Molepolole climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Molepolole?

Molepolole has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 469 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Molepolole between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 42.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Molepolole?

The coldest day measured in Molepolole between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -1.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Molepolole?

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

Q: Has the climate of Molepolole warmed?

Yes: Molepolole warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Molepolole?

The wettest day measured in Molepolole between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1956, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Molepolole?

The windiest day measured in Molepolole between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1996, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Molepolole?

The warmest month in Molepolole is January (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Molepolole?

Molepolole receives on average 469 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Molepolole?

Molepolole gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Molepolole (Botswana) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 469 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 January (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Molepolole averages 0 frost days, 113 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.

Molepolole has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -1.7 °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

MolepololeKweneng District

coords: -24.41°, 25.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.0°C

Average daily high

27.1°C

Average daily low

14.2°C

Annual rainfall

469mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

52%

Average peak wind

16.5km/h

Seasonal range

12.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

113 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

71 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.5 °C

Average feels-like low

12.5 °C

Average peak gust

34.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

46 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.09 · p = 0.007

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

42.3 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest day

-1.7 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

87 mm

4 February 1956

Windiest day

39.5 km/h

12 September 1996

Strongest gust

79.2 km/h

27 September 2007

Hottest feels-like

42.7 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-5.9 °C

9 July 2014

Sunniest day

13.5 h

13 December 1944

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.7 °C15 October 2025	0.3 °C5 July 2025	19.5 °C	853 mm	95	0
2024	41.3 °C7 December 2024	-1.2 °C9 July 2024	21.6 °C	266 mm	165	2
2023	38.9 °C8 October 2023	1.3 °C31 July 2023	20.7 °C	355 mm	144	0
2022	37.9 °C4 October 2022	1.2 °C16 June 2022	19.8 °C	491 mm	99	0
2021	38.1 °C16 November 2021	0.7 °C26 July 2021	19.9 °C	597 mm	112	0
2020	36.8 °C19 October 2020	1.0 °C13 June 2020	20.1 °C	377 mm	114	0
2019	38.6 °C3 March 2019	1.0 °C3 July 2019	21.8 °C	344 mm	172	0
2018	38.7 °C26 December 2018	1.9 °C3 July 2018	20.9 °C	313 mm	149	0
2017	37.7 °C7 November 2017	2.8 °C9 June 2017	20.2 °C	561 mm	103	0
2016	42.3 °C7 January 2016	0.3 °C28 July 2016	21.8 °C	395 mm	169	0
2015	40.4 °C11 November 2015	1.6 °C18 July 2015	22.2 °C	193 mm	186	0
2014	37.1 °C10 January 2014	-1.1 °C9 July 2014	20.1 °C	472 mm	107	2
2013	37.7 °C10 November 2013	3.3 °C13 August 2013	20.9 °C	261 mm	153	0
2012	37.7 °C20 November 2012	0.9 °C12 June 2012	20.6 °C	304 mm	142	0
2011	38.9 °C24 October 2011	0.8 °C25 June 2011	19.5 °C	479 mm	79	0
2010	37.1 °C10 October 2010	-0.5 °C17 June 2010	20.2 °C	411 mm	119	2
2009	36.9 °C18 December 2009	0.7 °C27 June 2009	19.3 °C	598 mm	87	0
2008	37.0 °C1 November 2008	1.3 °C11 July 2008	19.8 °C	435 mm	95	0
2007	36.9 °C22 February 2007	-1.4 °C24 May 2007	20.3 °C	325 mm	132	2
2006	37.3 °C25 October 2006	1.5 °C25 May 2006	19.3 °C	610 mm	70	0
2005	39.0 °C4 November 2005	2.9 °C11 July 2005	21.1 °C	320 mm	148	0
2004	36.5 °C10 November 2004	1.3 °C29 July 2004	19.9 °C	437 mm	107	0
