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What the averages say
No month in Alta averages a high of 18°C or more; the warmest, July, averages 14°C.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): September to May.
- The warmest month is July (14°C) and the coolest January (-7°C). The wettest is July (111 mm) and the driest February (59 mm); about 956 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCold
- MayCold
- JunCool
- JulCool
- AugCool
- SeptCold
- OctCold
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Alta
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7°C | -13°C | 61 mm | 96% | 79% | 0 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | -7°C | -12°C | 59 mm | 96% | 79% | 0.4 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | -4°C | -10°C | 72 mm | 93% | 79% | 1.8 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 0°C | -6°C | 59 mm | 91% | 76% | 3.8 | 31°C | Cold |
| May | 4°C | -1°C | 82 mm | 89% | 77% | 4.9 | 35°C | Cold |
| June | 10°C | 4°C | 108 mm | 85% | 81% | 4.9 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 14°C | 8°C | 111 mm | 86% | 78% | 4.4 | 39°C | Cool |
| August | 12°C | 7°C | 100 mm | 89% | 78% | 3.1 | 39°C | Cool |
| September | 8°C | 3°C | 82 mm | 92% | 81% | 1.6 | 37°C | Cold |
| October | 1°C | -3°C | 82 mm | 96% | 84% | 0.5 | 34°C | Cold |
| November | -3°C | -8°C | 67 mm | 96% | 81% | 0.1 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | -5°C | -10°C | 73 mm | 96% | 83% | 0 | 25°C | Cold |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
The model's grid cell sits about 329 m higher than the town, so real temperatures there run a little warmer than these.
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