Obala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Obala?

Obala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,122 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Obala between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1983, reaching 37.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Obala?

The coldest day measured in Obala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2015, at 14.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Obala?

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

Q: Has the climate of Obala warmed?

Yes: Obala warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Obala?

The wettest day measured in Obala between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1994, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Obala?

The windiest day measured in Obala between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1946, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Obala?

The warmest month in Obala is February (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (23.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Obala?

Obala receives on average 1,122 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 208 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Obala?

Obala gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Obala (Cameroon) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,122 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (23.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Obala averages 0 frost days, 118 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 208 rainy days per year.

Obala has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 19 March 1983) and the coldest 14.5 °C (on 13 January 2015).

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

ObalaCentre

coords: 4.17°, 11.53°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.3°C

Average daily high

29.0°C

Average daily low

21.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,122mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

12.9km/h

Seasonal range

3.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

118 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

208 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.1 °C

Average feels-like low

24.1 °C

Average peak gust

28.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

341 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °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

37.7 °C

19 March 1983

Coldest day

14.5 °C

13 January 2015

Wettest day

112 mm

6 April 1994

Windiest day

25.2 km/h

4 March 1946

Strongest gust

52.6 km/h

4 March 1946

Hottest feels-like

42.2 °C

11 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

13.6 °C

7 January 1983

Sunniest day

11.9 h

18 October 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.4 °C2 March 2025	19.9 °C11 January 2025	25.4 °C	1,017 mm	202
2024	36.3 °C16 March 2024	19.6 °C28 January 2024	25.8 °C	858 mm	229
2023	36.9 °C27 February 2023	20.0 °C15 December 2023	25.5 °C	1,262 mm	199
2022	35.9 °C26 February 2022	18.7 °C29 January 2022	25.1 °C	1,161 mm	178
2021	37.0 °C5 March 2021	19.6 °C21 March 2021	25.4 °C	1,071 mm	195
2020	37.0 °C23 February 2020	17.0 °C25 January 2020	25.6 °C	941 mm	214
2019	37.2 °C21 February 2019	20.6 °C8 March 2019	25.3 °C	1,213 mm	186
2018	36.8 °C6 February 2018	19.4 °C5 January 2018	25.2 °C	996 mm	199
2017	37.0 °C23 February 2017	20.0 °C4 April 2017	25.2 °C	1,115 mm	184
2016	36.8 °C5 February 2016	17.6 °C30 January 2016	25.3 °C	1,141 mm	186
2015	35.2 °C11 February 2015	14.5 °C13 January 2015	25.0 °C	1,008 mm	196
2014	36.1 °C22 February 2014	19.9 °C3 February 2014	24.9 °C	1,232 mm	166
2013	35.2 °C2 March 2013	15.2 °C17 December 2013	24.7 °C	1,095 mm	158
2012	35.9 °C27 March 2012	19.2 °C27 October 2012	24.8 °C	1,083 mm	178
2011	34.3 °C23 March 2011	18.2 °C18 January 2011	24.7 °C	1,054 mm	170
2010	35.6 °C17 February 2010	19.9 °C31 December 2010	25.2 °C	1,078 mm	172
2009	34.4 °C24 March 2009	19.8 °C23 June 2009	24.9 °C	1,034 mm	175
2008	35.8 °C14 February 2008	17.3 °C1 February 2008	24.7 °C	1,088 mm	157
2007	36.2 °C29 March 2007	16.3 °C3 January 2007	24.7 °C	1,324 mm	151
2006	34.8 °C9 February 2006	19.8 °C17 June 2006	24.8 °C	969 mm	173
2005	35.6 °C23 February 2005	16.4 °C10 January 2005	24.9 °C	843 mm	179
2004	35.8 °C20 February 2004	19.7 °C5 February 2004	24.7 °C	1,132 mm	155
