Wum climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Wum?

Wum has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 2,909 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Wum between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2024, reaching 37.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Wum?

The coldest day measured in Wum between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1983, at 9.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Wum?

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

Q: Has the climate of Wum warmed?

Yes: Wum warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Wum?

The wettest day measured in Wum between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1997, with 147 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Wum?

The windiest day measured in Wum between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1956, with winds reaching 14.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Wum?

The warmest month in Wum is March (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Wum?

Wum receives on average 2,909 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 239 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Wum?

Wum gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Wum (Cameroon) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 2,909 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 March (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Wum averages 0 frost days, 112 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 239 rainy days per year.

Wum has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 28 March 2024) and the coldest 9.4 °C (on 7 January 1983).

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

WumNorth-West Region

coords: 6.38°, 10.07°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.2°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

17.6°C

Annual rainfall

2,909mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

8.1km/h

Seasonal range

3.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

112 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

239 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.5 °C

Average feels-like low

19.1 °C

Average peak gust

29.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

22 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

37.1 °C

28 March 2024

Coldest day

9.4 °C

7 January 1983

Wettest day

147 mm

3 May 1997

Windiest day

14.2 km/h

8 February 1956

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

17 July 1988

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

15 April 2010

Coldest feels-like

7.2 °C

5 February 1965

Sunniest day

12.1 h

20 July 1996

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.3 °C9 March 2025	13.2 °C14 January 2025	23.6 °C	2,894 mm	170
2024	37.1 °C28 March 2024	11.6 °C18 January 2024	23.8 °C	2,044 mm	191
2023	36.4 °C3 February 2023	12.2 °C17 January 2023	23.5 °C	3,009 mm	166
2022	35.2 °C26 February 2022	12.0 °C5 February 2022	22.9 °C	2,812 mm	163
2021	35.4 °C8 March 2021	12.5 °C15 January 2021	23.1 °C	2,758 mm	148
2020	35.6 °C19 March 2020	9.6 °C26 January 2020	23.3 °C	2,516 mm	166
2019	34.9 °C14 March 2019	11.9 °C28 December 2019	23.0 °C	3,012 mm	148
2018	36.4 °C6 February 2018	10.5 °C19 January 2018	22.8 °C	2,907 mm	143
2017	36.5 °C18 March 2017	12.6 °C10 January 2017	23.1 °C	2,869 mm	163
2016	36.5 °C27 February 2016	12.2 °C29 January 2016	23.0 °C	2,991 mm	169
2015	35.2 °C11 February 2015	10.2 °C13 January 2015	22.8 °C	2,851 mm	149
2014	34.9 °C24 February 2014	11.2 °C7 January 2014	22.6 °C	3,354 mm	132
2013	35.5 °C1 March 2013	11.0 °C17 December 2013	22.7 °C	2,965 mm	118
2012	35.4 °C29 January 2012	11.7 °C14 January 2012	22.6 °C	2,732 mm	140
2011	34.0 °C30 January 2011	11.0 °C16 January 2011	22.7 °C	2,610 mm	150
2010	35.5 °C31 January 2010	10.8 °C23 December 2010	23.3 °C	2,656 mm	156
2009	36.2 °C6 March 2009	11.5 °C24 December 2009	23.0 °C	3,097 mm	141
2008	34.9 °C14 February 2008	11.1 °C1 February 2008	22.5 °C	2,874 mm	135
2007	35.3 °C18 February 2007	10.7 °C3 January 2007	22.5 °C	3,053 mm	123
2006	34.7 °C9 April 2006	11.7 °C30 December 2006	22.9 °C	2,681 mm	148
2005	35.5 °C28 February 2005	11.3 °C9 January 2005	22.9 °C	2,760 mm	148
2004	35.6 °C11 February 2004	12.9 °C19 February 2004	22.7 °C	3,172 mm	132
2003	34.9 °C16 February 2003	12.1 °C7 January 2003	22.7 °C	2,865 mm	145
