Ar Riqqah climate

Ar Riqqah Weather in May

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

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 daily high and low temperature at Ar Riqqah, in °C, with the record for each date.1020304050151015202530
  • 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
May 133°C23°C44°C 198716°C 19623%
May 234°C23°C43°C 198216°C 19583%
May 334°C23°C42°C 202515°C 19813%
May 434°C24°C43°C 200017°C 19652%
May 534°C24°C43°C 201617°C 19651%
May 635°C24°C43°C 202116°C 20231%
May 735°C24°C44°C 202116°C 19811%
May 835°C24°C42°C 199817°C 20051%
May 935°C25°C44°C 199818°C 19971%
May 1035°C25°C44°C 199819°C 19951%
May 1136°C25°C45°C 196514°C 20081%
May 1236°C25°C44°C 201719°C 19621%
May 1336°C25°C47°C 199918°C 19901%
May 1436°C26°C45°C 200019°C 19900%
May 1537°C26°C44°C 198716°C 20080%
May 1637°C26°C46°C 201720°C 19890%
May 1737°C26°C45°C 202116°C 20090%
May 1837°C26°C49°C 195819°C 20040%
May 1937°C26°C47°C 202520°C 19630%
May 2038°C27°C48°C 202521°C 19630%
May 2138°C27°C48°C 202521°C 19890%
May 2238°C27°C49°C 202520°C 19990%
May 2338°C27°C49°C 202521°C 19990%
May 2438°C27°C48°C 202521°C 19840%
May 2539°C27°C46°C 199021°C 19840%
May 2639°C28°C46°C 201921°C 19910%
May 2739°C28°C47°C 202320°C 19580%
May 2839°C28°C48°C 199620°C 20090%
May 2939°C28°C48°C 202023°C 19610%
May 3040°C28°C48°C 202421°C 19610%
May 3140°C28°C49°C 202419°C 19610%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ar Riqqah, in percent.012341102030
  • 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

Every day of May: sun and moon

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.