Letlhakane climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Letlhakane?

Letlhakane has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 422 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Letlhakane?

The hottest day measured in Letlhakane between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1949, reaching 41.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Letlhakane?

The coldest day measured in Letlhakane between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -2.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Letlhakane?

Almost never: Letlhakane sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Letlhakane warmed?

Yes: Letlhakane warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Letlhakane?

The wettest day measured in Letlhakane between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1956, with 129 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Letlhakane?

The windiest day measured in Letlhakane between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1977, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Letlhakane?

The warmest month in Letlhakane is October (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Letlhakane?

Letlhakane receives on average 422 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Letlhakane?

Letlhakane gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Letlhakane (Botswana) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 422 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is October (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Letlhakane averages 0 frost days, 152 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 61 rainy days per year.

Letlhakane has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 15 January 1949) and the coldest -2.6 °C (on 15 June 1968).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

LetlhakaneCentral District

coords: -21.41°, 25.59°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

28.9°C

Average daily low

15.4°C

Annual rainfall

422mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

50%

Average peak wind

18.5km/h

Seasonal range

10.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

152 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

61 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.5 °C

Average feels-like low

13.7 °C

Average peak gust

37.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

77 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

41.6 °C

15 January 1949

Coldest day

-2.6 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

129 mm

14 January 1956

Windiest day

43.2 km/h

12 August 1977

Strongest gust

78.5 km/h

12 August 1977

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-6.7 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.0 h

