The geographical tropic location of Palestine plays a major role in affecting the features of the Palestinian climate, which makes it undergoes the sea and desert effects, rather, the terrain also significantly affects the climate.

Climate Elements:

First: Solar Radiation
The annual rate of the solar radiation in Palestine amounts to 3400 hour/ year. This rate differs from one area to another. The radiation increases in the south, and decrease in the north

Second: Temperature
The temperature rate in Palestine differs from one place to another due to the surface topography. The maximum average temperature recorded in the Dead Sea basin and its south is 25°c, the maximum temperature in January was between 11.9° to 19.5° and the minimum was between 4,4°c and 39,4°c. In July the maximum temperature was between 19.5°c-11.9°c and the minimum was between 30° -39.4° and the minimum between 15.9°c - 24°c.

Air Pressure
The maximum air pressure amounted to 1019 millimeter bar in Gaza and the minimum was 897millimeter bar in Hebron .

Winds
The western winds accompanied by air troughs & northern west winds blow in Palestine in Winter. But in the summer they are northern west and northern east, hot & dry. The rate of maximum wind speed amounted to 17,1 km. Per hour in Gaza in March and the minimum wind speed amounted to 1,7 km per hour in Jericho .

Moisture And Density
the months of January and February are the moistest months of the year but September & October are the least. The moisture rate differs from one place to another as it reached from 29% to 73% in the coast, but on the mountains & plateaus it reached 60%, in the valleys, from 40% to 45%.

Rainfall
The annual rainfall rate differs from one area to another. As the rates increase on the mountain area they decrease in the valleys. The annual rainfall average amounted from 160 mm to 78 mm. However, the rainfall increases in the north and decreases towards the south.