2003	36.3 °C8 February 2003	18.9 °C4 July 2003	24.7 °C	1,110 mm	152
2002	36.4 °C23 February 2002	19.5 °C13 January 2002	24.5 °C	1,144 mm	131
2001	34.8 °C4 February 2001	17.8 °C23 July 2001	24.3 °C	1,075 mm	119
2000	36.8 °C26 February 2000	18.7 °C17 December 2000	24.2 °C	1,244 mm	103
1999	33.5 °C2 April 1999	19.2 °C12 June 1999	24.1 °C	1,353 mm	94
1998	36.9 °C24 February 1998	18.0 °C7 January 1998	25.1 °C	1,061 mm	158
1997	36.1 °C22 February 1997	19.3 °C31 January 1997	24.5 °C	1,186 mm	104
1996	33.9 °C23 February 1996	19.3 °C4 August 1996	24.3 °C	1,253 mm	120
1995	34.1 °C7 March 1995	18.9 °C23 January 1995	24.4 °C	1,365 mm	119
1994	35.0 °C25 February 1994	18.4 °C20 December 1994	24.4 °C	1,381 mm	123
1993	33.9 °C15 April 1993	17.9 °C25 January 1993	24.4 °C	1,222 mm	126
1992	35.6 °C28 February 1992	17.2 °C6 January 1992	24.2 °C	998 mm	111
1991	33.4 °C15 February 1991	19.7 °C18 December 1991	24.1 °C	1,029 mm	83
1990	36.5 °C10 March 1990	19.3 °C19 August 1990	24.3 °C	1,149 mm	91
1989	34.7 °C26 February 1989	17.0 °C14 February 1989	24.1 °C	1,104 mm	100
1988	35.8 °C26 February 1988	18.4 °C28 December 1988	24.3 °C	1,421 mm	121
1987	34.4 °C21 February 1987	19.3 °C1 July 1987	24.6 °C	1,102 mm	120
1986	32.9 °C13 February 1986	17.9 °C22 December 1986	23.9 °C	1,339 mm	83
1985	34.4 °C5 March 1985	17.4 °C6 December 1985	23.8 °C	1,412 mm	71
1984	35.0 °C21 March 1984	14.8 °C16 December 1984	24.1 °C	1,279 mm	99
1983	37.7 °C19 March 1983	15.7 °C7 January 1983	24.3 °C	983 mm	128
1982	33.5 °C15 March 1982	18.0 °C9 February 1982	23.8 °C	1,162 mm	72
1981	33.5 °C6 March 1981	18.5 °C30 July 1981	23.8 °C	1,143 mm	82
1980	34.2 °C23 March 1980	18.0 °C29 December 1980	24.0 °C	1,168 mm	120
1979	33.4 °C7 February 1979	18.7 °C1 January 1979	23.9 °C	1,241 mm	86
1978	35.0 °C24 February 1978	18.2 °C12 January 1978	23.9 °C	1,041 mm	103
1977	35.0 °C7 March 1977	18.6 °C28 December 1977	24.1 °C	973 mm	110
1976	32.1 °C15 May 1976	17.7 °C10 August 1976	23.5 °C	1,097 mm	63
1975	33.2 °C11 March 1975	15.4 °C10 December 1975	23.5 °C	1,149 mm	69
1974	33.1 °C6 March 1974	17.7 °C28 December 1974	23.5 °C	1,361 mm	53
1973	35.3 °C7 March 1973	19.0 °C13 July 1973	24.2 °C	1,404 mm	109
1972	32.9 °C20 December 1972	18.0 °C26 June 1972	23.9 °C	1,051 mm	81
1971	33.1 °C5 February 1971	15.3 °C21 December 1971	23.6 °C	1,495 mm	72
1970	34.5 °C17 February 1970	18.1 °C3 December 1970	23.8 °C	1,335 mm	89
1969	34.3 °C13 February 1969	18.8 °C30 January 1969	23.9 °C	1,276 mm	80
1968	32.5 °C11 February 1968	18.9 °C3 January 1968	23.8 °C	1,336 mm	65
1967	33.9 °C5 March 1967	18.3 °C29 January 1967	23.7 °C	1,340 mm	82
1966	35.0 °C26 February 1966	19.0 °C1 September 1966	24.4 °C	1,077 mm	128
1965	33.2 °C11 May 1965	20.0 °C5 September 1965	24.1 °C	994 mm	86
1964	34.5 °C26 February 1964	18.5 °C2 August 1964	24.3 °C	834 mm	113
1963	34.3 °C5 February 1963	19.4 °C9 August 1963	24.5 °C	964 mm	103
1962	34.5 °C3 February 1962	19.2 °C16 January 1962	24.0 °C	1,006 mm	89
1961	35.3 °C22 February 1961	18.1 °C31 July 1961	24.0 °C	990 mm	104
1960	34.5 °C24 February 1960	19.7 °C26 August 1960	24.2 °C	1,057 mm	119
1959	36.2 °C2 February 1959	19.4 °C4 August 1959	24.5 °C	815 mm	134
1958	35.3 °C15 February 1958	18.5 °C17 August 1958	24.0 °C	891 mm	95
1957	33.6 °C17 February 1957	18.7 °C29 July 1957	23.8 °C	982 mm	60
1956	33.1 °C11 February 1956	17.9 °C7 August 1956	23.4 °C	1,197 mm	42
1955	34.1 °C19 February 1955	18.6 °C13 August 1955	23.6 °C	1,160 mm	65
1954	32.3 °C6 February 1954	15.4 °C3 August 1954	23.5 °C	1,095 mm	35
1953	32.7 °C3 February 1953	18.4 °C1 August 1953	23.7 °C	1,198 mm	64
1952	34.3 °C3 March 1952	18.8 °C11 August 1952	23.8 °C	1,371 mm	77
1951	33.1 °C17 February 1951	19.7 °C6 February 1951	23.9 °C	1,176 mm	95
1950	33.3 °C14 April 1950	16.1 °C18 July 1950	23.8 °C	858 mm	91
1949	35.2 °C16 February 1949	19.0 °C9 August 1949	24.1 °C	1,027 mm	114
1948	34.2 °C12 February 1948	18.7 °C23 July 1948	23.7 °C	1,218 mm	67
1947	34.0 °C22 February 1947	17.1 °C9 September 1947	23.8 °C	1,056 mm	88
1946	36.6 °C23 February 1946	18.5 °C12 July 1946	23.8 °C	1,015 mm	98
1945	34.9 °C14 February 1945	19.3 °C23 December 1945	24.0 °C	1,150 mm	114
1944	35.6 °C9 February 1944	18.3 °C2 August 1944	24.1 °C	950 mm	113
1943	32.8 °C2 March 1943	16.9 °C26 July 1943	23.5 °C	940 mm	58
1942	33.8 °C5 February 1942	16.5 °C19 July 1942	23.7 °C	1,126 mm	87
1941	34.8 °C14 February 1941	18.5 °C5 August 1941	24.1 °C	862 mm	119
1940	33.5 °C21 February 1940	17.9 °C3 August 1940	23.7 °C	996 mm	60