2003	38.6 °C15 January 2003	1.6 °C8 July 2003	20.9 °C	286 mm	166	0
2002	38.2 °C19 October 2002	1.0 °C22 July 2002	20.4 °C	308 mm	149	0
2001	37.6 °C11 January 2001	1.1 °C20 July 2001	19.5 °C	733 mm	99	0
2000	35.4 °C19 October 2000	-1.2 °C21 July 2000	18.9 °C	672 mm	71	1
1999	37.1 °C1 March 1999	3.1 °C20 June 1999	20.2 °C	385 mm	105	0
1998	36.9 °C15 November 1998	-0.1 °C5 July 1998	20.2 °C	465 mm	138	1
1997	37.8 °C7 November 1997	0.8 °C30 June 1997	19.4 °C	558 mm	106	0
1996	36.6 °C3 November 1996	-1.2 °C8 July 1996	19.4 °C	436 mm	93	1
1995	38.6 °C11 October 1995	1.1 °C19 July 1995	20.6 °C	574 mm	134	0
1994	37.2 °C22 December 1994	0.1 °C20 June 1994	19.6 °C	292 mm	103	0
1993	37.2 °C19 January 1993	1.9 °C21 June 1993	20.6 °C	367 mm	105	0
1992	39.0 °C19 January 1992	1.5 °C24 June 1992	21.2 °C	250 mm	165	0
1991	36.5 °C8 October 1991	0.3 °C28 July 1991	19.4 °C	586 mm	85	0
1990	37.9 °C13 November 1990	1.6 °C1 July 1990	20.1 °C	385 mm	127	0
1989	36.4 °C19 October 1989	-0.4 °C20 July 1989	19.5 °C	434 mm	89	2
1988	36.8 °C16 January 1988	-0.3 °C10 June 1988	19.4 °C	654 mm	83	1
1987	39.0 °C20 November 1987	2.2 °C22 July 1987	21.0 °C	417 mm	143	0
1986	35.7 °C16 December 1986	3.6 °C25 July 1986	20.6 °C	387 mm	125	0
1985	37.4 °C11 December 1985	0.7 °C13 July 1985	21.0 °C	398 mm	138	0
1984	38.1 °C29 December 1984	0.9 °C22 June 1984	20.5 °C	273 mm	141	0
1983	38.2 °C22 February 1983	1.4 °C27 June 1983	20.7 °C	406 mm	149	0
1982	38.1 °C28 December 1982	0.2 °C16 June 1982	19.9 °C	472 mm	120	0
1981	38.2 °C6 November 1981	0.3 °C17 June 1981	18.7 °C	616 mm	77	0
1980	37.9 °C2 January 1980	0.1 °C23 June 1980	19.0 °C	458 mm	89	0
1979	38.2 °C7 January 1979	0.4 °C13 June 1979	19.9 °C	391 mm	145	0
1978	36.3 °C29 September 1978	-1.6 °C20 June 1978	19.1 °C	488 mm	66	2
1977	36.0 °C18 November 1977	2.1 °C27 June 1977	19.3 °C	595 mm	89	0
1976	34.6 °C18 December 1976	0.0 °C21 June 1976	18.2 °C	642 mm	46	0
1975	35.9 °C16 October 1975	1.7 °C24 July 1975	18.8 °C	550 mm	80	0
1974	35.6 °C5 November 1974	1.4 °C2 August 1974	18.7 °C	485 mm	50	0
1973	39.1 °C19 January 1973	2.6 °C10 July 1973	19.9 °C	498 mm	114	0
1972	38.3 °C22 December 1972	-0.6 °C2 August 1972	19.8 °C	446 mm	112	1
1971	35.5 °C25 December 1971	1.1 °C18 July 1971	19.3 °C	517 mm	85	0
1970	38.0 °C11 January 1970	0.1 °C23 July 1970	20.6 °C	471 mm	135	0
1969	39.7 °C15 January 1969	0.6 °C20 July 1969	20.1 °C	374 mm	109	0
1968	37.6 °C4 January 1968	-1.7 °C15 June 1968	19.3 °C	464 mm	112	3
1967	36.2 °C10 December 1967	-0.1 °C12 June 1967	18.7 °C	679 mm	78	1
1966	37.4 °C2 January 1966	3.5 °C8 August 1966	20.0 °C	529 mm	104	0
1965	38.2 °C29 October 1965	1.4 °C24 June 1965	20.1 °C	184 mm	130	0
1964	37.3 °C23 February 1964	-0.4 °C25 June 1964	19.8 °C	344 mm	134	1
1963	35.8 °C30 December 1963	1.1 °C24 July 1963	19.5 °C	399 mm	110	0
1962	37.7 °C16 October 1962	2.3 °C15 June 1962	20.0 °C	685 mm	131	0
1961	37.4 °C25 December 1961	4.0 °C6 August 1961	19.6 °C	521 mm	101	0
1960	37.4 °C8 October 1960	1.7 °C20 July 1960	19.5 °C	517 mm	117	0
1959	37.2 °C18 October 1959	3.1 °C18 July 1959	19.4 °C	454 mm	102	0
1958	37.5 °C23 November 1958	2.4 °C17 June 1958	19.6 °C	794 mm	77	0
1957	37.0 °C22 December 1957	1.1 °C20 June 1957	19.5 °C	633 mm	84	0
1956	37.7 °C2 February 1956	0.8 °C10 June 1956	19.8 °C	467 mm	93	0
1955	35.1 °C10 January 1955	-0.8 °C29 June 1955	18.3 °C	736 mm	58	1
1954	38.3 °C25 October 1954	0.5 °C18 July 1954	21.0 °C	140 mm	188	0
1953	38.4 °C30 October 1953	-0.4 °C30 July 1953	19.9 °C	522 mm	101	1
1952	38.4 °C19 November 1952	2.9 °C27 July 1952	20.4 °C	469 mm	119	0
1951	39.2 °C21 December 1951	1.1 °C16 July 1951	20.0 °C	640 mm	102	0
1950	36.8 °C30 December 1950	2.7 °C1 August 1950	19.7 °C	575 mm	98	0
1949	40.0 °C9 January 1949	3.9 °C12 July 1949	20.6 °C	306 mm	144	0
1948	38.2 °C30 December 1948	2.7 °C3 June 1948	19.5 °C	567 mm	101	0
1947	38.4 °C9 October 1947	1.6 °C13 July 1947	19.6 °C	631 mm	89	0
1946	38.2 °C29 October 1946	3.2 °C19 June 1946	20.1 °C	470 mm	119	0
1945	37.0 °C4 October 1945	1.3 °C9 July 1945	20.1 °C	433 mm	91	0
1944	38.2 °C26 September 1944	1.8 °C9 July 1944	19.7 °C	674 mm	73	0
1943	36.6 °C13 February 1943	2.0 °C6 August 1943	19.4 °C	639 mm	68	0
1942	36.2 °C24 October 1942	0.1 °C21 July 1942	19.7 °C	526 mm	93	0
1941	38.3 °C24 January 1941	2.7 °C29 June 1941	21.0 °C	321 mm	152	0
1940	37.7 °C6 November 1940	1.7 °C13 July 1940	20.9 °C	337 mm	147	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.4 °C

