Nouna climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nouna?

Nouna has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.4 °C and it receives 670 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Nouna between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2019, reaching 45.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nouna?

The coldest day measured in Nouna between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1963, at 10.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nouna?

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

Q: Has the climate of Nouna warmed?

Yes: Nouna warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nouna?

The wettest day measured in Nouna between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2004, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nouna?

The windiest day measured in Nouna between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1946, with winds reaching 34.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nouna?

The warmest month in Nouna is April (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nouna?

Nouna receives on average 670 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nouna?

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

Nouna (Burkina Faso) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.4 °C and it receives 670 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 April (32.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Nouna averages 0 frost days, 326 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.

Nouna has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.0 °C (on 6 May 2019) and the coldest 10.4 °C (on 10 January 1963).

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

NounaBoucle du Mouhoun

coords: 12.73°, -3.86°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.4°C

Average daily high

34.7°C

Average daily low

22.6°C

Annual rainfall

670mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

47%

Average peak wind

14.1km/h

Seasonal range

8.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

326 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

95 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

22.9 °C

Average peak gust

31.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

277 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

45.0 °C

6 May 2019

Coldest day

10.4 °C

10 January 1963

Wettest day

108 mm

12 August 2004

Windiest day

34.6 km/h

27 May 1946

Strongest gust

68.0 km/h

27 May 1946

Hottest feels-like

47.9 °C

25 April 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.7 °C

10 January 1963

Sunniest day

12.6 h

12 July 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	43.2 °C25 April 2025	16.6 °C20 January 2025	29.0 °C	635 mm	336
2024	44.7 °C3 April 2024	15.0 °C18 January 2024	29.4 °C	820 mm	343
2023	42.6 °C27 May 2023	14.9 °C27 December 2023	29.5 °C	568 mm	345
2022	43.3 °C9 April 2022	15.0 °C10 January 2022	28.8 °C	640 mm	341
2021	43.1 °C9 April 2021	15.3 °C25 January 2021	29.9 °C	503 mm	343
2020	44.2 °C17 April 2020	14.2 °C4 January 2020	29.3 °C	679 mm	331
2019	45.0 °C6 May 2019	13.5 °C23 January 2019	29.2 °C	615 mm	348
2018	43.0 °C24 April 2018	14.2 °C14 January 2018	29.5 °C	634 mm	346
2017	43.7 °C27 March 2017	14.6 °C14 January 2017	29.3 °C	572 mm	347
2016	44.2 °C13 April 2016	13.2 °C3 February 2016	29.3 °C	526 mm	347
2015	42.8 °C9 April 2015	13.9 °C15 January 2015	29.0 °C	679 mm	335
2014	43.2 °C17 April 2014	14.5 °C29 December 2014	29.2 °C	542 mm	337
2013	43.4 °C20 March 2013	12.4 °C7 January 2013	29.3 °C	548 mm	335
2012	43.6 °C7 May 2012	13.9 °C16 January 2012	29.0 °C	706 mm	335
2011	43.2 °C4 May 2011	14.9 °C19 January 2011	29.5 °C	418 mm	346
2010	43.2 °C12 April 2010	13.8 °C12 December 2010	29.3 °C	767 mm	336
2009	42.6 °C1 May 2009	12.9 °C21 January 2009	29.2 °C	584 mm	334
2008	43.6 °C16 May 2008	12.8 °C25 January 2008	28.7 °C	655 mm	324
2007	43.0 °C4 April 2007	14.6 °C5 January 2007	29.0 °C	568 mm	323
2006	42.0 °C12 April 2006	14.4 °C27 December 2006	29.1 °C	563 mm	347
2005	42.3 °C15 April 2005	14.5 °C15 January 2005	29.3 °C	484 mm	327
2004	42.0 °C8 May 2004	15.6 °C5 March 2004	29.2 °C	524 mm	342
2003	42.9 °C22 April 2003	14.1 °C2 January 2003	29.0 °C	707 mm	319
2002	42.7 °C2 April 2002	14.3 °C28 December 2002	29.2 °C	545 mm	342
2001	42.4 °C10 April 2001	15.2 °C22 January 2001	28.9 °C	617 mm	341
2000	42.8 °C5 May 2000	14.0 °C4 February 2000	28.6 °C	640 mm	332
1999	41.9 °C13 April 1999	14.1 °C7 February 1999	28.2 °C	808 mm	299
1998	43.0 °C8 April 1998	14.3 °C17 January 1998	29.0 °C	666 mm	326
1997	41.0 °C22 May 1997	15.0 °C29 December 1997	28.7 °C	595 mm	343
1996	41.0 °C4 May 1996	14.0 °C1 January 1996	28.8 °C	543 mm	343
1995	42.1 °C13 April 1995	11.9 °C11 January 1995	28.5 °C	612 mm	322
1994	42.9 °C23 April 1994	13.3 °C16 January 1994	28.2 °C	699 mm	318
1993	42.3 °C11 May 1993	13.3 °C11 January 1993	29.0 °C	480 mm	333
1992	42.1 °C26 April 1992	13.5 °C16 January 1992	28.1 °C	654 mm	323
1991	42.4 °C23 April 1991	13.6 °C25 December 1991	28.7 °C	581 mm	326
1990	41.9 °C31 March 1990	15.1 °C25 January 1990	29.1 °C	560 mm	331
1989	42.1 °C9 April 1989	12.6 °C4 January 1989	28.6 °C	669 mm	325
1988	43.0 °C21 April 1988	13.4 °C5 January 1988	28.8 °C	684 mm	315
1987	43.3 °C4 May 1987	14.6 °C10 January 1987	29.4 °C	546 mm	349
1986	43.3 °C16 April 1986	12.8 °C21 January 1986	28.2 °C	765 mm	314
1985	41.9 °C6 May 1985	12.9 °C16 December 1985	28.6 °C	670 mm	302
1984	42.4 °C12 April 1984	13.7 °C23 December 1984	28.8 °C	598 mm	338
1983	43.4 °C8 May 1983	13.4 °C30 January 1983	28.8 °C	559 mm	337
1982	41.5 °C27 March 1982	11.2 °C11 January 1982	28.4 °C	549 mm	337
1981	42.9 °C8 April 1981	13.8 °C7 January 1981	28.5 °C	742 mm	337
1980	43.3 °C23 April 1980	11.4 °C20 December 1980	28.9 °C	684 mm	329
1979	42.1 °C6 May 1979	13.7 °C13 December 1979	28.1 °C	802 mm	333
1978	42.2 °C29 March 1978	15.0 °C14 December 1978	28.3 °C	946 mm	331
1977	42.5 °C17 April 1977	11.4 °C28 December 1977	28.6 °C	513 mm	337
1976	42.1 °C27 April 1976	12.9 °C13 January 1976	27.5 °C	751 mm	323
1975	41.8 °C28 April 1975	12.8 °C20 January 1975	27.6 °C	726 mm	304
1974	41.5 °C24 April 1974	14.0 °C6 December 1974	28.1 °C	615 mm	304
1973	42.8 °C27 April 1973	13.1 °C21 January 1973	29.0 °C	497 mm	334
1972	42.1 °C5 May 1972	13.5 °C3 January 1972	28.2 °C	762 mm	345
1971	42.2 °C19 April 1971	12.2 °C16 January 1971	28.0 °C	835 mm	325
1970	42.6 °C1 May 1970	13.2 °C29 November 1970	28.3 °C	749 mm	336
1969	42.6 °C2 May 1969	13.1 °C29 November 1969	28.5 °C	814 mm	334
1968	41.5 °C20 May 1968	11.4 °C20 January 1968	28.0 °C	773 mm	333
1967	42.3 °C6 June 1967	12.7 °C23 December 1967	27.6 °C	856 mm	305
1966	42.9 °C17 May 1966	10.9 °C3 January 1966	28.0 °C	624 mm	343
1965	41.7 °C5 May 1965	11.2 °C6 December 1965	27.2 °C	727 mm	315
1964	42.2 °C10 March 1964	12.9 °C14 January 1964	27.4 °C	729 mm	311
1963	41.3 °C13 April 1963	10.4 °C10 January 1963	27.4 °C	720 mm	336
1962	40.9 °C8 March 1962	11.3 °C9 February 1962	27.2 °C	801 mm	315
1961	42.5 °C27 April 1961	11.2 °C12 December 1961	27.0 °C	637 mm	326
1960	42.8 °C22 April 1960	11.3 °C28 December 1960	27.5 °C	652 mm	319
1959	42.3 °C15 April 1959	11.4 °C25 January 1959	27.5 °C	641 mm	310
1958	41.8 °C30 March 1958	12.4 °C13 January 1958	28.0 °C	661 mm	314
1957	41.0 °C12 May 1957	11.1 °C13 January 1957	26.7 °C	860 mm	300
1956	42.7 °C29 May 1956	12.0 °C1 January 1956	27.3 °C	892 mm	293
1955	41.2 °C13 April 1955	12.9 °C22 January 1955	27.2 °C	730 mm	304
1954	42.7 °C13 April 1954	12.8 °C1 January 1954	27.5 °C	721 mm	304
1953	41.6 °C30 April 1953	13.3 °C31 December 1953	27.7 °C	672 mm	315
1952	41.7 °C13 May 1952	12.0 °C4 February 1952	27.1 °C	762 mm	302
1951	41.5 °C16 April 1951	12.3 °C11 December 1951	27.1 °C	977 mm	317
1950	41.8 °C9 April 1950	13.6 °C15 January 1950	27.1 °C	815 mm	298
1949	42.7 °C11 May 1949	15.0 °C1 January 1949	28.4 °C	613 mm	326
1948	41.2 °C20 May 1948	11.0 °C17 January 1948	26.9 °C	648 mm	297
1947	42.3 °C1 May 1947	12.7 °C1 January 1947	27.1 °C	992 mm	281
1946	41.6 °C7 May 1946	12.2 °C2 January 1946	27.6 °C	484 mm	321
1945	41.3 °C11 April 1945	12.5 °C31 December 1945	26.9 °C	845 mm	299
1944	42.8 °C24 May 1944	13.9 °C19 December 1944	27.7 °C	980 mm	305
1943	42.2 °C5 May 1943	12.6 °C28 January 1943	26.8 °C	767 mm	272
1942	43.8 °C12 June 1942	13.0 °C27 January 1942	28.0 °C	617 mm	311
1941	43.0 °C13 May 1941	14.2 °C2 January 1941	28.9 °C	517 mm	355
1940	41.5 °C6 May 1940	13.6 °C10 February 1940	28.5 °C	495 mm	355

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.4 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

336 d/yr

+10

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

635 mm

-35 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.5 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	36.2 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	41.0 °C	+2.7 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Apr	40.7 °C	+1.3 °C	4 mm	-9 mm
May	38.6 °C	0.0 °C	8 mm	-26 mm
Jun	35.8 °C	+0.4 °C	63 mm	-10 mm
Jul	31.7 °C	-0.1 °C	213 mm	+50 mm
Aug	30.0 °C	-0.2 °C	165 mm	-48 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	0.0 °C	166 mm	+32 mm
Oct	36.0 °C	+1.3 °C	11 mm	-23 mm
Nov	36.5 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	0 mm
Dec	33.9 °C	+1.0 °C	3 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.2 °C

25 Apr 2025

Coldest day

16.6 °C

20 Jan 2025

Wettest day

65.7 mm

4 Sep 2025

Windiest day

25.9 km/h

14 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

49.3 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.9 °C

25 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.5 °C

20 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

5 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nouna?

Nouna has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.4 °C and it receives 670 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nouna?

The hottest day measured in Nouna between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2019, reaching 45.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nouna?

The coldest day measured in Nouna between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1963, at 10.4 °C.

Does it snow in Nouna?

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

Has the climate of Nouna warmed?

Yes: Nouna warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nouna?

The wettest day measured in Nouna between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2004, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nouna?

The windiest day measured in Nouna between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1946, with winds reaching 34.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nouna?

The warmest month in Nouna is April (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Nouna?

Nouna receives on average 670 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nouna?

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

Are there tropical nights in Nouna?

Yes: Nouna has on average 277 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nouna?

In Nouna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.9 °C on 25 April 2025, and the lowest was 6.7 °C on 10 January 1963.

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