Carnot climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Carnot?

Carnot has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 1,656 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Carnot between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2019, reaching 39.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Carnot?

The coldest day measured in Carnot between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1993, at 12.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Carnot?

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

Q: Has the climate of Carnot warmed?

Yes: Carnot warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Carnot?

The wettest day measured in Carnot between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2015, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Carnot?

The windiest day measured in Carnot between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2005, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Carnot?

The warmest month in Carnot is February (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (23.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Carnot?

Carnot receives on average 1,656 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 218 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Carnot?

Carnot gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Carnot (Central African Republic) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 1,656 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (23.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Carnot averages 0 frost days, 160 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 218 rainy days per year.

Carnot has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 21 February 2019) and the coldest 12.4 °C (on 11 February 1993).

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

CarnotMambéré

coords: 4.94°, 15.88°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.4°C

Average daily high

29.8°C

Average daily low

20.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,656mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

9.7km/h

Seasonal range

3.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

160 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

218 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.5 °C

Average feels-like low

22.4 °C

Average peak gust

26.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

218 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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

39.4 °C

21 February 2019

Coldest day

12.4 °C

11 February 1993

Wettest day

138 mm

2 April 2015

Windiest day

23.2 km/h

6 January 2005

Strongest gust

52.6 km/h

4 February 1944

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

16 March 1995

Coldest feels-like

9.9 °C

11 February 1993

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.9 °C17 January 2025	16.3 °C30 January 2025	25.0 °C	1,243 mm	203
2024	38.4 °C13 February 2024	15.2 °C19 January 2024	25.5 °C	1,202 mm	229
2023	37.1 °C12 February 2023	16.2 °C11 January 2023	25.1 °C	1,412 mm	198
2022	37.3 °C28 February 2022	16.1 °C24 December 2022	25.0 °C	1,143 mm	199
2021	37.6 °C28 February 2021	16.5 °C23 January 2021	25.2 °C	1,358 mm	208
2020	38.6 °C23 February 2020	15.4 °C2 February 2020	25.3 °C	1,264 mm	212
2019	39.4 °C21 February 2019	16.3 °C8 February 2019	25.1 °C	1,402 mm	201
2018	36.4 °C5 February 2018	14.3 °C8 January 2018	24.6 °C	1,272 mm	183
2017	38.1 °C18 March 2017	16.6 °C6 January 2017	24.9 °C	1,347 mm	200
2016	38.7 °C17 February 2016	16.1 °C12 February 2016	25.0 °C	1,562 mm	204
2015	37.8 °C31 January 2015	14.3 °C12 January 2015	24.6 °C	1,608 mm	181
2014	38.1 °C22 February 2014	15.9 °C5 January 2014	24.6 °C	1,561 mm	180
2013	36.3 °C24 February 2013	16.1 °C17 December 2013	24.4 °C	1,795 mm	158
2012	37.4 °C5 February 2012	15.1 °C16 January 2012	24.5 °C	1,374 mm	189
2011	36.4 °C13 March 2011	14.7 °C1 December 2011	24.4 °C	1,394 mm	191
2010	37.1 °C2 February 2010	14.6 °C9 December 2010	24.9 °C	1,518 mm	197
2009	35.9 °C18 December 2009	16.4 °C4 January 2009	24.6 °C	1,488 mm	181
2008	36.2 °C5 February 2008	16.3 °C7 February 2008	24.4 °C	1,368 mm	183
2007	38.5 °C18 February 2007	15.7 °C3 January 2007	24.6 °C	1,699 mm	177
2006	36.4 °C21 January 2006	14.2 °C28 December 2006	24.6 °C	1,325 mm	179
2005	37.8 °C31 January 2005	16.5 °C10 January 2005	25.0 °C	1,281 mm	188
2004	37.2 °C20 February 2004	16.4 °C4 February 2004	24.8 °C	1,393 mm	184
2003	38.5 °C8 February 2003	16.3 °C6 January 2003	24.8 °C	1,444 mm	180
2002	37.1 °C19 February 2002	13.2 °C15 January 2002	24.4 °C	1,558 mm	160
2001	36.1 °C18 February 2001	13.6 °C8 February 2001	24.1 °C	1,432 mm	160
2000	37.7 °C13 March 2000	14.6 °C9 December 2000	24.1 °C	1,530 mm	172
1999	35.4 °C24 February 1999	14.8 °C11 January 1999	23.9 °C	1,703 mm	159
1998	38.8 °C3 February 1998	14.5 °C17 January 1998	25.2 °C	1,430 mm	209
1997	37.5 °C6 March 1997	14.4 °C27 January 1997	24.7 °C	1,741 mm	174
1996	36.0 °C23 January 1996	15.3 °C20 December 1996	24.4 °C	1,815 mm	163
1995	37.8 °C21 February 1995	14.4 °C19 February 1995	24.6 °C	1,959 mm	192
1994	37.2 °C20 February 1994	13.4 °C15 February 1994	24.2 °C	2,035 mm	176
1993	38.7 °C27 February 1993	12.4 °C11 February 1993	24.2 °C	1,939 mm	166
1992	37.7 °C22 February 1992	15.1 °C6 March 1992	24.2 °C	1,872 mm	157
1991	38.7 °C12 February 1991	15.8 °C20 December 1991	24.5 °C	1,824 mm	154
1990	38.7 °C2 March 1990	15.8 °C13 March 1990	24.8 °C	1,867 mm	168
1989	37.5 °C25 February 1989	13.1 °C16 January 1989	24.2 °C	1,454 mm	161
1988	38.4 °C4 February 1988	16.3 °C28 December 1988	24.4 °C	1,757 mm	170
1987	36.8 °C7 March 1987	14.9 °C1 January 1987	24.7 °C	1,876 mm	171
1986	36.6 °C2 February 1986	13.4 °C9 December 1986	24.1 °C	1,850 mm	165
1985	37.4 °C8 March 1985	14.1 °C10 February 1985	23.8 °C	2,042 mm	141
1984	34.8 °C27 February 1984	14.4 °C25 January 1984	23.9 °C	1,681 mm	151
1983	39.1 °C19 March 1983	13.7 °C31 December 1983	24.6 °C	1,564 mm	166
1982	36.3 °C19 February 1982	14.9 °C27 November 1982	24.0 °C	1,912 mm	169
1981	36.0 °C1 March 1981	15.2 °C1 February 1981	24.0 °C	1,783 mm	163
1980	35.1 °C8 February 1980	13.9 °C27 December 1980	24.0 °C	2,172 mm	139
1979	35.4 °C11 February 1979	15.2 °C2 December 1979	23.8 °C	1,894 mm	156
1978	36.9 °C12 February 1978	15.1 °C8 January 1978	23.9 °C	1,928 mm	155
1977	37.7 °C8 March 1977	14.9 °C26 December 1977	24.1 °C	1,712 mm	183
1976	34.3 °C28 January 1976	15.3 °C2 January 1976	23.5 °C	2,015 mm	122
1975	35.5 °C30 January 1975	14.0 °C9 December 1975	23.6 °C	1,915 mm	129
1974	35.5 °C13 February 1974	14.5 °C6 December 1974	23.6 °C	1,849 mm	131
1973	37.2 °C3 February 1973	16.1 °C29 December 1973	24.2 °C	1,972 mm	171
1972	35.8 °C21 December 1972	15.3 °C5 January 1972	24.1 °C	1,688 mm	161
1971	36.2 °C10 February 1971	12.8 °C28 December 1971	23.6 °C	1,730 mm	156
1970	36.3 °C4 March 1970	14.8 °C5 December 1970	24.1 °C	1,818 mm	163
1969	36.6 °C14 February 1969	14.7 °C8 January 1969	24.0 °C	1,945 mm	144
1968	35.2 °C10 February 1968	14.7 °C25 December 1968	23.9 °C	1,759 mm	122
1967	37.2 °C3 February 1967	13.7 °C25 January 1967	23.7 °C	1,976 mm	145
1966	37.3 °C19 March 1966	15.8 °C19 February 1966	25.0 °C	1,541 mm	172
1965	35.8 °C13 May 1965	14.7 °C4 February 1965	24.4 °C	1,364 mm	157
1964	36.9 °C20 February 1964	15.8 °C10 January 1964	24.9 °C	1,283 mm	179
1963	36.2 °C18 February 1963	15.5 °C6 January 1963	24.6 °C	1,501 mm	165
1962	37.4 °C12 February 1962	15.3 °C7 January 1962	24.0 °C	2,009 mm	109
1961	37.5 °C22 February 1961	15.0 °C14 February 1961	24.4 °C	1,627 mm	151
1960	36.8 °C12 January 1960	16.2 °C26 January 1960	24.6 °C	2,099 mm	151
1959	38.5 °C9 March 1959	16.1 °C26 January 1959	24.7 °C	1,580 mm	159
1958	38.3 °C21 February 1958	16.3 °C8 January 1958	24.5 °C	2,138 mm	127
1957	37.1 °C16 February 1957	15.9 °C7 February 1957	24.4 °C	1,652 mm	139
1956	35.5 °C12 February 1956	15.7 °C5 January 1956	23.9 °C	1,702 mm	121
1955	36.7 °C15 February 1955	15.9 °C31 December 1955	23.9 °C	2,020 mm	120
1954	35.3 °C23 January 1954	16.8 °C2 August 1954	23.8 °C	1,757 mm	107
1953	37.7 °C7 February 1953	16.7 °C1 February 1953	24.1 °C	1,949 mm	119
1952	35.8 °C14 January 1952	17.2 °C7 January 1952	24.2 °C	1,904 mm	128
1951	34.7 °C21 December 1951	14.8 °C30 December 1951	24.0 °C	1,952 mm	128
1950	36.0 °C21 January 1950	14.8 °C18 July 1950	24.3 °C	1,215 mm	144
1949	37.7 °C16 February 1949	15.6 °C20 December 1949	24.6 °C	1,308 mm	151
1948	36.0 °C10 February 1948	16.8 °C25 December 1948	24.0 °C	1,880 mm	111
1947	35.9 °C24 January 1947	15.1 °C8 December 1947	24.1 °C	1,604 mm	116
1946	38.6 °C23 February 1946	16.7 °C20 January 1946	24.3 °C	1,436 mm	114
1945	37.3 °C18 February 1945	15.3 °C23 December 1945	24.4 °C	1,682 mm	150
1944	37.0 °C11 February 1944	15.8 °C1 December 1944	24.5 °C	1,636 mm	142
1943	36.1 °C1 March 1943	16.5 °C1 February 1943	24.2 °C	1,284 mm	119
1942	35.9 °C24 January 1942	16.6 °C23 January 1942	23.9 °C	1,593 mm	100
1941	36.6 °C1 February 1941	15.2 °C20 November 1941	24.7 °C	1,494 mm	146
1940	34.5 °C14 January 1940	17.3 °C26 December 1940	24.0 °C	1,695 mm	99

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.7 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

203 d/yr

+43

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1243 mm

-413 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.0 °C	+1.0 °C	2 mm	-10 mm
Feb	34.1 °C	+0.5 °C	2 mm	-30 mm
Mar	32.9 °C	+1.1 °C	49 mm	-68 mm
Apr	31.0 °C	+0.9 °C	81 mm	-91 mm
May	29.9 °C	+0.7 °C	73 mm	-96 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+1.1 °C	106 mm	-33 mm
Jul	27.3 °C	+0.2 °C	219 mm	+78 mm
Aug	27.3 °C	0.0 °C	136 mm	-45 mm
Sep	28.6 °C	+0.9 °C	268 mm	+26 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	+0.4 °C	295 mm	-1 mm
Nov	31.9 °C	+1.9 °C	12 mm	-114 mm
Dec	33.3 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.9 °C

17 Jan 2025

Coldest day

16.3 °C

30 Jan 2025

Wettest day

29.6 mm

27 Oct 2025

Windiest day

20.9 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

45.4 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

11 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.6 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

24 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Carnot?

Carnot has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 1,656 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Carnot?

The hottest day measured in Carnot between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2019, reaching 39.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Carnot?

The coldest day measured in Carnot between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1993, at 12.4 °C.

Does it snow in Carnot?

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

Has the climate of Carnot warmed?

Yes: Carnot warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Carnot?

The wettest day measured in Carnot between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2015, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Carnot?

The windiest day measured in Carnot between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2005, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Carnot?

The warmest month in Carnot is February (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (23.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Carnot?

Carnot receives on average 1,656 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 218 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Carnot?

Carnot gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Carnot?

Yes: Carnot has on average 218 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Carnot?

In Carnot, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 16 March 1995, and the lowest was 9.9 °C on 11 February 1993.

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