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Abydos, month by month.

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The coolest afternoons come in January, at about 21 °C; the hottest in August, at about 40 °C.

A normal afternoon stays under 30 °C in 5 months: January, February, March, November, December.

The ground at the site's coordinates sits 75 m above sea level (NASA SRTM).

Abydos: monthly climate normals
MonthAfternoonNight Rain, mm/dayHottest hour on record
January21 °C6 °C0.032 °C
February24 °C8 °C0.036 °C
March28 °C11 °C0.039 °C
April33 °C15 °C0.043 °C
May37 °C20 °C0.047 °C
June39 °C22 °C0.047 °C
July40 °C24 °C0.047 °C
August40 °C24 °C0.047 °C
September38 °C21 °C0.045 °C
October34 °C18 °C0.042 °C
November27 °C12 °C0.037 °C
December22 °C8 °C0.033 °C

Afternoon and night are the mean daily maximum and minimum over 2001-2020; the record is the hottest hour in that month across the whole series. Source: NASA POWER climatology (MERRA-2 reanalysis), layer dated 2026-08-08. These are modelled long-run averages checked against published station normals — not weather-station readings and not a forecast. How they were checked →

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