Yagoua climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Yagoua?

Yagoua has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 627 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Yagoua between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2024, reaching 46.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Yagoua?

The coldest day measured in Yagoua between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1968, at 11.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Yagoua?

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

Q: Has the climate of Yagoua warmed?

Yes: Yagoua warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Yagoua?

The wettest day measured in Yagoua between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1948, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Yagoua?

The windiest day measured in Yagoua between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1979, with winds reaching 34.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Yagoua?

The warmest month in Yagoua is April (33.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Yagoua?

Yagoua receives on average 627 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Yagoua?

Yagoua gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Yagoua (Cameroon) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 627 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 (33.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Yagoua averages 0 frost days, 321 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.

Yagoua has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.0 °C (on 7 May 2024) and the coldest 11.3 °C (on 19 January 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

YagouaFar North

coords: 10.34°, 15.23°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.2°C

Average daily high

34.8°C

Average daily low

22.5°C

Annual rainfall

627mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

47%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

7.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

321 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

94 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

22.6 °C

Average peak gust

31.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

281 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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

46.0 °C

7 May 2024

Coldest day

11.3 °C

19 January 1968

Wettest day

131 mm

4 September 1948

Windiest day

34.8 km/h

28 April 1979

Strongest gust

65.5 km/h

28 April 1979

Hottest feels-like

47.5 °C

19 April 2010

Coldest feels-like

7.0 °C

12 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

26 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	44.5 °C24 April 2025	14.8 °C12 January 2025	28.7 °C	638 mm	329
2024	46.0 °C7 May 2024	14.3 °C28 December 2024	28.9 °C	803 mm	335
2023	43.4 °C5 April 2023	16.1 °C11 January 2023	29.1 °C	529 mm	348
2022	44.5 °C2 April 2022	15.0 °C30 December 2022	28.3 °C	587 mm	328
2021	44.9 °C8 April 2021	16.3 °C9 February 2021	29.3 °C	489 mm	348
2020	45.1 °C3 April 2020	14.8 °C3 January 2020	28.8 °C	522 mm	341
2019	44.6 °C21 March 2019	16.2 °C29 December 2019	28.8 °C	901 mm	334
2018	43.0 °C18 March 2018	13.3 °C6 January 2018	29.1 °C	554 mm	344
2017	44.2 °C9 April 2017	15.4 °C11 January 2017	28.9 °C	554 mm	342
2016	45.6 °C1 March 2016	13.9 °C31 January 2016	29.0 °C	534 mm	347
2015	44.5 °C1 May 2015	11.8 °C13 January 2015	29.1 °C	462 mm	343
2014	43.7 °C24 March 2014	14.4 °C27 December 2014	28.6 °C	632 mm	342
2013	44.3 °C5 March 2013	13.2 °C19 December 2013	29.2 °C	467 mm	332
2012	43.7 °C3 April 2012	14.0 °C28 December 2012	28.4 °C	621 mm	328
2011	44.0 °C19 April 2011	13.6 °C13 January 2011	28.6 °C	544 mm	339
2010	45.6 °C19 April 2010	14.8 °C23 December 2010	29.0 °C	686 mm	326
2009	43.5 °C7 March 2009	14.5 °C27 December 2009	29.1 °C	451 mm	350
2008	43.6 °C22 April 2008	13.6 °C26 January 2008	28.0 °C	627 mm	320
2007	44.2 °C31 March 2007	13.7 °C15 January 2007	28.6 °C	555 mm	326
2006	43.4 °C21 April 2006	13.2 °C31 December 2006	28.9 °C	418 mm	338
2005	43.6 °C9 March 2005	14.2 °C8 January 2005	28.9 °C	625 mm	320
2004	44.3 °C30 March 2004	15.3 °C5 February 2004	28.5 °C	487 mm	340
2003	44.5 °C8 April 2003	13.4 °C4 January 2003	28.4 °C	601 mm	329
