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Al-Quṭaynah, Sudan Climate

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

The warmest month is May, with an average high of 41°C; the coldest is January, with an average low of 16°C. A normal year brings 269 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-Quṭaynah through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
37°C
Normal low
25°C
Reanalysis high
41°Cin 2002
Reanalysis low
22°Cin 2007
Chance of a wet day
24%
Daylight
12 h 05 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
January32°C16°C40°C (2006)8°C (2015)0 mm0.0
February34°C17°C41°C (2018)8°C (1993)0 mm0.0
March37°C20°C44°C (2016)13°C (1992)0 mm0.0
April40°C24°C45°C (2003)17°C (1995)0 mm0.0
May41°C27°C45°C (2004)21°C (1995)9 mm3.1
June40°C28°C44°C (2016)23°C (2018)12 mm3.0
July36°C26°C43°C (2002)23°C (1994)81 mm15.5
August34°C25°C42°C (2004)22°C (1993)109 mm21.7
September36°C25°C42°C (2009)21°C (2007)42 mm12.0
October38°C25°C42°C (2011)19°C (2008)16 mm3.1
November36°C21°C40°C (2002)12°C (2011)0 mm0.0
December33°C17°C38°C (2013)9°C (2002)0 mm0.0
Year36°C23°C269 mm58

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.

269 mm in a normal year, most in August.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Al-Quṭaynah, in percent.020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is August, when 96 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January3°C29%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February2°C24%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March2°C19%99%1%0%0%0%0%
April4°C19%94%3%2%1%0%0%
May10°C28%56%10%16%18%0%0%
June15°C37%29%11%28%31%1%0%
July19°C54%4%3%17%61%15%0%
August21°C65%0%1%3%49%47%0%
September20°C59%2%3%9%51%36%0%
October15°C42%30%15%24%28%4%0%
November7°C29%93%7%1%0%0%0%
December5°C31%99%1%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 November, with the sky 10 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is August, at 66 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 February, averaging 20.5 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 12, with 13 h 00 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 11 h 15 min.

Hours of daylight at Al-Quṭaynah 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-Quṭaynah 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.