22 December 2023

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.5 °C16 October 2025	2.6 °C10 June 2025	21.3 °C	813 mm	113	0
2024	40.8 °C14 December 2024	-1.4 °C5 June 2024	23.5 °C	239 mm	220	2
2023	41.2 °C25 October 2023	2.7 °C15 June 2023	23.1 °C	297 mm	206	0
2022	37.9 °C4 October 2022	4.4 °C18 June 2022	21.9 °C	414 mm	155	0
2021	40.3 °C2 November 2021	3.1 °C23 July 2021	21.8 °C	432 mm	148	0
2020	38.5 °C8 November 2020	1.4 °C13 June 2020	22.1 °C	527 mm	171	0
2019	40.3 °C22 October 2019	2.9 °C7 July 2019	23.3 °C	317 mm	211	0
2018	39.4 °C9 January 2018	2.0 °C2 July 2018	22.3 °C	507 mm	154	0
2017	38.3 °C16 October 2017	3.4 °C24 August 2017	21.7 °C	572 mm	132	0
2016	41.0 °C7 January 2016	2.1 °C28 July 2016	22.9 °C	459 mm	181	0
2015	39.7 °C13 November 2015	1.7 °C18 July 2015	23.0 °C	241 mm	203	0
2014	37.9 °C9 October 2014	0.2 °C7 June 2014	21.6 °C	650 mm	125	0
2013	38.5 °C16 September 2013	3.9 °C1 September 2013	22.4 °C	357 mm	186	0
2012	39.5 °C5 March 2012	0.3 °C9 August 2012	22.5 °C	313 mm	196	0
2011	40.6 °C25 October 2011	-0.2 °C28 June 2011	21.8 °C	417 mm	155	1
2010	39.7 °C12 October 2010	0.3 °C13 July 2010	22.4 °C	403 mm	175	0
2009	38.3 °C17 December 2009	3.2 °C21 August 2009	21.4 °C	561 mm	140	0
2008	39.4 °C3 November 2008	-1.5 °C7 July 2008	22.1 °C	332 mm	181	1
2007	38.0 °C18 March 2007	-0.3 °C23 May 2007	22.0 °C	343 mm	189	1
2006	38.4 °C25 October 2006	-0.1 °C2 August 2006	21.3 °C	475 mm	110	1
2005	40.1 °C17 November 2005	3.3 °C21 July 2005	22.9 °C	408 mm	192	0
2004	38.8 °C30 October 2004	0.3 °C30 July 2004	22.0 °C	419 mm	158	0
2003	39.3 °C15 January 2003	2.2 °C21 August 2003	23.1 °C	286 mm	219	0
2002	38.5 °C19 October 2002	3.4 °C23 July 2002	23.0 °C	172 mm	220	0
2001	37.7 °C25 December 2001	0.6 °C20 July 2001	21.9 °C	503 mm	158	0
2000	36.6 °C10 October 2000	1.2 °C17 July 2000	20.9 °C	635 mm	105	0
1999	39.1 °C1 March 1999	4.4 °C2 July 1999	22.2 °C	330 mm	164	0
1998	37.9 °C30 October 1998	3.0 °C15 June 1998	22.5 °C	423 mm	199	0
1997	39.4 °C9 November 1997	1.1 °C1 July 1997	21.8 °C	408 mm	145	0
1996	38.1 °C3 November 1996	0.1 °C8 July 1996	21.3 °C	558 mm	130	0
1995	38.4 °C9 January 1995	1.7 °C7 August 1995	22.9 °C	429 mm	176	0
1994	38.7 °C10 November 1994	-1.5 °C1 July 1994	21.9 °C	337 mm	169	1
1993	38.6 °C19 January 1993	3.1 °C13 June 1993	22.6 °C	367 mm	189	0
1992	41.5 °C26 February 1992	1.7 °C28 May 1992	23.2 °C	252 mm	217	0
1991	37.2 °C29 November 1991	1.0 °C22 June 1991	21.6 °C	405 mm	145	0
1990	39.1 °C14 November 1990	3.8 °C29 June 1990	22.2 °C	429 mm	159	0
1989	37.9 °C20 December 1989	-0.6 °C19 July 1989	21.7 °C	330 mm	151	1
1988	38.2 °C31 January 1988	0.5 °C11 July 1988	21.3 °C	610 mm	124	0
1987	38.0 °C22 January 1987	0.5 °C22 July 1987	23.0 °C	265 mm	201	0
1986	37.0 °C23 December 1986	3.8 °C25 June 1986	22.1 °C	349 mm	177	0
1985	38.1 °C5 November 1985	0.9 °C14 July 1985	22.2 °C	304 mm	172	0
1984	38.4 °C3 March 1984	2.5 °C22 July 1984	22.5 °C	266 mm	192	0
1983	39.5 °C11 January 1983	2.9 °C27 June 1983	22.8 °C	296 mm	195	0
1982	38.5 °C5 February 1982	1.9 °C3 July 1982	22.4 °C	292 mm	178	0
1981	39.1 °C8 November 1981	1.8 °C22 June 1981	20.7 °C	475 mm	121	0
1980	37.1 °C4 January 1980	1.1 °C23 June 1980	21.5 °C	269 mm	162	0
1979	36.9 °C23 September 1979	2.3 °C25 July 1979	21.6 °C	339 mm	184	0
1978	37.4 °C29 September 1978	0.1 °C17 June 1978	20.7 °C	603 mm	93	0
1977	37.4 °C19 November 1977	3.1 °C6 July 1977	21.4 °C	640 mm	119	0
1976	36.7 °C25 October 1976	2.3 °C5 August 1976	20.8 °C	433 mm	105	0
1975	37.7 °C5 November 1975	-0.2 °C26 July 1975	20.8 °C	494 mm	104	1
1974	36.7 °C17 October 1974	2.2 °C28 July 1974	20.3 °C	496 mm	68	0
1973	38.3 °C23 January 1973	4.6 °C11 July 1973	21.7 °C	347 mm	153	0
1972	38.3 °C22 December 1972	-0.5 °C2 August 1972	21.3 °C	493 mm	134	1
1971	35.9 °C8 March 1971	3.4 °C18 July 1971	21.7 °C	306 mm	164	0
1970	39.1 °C12 January 1970	2.8 °C6 July 1970	22.6 °C	353 mm	186	0
1969	37.3 °C19 November 1969	0.5 °C19 June 1969	21.1 °C	518 mm	116	0
1968	38.4 °C4 January 1968	-2.6 °C15 June 1968	21.3 °C	406 mm	148	3
1967	36.1 °C11 December 1967	0.9 °C4 June 1967	21.0 °C	373 mm	109	0
1966	39.0 °C5 January 1966	3.6 °C28 July 1966	21.5 °C	458 mm	118	0
1965	37.7 °C28 December 1965	-0.2 °C25 June 1965	21.6 °C	171 mm	168	1
1964	36.4 °C9 November 1964	-0.7 °C21 June 1964	21.2 °C	327 mm	159	3
1963	36.6 °C6 October 1963	1.6 °C12 July 1963	20.8 °C	381 mm	133	0
1962	38.0 °C18 October 1962	3.4 °C28 August 1962	21.6 °C	653 mm	163	0
1961	39.1 °C25 October 1961	5.0 °C25 July 1961	21.4 °C	414 mm	130	0
1960	36.9 °C8 October 1960	3.5 °C20 July 1960	21.7 °C	354 mm	163	0
1959	37.4 °C28 November 1959	4.4 °C17 May 1959	21.2 °C	315 mm	134	0
1958	36.8 °C14 November 1958	2.5 °C15 June 1958	20.8 °C	802 mm	106	0
1957	36.7 °C2 December 1957	3.4 °C17 June 1957	21.3 °C	643 mm	101	0
1956	34.8 °C8 October 1956	1.7 °C24 July 1956	21.0 °C	554 mm	96	0
1955	37.7 °C13 November 1955	1.9 °C12 August 1955	20.4 °C	565 mm	76	0
1954	39.0 °C25 October 1954	-0.4 °C22 July 1954	22.3 °C	161 mm	209	1
1953	38.3 °C31 October 1953	0.1 °C26 June 1953	21.1 °C	552 mm	111	0
1952	37.8 °C29 October 1952	2.1 °C5 July 1952	22.0 °C	382 mm	160	0
1951	38.8 °C21 December 1951	1.3 °C16 July 1951	22.5 °C	361 mm	177	0
1950	38.6 °C24 October 1950	4.1 °C10 August 1950	21.7 °C	393 mm	119	0
1949	41.6 °C15 January 1949	3.2 °C20 July 1949	22.3 °C	302 mm	185	0
1948	37.6 °C24 October 1948	3.8 °C11 August 1948	20.9 °C	607 mm	99	0
1947	38.4 °C8 October 1947	0.8 °C13 July 1947	21.5 °C	542 mm	110	0
1946	40.1 °C24 October 1946	2.5 °C3 July 1946	21.8 °C	377 mm	150	0
1945	37.8 °C22 October 1945	2.3 °C29 June 1945	21.6 °C	426 mm	112	0
1944	39.9 °C27 September 1944	5.0 °C15 July 1944	21.8 °C	481 mm	133	0
1943	36.7 °C13 October 1943	2.5 °C2 July 1943	21.1 °C	510 mm	101	0
1942	38.0 °C23 October 1942	-0.1 °C15 June 1942	21.3 °C	545 mm	110	1
1941	39.5 °C25 January 1941	1.6 °C23 June 1941	22.3 °C	406 mm	155	0
1940	37.9 °C6 November 1940	0.8 °C17 July 1940	22.0 °C	357 mm	171	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.1 °C