2002	43.0 °C7 April 2002	11.4 °C13 January 2002	28.4 °C	429 mm	327
2001	42.4 °C12 April 2001	13.0 °C6 January 2001	27.8 °C	575 mm	314
2000	42.4 °C31 March 2000	14.0 °C31 December 2000	27.6 °C	603 mm	325
1999	43.2 °C6 April 1999	12.9 °C10 January 1999	28.0 °C	752 mm	304
1998	44.9 °C3 April 1998	13.4 °C15 January 1998	28.7 °C	854 mm	331
1997	42.5 °C23 March 1997	15.9 °C23 January 1997	28.0 °C	604 mm	346
1996	43.2 °C10 March 1996	13.9 °C21 December 1996	28.2 °C	768 mm	333
1995	43.6 °C17 March 1995	14.6 °C25 January 1995	28.3 °C	619 mm	335
1994	43.9 °C8 March 1994	14.3 °C15 January 1994	28.2 °C	928 mm	313
1993	43.1 °C4 March 1993	13.0 °C7 January 1993	28.3 °C	508 mm	330
1992	44.3 °C28 March 1992	12.3 °C5 January 1992	27.6 °C	594 mm	313
1991	42.5 °C29 March 1991	14.4 °C17 December 1991	28.3 °C	572 mm	333
1990	43.5 °C8 April 1990	15.8 °C3 January 1990	28.8 °C	518 mm	349
1989	41.7 °C8 April 1989	12.0 °C21 January 1989	27.1 °C	593 mm	295
1988	43.9 °C2 April 1988	15.8 °C25 November 1988	27.7 °C	947 mm	304
1987	43.2 °C21 March 1987	15.4 °C16 January 1987	28.7 °C	590 mm	340
1986	43.4 °C15 April 1986	13.0 °C8 December 1986	28.2 °C	629 mm	318
1985	43.4 °C19 March 1985	15.7 °C29 December 1985	27.8 °C	793 mm	299
1984	42.3 °C4 April 1984	14.5 °C17 January 1984	28.4 °C	532 mm	341
1983	43.7 °C30 April 1983	13.5 °C7 January 1983	28.1 °C	437 mm	321
1982	42.9 °C17 March 1982	13.5 °C9 February 1982	27.7 °C	580 mm	330
1981	43.0 °C15 April 1981	15.5 °C23 January 1981	27.5 °C	746 mm	312
1980	43.0 °C22 March 1980	13.2 °C27 December 1980	28.0 °C	656 mm	318
1979	42.9 °C19 April 1979	15.3 °C4 January 1979	27.9 °C	690 mm	329
1978	42.4 °C1 April 1978	12.3 °C12 January 1978	27.9 °C	694 mm	329
1977	44.5 °C23 April 1977	12.9 °C26 December 1977	27.9 °C	663 mm	330
1976	41.7 °C13 April 1976	13.8 °C2 January 1976	27.6 °C	643 mm	326
1975	42.2 °C4 April 1975	12.9 °C17 January 1975	27.3 °C	884 mm	299
1974	41.3 °C16 April 1974	13.4 °C30 December 1974	27.4 °C	884 mm	293
1973	43.6 °C26 March 1973	14.9 °C26 December 1973	28.9 °C	578 mm	345
1972	42.8 °C28 March 1972	13.8 °C8 January 1972	28.3 °C	528 mm	340
1971	43.2 °C11 March 1971	12.1 °C28 December 1971	28.0 °C	530 mm	314
1970	43.1 °C7 April 1970	13.2 °C13 December 1970	27.8 °C	682 mm	321
1969	43.2 °C2 May 1969	14.6 °C10 January 1969	28.0 °C	705 mm	324
1968	42.8 °C7 April 1968	11.3 °C19 January 1968	27.5 °C	562 mm	316
1967	43.8 °C19 April 1967	13.0 °C3 January 1967	27.4 °C	639 mm	299
1966	43.6 °C26 March 1966	13.4 °C5 January 1966	29.0 °C	304 mm	357
1965	42.9 °C15 May 1965	13.5 °C4 February 1965	28.7 °C	293 mm	348
1964	43.9 °C11 April 1964	14.5 °C13 January 1964	28.6 °C	358 mm	328
1963	43.2 °C25 March 1963	13.9 °C9 December 1963	28.2 °C	490 mm	339
1962	41.4 °C7 April 1962	13.3 °C7 January 1962	27.8 °C	520 mm	304
1961	41.9 °C18 May 1961	14.4 °C28 December 1961	27.5 °C	605 mm	295
1960	43.0 °C31 March 1960	14.8 °C24 January 1960	28.0 °C	567 mm	324
1959	43.1 °C15 April 1959	14.0 °C29 December 1959	28.1 °C	454 mm	325
1958	42.0 °C11 April 1958	15.2 °C7 January 1958	27.6 °C	716 mm	283
1957	41.2 °C30 April 1957	11.8 °C12 January 1957	26.7 °C	858 mm	276
1956	42.6 °C9 May 1956	14.3 °C4 January 1956	27.6 °C	971 mm	272
1955	42.2 °C27 April 1955	14.8 °C31 December 1955	27.0 °C	798 mm	264
1954	41.1 °C8 April 1954	13.6 °C15 January 1954	27.3 °C	773 mm	272
1953	42.8 °C27 April 1953	13.2 °C23 December 1953	27.1 °C	1,009 mm	274
1952	42.3 °C20 April 1952	15.1 °C6 January 1952	27.6 °C	784 mm	306
1951	42.2 °C13 March 1951	14.5 °C18 December 1951	27.6 °C	724 mm	333
1950	42.0 °C8 April 1950	16.3 °C17 January 1950	27.5 °C	735 mm	293
1949	42.5 °C29 April 1949	14.7 °C8 February 1949	29.1 °C	318 mm	345
1948	41.0 °C27 March 1948	14.5 °C4 February 1948	27.1 °C	882 mm	283
1947	42.0 °C21 April 1947	15.4 °C20 January 1947	26.8 °C	1,040 mm	242
1946	43.4 °C10 March 1946	14.3 °C14 January 1946	27.2 °C	931 mm	265
1945	42.4 °C25 April 1945	13.4 °C9 February 1945	27.3 °C	586 mm	303
1944	42.5 °C13 April 1944	15.2 °C1 February 1944	27.5 °C	753 mm	283
1943	41.7 °C12 March 1943	17.2 °C3 February 1943	29.0 °C	320 mm	326
1942	42.2 °C16 April 1942	17.0 °C5 January 1942	28.3 °C	587 mm	304
1941	43.3 °C14 April 1941	14.9 °C27 December 1941	29.2 °C	335 mm	358
1940	42.0 °C9 April 1940	17.0 °C15 February 1940	28.7 °C	456 mm	354

