Tutume climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tutume?

Tutume has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 496 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tutume between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2011, reaching 41.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tutume?

The coldest day measured in Tutume between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -0.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tutume?

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

Q: Has the climate of Tutume warmed?

Yes: Tutume warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tutume?

The wettest day measured in Tutume between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1996, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tutume?

The windiest day measured in Tutume between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1961, with winds reaching 41.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tutume?

The warmest month in Tutume is October (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tutume?

Tutume receives on average 496 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tutume?

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

Tutume (Botswana) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 496 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Tutume averages 0 frost days, 133 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.

Tutume has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 24 October 2011) and the coldest -0.4 °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

TutumeCentral District

coords: -20.49°, 27.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.7°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

15.9°C

Annual rainfall

496mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

50%

Average peak wind

18.6km/h

Seasonal range

9.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

133 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

73 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.2 °C

Average feels-like low

14.2 °C

Average peak gust

37.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

67 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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

41.0 °C

24 October 2011

Coldest day

-0.4 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

109 mm

27 January 1996

Windiest day

41.8 km/h

1 January 1961

Strongest gust

76.7 km/h

4 March 2006

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

17 November 2005

Coldest feels-like

-4.8 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.1 h

12 December 2019

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.2 °C26 October 2025	4.3 °C10 June 2025	21.8 °C	793 mm	109	0
2024	39.8 °C6 December 2024	5.0 °C5 June 2024	23.6 °C	351 mm	222	0
2023	40.3 °C25 October 2023	3.4 °C11 July 2023	23.3 °C	373 mm	202	0
2022	38.4 °C4 October 2022	5.1 °C23 May 2022	22.0 °C	477 mm	143	0
2021	38.3 °C2 November 2021	5.2 °C27 July 2021	21.8 °C	510 mm	138	0
2020	38.6 °C8 November 2020	4.8 °C13 June 2020	22.1 °C	541 mm	168	0
2019	40.4 °C28 October 2019	5.7 °C7 July 2019	23.3 °C	351 mm	210	0
2018	38.0 °C18 November 2018	4.5 °C7 June 2018	22.4 °C	526 mm	146	0
2017	38.3 °C19 October 2017	5.3 °C24 August 2017	21.5 °C	692 mm	109	0
2016	40.6 °C7 January 2016	6.2 °C22 July 2016	22.9 °C	517 mm	171	0
2015	39.5 °C14 November 2015	5.7 °C16 June 2015	23.1 °C	255 mm	193	0
2014	37.1 °C31 October 2014	2.6 °C7 June 2014	21.7 °C	562 mm	124	0
2013	37.9 °C13 October 2013	7.1 °C25 June 2013	22.4 °C	483 mm	163	0
2012	38.4 °C19 October 2012	2.1 °C11 August 2012	22.5 °C	366 mm	174	0
2011	41.0 °C24 October 2011	1.9 °C27 June 2011	22.0 °C	474 mm	153	0
2010	39.6 °C12 October 2010	3.8 °C16 June 2010	22.3 °C	488 mm	153	0
2009	37.6 °C18 December 2009	5.1 °C25 June 2009	21.5 °C	528 mm	128	0
2008	39.1 °C3 October 2008	4.6 °C2 July 2008	22.0 °C	538 mm	147	0
2007	38.4 °C18 March 2007	3.8 °C23 May 2007	22.2 °C	436 mm	183	0
2006	37.3 °C25 October 2006	3.2 °C23 May 2006	21.5 °C	572 mm	113	0
2005	39.8 °C17 November 2005	6.5 °C5 July 2005	23.1 °C	452 mm	192	0
2004	38.7 °C30 October 2004	4.4 °C30 July 2004	21.7 °C	515 mm	135	0
2003	38.7 °C16 October 2003	5.6 °C8 July 2003	22.9 °C	393 mm	202	0
