Egypt: Weather Records and Extremes

41 weather records set or tied in Egypt in 2026: 29 highs and 12 lows, with a calendar heatmap, ratio by decade and record map.

Key Facts for Egypt

Egypt has 18 stations in the data, on Africa.
41 weather records were set or tied in Egypt in 2026: 29 record highs and 12 record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
In the 2020s, record highs outnumbered record lows 6.11 to 1 in Egypt.
1957 holds the most standing records in Egypt: 1,198.
Kharga set a daily record high minimum temperature of 21.9 C (71.4 F) on 23 November 2025.

Record Highs and Lows in 2026

27 highs, 10 lows

Each square is a day of 2026. Warm squares had more record highs than record lows in Egypt, cold squares more lows. The busiest day was 2 January 2026 with 1 highs and 0 lows.

Record highs and lows per day in Egypt in 2026
Date	Value
2026-01-02	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-03	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-07	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-08	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-09	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-23	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-03	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-04	1 more record highs than lows
2026-03-01	1 more record lows than highs
2026-03-02	1 more record lows than highs
2026-04-02	1 more record highs than lows
2026-04-08	1 more record lows than highs
2026-04-18	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-02	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-04	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-05	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-07	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-18	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-19	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-24	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-26	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-27	1 more record lows than highs
2026-06-04	1 more record highs than lows
2026-06-07	1 more record highs than lows
2026-06-11	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-02	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-06	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-07	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-20	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-21	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-22	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-24	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-04	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-27	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-15	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-18	1 more record highs than lows
2026-10-08	1 more record lows than highs

Records per Year, by Type

1929 to 2026

Records set or tied in Egypt each year from 1929 to 2026, stacked by record type. 2026 had 41.

Weather records per year in Egypt, stacked by type
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1929	0	0	0	0	4	4
1930	15	0	20	1	10	46
1931	19	0	15	0	4	38
1932	10	3	6	0	5	24
1933	12	0	3	0	2	17
1934	23	7	17	2	11	60
1935	28	3	29	4	4	68
1936	27	7	26	11	3	74
1937	12	6	11	3	10	42
1938	6	11	4	11	11	43
1939	47	5	19	0	11	82
1940	30	17	38	16	12	113
1941	0	0	0	0	2	2
1942	15	9	7	0	3	34
1943	11	22	17	11	11	72
1944	2	12	4	3	11	32
1945	21	22	23	17	16	99
1946	33	13	39	3	12	100
1947	28	12	52	6	11	109
1948	24	41	22	22	13	122
1949	13	55	11	36	6	121
1950	23	24	32	18	13	110
1951	50	26	25	7	24	132
1952	51	10	58	13	16	148
1953	19	49	25	45	17	155
1954	32	16	30	10	19	107
1955	42	2	36	0	4	84
1956	53	11	72	25	13	174
1957	25	32	18	29	50	154
1958	8	7	18	2	3	38
1960	15	7	25	10	7	64
1961	7	19	18	29	9	82
1962	10	0	19	16	5	50
1963	18	5	24	12	11	70
1964	8	12	9	11	10	50
1965	8	17	11	18	14	68
1966	8	6	16	9	10	49
1973	0	0	1	0	0	1
1974	0	0	0	1	1	2
1976	0	0	0	1	0	1
1977	0	0	2	0	0	2
1978	0	0	0	2	0	2
1979	4	2	3	1	4	14
1980	0	1	2	3	2	8
1981	0	0	1	1	3	5
1982	3	10	7	10	5	35
1983	0	13	5	15	6	39
1984	5	5	10	3	1	24
1985	4	3	24	2	4	37
1986	1	7	26	7	6	47
1987	2	10	10	10	2	34
1988	2	4	22	8	10	46
1989	3	3	10	7	7	30
1990	5	0	11	7	4	27
1991	7	8	18	6	20	59
1992	2	5	11	13	7	38
1993	1	1	9	3	8	22
1994	5	12	36	0	14	67
1995	7	12	51	3	8	81
1996	12	11	35	1	2	61
1997	6	4	22	0	6	38
1998	34	12	37	1	5	89
1999	11	0	18	0	0	29
2000	11	12	12	7	3	45
2001	15	5	35	8	0	63
2002	56	11	68	7	9	151
2003	52	15	45	13	3	128
2004	39	16	27	12	0	94
2005	46	21	50	10	6	133
2006	33	17	31	5	3	89
2007	27	2	33	5	3	70
2008	37	8	53	4	2	104
2009	50	12	69	6	3	140
2010	135	5	197	6	1	344
2011	35	36	74	11	7	163
2012	43	32	94	11	3	183
2013	75	40	74	9	1	199
2014	42	3	64	2	3	114
2015	85	29	131	11	0	256
2016	67	43	121	1	4	236
2017	34	18	81	12	2	147
2018	74	1	102	1	1	179
2019	24	15	55	13	0	107
2020	21	5	35	5	2	68
2021	41	9	50	15	3	118
2022	32	10	40	16	1	99
2023	75	7	78	2	2	164
2024	80	0	92	5	0	177
2025	36	25	80	3	2	146
2026	1	10	26	0	0	37

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Egypt: 1930s 4.6 to 1, 1940s 1.2 to 1, 1950s 1.8 to 1, 1960s 1.2 to 1, 1970s 1.3 to 1, 1980s 1.1 to 1, 1990s 3.4 to 1, 2000s 4.1 to 1, 2010s 5.4 to 1, 2020s 6.1 to 1. A ratio above 1 means more record highs than record lows.