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.8 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

329 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

638 mm

+11 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.2 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	37.5 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	41.6 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	41.1 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-9 mm
May	39.5 °C	+1.8 °C	1 mm	-40 mm
Jun	35.6 °C	+1.2 °C	42 mm	-25 mm
Jul	30.8 °C	-0.3 °C	248 mm	+101 mm
Aug	29.7 °C	0.0 °C	215 mm	+7 mm
Sep	31.1 °C	+0.3 °C	125 mm	+6 mm
Oct	34.1 °C	+0.2 °C	6 mm	-27 mm
Nov	36.8 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Dec	36.5 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.5 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest day

14.8 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

36.1 mm

16 Jul 2025

Windiest day

29.7 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

52.6 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

22 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.1 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Yagoua?

Yagoua has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 627 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yagoua?

The hottest day measured in Yagoua between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2024, reaching 46.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Yagoua?

The coldest day measured in Yagoua between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1968, at 11.3 °C.

Does it snow in Yagoua?

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

Has the climate of Yagoua warmed?

Yes: Yagoua warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Yagoua?

The wettest day measured in Yagoua between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1948, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Yagoua?

The windiest day measured in Yagoua between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1979, with winds reaching 34.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Yagoua?

The warmest month in Yagoua is April (33.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Yagoua?

Yagoua receives on average 627 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Yagoua?

Yagoua gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Yagoua?

Yes: Yagoua has on average 281 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yagoua?

In Yagoua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.5 °C on 19 April 2010, and the lowest was 7.0 °C on 12 January 1957.

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