Ar Riqqah Weather in May
Average highs run from 33°C on May 1 to 40°C on May 31, and lows from 23°C to 28°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 1 mm over about 0 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 37°C
- Average low
- 26°C
- Precipitation
- 1 mm
- Record high
- 49°CMay 22, 2025
- Record low
- 14°CMay 11, 2008
- Daylight
- 13 h 18 min to 13 h 53 min
- Cloud cover
- 44%
- Humidity
- 34%
- Dew point
- 12°C
- Wind
- 15.5 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 33°C | 23°C | 44°C 1987 | 16°C 1962 | 3% |
| May 2 | 34°C | 23°C | 43°C 1982 | 16°C 1958 | 3% |
| May 3 | 34°C | 23°C | 42°C 2025 | 15°C 1981 | 3% |
| May 4 | 34°C | 24°C | 43°C 2000 | 17°C 1965 | 2% |
| May 5 | 34°C | 24°C | 43°C 2016 | 17°C 1965 | 1% |
| May 6 | 35°C | 24°C | 43°C 2021 | 16°C 2023 | 1% |
| May 7 | 35°C | 24°C | 44°C 2021 | 16°C 1981 | 1% |
| May 8 | 35°C | 24°C | 42°C 1998 | 17°C 2005 | 1% |
| May 9 | 35°C | 25°C | 44°C 1998 | 18°C 1997 | 1% |
| May 10 | 35°C | 25°C | 44°C 1998 | 19°C 1995 | 1% |
| May 11 | 36°C | 25°C | 45°C 1965 | 14°C 2008 | 1% |
| May 12 | 36°C | 25°C | 44°C 2017 | 19°C 1962 | 1% |
| May 13 | 36°C | 25°C | 47°C 1999 | 18°C 1990 | 1% |
| May 14 | 36°C | 26°C | 45°C 2000 | 19°C 1990 | 0% |
| May 15 | 37°C | 26°C | 44°C 1987 | 16°C 2008 | 0% |
| May 16 | 37°C | 26°C | 46°C 2017 | 20°C 1989 | 0% |
| May 17 | 37°C | 26°C | 45°C 2021 | 16°C 2009 | 0% |
| May 18 | 37°C | 26°C | 49°C 1958 | 19°C 2004 | 0% |
| May 19 | 37°C | 26°C | 47°C 2025 | 20°C 1963 | 0% |
| May 20 | 38°C | 27°C | 48°C 2025 | 21°C 1963 | 0% |
| May 21 | 38°C | 27°C | 48°C 2025 | 21°C 1989 | 0% |
| May 22 | 38°C | 27°C | 49°C 2025 | 20°C 1999 | 0% |
| May 23 | 38°C | 27°C | 49°C 2025 | 21°C 1999 | 0% |
| May 24 | 38°C | 27°C | 48°C 2025 | 21°C 1984 | 0% |
| May 25 | 39°C | 27°C | 46°C 1990 | 21°C 1984 | 0% |
| May 26 | 39°C | 28°C | 46°C 2019 | 21°C 1991 | 0% |
| May 27 | 39°C | 28°C | 47°C 2023 | 20°C 1958 | 0% |
| May 28 | 39°C | 28°C | 48°C 1996 | 20°C 2009 | 0% |
| May 29 | 39°C | 28°C | 48°C 2020 | 23°C 1961 | 0% |
| May 30 | 40°C | 28°C | 48°C 2024 | 21°C 1961 | 0% |
| May 31 | 40°C | 28°C | 49°C 2024 | 19°C 1961 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:06 AM, sunset 6:24 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 4:49 AM, sunset 6:42 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station KU000405820, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.