Serowe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Serowe?

Serowe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 420 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Serowe between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1949, reaching 40.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Serowe?

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

Q: Does it snow in Serowe?

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

Q: Has the climate of Serowe warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Serowe?

The wettest day measured in Serowe between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 2013, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Serowe?

The windiest day measured in Serowe between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2024, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Serowe?

The warmest month in Serowe is January (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Serowe?

Serowe receives on average 420 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Serowe?

Serowe gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Serowe (Botswana) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 420 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Serowe averages 0 frost days, 113 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 66 rainy days per year.

Serowe has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 14 January 1949) 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

SeroweCentral District

coords: -22.39°, 26.71°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

27.3°C

Average daily low

14.4°C

Annual rainfall

420mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

54%

Average peak wind

17.9km/h

Seasonal range

10.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

113 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

66 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.8 °C

Average feels-like low

12.9 °C

Average peak gust

36.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

47 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.11 · p = 0.002

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

40.8 °C

14 January 1949

Coldest day

-1.7 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

137 mm

20 January 2013

Windiest day

40.8 km/h

27 October 2024

Strongest gust

79.9 km/h

1 August 2006

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-6.2 °C

21 July 1942

Sunniest day

13.4 h

13 December 1944

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.3 °C26 October 2025	0.5 °C30 July 2025	19.8 °C	773 mm	89	0
2024	40.0 °C13 December 2024	-0.5 °C5 June 2024	21.9 °C	247 mm	166	2
2023	39.7 °C25 October 2023	2.9 °C11 July 2023	21.6 °C	299 mm	176	0
2022	38.9 °C4 October 2022	2.4 °C16 June 2022	20.4 °C	385 mm	122	0
2021	39.1 °C16 October 2021	0.8 °C21 July 2021	20.2 °C	502 mm	105	0
2020	38.7 °C8 November 2020	0.2 °C13 June 2020	20.3 °C	519 mm	116	0
2019	39.0 °C21 October 2019	2.6 °C23 July 2019	21.8 °C	301 mm	169	0
2018	38.4 °C19 September 2018	2.4 °C7 June 2018	21.2 °C	343 mm	137	0
2017	38.4 °C16 October 2017	3.3 °C9 June 2017	20.3 °C	491 mm	91	0
2016	40.3 °C7 January 2016	-0.3 °C28 July 2016	21.6 °C	388 mm	152	1
2015	40.2 °C11 November 2015	0.9 °C18 June 2015	21.9 °C	220 mm	176	0
2014	37.3 °C9 October 2014	-0.7 °C7 June 2014	19.8 °C	696 mm	89	1
2013	37.9 °C15 November 2013	3.3 °C27 July 2013	20.7 °C	503 mm	122	0
2012	37.5 °C5 March 2012	0.5 °C11 June 2012	21.2 °C	289 mm	160	0
2011	40.1 °C25 October 2011	0.6 °C28 June 2011	20.3 °C	360 mm	112	0
2010	38.9 °C12 October 2010	-1.0 °C13 July 2010	21.0 °C	362 mm	138	1
2009	37.0 °C18 December 2009	2.0 °C27 June 2009	19.8 °C	507 mm	98	0
2008	39.4 °C3 November 2008	2.8 °C2 July 2008	20.5 °C	326 mm	120	0
2007	37.4 °C4 March 2007	-0.3 °C24 May 2007	20.3 °C	397 mm	130	2
2006	37.8 °C25 October 2006	1.4 °C23 May 2006	20.0 °C	399 mm	85	0
2005	39.1 °C16 November 2005	4.0 °C12 July 2005	21.9 °C	259 mm	160	0
2004	37.2 °C15 January 2004	2.0 °C16 July 2004	20.5 °C	359 mm	114	0
2003	39.3 °C14 January 2003	3.3 °C9 July 2003	21.7 °C	315 mm	193	0
2002	39.0 °C19 October 2002	2.9 °C11 July 2002	21.0 °C	198 mm	156	0
