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Rafha Threshold Days by Year

11 fixed thresholds counted per year at Rafha (SAM00040362): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Rafha Thresholds

  • Rafha: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 17 years, most in 2001 with 211.
  • Rafha: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 17 years, most in 2003 with 169.
  • Rafha: days with a maximum temperature at or above 40 C (104 F) in 17 years, most in 1998 with 114.
  • Rafha: days with a maximum temperature at or above 45 C (113 F) in 17 years, most in 2000 with 40.
  • 11 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Rafha.
17 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Rafha Days per year at Rafha with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 211 in 2001. 01002003001980: 1971981: 1861984: 1831985: 2011986: 2001993: 1831994: 2041996: 1821997: 1771998: 2041999: 1922000: 1922001: 2112002: 1882003: 1972004: 1952025: 60198019841986199419971999200120032025
Days per year at Rafha with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 211 in 2001.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Rafha
YearDaysDecade average
1980197193.4
1981186193.4
1984183193.4
1985201193.4
1986200193.4
1993183190.3
1994204190.3
1996182190.3
1997177190.3
1998204190.3
1999192190.3
2000192196.6
2001211196.6
2002188196.6
2003197196.6
2004195196.6
20256060
First to last qualifying date each year at Rafha For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Rafha meeting 30 C (86 F). 1980: 11 March 1980 to 25 December 19801981: 11 March 1981 to 12 November 19811984: 12 February 1984 to 17 November 19841985: 23 March 1985 to 30 November 19851986: 23 March 1986 to 1 November 19861993: 27 February 1993 to 7 December 19931994: 5 March 1994 to 4 November 19941996: 1 March 1996 to 5 November 19961997: 1 April 1997 to 29 October 19971998: 11 April 1998 to 15 December 19981999: 19 March 1999 to 24 November 19992000: 20 March 2000 to 24 October 20002001: 28 February 2001 to 29 December 20012002: 11 February 2002 to 11 November 20022003: 25 March 2003 to 9 November 20032004: 2 March 2004 to 17 November 20042025: 18 March 2025 to 22 August 2025198019851994199820012004JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Rafha meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Rafha
YearFirst dateLast date
19801980-03-111980-12-25
19811981-03-111981-11-12
19841984-02-121984-11-17
19851985-03-231985-11-30
19861986-03-231986-11-01
19931993-02-271993-12-07
19941994-03-051994-11-04
19961996-03-011996-11-05
19971997-04-011997-10-29
19981998-04-111998-12-15
19991999-03-191999-11-24
20002000-03-202000-10-24
20012001-02-282001-12-29
20022002-02-112002-11-11
20032003-03-252003-11-09
20042004-03-022004-11-17
20252025-03-182025-08-22

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Rafha
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days17211200160
35 C (95 F): Days17169200351
40 C (104 F): Days17114199840
45 C (113 F): Days174020009
90 F (32.2 C): Days17194200155
100 F (37.8 C): Days17143198545
110 F (43.3 C): Days1759199824
120 F (48.9 C): Days4219811
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min2420012
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min2132200198
25 C (77 F): Days with min242200166

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1980.

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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