Editing Kuwait City (section)

==Climate==
[[File:Kuwait City, Kuwait.JPG|thumb|Aerial view of Kuwait City]]

Kuwait City has a [[hot desert climate]] ([[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system|Köppen]]: ''BWh'') with extremely hot, very prolonged summers and mild, short winters. It is one of the hottest cities in summer on Earth.<ref name="hottest">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jul/22/where-world-hottest-city-kuwait-karachi-ahvaz|title=Where is the world's hottest city?|newspaper=the Guardian|access-date=3 March 2016|date=22 July 2015|last1=Birch|first1=Hayley|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209050452/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jul/22/where-world-hottest-city-kuwait-karachi-ahvaz|url-status=live}}</ref> Average summer high temperatures are above {{convert|45|°C}} for three months of the year, and during heat waves; the daytime temperature regularly exceeds {{convert|50|°C}} with nighttime lows often remaining above {{convert|30|°C}}. In winter, nighttime temperatures frequently drop below {{convert|8|°C}}. Considering its coastal position and relative distance to the equator in comparison with the hot desert climates in Africa and Saudi Arabia, the heat in the city is rather extreme—being surrounded in almost every direction by the hot desert.

Sand storms occur at times during summer from the [[shamal (wind)|shamal wind]].  Sand storms can occur any time of year but occur mostly during summer, and less frequently during autumn.

{{Weather box
|location = Kuwait City (1991–2020, extremes 1956–present)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 30.6
|Feb record high C = 35.8
|Mar record high C = 44.4
|Apr record high C = 46.2
|May record high C = 49.0
|Jun record high C = 51.5
|Jul record high C = 52.1
|Aug record high C = 51.5
|Sep record high C = 49.0
|Oct record high C = 45.2
|Nov record high C = 39.6
|Dec record high C = 30.6
|year record high C = 52.1
|Jan high C = 19.6
|Feb high C = 22.1
|Mar high C = 26.5
|Apr high C = 32.7
|May high C = 39.9
|Jun high C = 45.1
|Jul high C = 46.6
|Aug high C = 46.4
|Sep high C = 43.0
|Oct high C = 36.1
|Nov high C = 27.1
|Dec high C = 21.6
|year high C = 33.6
| Jan mean C = 13.5
| Feb mean C = 15.3
| Mar mean C = 19.8
| Apr mean C = 25.9
| May mean C = 32.6
| Jun mean C = 37.2
| Jul mean C = 38.7
| Aug mean C = 38.2
| Sep mean C = 34.7
| Oct mean C = 28.4
| Nov mean C = 20.8
| Dec mean C = 15.3
| year mean C = 27.2
|Jan low C          = 7.6
|Feb low C          = 9.1
|Mar low C          = 13.3
|Apr low C          = 19.1
|May low C          = 24.9
|Jun low C          = 28.7
|Jul low C          = 30.4
|Aug low C          = 29.7
|Sep low C          = 26.1
|Oct low C          = 20.7
|Nov low C          = 14.2
|Dec low C          = 9.2
|year low C         = 19.5
|Jan record low C   = -4.0
|Feb record low C   = -3.3
|Mar record low C   = -0.1
|Apr record low C   = 6.9
|May record low C   = 14.4
|Jun record low C   = 17.3
|Jul record low C   = 21.1
|Aug record low C   = 20.6
|Sep record low C   = 16.0
|Oct record low C   = 9.4
|Nov record low C   = 0.7
|Dec record low C   = -6.0
|year record low C  = -6.0
|rain colour        = green
|Jan rain mm        = 30.2
|Feb rain mm        = 10.5
|Mar rain mm        = 18.2
|Apr rain mm        = 11.5
|May rain mm        = 0.4
|Jun rain mm        = 0.0
|Jul rain mm        = 0.0
|Aug rain mm        = 0.0
|Sep rain mm        = 0.0
|Oct rain mm        = 1.4
|Nov rain mm        = 18.5
|Dec rain mm        = 25.5
|year rain mm       = 116.2
|unit rain days     = 0.1 mm
|Jan rain days      = 5
|Feb rain days      = 3
|Mar rain days      = 3
|Apr rain days      = 1
|May rain days      = 0
|Jun rain days      = 0
|Jul rain days      = 0
|Aug rain days      = 0
|Sep rain days      = 0
|Oct rain days      = 1
|Nov rain days      = 3
|Dec rain days      = 3
|year rain days     = 19
|Jan sun            = 198.1
|Feb sun            = 222.5
|Mar sun            = 217.6
|Apr sun            = 229.3
|May sun            = 272.5
|Jun sun            = 304.5
|Jul sun            = 307.1
|Aug sun            = 301.6
|Sep sun            = 285.1
|Oct sun            = 252.2
|Nov sun            = 216.5
|Dec sun            = 193.5
|year sun           = 3000.5
|Jand sun           = 7.1
|Febd sun           = 7.7
|Mard sun           = 7.5
|Aprd sun           = 7.9
|Mayd sun           = 9.4
|Jund sun           = 10.5
|Juld sun           = 10.6
|Augd sun           = 10.8
|Sepd sun           = 10.2
|Octd sun           = 9.0
|Novd sun           = 7.7
|Decd sun           = 6.9
|yeard sun          = 8.8
|Jan percentsun     = 68
|Feb percentsun     = 69
|Mar percentsun     = 63
|Apr percentsun     = 62
|May percentsun     = 69
|Jun percentsun     = 77
|Jul percentsun     = 76
|Aug percentsun     = 78
|Sep percentsun     = 77
|Oct percentsun     = 79
|Nov percentsun     = 72
|Dec percentsun     = 67
|year percentsun    = 72
|source 1 = Météo Climat<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/listenormale-1991-2020-1-p122.php
| title = Météo Climat stats for Kuwait City 1991–2020
| publisher = Météo Climat
| access-date = 15 October 2017}}</ref><ref name=meteoclimat>{{cite web
| url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/index.php?page=stati&id=2012
| title = Station Kuwait
| publisher = Meteo Climat
|language = French
| accessdate = 15 June 2016}}</ref>
| source 2 = World Meteorological Organization (rainfall 1994–2008);<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://worldweather.wmo.int/113/c01498.htm
 |title=World Weather Information Service – Kuwait City
 |publisher=World Meteorological Organization
 |access-date=19 February 2014
 |archive-date=9 December 2020
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209045928/http://worldweather.wmo.int/113/c01498.htm
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref> NOAA (sunshine 1961–1990)<ref name=NOAA>{{cite web
 | url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_II/KW/40582.TXT
 | title = Kuwait International Airport Climate Normals 1961–1990
 | publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
 | access-date = 15 January 2015
 }}</ref>}}