Libya Weather Records in 2018

79 weather records set or tied in Libya in 2018, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Libya in 2018

79 weather records were set or tied in Libya in 2018.
67 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
140 records set in 2018 still stand in Libya.

Records per Year, by Type

2018 outlined

Records set or tied in Libya each year from 1949 to 2026, stacked by type. 2018 had 79.

Weather records per year in Libya, stacked by type, 2018 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1949	4	18	3	15	13	53
1950	2	8	4	4	15	33
1951	3	7	9	7	6	32
1952	9	3	15	2	7	36
1953	5	6	13	4	8	36
1954	2	16	8	9	8	43
1955	8	12	18	3	8	49
1956	21	25	17	32	8	103
1957	11	36	17	24	27	115
1958	19	15	8	26	8	76
1959	16	12	27	15	10	80
1960	29	17	30	9	15	100
1961	23	8	13	12	16	72
1962	21	13	9	29	11	83
1963	87	27	39	18	33	204
1964	12	5	7	17	10	51
1965	19	18	12	26	8	83
1966	15	7	22	12	15	71
1967	6	4	7	15	15	47
1968	35	9	20	21	13	98
1969	21	14	15	18	10	78
1970	24	5	20	26	4	79
1971	7	16	22	24	19	88
1972	12	19	15	18	20	84
1973	45	19	28	14	18	124
1974	16	12	27	5	17	77
1975	7	3	12	6	6	34
1976	6	3	4	3	1	17
1977	8	7	8	0	0	23
1978	24	42	20	13	6	105
1979	14	18	17	3	7	59
1980	8	38	14	8	0	68
1981	19	51	24	7	0	101
1982	32	37	21	8	11	109
1983	25	43	30	26	13	137
1984	24	59	41	27	16	167
1985	33	29	52	13	17	144
1986	23	36	40	24	38	161
1987	73	68	78	22	23	264
1988	50	28	91	18	25	212
1989	51	23	65	11	15	165
1990	45	24	95	23	26	213
1991	38	80	49	21	43	231
1992	51	59	54	18	16	198
1993	41	39	78	19	21	198
1994	26	14	67	5	31	143
1995	64	55	99	38	48	304
1996	58	38	83	30	45	254
1997	50	36	83	20	44	233
1998	56	50	110	24	55	295
1999	61	11	135	33	7	247
2000	40	32	58	22	28	180
2001	124	13	172	7	33	349
2002	55	21	99	13	49	237
2003	34	17	76	16	30	173
2004	54	16	54	7	12	143
2005	68	50	95	19	43	275
2006	67	39	104	12	40	262
2007	82	24	124	18	31	279
2008	81	27	168	13	40	329
2009	101	25	169	7	42	344
2010	295	24	287	7	32	645
2011	15	3	39	3	16	76
2012	39	12	72	6	5	134
2013	78	20	96	16	8	218
2014	33	4	42	3	13	95
2015	10	15	40	4	5	74
2016	35	9	43	2	4	93
2017	6	7	9	0	9	31
2018	26	3	41	1	8	79
2019	48	17	65	8	27	165
2020	15	4	26	1	10	56
2021	132	4	190	4	7	337
2022	67	19	126	10	19	241
2023	46	9	130	4	25	214
2024	89	5	179	7	21	301
2025	34	7	126	8	8	183
2026	8	13	62	1	0	84

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Libya: 1940s 0.2 to 1, 1950s 0.9 to 1, 1960s 1.5 to 1, 1970s 1.3 to 1, 1980s 1.4 to 1, 1990s 2.1 to 1, 2000s 4.6 to 1, 2010s 8.1 to 1, 2020s 12 to 1.

Standing Records by Year Set

2018: 140

Records still standing in Libya by the year they were set. 140 of them were set in 2018.

Standing records in Libya by the year they were set, 2018 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1916	84
1917	35
1918	34
1919	44
1920	87
1921	136
1922	114
1923	95
1924	405
1925	308
1926	613
1927	232
1928	205
1929	288
1930	254
1931	225
1932	333
1933	361
1934	343
1935	327
1936	447
1937	176
1938	150
1939	219
1940	237
1941	277
1942	83
1943	105
1944	184
1945	309
1946	123
1947	120
1948	185
1949	165
1950	132
1951	126
1952	565
1953	404
1954	341
1955	366
1956	1,714
1957	756
1958	414
1959	519
1960	578
1961	649
1962	1,019
1963	904
1964	50
1965	88
1966	110
1967	119
1968	74
1969	66
1970	68
1971	80
1972	78
1973	609
1974	427
1975	298
1976	273
1977	350
1978	611
1979	210
1980	325
1981	523
1982	541
1983	560
1984	586
1985	506
1986	490
1987	446
1988	522
1989	477
1990	946
1991	1,111
1992	947
1993	674
1994	375
1995	679
1996	740
1997	667
1998	799
1999	536
2000	502
2001	616
2002	457
2003	287
2004	325
2005	632
2006	641
2007	723
2008	695
2009	659
2010	1,466
2011	194
2012	191
2013	444
2014	218
2015	124
2016	170
2017	82
2018	140
2019	384
2020	157
2021	685
2022	591
2023	538
2024	657
2025	452
2026	144

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Decade	Highs per low
1940s	0.21 to 1
1950s	0.88 to 1
1960s	1.49 to 1
1970s	1.30 to 1
1980s	1.38 to 1
1990s	2.11 to 1
2000s	4.61 to 1
2010s	8.09 to 1
2020s	12.25 to 1