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.5 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

202 d/yr

+84

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1017 mm

-105 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.7 °C	+2.9 °C	7 mm	-11 mm
Feb	34.1 °C	+2.0 °C	8 mm	-20 mm
Mar	33.5 °C	+2.2 °C	65 mm	-25 mm
Apr	31.3 °C	+1.3 °C	136 mm	-6 mm
May	30.6 °C	+1.4 °C	127 mm	-21 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+1.9 °C	105 mm	-10 mm
Jul	27.4 °C	+0.5 °C	68 mm	-8 mm
Aug	26.8 °C	-0.1 °C	39 mm	-37 mm
Sep	28.7 °C	+1.2 °C	148 mm	+32 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+0.9 °C	211 mm	+36 mm
Nov	29.9 °C	+1.4 °C	87 mm	-24 mm
Dec	31.4 °C	+1.9 °C	17 mm	-12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.4 °C

2 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.9 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

28.9 mm

27 Apr 2025

Windiest day

23.5 km/h

12 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

50.4 km/h

13 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

25 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.5 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

18 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Obala?

Obala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,122 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Obala?

The hottest day measured in Obala between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1983, reaching 37.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Obala?

The coldest day measured in Obala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2015, at 14.5 °C.

Does it snow in Obala?

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

Has the climate of Obala warmed?

Yes: Obala warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Obala?

The wettest day measured in Obala between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1994, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Obala?

The windiest day measured in Obala between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1946, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Obala?

The warmest month in Obala is February (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (23.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Obala?

Obala receives on average 1,122 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 208 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Obala?

Obala gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Obala?

Yes: Obala has on average 341 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Obala?

In Obala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 11 March 2024, and the lowest was 13.6 °C on 7 January 1983.

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