Hassi-Messaoud/Belkacem Arpt
Weather station · 31.7°N 6.1°E · 141 m above sea level
ICAO DAUHWMO 60581Station data since 1965
Record high
43.2°C
in 2001
Record low
15.5°C
in 1988
Average high
36.3°C
all years on record
17.2°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 26.0°C against 43.2°C in 2001. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
54.0°C
- Date
- Friday, 15 August 2008
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Hassi-Messaoud/Belkacem Arpt, Algeria
- Position
- 31.67°N 6.14°E · 141 m
Highest highest in available records since 1965. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−5.5°C
- Date
- Thursday, 5 February 2015
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Hassi-Messaoud/Belkacem Arpt, Algeria
- Position
- 31.67°N 6.14°E · 141 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1965. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Hassi-Messaoud/Belkacem Arpt is
31.67°N 6.14°E
Hassi-Messaoud/Belkacem Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Hassi-Messaoud/Belkacem Arpt has dropped below freezing on 79 nights since 1965. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1965. - 2
Today is colder than 65% of all days recorded here since 1965.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1965. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 95.2°C colder than Hassi-Messaoud/Belkacem Arpt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Hassi-Messaoud/Belkacem Arpt has ever recorded, −5.5°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Every year on record
1965 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 10 years with data: +0.34 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
31.1°
−3.3°
Feb
37.0°
−5.5°
Mar
37.4°
1.1°
Apr
41.5°
2.2°
May
47.4°
9.5°
Jun
49.0°
15.0°
Jul
50.3°
19.0°
Aug
54.0°
18.0°
Sep
48.6°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 26.0°C | 08:00 UTC | 22.0°C | 04:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 30.0°C | 15:00 UTC | 25.0°C | 22:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Hassi-MessaoudAlgeria1.2 km
- Ouargla ArptAlgeria74 km
- OuarglaAlgeria75.1 km
- Touggourt/Madhi ArptAlgeria154.8 km
- El OuedAlgeria202.6 km
- El Oued/Guemar ArptAlgeria212.8 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1965 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |