Yokadouma climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Yokadouma?

Yokadouma has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 1,346 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Yokadouma between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1998, reaching 37.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Yokadouma?

The coldest day measured in Yokadouma between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1989, at 11.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Yokadouma?

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

Q: Has the climate of Yokadouma warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Yokadouma?

The wettest day measured in Yokadouma between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 2014, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Yokadouma?

The windiest day measured in Yokadouma between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1967, with winds reaching 18.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Yokadouma?

The warmest month in Yokadouma is February (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is October (22.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Yokadouma?

Yokadouma receives on average 1,346 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 224 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Yokadouma?

Yokadouma gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Yokadouma (Cameroon) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 1,346 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is October (22.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Yokadouma averages 0 frost days, 108 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 224 rainy days per year.

Yokadouma 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 37.1 °C (on 5 February 1998) and the coldest 11.0 °C (on 25 January 1989).

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

YokadoumaEast

coords: 3.52°, 15.05°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthOctoberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.6°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

20.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,346mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

84%

Average peak wind

8.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

108 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

224 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.2 °C

Average feels-like low

22.8 °C

Average peak gust

25.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

210 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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

5 February 1998

Coldest day

11.0 °C

25 January 1989

Wettest day

101 mm

2 February 2014

Windiest day

18.6 km/h

14 February 1967

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

27 March 1979

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

16 April 2010

Coldest feels-like

9.0 °C

21 January 1989

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.1 °C25 March 2025	15.5 °C12 January 2025	24.6 °C	1,034 mm	206
2024	35.5 °C13 March 2024	15.2 °C19 January 2024	25.0 °C	934 mm	250
2023	35.2 °C12 February 2023	16.6 °C15 February 2023	24.6 °C	1,294 mm	206
2022	35.1 °C26 March 2022	14.8 °C31 January 2022	24.3 °C	957 mm	182
2021	35.5 °C28 February 2021	16.2 °C18 February 2021	24.6 °C	1,153 mm	200
2020	36.4 °C29 February 2020	13.1 °C26 January 2020	24.7 °C	1,346 mm	196
2019	35.5 °C10 February 2019	16.8 °C12 February 2019	24.5 °C	1,374 mm	169
2018	34.4 °C4 February 2018	13.6 °C6 January 2018	24.3 °C	1,029 mm	192
2017	34.9 °C5 March 2017	15.8 °C27 December 2017	24.3 °C	1,193 mm	171
2016	35.9 °C19 February 2016	13.9 °C30 January 2016	24.4 °C	1,305 mm	179
2015	34.7 °C11 February 2015	12.4 °C13 January 2015	24.1 °C	1,132 mm	195
2014	34.9 °C31 January 2014	14.8 °C12 January 2014	24.0 °C	1,253 mm	143
2013	34.3 °C3 March 2013	13.6 °C17 December 2013	23.9 °C	1,117 mm	150
2012	34.4 °C30 April 2012	14.2 °C15 January 2012	23.9 °C	1,197 mm	148
2011	33.9 °C26 January 2011	13.6 °C18 January 2011	23.8 °C	1,112 mm	161
2010	35.7 °C8 March 2010	16.2 °C11 December 2010	24.4 °C	1,187 mm	170
2009	33.9 °C19 May 2009	17.0 °C31 December 2009	24.0 °C	1,189 mm	122
2008	35.1 °C13 February 2008	15.1 °C28 December 2008	23.7 °C	1,197 mm	133
2007	35.3 °C18 February 2007	13.2 °C11 January 2007	23.9 °C	1,190 mm	153
2006	33.3 °C2 February 2006	14.9 °C30 December 2006	23.8 °C	1,126 mm	133
2005	34.7 °C12 February 2005	14.8 °C8 January 2005	24.2 °C	1,079 mm	159
