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The climate of the Dead Sea (Israel)
The Dead Sea forms the natural boundary between Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. The Dead Sea is the lowest lake in the world. Because of the high concentration of minerals it is also the most salty lake in the world. The percentage of salt in the lake is just above 33%, this means a human being will stay afloat. Because of the high concentration of minerals in the water several health resorts can be found along the banks of the Dead Sea, all of them specialized in skin conditions. Over the past few years the sea level has decreased because the countries surrounding the Dead Sea need an increasing amount of water which is taken from the rivers that flow into the Dead Sea. There is no animal or plant life in the Dead Sea. However, several bacteria and micro organisms live in these waters. The Dead Sea is situated in a mountainous area with the Moab mountain range in the east and the Judea mountain range in the west. The Dead Sea also borders Wadi Araba. The Dead Sea is one of the largest potassium sources in the world.

The Dead Sea has a warm desert climate characterized by hot summers, cold winters and low precipitation figures all year round. Summers are warm, on average there are 200 days per year with temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius or above. The highest temperature on record is 47 degrees Celsius. Winters are cold. However, really low temperatures are uncommon. Subzero temperatures have never been recorded in this region. This is also because of the tempering influence of the Dead Sea. Annual precipitation figures are only 40 millimeters on average. Longer periods with precipitation are uncommon.

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for the Dead Sea.

	average  maximum temperature (°C)	average minimum temperature (°C)	average hours of sunshine per day	average days with precipitation per month	average mm precipitation per month	average sea temperature (°C)
January	20	13	6	3		23
February	22	14	7	3		22
March	25	17	8	3		23
April	30	21	9	1		25
May	34	25	11	2		28
June	37	28	13	0		31
July	40	30	13	0		33
August	39	30	12	0		34
September	37	28	11	0		33
October	32	25	9	0		30
November	27	20	8	1		26
December	22	14	6	2		23
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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