Record highs per record low in Egypt, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1930s	4.60 to 1
1940s	1.17 to 1
1950s	1.84 to 1
1960s	1.17 to 1
1970s	1.25 to 1
1980s	1.12 to 1
1990s	3.42 to 1
2000s	4.05 to 1
2010s	5.39 to 1
2020s	6.11 to 1

Which Years Hold the Most Standing Records

1957: 1,198

Records still standing in Egypt, by the year they were set. 1957 holds the most with 1,198.

Standing records in Egypt by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1884	717
1885	86
1886	187
1887	44
1888	75
1889	44
1890	45
1891	52
1892	41
1893	78
1894	38
1895	52
1896	69
1897	41
1898	48
1899	37
1900	39
1901	77
1902	105
1903	45
1904	284
1905	74
1906	70
1907	373
1908	180
1909	336
1910	176
1911	208
1912	399
1913	242
1914	201
1915	176
1916	190
1917	121
1918	140
1919	194
1920	477
1921	347
1922	153
1923	59
1924	602
1925	384
1926	298
1927	255
1928	333
1929	299
1930	254
1931	296
1932	358
1933	332
1934	276
1935	286
1936	307
1937	224
1938	125
1939	239
1940	152
1941	2
1942	27
1943	55
1944	29
1945	187
1946	158
1947	168
1948	232
1949	331
1950	253
1951	236
1952	271
1953	268
1954	186
1955	149
1956	293
1957	1,198
1958	1,069
1959	14
1960	623
1961	459
1962	294
1963	291
1964	356
1965	404
1966	205
1973	64
1974	37
1975	18
1976	38
1977	32
1978	25
1979	60
1980	85
1981	69
1982	102
1983	160
1984	93
1985	120
1986	175
1987	293
1988	227
1989	207
1990	704
1991	520
1992	450
1993	310
1994	324
1995	342
1996	632
1997	475
1998	454
1999	200
2000	278
2001	249
2002	398
2003	393
2004	428
2005	366
2006	335
2007	249
2008	316
2009	267
2010	670
2011	303
2012	248
2013	304
2014	203
2015	486
2016	421
2017	238
2018	275
2019	123
2020	85
2021	165
2022	134
2023	203
2024	269
2025	188
2026	33

Record Map for 2026

54 stations

The 54 highest significance station records of 2026 in Egypt, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records in Egypt in 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dakhla	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	46.2 C (115.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Kharga	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Top Records by Significance

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Top 10 records in Egypt by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 2025	Kharga, EG	daily high min	21.9 C (71.4 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2025	Dakhla, EG	daily high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 2026	Kharga, EG	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 December 2025	Kharga, EG	daily high min	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	60 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 2025	Kharga, EG	daily low max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	60 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 2026	Kharga, EG	daily high min	33.0 C (91.4 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 2026	Kharga, EG	daily high min	31.0 C (87.8 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 2026	Kharga, EG	monthly high min	34.0 C (93.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	1 year	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 2026	Kharga, EG	daily low max	27.1 C (80.8 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 December 2025	Kharga, EG	daily high min	17.6 C (63.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)

Egypt by Year

Stations

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Stations in Egypt
Station	Region	Record from	Years	Thresholds
Ismailia	n/a	1884	74 years	Threshold days
Port Said	n/a	1884	74 years	Threshold days
Helwan (Cairo)	n/a	1904	54 years	Threshold days
El Suez	n/a	1906	52 years	Threshold days
Cairo Ezbekiya	n/a	1909	49 years	Threshold days
Siwa	n/a	1911	115 years	Threshold days
Salloum	n/a	1919	39 years	Threshold days
Mersa Matruh	n/a	1920	106 years	Threshold days
Giza (Cairo)	n/a	1923	35 years	Threshold days
Alexandria Intl	n/a	1957	67 years	Threshold days
Asswan	n/a	1957	69 years	Threshold days
Dakhla	n/a	1957	70 years	Threshold days
Farafra	n/a	1957	63 years	Threshold days
Kharga	n/a	1957	70 years	Threshold days
Minya	n/a	1957	69 years	Threshold days
El Arish Intl	n/a	1985	41 years	Threshold days
Hurguada	n/a	1990	36 years	Threshold days
Sallum Plateau	n/a	1995	31 years	Threshold days

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).