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Israeli Volcanic Ridge · Northern District · IsraelSummit weather, forecast and climate
Mount Odem
Volcano1,187 m
Elevation1,187 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation3.3 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul29°average high
33.20° N, 35.76° EElevation 1,187 mUTC+3
From the valley to the top
- Summit1,187 m
- Mid-mountain980 m
- Valley · ‘Ein Qunīya766 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Mount Odem in brief
Mount Odem rises to 1,187 m in the Israeli Volcanic Ridge, Northern District, Israel.
At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 29°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The nearest town in the atlas is Buq‘ātā, 2.3 km to the E at 1,088 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 1,187 m · 3,894 ft
- Range
- Israeli Volcanic Ridge
- Region
- Northern District
- Country
- Israel
- Coordinates
- 33.1965, 35.7555
- Nearest airport
- Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY) · 74 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Mount Odem by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 9° | 10° | 13° | 18° | 23° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 23° | 16° | 11° |
| Average low | 2° | 2° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 15° | 13° | 8° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 229 mm | 187 mm | 120 mm | 42 mm | 13 mm | 3 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 4 mm | 36 mm | 116 mm | 176 mm |
| Cloud cover | 42% | 41% | 36% | 28% | 17% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 18% | 28% | 38% |
| Daylight | 10h 11 | 11h 00 | 11h 56 | 12h 59 | 13h 52 | 14h 20 | 14h 09 | 13h 24 | 12h 24 | 11h 24 | 10h 28 | 9h 58 |
| Month score | 20 | 20 | 39 | 88 | 96 | 93 | 85 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 58 | 25 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 1,950 m | 2,100 m | 2,550 m | 3,150 m | 3,800 m | 4,250 m | 4,550 m | 4,600 m | 4,350 m | 3,900 m | 3,000 m | 2,300 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Mount Odem in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of IsraelPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Si'on | 2,381 m | – | 17 km N | 22° |
| Mount Duvdevan | 2,236 m | – | 14 km N | 23° |
| Mitzpe Shelegim | 2,224 m | – | 14 km N | 24° |
| Mount Shaked | 2,012 m | – | 14 km N | 24° |
| mount Havusheet | 1,955 m | – | 12 km N | 25° |
| Mount Shezif | 1,541 m | – | 10 km N | 27° |
| Hermonit Mountain | 1,211 m | – | 3.8 km E | 29° |
| mount Avital | 1,204 m | – | 9.6 km S | 29° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Buq‘ātā
Quneitra · 2.3 km E
23°Oct high
3wet days
92score
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‘Ein Qunīya
Northern District · 5.1 km NW
26°Oct high
3wet days
87score
Around here
‘Ein Qunīya and around
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‘Ein Qunīya
Northern District · Israel
Apr–May · Octbest months
31°July high
766 maltitude
Nature
Mountains
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Mount Hermon Summit
2,814 m · Mount Hermon
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Mount Si'on
2,381 m · Mount Hermon
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Mount Duvdevan
2,236 m · Mount Hermon
Heritage
Museums
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The Prehistoric Man Museum
1954
The Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai
Open-air museum













































































