Israel meteorological service

Meterological Service: 2025 was historic year in Israel's climate history

While only the fifth-hottest year since 1950, 2025 was still packed with extreme events, from near-50 °C heat in the Jordan Valley to once-in-a-hundred-years rainfall records in the western Galilee.

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025
A drone view of a damaged road and bridge, after the Enipeas river overflooded due to storm Byron, near the town of Farsala, Greece, December 6, 2025.

Bracing for Byron: Ways to prepare for major storm making landfall in Israel

A summer heatwave; illustrative.

Israel breaks electricity consumption record as heatwave continues

Israelis bask in the sun on a beach in Tel Aviv, August 11, 2025

Israel's hiking trails under complete ban as severe heatwave reaches peak


Israel's heatwave expected to reach record-breaking highs this week, IMS warns

Temperatures are expected to reach up to 49° Celsius in the area surrounding the Sea of Galilee (where the current record temperature is 47°C), and up to 51°C in the Jordan Valley.

A summer heatwave; illustrative.

Israel Meteorological Service to name upcoming storms after Israeli hostages

Israeli hostage names are being used for meteorological storm names for the 2024 to 2025 season in collaboration with the meteorological services in Cyprus and Greece.

Mideast: NASA satellite imagery shows how the Middle East has become a major hotspot for loss of groundwater in recent years.

Nearly 100-year record high temperatures hit Tel Aviv

The IMS forecasts a drop in temperatures over the weekend, mainly in the mountains and the center of the country. 

 People exercise at the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel April 20, 2024.

Hot and dry weather, with some rain, expected over Sukkot

It will be hotter than usual for the season in most areas of the country. 

Israelis enjoy the beach on a hot spring day, in Tel Aviv, April 06, 2021