Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Saudi Arabia: NCM Winter Report (1985–2025)
Saudi Arabia’s Nationwide Heart for Meteorology (NCM) has revealed the bottom temperatures ever recorded within the Kingdom in the course of the winter season. The coldest temperature reached was minus 10 levels Celsius in Hail on January 16, 2008. This stays the bottom winter temperature recorded in Saudi Arabia.
Based on the report:
➤ Qurayyat within the Al-Jouf area recorded the second-lowest temperature at minus 9°C in January 2008.
➤ Turaif within the Northern Borders area recorded temperatures as little as minus 8°C on a number of events throughout the identical interval.
➤ Al-Jouf metropolis recorded minus 7°C in February 1989.
Different Saudi Cities with Sub-Zero Temperatures in Saudi Arabia
A number of different cities throughout the Kingdom additionally skilled freezing temperatures throughout completely different years within the research interval:
🔘 Arar: minus 6.3°C
🔘 Rafha: minus 5.8°C
🔘 Riyadh: minus 5.4°C
🔘 Buraidah: minus 5°C
🔘 Qassim: minus 4.2°C
🔘 Tabuk: minus 4°C
🔘 Al-Ahsa: minus 2.3°C
🔘 Wadi Al-Dawasir: minus 2°C
🔘 Taif: minus 1.5°C
🔘 Bisha: minus 1°C
2008 Was One of many Coldest Years in Saudi Arabia
High 10 Cities with the Most Frost Days in Saudi Arabia
The report additionally ranked the highest 10 cities by variety of frost days recorded between 1985 and 2025:
1. Turaif: 720 frost days
2. Qurayyat: 588 frost days
3. Hail: 339 frost days
4. Arar: 277 frost days
5. Rafha: 197 frost days
6. Sakaka: 185 frost days
7. Tabuk: 139 frost days
8. Buraidah: 83 frost days
9. Al-Qaisumah: 71 frost days
10. Riyadh: 46 frost days
