After an unusually warm and mostly dry November, Israel on Wednesday will see partly cloudy to cloudy skies with high-altitude cloud cover, along with gusty easterly winds over the northern mountains. Temperatures were expected to rise slightly later in the day, remaining a bit above seasonal norms.
Thursday will be clear to partly cloudy with another slight warming trend and temperatures continuing above average. Strong easterly winds are again expected across the northern highlands, where haze is also possible.
By Friday, temperatures will climb further, bringing hot and unseasonable conditions, approaching heat wave levels. Light, isolated rain may begin by late afternoon.
On Saturday, conditions are expected to shift: skies will turn partly cloudy to cloudy with a drop in temperatures. Showers accompanied by thunderstorms are forecast to begin during the day, spreading gradually from the south to most regions. Flash-flood warnings are in effect for desert streams in the south and east through the weekend.
Forecast temperatures Wednesday (lows–highs, °C/°F):
Jerusalem 9–20°C (48–68°F); Tel Aviv 13–24°C (55–75°F); Haifa 15–23°C (59–73°F); Safed 11–18°C (52–64°F); Katzrin 14–21°C (57–70°F); Tiberias 14–23°C (57–73°F); Nazareth 13–20°C (55–68°F); Afula 10–23°C (50–73°F); Beit She’an 14–24°C (57–75°F); Lod 12–25°C (54–77°F); Ashdod 12–23°C (54–73°F); Ein Gedi 17–25°C (63–77°F); Be'er Sheva 10–24°C (50–75°F); Mitzpe Ramon 10–19°C (50–66°F); Eilat 16–25°C (61–77°F).
A dry, unusually warm November
Meteorologists said November 2025 was significantly warmer than average, particularly during nighttime hours. In terms of daily maximum temperatures, it was the third-warmest November on record after 1962 and 2010.
The month featured two prolonged heatwaves that broke seasonal temperature records, interrupted only by three short rain events—one lasting about three days in mid-November and two others of roughly 24 hours each late in the month.
Total rainfall across the country was near average, but highly uneven and marked by unusually intense downpours because much of the precipitation fell over short periods.