2002	35.4 °C23 February 2002	11.9 °C24 January 2002	22.4 °C	2,917 mm	116
2001	34.9 °C24 February 2001	11.1 °C4 January 2001	22.4 °C	2,735 mm	142
2000	35.1 °C3 March 2000	11.6 °C7 December 2000	22.3 °C	2,952 mm	126
1999	33.6 °C27 February 1999	12.2 °C14 December 1999	22.2 °C	3,026 mm	94
1998	35.8 °C5 February 1998	12.8 °C21 January 1998	23.1 °C	2,635 mm	157
1997	34.6 °C26 February 1997	11.3 °C12 February 1997	22.4 °C	3,158 mm	111
1996	33.4 °C27 February 1996	12.2 °C10 January 1996	22.4 °C	3,012 mm	134
1995	33.8 °C3 March 1995	12.2 °C24 January 1995	22.4 °C	3,204 mm	132
1994	33.5 °C27 February 1994	11.3 °C13 December 1994	22.3 °C	2,988 mm	117
1993	33.3 °C25 February 1993	11.3 °C7 February 1993	22.2 °C	3,309 mm	96
1992	34.8 °C8 March 1992	11.3 °C11 January 1992	22.0 °C	3,081 mm	102
1991	32.9 °C29 March 1991	12.9 °C29 January 1991	22.1 °C	3,064 mm	98
1990	35.9 °C29 March 1990	12.6 °C23 February 1990	22.4 °C	3,328 mm	114
1989	34.5 °C1 March 1989	10.4 °C21 January 1989	22.1 °C	2,996 mm	126
1988	34.7 °C1 April 1988	13.1 °C26 December 1988	22.5 °C	3,193 mm	130
1987	33.8 °C18 March 1987	11.2 °C7 January 1987	22.7 °C	2,813 mm	132
1986	33.4 °C1 February 1986	11.6 °C11 December 1986	22.0 °C	3,233 mm	81
1985	35.0 °C6 March 1985	12.3 °C8 February 1985	21.7 °C	3,335 mm	83
1984	34.5 °C4 March 1984	10.8 °C16 December 1984	21.9 °C	3,664 mm	94
1983	36.0 °C19 March 1983	9.4 °C7 January 1983	22.4 °C	2,987 mm	111
1982	33.4 °C11 March 1982	11.4 °C30 December 1982	22.0 °C	3,313 mm	91
1981	33.4 °C15 February 1981	11.1 °C11 January 1981	21.9 °C	3,037 mm	103
1980	33.9 °C13 February 1980	10.9 °C9 January 1980	22.1 °C	3,440 mm	94
1979	33.1 °C16 January 1979	11.6 °C21 December 1979	22.0 °C	3,226 mm	96
1978	33.7 °C24 February 1978	10.8 °C11 January 1978	21.8 °C	2,994 mm	76
1977	34.4 °C14 March 1977	12.6 °C25 December 1977	22.3 °C	2,275 mm	124
1976	32.0 °C18 March 1976	12.0 °C3 January 1976	21.4 °C	3,208 mm	39
1975	32.5 °C13 March 1975	10.5 °C18 December 1975	21.4 °C	3,216 mm	59
1974	32.9 °C6 March 1974	10.7 °C30 December 1974	21.5 °C	3,063 mm	72
1973	34.6 °C18 February 1973	11.7 °C27 December 1973	22.2 °C	3,178 mm	97
1972	32.7 °C21 February 1972	11.4 °C14 February 1972	21.9 °C	3,003 mm	82
1971	33.3 °C12 February 1971	10.9 °C24 December 1971	21.6 °C	3,392 mm	84
1970	35.8 °C18 February 1970	11.8 °C3 December 1970	22.1 °C	3,026 mm	119
1969	34.0 °C13 February 1969	12.8 °C26 December 1969	22.1 °C	3,537 mm	110
1968	32.5 °C7 February 1968	10.8 °C18 January 1968	21.6 °C	3,388 mm	56
1967	33.2 °C5 March 1967	9.7 °C2 January 1967	21.5 °C	2,825 mm	80
1966	34.5 °C5 March 1966	11.2 °C3 January 1966	22.0 °C	2,786 mm	109
1965	32.5 °C6 March 1965	10.2 °C5 February 1965	21.6 °C	2,624 mm	75
1964	34.4 °C8 March 1964	11.7 °C13 December 1964	21.9 °C	2,439 mm	106
1963	34.6 °C19 February 1963	11.3 °C3 January 1963	22.1 °C	2,547 mm	112
1962	34.0 °C4 February 1962	11.1 °C7 January 1962	21.6 °C	2,776 mm	80
1961	33.2 °C22 March 1961	11.5 °C28 December 1961	21.6 °C	2,363 mm	85
1960	34.0 °C4 March 1960	11.8 °C2 February 1960	21.8 °C	2,965 mm	107
1959	33.7 °C10 March 1959	11.7 °C29 December 1959	21.9 °C	2,391 mm	109
1958	33.6 °C1 February 1958	12.1 °C7 January 1958	21.9 °C	2,546 mm	103
1957	32.7 °C17 February 1957	10.3 °C8 January 1957	21.5 °C	2,989 mm	61
1956	33.9 °C12 February 1956	11.9 °C5 January 1956	21.5 °C	2,963 mm	67
1955	33.3 °C16 February 1955	11.9 °C27 December 1955	21.7 °C	3,061 mm	106
1954	33.2 °C4 March 1954	12.4 °C3 August 1954	21.6 °C	2,621 mm	66
1953	34.3 °C10 February 1953	12.2 °C22 December 1953	21.8 °C	2,810 mm	91
1952	33.9 °C15 March 1952	12.4 °C14 January 1952	22.0 °C	3,001 mm	97
1951	33.6 °C3 March 1951	11.6 °C30 December 1951	21.8 °C	2,904 mm	89
1950	32.8 °C27 February 1950	12.2 °C18 February 1950	21.6 °C	2,262 mm	78
1949	34.1 °C16 February 1949	11.5 °C9 February 1949	21.7 °C	2,681 mm	105
1948	33.8 °C20 March 1948	11.2 °C27 December 1948	21.6 °C	2,698 mm	91
1947	34.3 °C14 March 1947	12.4 °C20 January 1947	21.9 °C	2,507 mm	109
1946	35.1 °C8 March 1946	11.0 °C21 January 1946	21.8 °C	2,564 mm	130
1945	34.5 °C26 March 1945	10.5 °C3 February 1945	21.8 °C	2,623 mm	125
1944	33.2 °C21 February 1944	12.0 °C14 December 1944	21.6 °C	2,697 mm	105
1943	33.0 °C21 February 1943	12.1 °C5 February 1943	21.3 °C	2,162 mm	51
1942	33.2 °C12 February 1942	11.6 °C23 January 1942	21.5 °C	2,891 mm	80
1941	34.5 °C9 March 1941	10.8 °C29 January 1941	21.6 °C	3,194 mm	94
1940	32.9 °C21 February 1940	11.8 °C13 December 1940	21.6 °C	2,871 mm	78