2004	34.5 °C10 March 2004	14.4 °C5 February 2004	24.0 °C	1,052 mm	147
2003	35.0 °C7 February 2003	16.2 °C3 January 2003	24.0 °C	1,130 mm	152
2002	34.9 °C23 February 2002	13.8 °C13 January 2002	23.7 °C	1,155 mm	118
2001	35.5 °C26 February 2001	13.7 °C12 January 2001	23.4 °C	1,262 mm	101
2000	35.1 °C13 March 2000	14.4 °C15 December 2000	23.4 °C	1,254 mm	111
1999	33.5 °C16 February 1999	14.9 °C12 January 1999	23.3 °C	1,633 mm	82
1998	37.1 °C5 February 1998	15.8 °C16 January 1998	24.4 °C	1,225 mm	164
1997	34.8 °C26 February 1997	13.3 °C14 February 1997	23.8 °C	1,199 mm	122
1996	34.0 °C7 April 1996	17.9 °C20 December 1996	23.5 °C	1,573 mm	93
1995	33.7 °C5 April 1995	13.4 °C29 January 1995	23.8 °C	1,530 mm	141
1994	34.0 °C25 March 1994	14.0 °C18 January 1994	23.5 °C	1,861 mm	116
1993	33.8 °C12 February 1993	12.4 °C11 February 1993	23.5 °C	1,639 mm	108
1992	35.3 °C5 March 1992	14.1 °C11 February 1992	23.3 °C	1,439 mm	102
1991	34.8 °C12 February 1991	15.4 °C26 December 1991	23.6 °C	1,468 mm	104
1990	34.3 °C28 February 1990	16.2 °C12 March 1990	23.8 °C	1,391 mm	109
1989	34.6 °C15 February 1989	11.0 °C25 January 1989	23.2 °C	1,316 mm	98
1988	34.9 °C27 February 1988	14.9 °C28 December 1988	23.5 °C	1,630 mm	89
1987	35.6 °C21 March 1987	15.1 °C1 January 1987	24.0 °C	1,420 mm	129
1986	33.4 °C13 February 1986	12.8 °C16 January 1986	23.3 °C	1,677 mm	73
1985	34.9 °C6 March 1985	13.8 °C18 February 1985	23.1 °C	1,535 mm	70
1984	34.0 °C16 February 1984	13.1 °C14 December 1984	23.2 °C	1,419 mm	83
1983	36.8 °C15 March 1983	13.5 °C6 January 1983	23.6 °C	1,345 mm	122
1982	33.1 °C3 April 1982	13.0 °C11 February 1982	23.1 °C	1,553 mm	74
1981	34.1 °C2 February 1981	12.9 °C12 February 1981	23.2 °C	1,647 mm	76
1980	34.1 °C21 March 1980	13.8 °C16 December 1980	23.2 °C	1,582 mm	66
1979	34.2 °C4 March 1979	15.6 °C11 December 1979	23.1 °C	1,611 mm	64
1978	33.4 °C29 March 1978	13.9 °C11 January 1978	23.1 °C	1,525 mm	78
1977	35.2 °C8 March 1977	14.4 °C26 December 1977	23.1 °C	1,407 mm	61
1976	31.8 °C6 March 1976	15.2 °C6 January 1976	22.7 °C	1,564 mm	37
1975	32.7 °C30 April 1975	13.1 °C15 January 1975	22.7 °C	1,555 mm	58
1974	33.3 °C19 March 1974	13.0 °C30 December 1974	22.7 °C	1,560 mm	46
1973	34.2 °C14 February 1973	16.9 °C9 March 1973	23.4 °C	1,558 mm	80
1972	34.0 °C21 December 1972	15.9 °C8 January 1972	23.3 °C	1,435 mm	77
1971	34.4 °C16 April 1971	11.9 °C25 December 1971	22.8 °C	1,593 mm	52
1970	32.8 °C26 February 1970	15.0 °C18 December 1970	23.2 °C	1,661 mm	78
1969	34.2 °C4 February 1969	15.0 °C31 January 1969	23.2 °C	1,783 mm	62
1968	32.1 °C4 February 1968	14.7 °C18 January 1968	23.0 °C	1,555 mm	36
1967	34.2 °C4 April 1967	15.4 °C25 January 1967	22.9 °C	1,702 mm	47
1966	34.5 °C19 March 1966	17.6 °C30 December 1966	23.9 °C	1,257 mm	119
1965	33.2 °C12 May 1965	17.1 °C5 February 1965	23.5 °C	1,136 mm	76
1964	33.6 °C19 February 1964	16.3 °C15 January 1964	23.8 °C	1,033 mm	132
1963	33.8 °C18 February 1963	15.9 °C2 January 1963	23.6 °C	1,230 mm	80
1962	34.4 °C9 February 1962	16.8 °C8 February 1962	23.2 °C	1,445 mm	71
1961	35.3 °C22 February 1961	15.7 °C16 December 1961	23.3 °C	1,377 mm	96
1960	34.3 °C4 February 1960	16.5 °C2 January 1960	23.6 °C	1,533 mm	115
1959	35.1 °C3 February 1959	16.2 °C29 December 1959	23.8 °C	1,367 mm	128
1958	35.7 °C24 February 1958	17.5 °C10 January 1958	23.7 °C	1,366 mm	96
1957	35.3 °C19 February 1957	14.5 °C12 February 1957	23.4 °C	1,301 mm	76
1956	32.6 °C22 January 1956	14.4 °C23 January 1956	23.1 °C	1,335 mm	67
1955	32.5 °C20 February 1955	17.6 °C31 July 1955	23.0 °C	1,374 mm	35
1954	32.2 °C8 January 1954	16.5 °C2 August 1954	23.0 °C	1,453 mm	39
1953	33.1 °C9 February 1953	15.0 °C21 December 1953	23.2 °C	1,604 mm	72
1952	32.4 °C3 January 1952	15.8 °C5 January 1952	23.2 °C	1,611 mm	44
1951	32.5 °C13 March 1951	16.2 °C24 December 1951	23.2 °C	1,501 mm	51
1950	33.5 °C22 February 1950	13.7 °C18 July 1950	23.6 °C	998 mm	107
1949	34.7 °C17 February 1949	15.0 °C7 February 1949	23.7 °C	1,017 mm	119
1948	32.8 °C21 March 1948	15.4 °C8 January 1948	23.1 °C	1,361 mm	51
1947	32.7 °C27 January 1947	17.0 °C20 January 1947	23.4 °C	1,251 mm	69
1946	36.0 °C23 February 1946	15.0 °C19 January 1946	23.4 °C	1,189 mm	86
1945	35.9 °C18 February 1945	14.6 °C23 December 1945	23.4 °C	1,217 mm	113
1944	34.8 °C9 February 1944	16.3 °C2 February 1944	23.6 °C	1,124 mm	117
1943	32.8 °C1 March 1943	15.3 °C1 February 1943	23.3 °C	1,125 mm	89
1942	33.6 °C23 January 1942	17.6 °C20 July 1942	23.2 °C	1,246 mm	59
1941	33.8 °C17 February 1941	15.6 °C22 December 1941	23.8 °C	1,019 mm	111
1940	32.1 °C5 August 1940	18.2 °C15 January 1940	23.1 °C	1,403 mm	42

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.1 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

206 d/yr

+98

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1034 mm

-312 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.8 °C	+1.8 °C	6 mm	-26 mm
Feb	32.3 °C	+1.3 °C	9 mm	-45 mm
Mar	32.3 °C	+2.0 °C	38 mm	-88 mm
Apr	30.8 °C	+1.2 °C	131 mm	-10 mm
May	30.8 °C	+1.8 °C	80 mm	-37 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+1.6 °C	89 mm	-7 mm
Jul	27.8 °C	+0.2 °C	126 mm	+31 mm
Aug	27.9 °C	+0.2 °C	60 mm	-68 mm
Sep	28.9 °C	+1.3 °C	186 mm	+21 mm
Oct	28.5 °C	+0.9 °C	232 mm	+33 mm
Nov	30.5 °C	+2.3 °C	47 mm	-98 mm
Dec	30.4 °C	+1.4 °C	31 mm	-21 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.1 °C

25 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.5 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

27.2 mm

9 Jun 2025

Windiest day

15.7 km/h

17 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

42.8 km/h

5 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.4 °C

26 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.6 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

5 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Yokadouma?

Yokadouma has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 1,346 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yokadouma?

The hottest day measured in Yokadouma between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1998, reaching 37.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Yokadouma?

The coldest day measured in Yokadouma between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1989, at 11.0 °C.

Does it snow in Yokadouma?

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

Has the climate of Yokadouma warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Yokadouma?

The wettest day measured in Yokadouma between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 2014, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Yokadouma?

The windiest day measured in Yokadouma between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1967, with winds reaching 18.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Yokadouma?

The warmest month in Yokadouma is February (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is October (22.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Yokadouma?

Yokadouma receives on average 1,346 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 224 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Yokadouma?

Yokadouma gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Yokadouma?

Yes: Yokadouma has on average 210 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yokadouma?

In Yokadouma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 16 April 2010, and the lowest was 9.0 °C on 21 January 1989.

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