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Makkah/Mecca Threshold Days by Year

9 fixed thresholds counted per year at Makkah/Mecca (SAM00041030): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Makkah/Mecca Thresholds

  • Makkah/Mecca: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 19 years, most in 2012 with 347.
  • Makkah/Mecca: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 19 years, most in 2010 with 294.
  • Makkah/Mecca: days with a maximum temperature at or above 40 C (104 F) in 19 years, most in 2016 with 196.
  • Makkah/Mecca: days with a maximum temperature at or above 45 C (113 F) in 19 years, most in 2009 with 56.
  • 9 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Makkah/Mecca.
19 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Makkah/Mecca Days per year at Makkah/Mecca with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 347 in 2012. 01002003004001999: 3202000: 3192001: 3282002: 3072003: 3142004: 3132005: 3192006: 3332007: 3272008: 3312009: 3402010: 3412011: 3422012: 3472013: 3372014: 3402015: 3292016: 3412017: 3441999200120032005200720092011201320152017
Days per year at Makkah/Mecca with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 347 in 2012.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Makkah/Mecca
YearDaysDecade average
1999320320
2000319323.1
2001328323.1
2002307323.1
2003314323.1
2004313323.1
2005319323.1
2006333323.1
2007327323.1
2008331323.1
2009340323.1
2010341340.1
2011342340.1
2012347340.1
2013337340.1
2014340340.1
2015329340.1
2016341340.1
2017344340.1
First to last qualifying date each year at Makkah/Mecca For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Makkah/Mecca meeting 30 C (86 F). 1999: 1 January 1999 to 31 December 19992000: 2 January 2000 to 31 December 20002001: 1 January 2001 to 31 December 20012002: 2 January 2002 to 29 December 20022003: 1 January 2003 to 30 December 20032004: 1 January 2004 to 31 December 20042005: 1 January 2005 to 31 December 20052006: 2 January 2006 to 27 December 20062007: 1 January 2007 to 31 December 20072008: 1 January 2008 to 31 December 20082009: 1 January 2009 to 31 December 20092010: 1 January 2010 to 31 December 20102011: 1 January 2011 to 31 December 20112012: 1 January 2012 to 31 December 20122013: 1 January 2013 to 29 December 20132014: 2 January 2014 to 31 December 20142015: 1 January 2015 to 31 December 20152016: 3 January 2016 to 31 December 20162017: 1 January 2017 to 31 December 20171999200220052008201120142017JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Makkah/Mecca meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Makkah/Mecca
YearFirst dateLast date
19991999-01-011999-12-31
20002000-01-022000-12-31
20012001-01-012001-12-31
20022002-01-022002-12-29
20032003-01-012003-12-30
20042004-01-012004-12-31
20052005-01-012005-12-31
20062006-01-022006-12-27
20072007-01-012007-12-31
20082008-01-012008-12-31
20092009-01-012009-12-31
20102010-01-012010-12-31
20112011-01-012011-12-31
20122012-01-012012-12-31
20132013-01-012013-12-29
20142014-01-022014-12-31
20152015-01-012015-12-31
20162016-01-032016-12-31
20172017-01-012017-12-31

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Makkah/Mecca
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days193472012344
35 C (95 F): Days192942010281
40 C (104 F): Days191962016191
45 C (113 F): Days1956200953
50 C (122 F): Days4220141
90 F (32.2 C): Days193342010325
100 F (37.8 C): Days192362010225
110 F (43.3 C): Days19101200998
120 F (48.9 C): Days8420144

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1999.

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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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