2001	37.9 °C24 September 2001	1.8 °C23 July 2001	20.0 °C	533 mm	110	0
2000	35.3 °C10 October 2000	-0.7 °C17 July 2000	19.1 °C	684 mm	73	1
1999	37.8 °C5 November 1999	4.1 °C28 June 1999	20.6 °C	295 mm	108	0
1998	37.5 °C3 November 1998	1.1 °C5 July 1998	20.7 °C	411 mm	138	0
1997	39.2 °C9 November 1997	1.6 °C1 July 1997	19.9 °C	415 mm	87	0
1996	36.5 °C3 November 1996	0.2 °C8 July 1996	19.6 °C	641 mm	84	0
1995	38.9 °C27 January 1995	1.5 °C7 August 1995	20.9 °C	617 mm	117	0
1994	37.4 °C14 November 1994	0.1 °C1 July 1994	20.3 °C	255 mm	120	0
1993	37.9 °C31 October 1993	2.3 °C13 June 1993	21.1 °C	302 mm	129	0
1992	40.4 °C26 February 1992	2.6 °C14 August 1992	21.9 °C	224 mm	182	0
1991	36.3 °C9 October 1991	2.4 °C8 July 1991	20.4 °C	372 mm	115	0
1990	38.8 °C14 November 1990	3.1 °C16 August 1990	20.8 °C	288 mm	112	0
1989	37.2 °C20 December 1989	1.2 °C19 July 1989	20.3 °C	280 mm	95	0
1988	36.1 °C25 December 1988	1.8 °C9 June 1988	19.9 °C	561 mm	91	0
1987	37.1 °C20 February 1987	0.8 °C22 July 1987	21.5 °C	343 mm	152	0
1986	36.2 °C14 January 1986	4.1 °C10 July 1986	20.9 °C	330 mm	127	0
1985	37.1 °C11 December 1985	2.4 °C13 July 1985	20.6 °C	375 mm	101	0
1984	38.6 °C30 January 1984	2.7 °C23 July 1984	21.0 °C	305 mm	143	0
1983	38.5 °C12 January 1983	3.5 °C26 June 1983	21.6 °C	299 mm	151	0
1982	36.4 °C28 December 1982	2.3 °C16 June 1982	20.6 °C	292 mm	131	0
1981	39.4 °C8 November 1981	0.8 °C10 June 1981	19.3 °C	515 mm	88	0
1980	38.4 °C2 January 1980	0.3 °C23 June 1980	19.6 °C	434 mm	88	0
1979	37.7 °C30 November 1979	0.3 °C25 July 1979	20.2 °C	312 mm	141	0
1978	37.2 °C29 September 1978	2.0 °C11 July 1978	19.3 °C	582 mm	60	0
1977	37.0 °C3 November 1977	2.6 °C5 July 1977	20.0 °C	586 mm	96	0
1976	35.2 °C24 October 1976	1.4 °C21 June 1976	19.3 °C	394 mm	75	0
1975	36.5 °C16 October 1975	1.2 °C26 July 1975	19.3 °C	511 mm	76	0
1974	36.8 °C17 October 1974	3.4 °C27 July 1974	19.0 °C	471 mm	42	0
1973	37.1 °C7 October 1973	3.3 °C11 July 1973	20.2 °C	438 mm	118	0
1972	37.3 °C3 December 1972	0.6 °C2 August 1972	19.9 °C	458 mm	106	0
1971	35.5 °C23 October 1971	2.6 °C18 July 1971	20.1 °C	431 mm	101	0
1970	37.5 °C12 January 1970	4.3 °C6 July 1970	21.4 °C	337 mm	149	0
1969	37.5 °C14 January 1969	2.0 °C18 June 1969	20.1 °C	515 mm	104	0
1968	38.3 °C4 January 1968	-1.7 °C15 June 1968	20.0 °C	376 mm	130	3
1967	36.3 °C16 November 1967	1.6 °C7 June 1967	19.2 °C	417 mm	70	0
1966	37.6 °C5 January 1966	3.8 °C22 May 1966	20.3 °C	451 mm	104	0
1965	37.3 °C28 October 1965	1.4 °C24 June 1965	20.2 °C	142 mm	116	0
1964	36.4 °C9 February 1964	-0.6 °C21 June 1964	20.1 °C	324 mm	121	1
1963	36.1 °C23 January 1963	2.1 °C12 July 1963	19.7 °C	359 mm	104	0
1962	37.9 °C16 October 1962	3.6 °C29 August 1962	20.3 °C	587 mm	111	0
1961	38.3 °C24 October 1961	4.5 °C8 July 1961	20.0 °C	400 mm	102	0
1960	37.0 °C10 October 1960	2.4 °C20 July 1960	20.0 °C	497 mm	118	0
1959	37.1 °C17 October 1959	2.8 °C17 May 1959	19.8 °C	282 mm	96	0
1958	36.7 °C20 November 1958	3.5 °C16 June 1958	19.8 °C	823 mm	83	0
1957	35.3 °C21 December 1957	3.5 °C20 June 1957	20.1 °C	531 mm	75	0
1956	35.2 °C8 October 1956	2.3 °C12 June 1956	20.0 °C	416 mm	88	0
1955	35.6 °C13 November 1955	0.9 °C29 June 1955	18.7 °C	705 mm	47	0
1954	39.1 °C25 October 1954	1.2 °C22 July 1954	21.3 °C	161 mm	182	0
1953	38.0 °C30 October 1953	1.9 °C30 July 1953	19.9 °C	544 mm	82	0
1952	38.1 °C19 November 1952	3.2 °C5 July 1952	20.7 °C	355 mm	124	0
1951	38.9 °C21 December 1951	2.8 °C14 July 1951	20.9 °C	460 mm	127	0
1950	37.5 °C23 October 1950	4.9 °C30 July 1950	20.4 °C	345 mm	105	0
1949	40.8 °C14 January 1949	3.5 °C19 July 1949	20.3 °C	400 mm	114	0
1948	35.8 °C2 October 1948	4.1 °C23 July 1948	19.7 °C	589 mm	81	0
1947	37.7 °C8 October 1947	2.3 °C17 July 1947	20.0 °C	602 mm	74	0
1946	38.7 °C23 October 1946	3.4 °C10 July 1946	20.3 °C	429 mm	106	0
1945	37.6 °C5 October 1945	2.5 °C29 June 1945	20.1 °C	489 mm	71	0
1944	39.2 °C26 September 1944	5.1 °C26 July 1944	20.3 °C	612 mm	80	0
1943	36.8 °C13 October 1943	3.7 °C7 August 1943	19.6 °C	438 mm	63	0
1942	36.3 °C23 October 1942	-0.9 °C21 July 1942	20.0 °C	524 mm	79	1
1941	38.7 °C15 October 1941	3.3 °C22 June 1941	21.3 °C	326 mm	138	0
1940	37.9 °C6 November 1940	2.1 °C17 July 1940	21.3 °C	269 mm	144	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.8 °C

