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Israel lowest temperature record –14.2°C fact check

Question asked:

“The lowest temperature recorded in Israel was –14.2 °C at Merom Golan in January 2015, and an earlier record of –10 °C occurred in the Beit Netofa Valley in February 1950.”
Partially false
Confidence: High Checked on November 1, 2026

Summary

The lowest temperature recorded in Israel was –14.2 °C at Merom Golan in January 2015. However, the earlier record was –13.7 °C in the Beit Netofa Valley in February 1950, not –10 °C.

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ims.gov.il
en.wikipedia.org
  • Beit Netofa Valley - Wikipedia

    On February 7, 1950, a meteorological station in the valley recorded the lowest temperature ever recorded in Israel: -13.7 °C.

  • Merom Golan - Wikipedia

    Israel views it as part of its sovereign territory ever since the passage of the Golan Heights Law, which applied Israeli civilian law to it. Merom Golan was established on 14 July 1967 with funds from the Upper Galilee Regional Council on the site of the abandoned Syrian military camp of Aleika, ...

  • List of weather records - Wikipedia

    The list of weather records includes the most extreme occurrences of weather phenomena for various categories. Many weather records are measured under specific conditions—such as surface temperature and wind speed—to keep consistency among measurements around the Earth.

jewishvirtuallibrary.org
  • Israel at 63: A Statistical Glimpse

    Due to this climatic formation, there is high variability in the amount of precipitation from year to year, and in the different areas of the country. The highest temperature ever recorded in Israel was 54°C (Tirat Zvi on 21 June 1942) The lowest temperature ever recorded in Israel was -13.7°C ...

en.climate-data.org
register.tagepedia.org
plantmaps.com
timesofisrael.com

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