-0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

113 d/yr

-39

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

813 mm

+391 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.3 °C	-2.3 °C	294 mm	+198 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	-1.8 °C	247 mm	+164 mm
Mar	29.2 °C	-0.9 °C	10 mm	-38 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	-1.2 °C	16 mm	-2 mm
May	24.7 °C	-1.7 °C	6 mm	+3 mm
Jun	23.7 °C	+0.1 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Jul	24.3 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	28.3 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	32.9 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Oct	33.2 °C	+0.2 °C	7 mm	-8 mm
Nov	28.1 °C	-3.8 °C	124 mm	+68 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	-2.3 °C	107 mm	+11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.5 °C

16 Oct 2025

Coldest day

2.6 °C

10 Jun 2025

Wettest day

53.7 mm

14 Feb 2025

Windiest day

32.8 km/h

25 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

25 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

28 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.8 °C

10 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

19 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Letlhakane?

Letlhakane has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 422 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Letlhakane?

The hottest day measured in Letlhakane between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1949, reaching 41.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Letlhakane?

The coldest day measured in Letlhakane between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -2.6 °C.

Does it snow in Letlhakane?

Almost never: Letlhakane sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Letlhakane warmed?

Yes: Letlhakane warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Letlhakane?

The wettest day measured in Letlhakane between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1956, with 129 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Letlhakane?

The windiest day measured in Letlhakane between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1977, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Letlhakane?

The warmest month in Letlhakane is October (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Letlhakane?

Letlhakane receives on average 422 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Letlhakane?

Letlhakane gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Letlhakane?

Yes: Letlhakane has on average 77 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Letlhakane?

In Letlhakane, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -6.7 °C on 15 June 1968.

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