-0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

-18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

853 mm

+384 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.8 °C	-1.6 °C	145 mm	+60 mm
Feb	28.0 °C	-1.6 °C	346 mm	+263 mm
Mar	27.6 °C	-0.9 °C	22 mm	-34 mm
Apr	24.4 °C	-2.0 °C	106 mm	+70 mm
May	22.4 °C	-1.5 °C	11 mm	-1 mm
Jun	21.2 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Jul	21.6 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+2.0 °C	2 mm	-7 mm
Oct	30.7 °C	+0.2 °C	20 mm	-14 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	-2.8 °C	98 mm	+38 mm
Dec	28.2 °C	-2.2 °C	102 mm	+19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.7 °C

15 Oct 2025

Coldest day

0.3 °C

5 Jul 2025

Wettest day

79.3 mm

16 Feb 2025

Windiest day

29.4 km/h

21 May 2025

Strongest gust

53.6 km/h

9 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.0 °C

1 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.6 °C

5 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

9 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Molepolole?

Molepolole has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 469 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Molepolole?

The hottest day measured in Molepolole between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 42.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Molepolole?

The coldest day measured in Molepolole between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -1.7 °C.

Does it snow in Molepolole?

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

Has the climate of Molepolole warmed?

Yes: Molepolole warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Molepolole?

The wettest day measured in Molepolole between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1956, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Molepolole?

The windiest day measured in Molepolole between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1996, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Molepolole?

The warmest month in Molepolole is January (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Molepolole?

Molepolole receives on average 469 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Molepolole?

Molepolole gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Molepolole?

Yes: Molepolole has on average 46 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Molepolole?

In Molepolole, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -5.9 °C on 9 July 2014.

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