F)
1980	48.7 C (119.7 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Tidjixja, 1945 to 1980. The record is 2.0 C (35.6 F) in 1946, marked on the chart; the median year is 7.0 C (44.6 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Tidjixja by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1945	7.8 C (46.0 F)
1946	2.0 C (35.6 F)
1947	8.2 C (46.8 F)
1948	4.0 C (39.2 F)
1949	3.2 C (37.8 F)
1950	3.5 C (38.3 F)
1951	5.0 C (41.0 F)
1952	4.2 C (39.6 F)
1953	6.9 C (44.4 F)
1954	7.3 C (45.1 F)
1955	7.5 C (45.5 F)
1956	3.0 C (37.4 F)
1957	7.5 C (45.5 F)
1958	6.4 C (43.5 F)
1959	5.0 C (41.0 F)
1960	5.2 C (41.4 F)
1961	4.8 C (40.6 F)
1962	5.2 C (41.4 F)
1963	7.0 C (44.6 F)
1964	8.3 C (46.9 F)
1965	6.2 C (43.2 F)
1967	7.0 C (44.6 F)
1968	6.5 C (43.7 F)
1969	7.4 C (45.3 F)
1970	8.8 C (47.8 F)
1971	8.3 C (46.9 F)
1972	8.1 C (46.6 F)
1973	7.0 C (44.6 F)
1974	7.7 C (45.9 F)
1975	7.0 C (44.6 F)
1976	7.8 C (46.0 F)
1977	10.0 C (50.0 F)
1978	8.5 C (47.3 F)
1979	10.1 C (50.2 F)
1980	7.1 C (44.8 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Tidjixja, 1945 to 1980. The record is 90.7 mm (3.6 in) in 1969, marked on the chart; the median year is 30.1 mm (1.2 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Tidjixja by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1945	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1946	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1947	2.4 mm (0.09 in)
1948	12.5 mm (0.5 in)
1949	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1950	46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1951	29.8 mm (1.2 in)
1952	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1953	22.7 mm (0.9 in)
1954	34.4 mm (1.4 in)
1955	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
1956	80.2 mm (3.2 in)
1957	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1958	34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1959	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1960	14.6 mm (0.6 in)
1961	35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1962	43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1963	24.3 mm (1.0 in)
1964	15.3 mm (0.6 in)
1965	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1967	50.7 mm (2.0 in)
1968	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1969	90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1970	46.6 mm (1.8 in)
1971	30.1 mm (1.2 in)
1972	23.5 mm (0.9 in)
1973	19.5 mm (0.8 in)
1974	17.9 mm (0.7 in)
1975	32.9 mm (1.3 in)
1976	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1977	16.7 mm (0.7 in)
1978	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1979	32.2 mm (1.3 in)
1980	37.6 mm (1.5 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Tidjixja, 1945 to 1980. The record is 128.3 mm (5.1 in) in 1956, marked on the chart; the median year is 37.3 mm (1.5 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Tidjixja by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1945	34.6 mm (1.4 in)
1946	21.7 mm (0.9 in)
1947	2.9 mm (0.11 in)
1948	17.1 mm (0.7 in)
1949	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1950	88.2 mm (3.5 in)
1951	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1952	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1953	22.8 mm (0.9 in)
1954	34.4 mm (1.4 in)
1955	37.2 mm (1.5 in)
1956	128.3 mm (5.1 in)
1957	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1958	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1959	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1960	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1961	41.2 mm (1.6 in)
1962	43.8 mm (1.7 in)
1963	34.2 mm (1.3 in)
1964	23.0 mm (0.9 in)
1965	70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1967	53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1968	60.5 mm (2.4 in)
1969	98.1 mm (3.9 in)
1970	54.4 mm (2.1 in)
1971	31.1 mm (1.2 in)
1972	27.8 mm (1.1 in)
1973	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1974	27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1975	45.8 mm (1.8 in)
1976	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1977	16.7 mm (0.7 in)
1978	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1979	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1980	37.6 mm (1.5 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Tidjixja, 1945 to 1980. The record is 205 days in 1977, marked on the chart; the median year is 126 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Tidjixja by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1945	59 days
1946	169 days
1947	43 days
1948	102 days
1949	194 days
1950	106 days
1951	116 days
1952	170 days
1953	112 days
1954	114 days
1955	157 days
1956	151 days
1957	150 days
1958	125 days
1959	174 days
1960	126 days
1961	172 days
1962	161 days
1963	180 days
1964	164 days
1965	100 days
1967	172 days
1968	66 days
1969	146 days
1970	108 days
1971	103 days
1972	75 days
1973	146 days
1974	158 days
1975	72 days
1976	69 days
1977	205 days
1978	186 days
1979	113 days
1980	96 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

32 years, 1946 to 1980

A day with at least 31.8 mm (1.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 105.4 mm (4.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Tidjixja: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
5 years	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
10 years	59.4 mm (2.3 in)
25 years	76.2 mm (3.0 in)
50 years	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	Longer than the 32 years of record
100 years	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	Longer than the 32 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 32 years of values from 1946 to 1980.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 90.7 mm (3.6 in) in 1969; 80.2 mm (3.2 in) in 1956; 64.8 mm (2.6 in) in 1965.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).