Rafha Arpt
Weather station · 29.6°N 43.5°E · 441 m above sea level
ICAO OERFWMO 40362Station data since 1963
Record high
44.5°C
in 2020
Record low
13.0°C
in 1980
Average high
39.4°C
all years on record
3.5°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 41.0°C against 44.5°C in 2020. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
54.7°C
- Date
- Friday, 25 August 2006
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Rafha Arpt, Saudi Arabia
- Position
- 29.63°N 43.49°E · 441 m
Highest highest in available records since 1963. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−5.8°C
- Date
- Thursday, 5 January 1989
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Rafha Arpt, Saudi Arabia
- Position
- 29.63°N 43.49°E · 441 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1963. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Rafha Arpt is
29.63°N 43.49°E
Every year on record
1963 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 33 years with data: +0.22 °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
29.8°
−5.8°
Feb
34.2°
−5.0°
Mar
42.0°
−2.0°
Apr
43.2°
3.0°
May
46.0°
9.0°
Jun
48.2°
13.0°
Jul
50.6°
14.0°
Aug
54.7°
16.0°
Sep
49.4°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 41.0°C | 08:00 UTC | 27.0°C | 02:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 43.0°C | 12:00 UTC | 30.0°C | 20:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- RafhaSaudi Arabia1.3 km
- ArarSaudi Arabia267.2 km
- Arar ArptSaudi Arabia267.3 km
- Al Najaf IntlIraq276.3 km
- Al Qaisumah/Hafr Al-Batin ArptSaudi Arabia293.9 km
- Al QaysumahSaudi Arabia294.2 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), 1963 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
