Official: Amman records the second-highest temperature in its more than 100-year climate record.

Arab Weather - After the issuance of official reports from Amman Civil Airport, located east of the capital, a maximum temperature of 43.5°C was recorded this afternoon, Friday, which is officially the second highest temperature in the history of Amman’s records, with a slight difference of no more than 0.2°C (twenty) only from the absolute highest record recorded in the history of climate records for the capital, Amman, which amounted to 43.7°C, which was recorded during the historic heat wave in August 2023.

Returning to the meteorological archive at Amman Civil Airport, which extends back more than a century, dating back to the era of the Emirate of Transjordan, today's temperature not only approached the absolute record, but also approached/exceeded many historical values recorded during the most intense heat waves the Kingdom has known over the past decades:

1. 42.8°C in 1942
2. 42.8°C in 1952
3. 43.5°C in 2000
4. 42.8°C in 2007
5. 42.5°C in 2010
6. 43.0°C in 2020
7. 43.7°C in 2023

These numbers are joined by a new record, set today, Friday, August 8, 2025, at 43.5°C.

Jordan is affected by a long and exhausting heat wave with varying intensity from one day to the next.

Jordan and the rest of the Levant have been affected since the morning of Friday, August 8, 2025, by an air mass described as "extremely hot," which rushed from the Arabian Peninsula desert towards the Levant. Its "blazing" center was unusually close to the Jordanian capital and many Jordanian cities, which led to a rise in daytime maximum temperatures, as well as nighttime minimum temperatures, to unusually high levels, reaching above 40°C during the day in several regions.

Official reports issued by the Arab Weather Regional Center indicate that this heat wave will continue to affect the Kingdom for several additional days, and that it is still in its early stages. Specialists at the Arab Weather Center are closely monitoring the developments of the extremely hot air mass and its behavior through special models that simulate air mass movements. Wind directions and the manner in which this hot mass remains over the Levant and the eastern Mediterranean may lead to new record temperatures.

The weather forecast team will issue periodic reports on temperature forecasts over the coming days, but this wave must be taken seriously throughout the Levant and Jordan.

And God knows best.