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Abstract Climate change is the term used to signify the enduring shifts in atmospheric conditions and weather patterns that take place over an extended period. In particular, Egypt is susceptible to the potential consequences of climate change. Numerous ecosystems, mining resources, and touristic activities characterize the region of the Egyptian Red Sea coast (ERSC). The current study implemented over five meteorological stations along ERSC (Suez, SharmElsheikh Hurgada, Safaga, and MarsaAlam) with statistical analysis to describe the observed data (2011 2021), and reanalysis of ERA5 data (1979-2021) was used together with GFDL mini-ensemble means (2011-2100) to describe the characteristics of ERSC’s future climate projection. We found that there will be a noticeable warming in the study area and a rise in the risks of heat stress.Data analysis revealed that the maximum values for studied parameters occurred during August for air temperature, during November and December for relative humidity, during September and June for surface wind speed, and during January for sea level pressure. Analysis of ERA5 datasets after bias removal during the period (1979-2021) indicated that the surface air temperature’s annual average ranges between 23.3°C and 26.2°C, surface relative humidity ranges from 40.6% to 51.2%, wind speed ranges from 2.0 m/s to 5.6 m/s, and Sea level pressure ranges from 1010.7 hpa to 1014 hpa. Historically, the maximum record of surface air temperature, wind speed, sea level pressure, and temperature humidity index (THI) was 46.8°C 17.1 m/s, 1035.7 hpa, and 32.9°C, respectively. In contrast, the lowest recorded air temperature and sea level pressure values were 3.2°C and 991.2 hpa, respectively. |