Atar climate

Atar Weather in May

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

Average highs run from 38°C on May 1 to 40°C on May 31, and lows from 21°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 0 mm over about 0 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Atar, in °C, with the record for each date.1020304050151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high
39°C
Average low
23°C
Precipitation
0 mm
Reanalysis high
45°CMay 13, 1999
Reanalysis low
14°CMay 1, 2011
Daylight
12 h 54 min to 13 h 18 min
Cloud cover
29%
Humidity
17%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
17.3 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
May 138°C21°C43°C 201514°C 20110%
May 238°C21°C42°C 201516°C 20130%
May 338°C21°C42°C 202016°C 20130%
May 438°C21°C43°C 200816°C 20130%
May 538°C21°C42°C 200815°C 19930%
May 638°C21°C44°C 201516°C 20070%
May 738°C22°C44°C 201517°C 20020%
May 838°C22°C44°C 201517°C 20020%
May 939°C22°C45°C 201517°C 20180%
May 1039°C22°C45°C 201516°C 20020%
May 1139°C22°C44°C 201515°C 19910%
May 1239°C23°C44°C 199915°C 19910%
May 1339°C23°C45°C 199915°C 19910%
May 1439°C23°C45°C 199917°C 20040%
May 1539°C23°C45°C 199919°C 20080%
May 1639°C23°C44°C 201718°C 20081%
May 1740°C23°C44°C 201718°C 19971%
May 1840°C23°C44°C 201719°C 19971%
May 1940°C23°C44°C 201718°C 19911%
May 2040°C24°C45°C 200618°C 19941%
May 2140°C24°C44°C 200520°C 20151%
May 2240°C24°C43°C 201720°C 19961%
May 2340°C24°C44°C 199119°C 20151%
May 2440°C24°C43°C 199418°C 20152%
May 2540°C24°C45°C 199418°C 20152%
May 2640°C24°C44°C 199419°C 20082%
May 2740°C24°C45°C 199418°C 20031%
May 2840°C24°C44°C 199418°C 20031%
May 2940°C24°C44°C 200118°C 20121%
May 3040°C24°C44°C 200119°C 20031%
May 3140°C25°C44°C 201021°C 20121%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Atar, in percent.00.511.521102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

May 1
sunrise 6:22 AM, sunset 7:16 PM
May 31
sunrise 6:11 AM, sunset 7:29 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

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.