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.7 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

170 d/yr

+58

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2894 mm

-15 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.6 °C	+1.7 °C	3 mm	-8 mm
Feb	34.1 °C	+2.3 °C	3 mm	-31 mm
Mar	33.6 °C	+2.4 °C	45 mm	-88 mm
Apr	31.0 °C	+1.5 °C	281 mm	-11 mm
May	29.3 °C	+1.2 °C	423 mm	+2 mm
Jun	27.8 °C	+1.3 °C	365 mm	+6 mm
Jul	25.9 °C	+0.7 °C	422 mm	+112 mm
Aug	25.6 °C	+0.5 °C	214 mm	-97 mm
Sep	26.8 °C	+0.9 °C	458 mm	+53 mm
Oct	27.8 °C	+0.7 °C	580 mm	+100 mm
Nov	30.0 °C	+1.2 °C	96 mm	-40 mm
Dec	32.0 °C	+1.9 °C	5 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.3 °C

9 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.2 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

89.6 mm

1 Oct 2025

Windiest day

13.2 km/h

8 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

40.0 km/h

23 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

9 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.5 °C

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

14 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Wum?

Wum has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 2,909 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wum?

The hottest day measured in Wum between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2024, reaching 37.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Wum?

The coldest day measured in Wum between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1983, at 9.4 °C.

Does it snow in Wum?

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

Has the climate of Wum warmed?

Yes: Wum warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Wum?

The wettest day measured in Wum between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1997, with 147 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Wum?

The windiest day measured in Wum between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1956, with winds reaching 14.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Wum?

The warmest month in Wum is March (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Wum?

Wum receives on average 2,909 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 239 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Wum?

Wum gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Wum?

Yes: Wum has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wum?

In Wum, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 15 April 2010, and the lowest was 7.2 °C on 5 February 1965.

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