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Al-Hamdaniya, Iraq Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Al-Hamdaniya, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 43°C; the coldest is January, with an average low of 1°C. A normal year brings 316 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Al-Hamdaniya through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.-200204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
35°C
Normal low
20°C
Reanalysis high
40°Cin 2002
Reanalysis low
15°Cin 2016
Chance of a wet day
4%
Daylight
12 h 02 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January12°C1°C21°C (2010)-6°C (2017)43 mm9.3
February14°C2°C23°C (2010)-7°C (1997)37 mm8.5
March19°C6°C32°C (2008)-6°C (2012)53 mm9.3
April25°C11°C39°C (2008)-1°C (1997)48 mm9.0
May32°C16°C42°C (2006)7°C (1992)25 mm6.2
June39°C22°C47°C (2017)15°C (2002)6 mm3.0
July43°C26°C49°C (2011)19°C (1992)3 mm0.0
August42°C26°C49°C (2006)21°C (1991)0 mm0.0
September37°C22°C44°C (2017)12°C (2009)3 mm0.0
October30°C16°C40°C (1999)6°C (2003)22 mm3.1
November20°C8°C30°C (2010)-3°C (1993)36 mm6.0
December14°C3°C29°C (2010)-8°C (1994)40 mm6.2
Year27°C13°C316 mm61

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

316 mm in a normal year, most in March.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Al-Hamdaniya, in percent.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Al-Hamdaniya.

Days with a mean dew point of 18°C or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January-1°C66%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February0°C64%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March3°C59%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April6°C53%98%2%0%0%0%0%
May7°C40%94%6%0%0%0%0%
June5°C22%99%1%0%0%0%0%
July5°C18%100%0%0%0%0%0%
August4°C17%100%0%0%0%0%0%
September2°C20%100%0%0%0%0%0%
October3°C33%98%2%0%0%0%0%
November2°C52%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December0°C63%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is August, with the sky 15 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 58 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is July, averaging 11.2 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 15, with 14 h 38 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 9 h 41 min.

Hours of daylight at Al-Hamdaniya through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Al-Hamdaniya in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.