2002	38.5 °C19 October 2002	5.8 °C24 June 2002	22.8 °C	255 mm	204	0
2001	38.1 °C10 January 2001	3.6 °C22 July 2001	21.5 °C	627 mm	136	0
2000	36.8 °C6 October 2000	3.9 °C19 July 2000	20.8 °C	698 mm	93	0
1999	39.2 °C5 November 1999	6.1 °C15 June 1999	21.7 °C	438 mm	126	0
1998	37.6 °C3 November 1998	6.9 °C2 July 1998	22.1 °C	514 mm	161	0
1997	39.4 °C9 November 1997	4.7 °C1 July 1997	21.5 °C	531 mm	122	0
1996	37.2 °C3 November 1996	3.8 °C10 July 1996	21.2 °C	729 mm	109	0
1995	38.7 °C10 October 1995	5.0 °C18 July 1995	22.7 °C	405 mm	170	0
1994	37.7 °C13 November 1994	0.6 °C1 July 1994	21.8 °C	356 mm	162	0
1993	37.2 °C31 October 1993	5.4 °C13 June 1993	22.1 °C	484 mm	143	0
1992	38.8 °C25 February 1992	4.5 °C5 July 1992	22.8 °C	333 mm	195	0
1991	36.5 °C9 October 1991	5.2 °C10 July 1991	21.6 °C	483 mm	131	0
1990	38.2 °C14 November 1990	7.1 °C4 July 1990	22.1 °C	438 mm	141	0
1989	36.4 °C2 November 1989	3.0 °C20 July 1989	21.8 °C	354 mm	134	0
1988	37.3 °C26 December 1988	3.8 °C11 July 1988	21.5 °C	519 mm	124	0
1987	38.4 °C19 November 1987	2.8 °C22 July 1987	22.8 °C	340 mm	188	0
1986	35.5 °C25 September 1986	5.9 °C10 July 1986	21.6 °C	477 mm	136	0
1985	35.4 °C10 November 1985	3.3 °C13 July 1985	21.5 °C	553 mm	113	0
1984	37.1 °C29 December 1984	4.6 °C23 July 1984	22.0 °C	433 mm	167	0
1983	39.1 °C12 January 1983	6.0 °C28 July 1983	22.5 °C	396 mm	175	0
1982	37.1 °C29 March 1982	5.5 °C15 July 1982	22.4 °C	293 mm	171	0
1981	37.7 °C8 November 1981	3.0 °C10 June 1981	20.5 °C	514 mm	108	0
1980	36.0 °C17 October 1980	3.8 °C30 June 1980	21.4 °C	363 mm	140	0
1979	36.6 °C2 October 1979	5.3 °C13 June 1979	21.4 °C	356 mm	145	0
1978	36.4 °C30 September 1978	2.7 °C17 June 1978	20.4 °C	792 mm	67	0
1977	36.6 °C19 November 1977	5.5 °C9 July 1977	21.4 °C	687 mm	115	0
1976	36.0 °C25 October 1976	4.7 °C5 August 1976	20.3 °C	548 mm	71	0
1975	37.3 °C5 November 1975	1.4 °C26 July 1975	20.5 °C	536 mm	81	0
1974	36.6 °C16 October 1974	5.0 °C18 May 1974	20.3 °C	676 mm	60	0
1973	37.4 °C23 January 1973	6.0 °C5 July 1973	21.5 °C	409 mm	135	0
1972	37.0 °C20 October 1972	4.9 °C2 August 1972	21.2 °C	478 mm	128	0
1971	35.8 °C4 October 1971	6.7 °C13 June 1971	21.7 °C	389 mm	130	0
1970	35.5 °C1 March 1970	6.9 °C5 July 1970	22.4 °C	418 mm	170	0
1969	35.8 °C12 October 1969	4.7 °C19 June 1969	20.8 °C	790 mm	91	0
1968	38.1 °C17 October 1968	-0.4 °C15 June 1968	21.5 °C	443 mm	130	1
1967	36.1 °C23 October 1967	4.4 °C16 July 1967	20.9 °C	453 mm	92	0
1966	38.2 °C6 January 1966	5.6 °C23 August 1966	21.2 °C	675 mm	98	0
1965	36.7 °C3 March 1965	3.8 °C19 June 1965	21.7 °C	186 mm	156	0
1964	36.0 °C15 November 1964	1.1 °C19 June 1964	21.2 °C	357 mm	138	0
1963	35.6 °C6 October 1963	3.8 °C13 July 1963	20.8 °C	426 mm	93	0
1962	38.1 °C18 October 1962	5.5 °C28 August 1962	21.7 °C	552 mm	128	0
1961	38.8 °C25 October 1961	7.9 °C23 August 1961	21.6 °C	519 mm	120	0
1960	36.9 °C10 October 1960	6.6 °C23 July 1960	21.8 °C	327 mm	157	0
1959	36.6 °C18 October 1959	8.2 °C3 July 1959	21.1 °C	348 mm	91	0
1958	35.7 °C5 October 1958	5.4 °C16 June 1958	20.6 °C	1,024 mm	70	0
1957	35.6 °C22 October 1957	7.8 °C21 June 1957	21.3 °C	628 mm	75	0
1956	34.5 °C24 October 1956	6.1 °C12 June 1956	20.7 °C	481 mm	56	0
1955	38.0 °C13 November 1955	6.6 °C12 August 1955	20.3 °C	813 mm	66	0
1954	38.6 °C26 October 1954	4.8 °C22 July 1954	22.4 °C	244 mm	186	0
1953	38.3 °C31 October 1953	3.7 °C29 June 1953	20.8 °C	756 mm	65	0
1952	37.1 °C19 November 1952	6.0 °C18 July 1952	21.8 °C	459 mm	131	0
1951	38.2 °C9 October 1951	5.8 °C16 July 1951	22.7 °C	373 mm	171	0
1950	37.8 °C24 October 1950	6.6 °C8 July 1950	21.4 °C	472 mm	102	0
1949	36.3 °C31 October 1949	6.9 °C12 July 1949	21.7 °C	425 mm	147	0
1948	36.4 °C24 October 1948	6.2 °C14 June 1948	20.4 °C	918 mm	77	0
1947	38.3 °C9 October 1947	5.6 °C17 July 1947	21.5 °C	600 mm	91	0
1946	37.8 °C23 October 1946	5.8 °C7 July 1946	21.4 °C	473 mm	104	0
1945	36.9 °C5 October 1945	5.3 °C28 June 1945	21.5 °C	509 mm	92	0
1944	38.8 °C27 September 1944	6.2 °C14 July 1944	21.6 °C	595 mm	101	0
1943	36.6 °C5 October 1943	4.5 °C28 June 1943	21.1 °C	546 mm	89	0
1942	36.9 °C23 October 1942	5.8 °C21 July 1942	21.5 °C	473 mm	97	0
1941	38.5 °C15 October 1941	6.6 °C6 July 1941	22.2 °C	365 mm	142	0
1940	37.4 °C6 November 1940	5.4 °C10 July 1940	22.1 °C	442 mm	141	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.4 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

