Biskra
Climate

Biskra

Section Title: Climate
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Climate data for Biskra (1976–2005, extremes 1878–present)

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year

Record high °C (°F)	26.0 (78.8)	31.0 (87.8)	34.8 (94.6)	42.0 (107.6)	45.3 (113.5)	47.2 (117.0)	51.0 (123.8)	49.0 (120.2)	46.0 (114.8)	40.5 (104.9)	35.3 (95.5)	27.5 (81.5)	51.0 (123.8)

Average high °C (°F)	16.9 (62.4)	19.2 (66.6)	23.4 (74.1)	26.1 (79.0)	31.3 (88.3)	37.6 (99.7)	40.9 (105.6)	40.4 (104.7)	34.7 (94.5)	28.2 (82.8)	22.1 (71.8)	18.5 (65.3)	28.2 (82.8)

Daily mean °C (°F)	11.5 (52.7)	13.6 (56.5)	17.6 (63.7)	21.3 (70.3)	25.8 (78.4)	32.5 (90.5)	34.5 (94.1)	34.2 (93.6)	30.0 (86.0)	23.2 (73.8)	16.8 (62.2)	12.9 (55.2)	22.8 (73.0)

Average low °C (°F)	6.1 (43.0)	7.9 (46.2)	11.7 (53.1)	16.5 (61.7)	20.2 (68.4)	26.6 (79.9)	28.1 (82.6)	27.9 (82.2)	25.3 (77.5)	18.1 (64.6)	11.4 (52.5)	7.2 (45.0)	17.4 (63.3)

Record low °C (°F)	−3.0 (26.6)	−0.5 (31.1)	1.3 (34.3)	3.0 (37.4)	5.0 (41.0)	12.0 (53.6)	16.1 (61.0)	15.0 (59.0)	11.0 (51.8)	4.2 (39.6)	1.0 (33.8)	−5.0 (23.0)	−5.0 (23.0)

Average precipitation mm (inches)	17.4 (0.69)	10.2 (0.40)	13.6 (0.54)	13.1 (0.52)	11.1 (0.44)	5.1 (0.20)	1.7 (0.07)	5.7 (0.22)	10.4 (0.41)	11.3 (0.44)	20.1 (0.79)	9.1 (0.36)	128.8 (5.07)

Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	3.7	3.2	3.5	3.3	2.8	2.3	0.6	1.6	3.2	3.8	3.8	3.7	35.5

Average relative humidity (%)	57	50	44	39	34	31	27	31	41	48	55	59	43

Mean monthly sunshine hours	223.2	223.2	260.4	282.0	319.3	333.0	362.7	328.6	270.0	266.6	213.0	210.8	3,292.8

Mean daily sunshine hours	7.2	7.9	8.4	9.4	10.3	11.1	11.7	10.6	9.0	8.6	7.1	6.8	9.0

Source #1: World Meteorological Organization (average temperatures, Climate of Algeria) (precipitation, 1976–2005), NOAA (mean temperatures, 1965–1990),

Source #2: Arab Meteorology Book (humidity and sun), Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)

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