-0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

-24

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

773 mm

+353 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.8 °C	-2.0 °C	240 mm	+154 mm
Feb	27.5 °C	-1.8 °C	232 mm	+159 mm
Mar	27.9 °C	-0.7 °C	5 mm	-41 mm
Apr	26.3 °C	-0.6 °C	31 mm	+6 mm
May	23.2 °C	-1.5 °C	12 mm	+6 mm
Jun	22.2 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Jul	22.5 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Aug	27.4 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.3 °C	+2.5 °C	3 mm	-4 mm
Oct	30.5 °C	-0.3 °C	5 mm	-19 mm
Nov	26.8 °C	-3.3 °C	119 mm	+59 mm
Dec	27.6 °C	-2.1 °C	124 mm	+38 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.3 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

0.5 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

40.9 mm

16 Nov 2025

Windiest day

32.5 km/h

17 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

17 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.2 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.7 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

6 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Serowe?

Serowe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 420 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Serowe?

The hottest day measured in Serowe between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1949, reaching 40.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Serowe?

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

Does it snow in Serowe?

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

Has the climate of Serowe warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Serowe?

The wettest day measured in Serowe between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 2013, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Serowe?

The windiest day measured in Serowe between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2024, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Serowe?

The warmest month in Serowe is January (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Serowe?

Serowe receives on average 420 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Serowe?

Serowe gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Serowe?

Yes: Serowe has on average 47 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Serowe?

In Serowe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -6.2 °C on 21 July 1942.

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