109 d/yr

-24

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

793 mm

+297 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.8 °C	-1.6 °C	210 mm	+96 mm
Feb	28.9 °C	-0.4 °C	230 mm	+139 mm
Mar	28.7 °C	-0.7 °C	17 mm	-34 mm
Apr	27.8 °C	-0.5 °C	12 mm	-7 mm
May	25.1 °C	-1.1 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
Jun	24.2 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Jul	24.6 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	29.1 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	33.9 °C	+3.2 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Oct	33.9 °C	+1.2 °C	7 mm	-14 mm
Nov	28.9 °C	-2.3 °C	123 mm	+53 mm
Dec	28.4 °C	-1.4 °C	194 mm	+74 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.2 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

4.3 °C

10 Jun 2025

Wettest day

29.2 mm

21 Dec 2025

Windiest day

33.5 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

61.9 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.9 °C

1 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.3 °C

10 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

5 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tutume?

Tutume has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 496 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tutume?

The hottest day measured in Tutume between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2011, reaching 41.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tutume?

The coldest day measured in Tutume between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -0.4 °C.

Does it snow in Tutume?

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

Has the climate of Tutume warmed?

Yes: Tutume warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tutume?

The wettest day measured in Tutume between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1996, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tutume?

The windiest day measured in Tutume between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1961, with winds reaching 41.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tutume?

The warmest month in Tutume is October (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Tutume?

Tutume receives on average 496 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tutume?

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

Are there tropical nights in Tutume?

Yes: Tutume has on average 67 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tutume?

In Tutume, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 17 November 2005, and the lowest was -4.8 °C on 15 June 1968.

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