Qassim Arpt
Weather station · 26.3°N 43.8°E · 647 m above sea level
ICAO OEGSStation data since 1973
Record high
44.0°C
in 2015
Record low
15.7°C
in 1989
Average high
40.2°C
all years on record
5.0°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 39.0°C against 44.0°C in 2015. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
49.0°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 5 August 1998
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Qassim Arpt, Saudi Arabia
- Position
- 26.30°N 43.77°E · 647 m
Highest highest in available records since 1973. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−6.5°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 16 January 2008
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Qassim Arpt, Saudi Arabia
- Position
- 26.30°N 43.77°E · 647 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1973. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Qassim Arpt is
26.30°N 43.77°E
Qassim 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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Right now the air here is 2.0°C hotter than the inside of your body. Your body is not thrilled.
From our dataLatest reading 39.0°C against a body temperature of 37.0°C. - 2
Today is already hotter than 64% of all days recorded here since 1973.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1973. - 3
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 55.5°C.
From our dataRecord high 49.0°C against record low −6.5°C. - 4
At 03:00 UTC this morning it was 23.0°C. By 08:00 UTC it was 39.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Every year on record
1973 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 30 years with data: +0.35 °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
32.4°
−6.5°
Feb
35.0°
−3.6°
Mar
39.0°
1.0°
Apr
43.0°
8.5°
May
46.0°
13.0°
Jun
47.5°
17.8°
Jul
48.4°
19.0°
Aug
49.0°
18.0°
Sep
48.0°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 39.0°C | 08:00 UTC | 23.0°C | 03:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 39.0°C | 15:00 UTC | 26.0°C | 23:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- GassimSaudi Arabia0.8 km
- DawadmiSaudi Arabia208 km
- Dawadmi ArptSaudi Arabia208.2 km
- HailSaudi Arabia242.6 km
- Hail ArptSaudi Arabia242.6 km
- Al QaysumahSaudi Arabia321.8 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), 1973 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |