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Climate
[edit]Located by the Atlas Mountains, Fez has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) with a strong continental influence, shifting from relatively cool and wet in the winter to dry and hot days in the summer months between June and September. Rainfall can reach up to 800 mm (31 in) on good years. The winter highs typically reach around 15 °C (59 °F) in December–January. Frost is not uncommon during the winter period. The highest and lowest temperatures ever recorded in the city are 46.7 °C (116 °F) and −8.2 °C (17 °F), respectively.(see weather-table below). Fez's climate is strongly similar to that of Seville and Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain. Snowfall on average occurs once every 3 to 5 years. Fez recorded snowfall in three straight years in 2005, 2006 and 2007.[1][2][3][4]
| Climate data for Fez | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
33.3 (91.9) |
37.0 (98.6) |
40.8 (105.4) |
44.0 (111.2) |
46.7 (116.1) |
44.4 (111.9) |
41.7 (107.1) |
37.5 (99.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
46.7 (116.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.8 (92.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
12.1 (53.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.4 (77.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.4 (52.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.2 (17.2) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 72.2 (2.84) |
100.4 (3.95) |
93.6 (3.69) |
87.7 (3.45) |
53.0 (2.09) |
24.4 (0.96) |
3.0 (0.12) |
3.6 (0.14) |
17.0 (0.67) |
62.3 (2.45) |
89.1 (3.51) |
85.2 (3.35) |
691.5 (27.22) |
| Average rainy days | 12.1 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 10.2 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 109.8 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 60 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 64 | 60 | 60 | 65 |
| Source 1: Hong Kong Observatory[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Meoweather.com,[4] Voodoo skies for extremes[3] Weather Atlas [6] NOAA [7] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Fez | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily daylight hours | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 |
| Average Ultraviolet index | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6.8 |
| Source: Weather Atlas [6] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Fes | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
35.8 (96.4) |
35.6 (96.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
4.9 (40.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 84.6 (3.33) |
81.1 (3.19) |
71.3 (2.81) |
46.0 (1.81) |
24.1 (0.95) |
6.4 (0.25) |
1.2 (0.05) |
1.9 (0.07) |
17.7 (0.70) |
41.5 (1.63) |
90.5 (3.56) |
82.2 (3.24) |
548.5 (21.59) |
| Average rainy days | 9.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 78 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 186.0 | 169.5 | 217.0 | 240.0 | 279.0 | 300.0 | 341.0 | 310.0 | 270.0 | 217.0 | 180.0 | 186.0 | 2,895.5 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 60 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 64 | 60 | 60 | 65 |
| Average ultraviolet index | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Source: Weather Atlas [6] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Fes | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily daylight hours | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 |
| Source: Weather Atlas [6] | |||||||||||||
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
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- ^ a b "Weather history for Fez, Figuig, Morocco : Fez average weather by month". Meoweather.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ "Climatological Information for Fez, Morocco". Hong Kong Observatory. 15 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d "Fes, Morocco - Climate data". Weather Atlas. Retrieved March 2, 2017. Cite error: The named reference "Weather Atlas" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "The normals data and climate variable descriptions are presented in these tables as provided by the WMO Member country" (TXT). Ftp.atdd.noaa.gov. Retrieved 22 August 2018.