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(photo credit: DOR NACHMAN/FLASH90)ByYOAV ETIELUpdated: