Kekem climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kekem?

Kekem has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 4,100 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kekem between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, reaching 34.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kekem?

The coldest day measured in Kekem between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1954, at 10.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kekem?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kekem warmed?

Yes: Kekem warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kekem?

The wettest day measured in Kekem between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1989, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kekem?

The windiest day measured in Kekem between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2012, with winds reaching 12.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kekem?

The warmest month in Kekem is February (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kekem?

Kekem receives on average 4,100 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 293 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kekem?

Kekem gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kekem (Cameroon) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 4,100 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 February (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kekem averages 0 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 293 rainy days per year.

Kekem has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 21 February 2016) and the coldest 10.3 °C (on 2 August 1954).

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

KekemWest Region

coords: 5.16°, 10.02°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.3°C

Average daily high

25.5°C

Average daily low

16.9°C

Annual rainfall

4,100mm

Sunshine / day

8.2h

Mean relative humidity

87%

Average peak wind

6.2km/h

Seasonal range

2.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

13 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

293 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.2 °C

Average feels-like low

18.7 °C

Average peak gust

29.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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

34.7 °C

21 February 2016

Coldest day

10.3 °C

2 August 1954

Wettest day

140 mm

27 August 1989

Windiest day

12.8 km/h

29 January 2012

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

20 June 1966

Hottest feels-like

37.8 °C

29 February 2016

Coldest feels-like

9.3 °C

4 February 1945

Sunniest day

11.9 h

13 May 1962

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.1 °C13 February 2025	13.2 °C30 January 2025	21.4 °C	3,986 mm	39
2024	33.1 °C12 February 2024	13.0 °C16 January 2024	21.9 °C	3,149 mm	66
2023	32.6 °C3 February 2023	12.9 °C10 January 2023	21.6 °C	3,931 mm	47
2022	33.1 °C26 February 2022	12.7 °C26 January 2022	21.1 °C	3,513 mm	32
2021	32.3 °C5 March 2021	13.6 °C16 January 2021	21.3 °C	3,575 mm	32
2020	33.9 °C11 February 2020	11.0 °C26 January 2020	21.6 °C	3,559 mm	61
2019	32.0 °C17 January 2019	13.5 °C10 February 2019	21.3 °C	4,450 mm	28
2018	34.4 °C31 January 2018	12.2 °C5 January 2018	21.1 °C	4,065 mm	26
2017	33.1 °C23 February 2017	13.2 °C4 January 2017	21.3 °C	4,264 mm	49
2016	34.7 °C21 February 2016	12.7 °C20 December 2016	21.5 °C	3,968 mm	59
2015	31.6 °C30 January 2015	11.6 °C12 January 2015	21.1 °C	4,186 mm	32
2014	32.1 °C24 February 2014	11.7 °C7 January 2014	20.9 °C	4,030 mm	26
2013	31.4 °C13 January 2013	11.7 °C17 December 2013	20.8 °C	4,865 mm	16
2012	31.5 °C29 January 2012	13.0 °C17 January 2012	20.8 °C	3,850 mm	18
2011	31.7 °C23 January 2011	12.4 °C1 January 2011	20.8 °C	3,881 mm	14
2010	32.3 °C31 January 2010	12.2 °C11 December 2010	21.4 °C	3,740 mm	44
2009	30.8 °C18 December 2009	13.5 °C28 December 2009	21.0 °C	4,135 mm	9
2008	33.1 °C22 February 2008	12.5 °C1 February 2008	20.8 °C	3,785 mm	29
2007	32.0 °C8 February 2007	12.4 °C12 January 2007	20.8 °C	4,113 mm	35
2006	30.0 °C10 February 2006	13.0 °C30 December 2006	20.8 °C	3,840 mm	1
2005	31.8 °C19 February 2005	11.7 °C8 January 2005	20.8 °C	4,110 mm	16
2004	32.5 °C11 February 2004	13.3 °C19 February 2004	20.9 °C	4,295 mm	38
2003	31.1 °C8 February 2003	13.1 °C7 January 2003	20.7 °C	3,797 mm	6
2002	31.5 °C23 February 2002	12.7 °C28 January 2002	20.5 °C	4,342 mm	10
2001	31.5 °C24 February 2001	11.5 °C4 January 2001	20.4 °C	4,308 mm	18
2000	33.4 °C13 March 2000	12.4 °C6 February 2000	20.3 °C	4,128 mm	27
1999	29.7 °C10 April 1999	12.4 °C15 December 1999	20.2 °C	4,631 mm	0
1998	32.1 °C22 February 1998	13.0 °C18 February 1998	21.2 °C	3,371 mm	36
1997	32.4 °C5 March 1997	12.1 °C14 February 1997	20.6 °C	4,063 mm	39
1996	29.9 °C20 January 1996	13.5 °C25 December 1996	20.4 °C	4,107 mm	0
1995	30.6 °C28 January 1995	12.7 °C20 February 1995	20.6 °C	3,981 mm	1
1994	30.3 °C2 March 1994	12.3 °C22 February 1994	20.5 °C	4,214 mm	3
1993	30.3 °C5 February 1993	11.6 °C23 January 1993	20.5 °C	4,687 mm	2
1992	31.8 °C8 March 1992	11.9 °C11 January 1992	20.4 °C	4,261 mm	20
1991	29.7 °C12 February 1991	13.3 °C15 December 1991	20.2 °C	4,138 mm	0
1990	32.6 °C27 March 1990	13.2 °C13 February 1990	20.5 °C	4,669 mm	31
1989	31.6 °C1 March 1989	10.7 °C21 January 1989	20.3 °C	4,095 mm	16
1988	31.7 °C26 February 1988	13.5 °C26 December 1988	20.4 °C	4,206 mm	5
1987	30.3 °C28 January 1987	12.6 °C7 January 1987	20.7 °C	4,239 mm	3
1986	29.9 °C1 February 1986	12.0 °C16 January 1986	20.1 °C	4,660 mm	0
1985	31.3 °C5 March 1985	12.1 °C12 February 1985	19.9 °C	4,419 mm	1
1984	30.3 °C16 February 1984	11.1 °C16 December 1984	20.1 °C	4,313 mm	3
1983	33.3 °C21 March 1983	11.4 °C9 January 1983	20.6 °C	4,382 mm	27
1982	29.9 °C10 March 1982	12.2 °C30 December 1982	20.1 °C	4,681 mm	0
1981	29.8 °C15 February 1981	12.2 °C10 February 1981	20.1 °C	4,110 mm	0
1980	30.0 °C19 February 1980	12.5 °C11 January 1980	20.2 °C	4,784 mm	1
1979	30.6 °C3 March 1979	12.5 °C9 December 1979	20.2 °C	4,321 mm	1
1978	29.4 °C17 March 1978	12.0 °C12 January 1978	20.0 °C	4,092 mm	0
1977	30.5 °C6 March 1977	12.9 °C29 January 1977	20.1 °C	3,527 mm	2
1976	28.8 °C15 May 1976	12.4 °C3 January 1976	19.7 °C	5,027 mm	0
1975	29.4 °C27 January 1975	11.0 °C10 December 1975	19.6 °C	4,409 mm	0
1974	29.3 °C10 February 1974	10.7 °C28 December 1974	19.7 °C	4,215 mm	0
1973	30.2 °C11 March 1973	12.8 °C27 December 1973	20.3 °C	4,728 mm	1
1972	29.6 °C16 December 1972	11.1 °C14 February 1972	20.1 °C	4,167 mm	0
1971	29.9 °C12 February 1971	11.0 °C21 December 1971	19.8 °C	4,460 mm	0
1970	31.0 °C5 March 1970	12.0 °C29 November 1970	20.1 °C	3,903 mm	6
1969	30.8 °C13 February 1969	13.7 °C13 January 1969	20.2 °C	4,599 mm	1
1968	28.8 °C7 February 1968	12.3 °C18 January 1968	19.8 °C	4,464 mm	0
1967	29.6 °C8 March 1967	11.2 °C2 January 1967	19.7 °C	4,148 mm	0
1966	31.6 °C4 March 1966	12.1 °C3 January 1966	20.2 °C	3,889 mm	31
1965	28.5 °C7 February 1965	11.5 °C5 February 1965	19.7 °C	3,778 mm	0
1964	31.4 °C26 February 1964	13.0 °C22 November 1964	20.0 °C	3,461 mm	14
1963	30.4 °C5 February 1963	12.2 °C5 January 1963	20.1 °C	3,311 mm	1
1962	30.7 °C3 February 1962	11.8 °C4 January 1962	19.8 °C	4,136 mm	4
1961	30.4 °C6 March 1961	12.1 °C12 February 1961	19.8 °C	3,441 mm	8
1960	29.9 °C5 March 1960	12.3 °C28 January 1960	19.9 °C	4,409 mm	0
1959	31.2 °C2 February 1959	12.4 °C29 December 1959	20.0 °C	3,835 mm	4
1958	31.0 °C15 February 1958	13.4 °C28 July 1958	20.0 °C	4,099 mm	6
1957	29.7 °C17 February 1957	12.2 °C3 February 1957	19.8 °C	4,155 mm	0
1956	29.7 °C11 February 1956	12.4 °C4 January 1956	19.6 °C	4,549 mm	0
1955	30.1 °C16 February 1955	13.0 °C24 December 1955	19.8 °C	4,189 mm	3
1954	28.7 °C17 January 1954	10.3 °C2 August 1954	19.5 °C	4,096 mm	0
1953	30.4 °C4 February 1953	13.1 °C22 January 1953	20.0 °C	3,924 mm	4
1952	30.0 °C8 January 1952	13.2 °C14 January 1952	20.0 °C	4,475 mm	2
1951	29.5 °C3 March 1951	12.9 °C24 January 1951	19.9 °C	4,120 mm	0
1950	29.2 °C25 February 1950	12.8 °C16 February 1950	19.6 °C	3,641 mm	0
1949	31.8 °C16 February 1949	12.2 °C9 February 1949	20.0 °C	4,163 mm	17
1948	30.2 °C20 March 1948	12.5 °C3 February 1948	19.7 °C	3,969 mm	1
1947	29.6 °C14 March 1947	13.1 °C8 January 1947	19.7 °C	3,598 mm	0
1946	31.7 °C1 March 1946	12.0 °C19 January 1946	19.8 °C	3,662 mm	25
1945	30.9 °C13 February 1945	11.6 °C4 February 1945	19.9 °C	3,719 mm	21
1944	31.2 °C31 January 1944	12.4 °C28 November 1944	19.9 °C	3,574 mm	12
1943	28.2 °C8 March 1943	12.2 °C1 February 1943	19.2 °C	3,575 mm	0
1942	28.9 °C13 February 1942	12.4 °C23 January 1942	19.4 °C	4,255 mm	0
1941	30.2 °C8 March 1941	11.6 °C16 December 1941	19.7 °C	4,308 mm	3
1940	28.8 °C25 December 1940	12.4 °C2 August 1940	19.5 °C	4,309 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.5 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

39 d/yr

+26

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3986 mm

-114 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.4 °C	+1.6 °C	57 mm	+0 mm
Feb	30.4 °C	+2.1 °C	52 mm	-52 mm
Mar	28.3 °C	+1.2 °C	276 mm	-41 mm
Apr	27.3 °C	+1.1 °C	449 mm	-1 mm
May	26.9 °C	+1.3 °C	436 mm	-37 mm
Jun	25.7 °C	+1.5 °C	412 mm	-52 mm
Jul	23.3 °C	+0.4 °C	488 mm	+76 mm
Aug	23.1 °C	+0.2 °C	253 mm	-130 mm
Sep	24.1 °C	+0.5 °C	516 mm	+43 mm
Oct	25.2 °C	+0.6 °C	678 mm	+115 mm
Nov	26.8 °C	+1.0 °C	287 mm	-27 mm
Dec	28.0 °C	+1.1 °C	83 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.1 °C

13 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.2 °C

30 Jan 2025

Wettest day

79.6 mm

4 Jul 2025

Windiest day

10.2 km/h

24 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

41.8 km/h

11 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.3 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.4 °C

30 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

22 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kekem?

Kekem has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 4,100 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kekem?

The hottest day measured in Kekem between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, reaching 34.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kekem?

The coldest day measured in Kekem between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1954, at 10.3 °C.

Does it snow in Kekem?

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

Has the climate of Kekem warmed?

Yes: Kekem warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kekem?

The wettest day measured in Kekem between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 1989, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kekem?

The windiest day measured in Kekem between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2012, with winds reaching 12.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kekem?

The warmest month in Kekem is February (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Kekem?

Kekem receives on average 4,100 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 293 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kekem?

Kekem gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kekem?

Yes: Kekem has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kekem?

In Kekem, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 29 February 2016, and the lowest was 9.3 °C on 4 February 1945.

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