Gounou Gaya climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gounou Gaya?

Gounou Gaya has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 708 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gounou Gaya?

The hottest day measured in Gounou Gaya between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 2016, reaching 45.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gounou Gaya?

The coldest day measured in Gounou Gaya between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1968, at 11.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gounou Gaya?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gounou Gaya warmed?

Yes: Gounou Gaya warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gounou Gaya?

The wettest day measured in Gounou Gaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2023, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gounou Gaya?

The windiest day measured in Gounou Gaya between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1967, with winds reaching 32.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gounou Gaya?

The warmest month in Gounou Gaya is April (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gounou Gaya?

Gounou Gaya receives on average 708 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gounou Gaya?

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

Gounou Gaya (Chad) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 708 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 (32.9 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Gounou Gaya averages 0 frost days, 316 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.

Gounou Gaya has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.7 °C (on 1 March 2016) and the coldest 11.4 °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

Gounou GayaMayo-Kebbi Est Region

coords: 9.63°, 15.51°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAprilColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.0°C

Average daily high

34.6°C

Average daily low

22.3°C

Annual rainfall

708mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

49%

Average peak wind

13.9km/h

Seasonal range

7.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

316 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

104 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.5 °C

Average feels-like low

22.6 °C

Average peak gust

30.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

278 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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

45.7 °C

1 March 2016

Coldest day

11.4 °C

19 January 1968

Wettest day

150 mm

24 August 2023

Windiest day

32.0 km/h

5 April 1967

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

10 May 1967

Hottest feels-like

47.3 °C

19 April 2010

Coldest feels-like

7.3 °C

19 January 1968

Sunniest day

12.0 h

24 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	43.6 °C24 April 2025	14.5 °C17 December 2025	28.5 °C	630 mm	328
2024	44.5 °C30 March 2024	13.9 °C18 January 2024	28.6 °C	771 mm	331
2023	42.9 °C5 March 2023	15.5 °C11 January 2023	28.6 °C	807 mm	335
2022	44.2 °C2 April 2022	14.8 °C30 December 2022	28.1 °C	637 mm	326
2021	43.7 °C8 April 2021	15.4 °C9 February 2021	29.0 °C	543 mm	343
2020	44.3 °C3 April 2020	14.3 °C3 January 2020	28.7 °C	481 mm	338
2019	44.0 °C4 April 2019	15.2 °C7 December 2019	28.5 °C	951 mm	333
2018	43.5 °C18 March 2018	13.1 °C6 January 2018	28.8 °C	684 mm	336
2017	43.5 °C9 April 2017	15.7 °C11 January 2017	28.7 °C	556 mm	334
2016	45.7 °C1 March 2016	14.4 °C31 January 2016	28.7 °C	642 mm	344
2015	43.6 °C22 April 2015	12.4 °C13 January 2015	29.0 °C	515 mm	342
2014	43.5 °C24 March 2014	14.2 °C27 December 2014	28.4 °C	696 mm	341
2013	43.6 °C5 April 2013	13.3 °C19 December 2013	29.0 °C	524 mm	330
2012	43.1 °C3 April 2012	13.9 °C17 January 2012	28.1 °C	704 mm	325
2011	43.6 °C20 April 2011	13.4 °C13 January 2011	28.2 °C	609 mm	327
2010	44.7 °C19 April 2010	13.9 °C23 December 2010	28.7 °C	775 mm	321
2009	42.9 °C7 March 2009	14.6 °C27 December 2009	28.8 °C	507 mm	348
2008	43.1 °C24 March 2008	14.4 °C26 January 2008	27.9 °C	703 mm	314
2007	44.1 °C31 March 2007	13.9 °C15 January 2007	28.5 °C	742 mm	322
2006	43.4 °C3 March 2006	13.2 °C31 December 2006	28.6 °C	526 mm	336
2005	43.7 °C9 March 2005	14.6 °C8 January 2005	28.9 °C	717 mm	323
2004	43.8 °C30 March 2004	15.7 °C5 February 2004	28.4 °C	578 mm	334
2003	44.4 °C8 April 2003	13.8 °C4 January 2003	28.3 °C	701 mm	323
2002	41.9 °C16 March 2002	11.5 °C13 January 2002	28.1 °C	517 mm	326
2001	42.1 °C12 April 2001	12.4 °C6 January 2001	27.6 °C	708 mm	315
2000	42.5 °C22 March 2000	13.9 °C31 December 2000	27.3 °C	725 mm	315
1999	43.5 °C6 April 1999	13.3 °C10 January 1999	27.8 °C	877 mm	298
1998	44.4 °C2 April 1998	13.0 °C15 January 1998	28.4 °C	813 mm	324
1997	42.3 °C23 March 1997	15.4 °C25 January 1997	27.7 °C	742 mm	342
1996	42.6 °C5 April 1996	13.2 °C20 December 1996	27.9 °C	914 mm	326
1995	43.2 °C17 March 1995	14.7 °C13 January 1995	28.1 °C	732 mm	326
1994	43.0 °C19 April 1994	14.5 °C15 January 1994	27.9 °C	973 mm	309
1993	43.1 °C4 March 1993	13.4 °C7 January 1993	28.0 °C	599 mm	323
1992	44.1 °C27 March 1992	12.9 °C5 January 1992	27.4 °C	806 mm	307
1991	42.7 °C26 March 1991	14.5 °C17 December 1991	28.1 °C	661 mm	324
1990	43.7 °C8 April 1990	15.6 °C3 January 1990	28.5 °C	618 mm	345
1989	41.4 °C7 April 1989	11.7 °C21 January 1989	26.8 °C	678 mm	293
1988	43.3 °C2 April 1988	15.4 °C25 November 1988	27.5 °C	991 mm	300
1987	43.0 °C21 March 1987	14.9 °C3 January 1987	28.3 °C	737 mm	332
1986	42.9 °C15 April 1986	12.1 °C8 December 1986	28.0 °C	668 mm	308
1985	43.4 °C19 March 1985	15.5 °C29 December 1985	27.6 °C	913 mm	293
1984	41.9 °C30 March 1984	14.6 °C5 January 1984	27.9 °C	703 mm	331
1983	43.4 °C29 April 1983	13.3 °C4 January 1983	27.9 °C	488 mm	319
1982	42.9 °C17 March 1982	13.7 °C27 November 1982	27.3 °C	683 mm	317
1981	42.7 °C16 April 1981	14.9 °C14 January 1981	27.1 °C	810 mm	302
1980	42.3 °C19 March 1980	12.7 °C27 December 1980	27.6 °C	859 mm	307
1979	42.4 °C12 April 1979	14.9 °C31 January 1979	27.4 °C	826 mm	315
1978	42.2 °C21 March 1978	13.0 °C11 January 1978	27.5 °C	832 mm	316
1977	43.5 °C21 April 1977	13.1 °C26 December 1977	27.6 °C	737 mm	329
1976	41.1 °C13 April 1976	13.6 °C2 January 1976	27.5 °C	711 mm	325
1975	42.3 °C15 March 1975	13.0 °C17 January 1975	27.1 °C	1,031 mm	294
1974	41.3 °C23 March 1974	13.4 °C30 December 1974	27.3 °C	880 mm	291
1973	43.7 °C19 February 1973	14.1 °C26 December 1973	28.7 °C	657 mm	334
1972	43.0 °C21 March 1972	13.7 °C8 January 1972	28.2 °C	629 mm	337
1971	43.0 °C16 March 1971	12.2 °C28 December 1971	27.7 °C	580 mm	307
1970	42.7 °C7 April 1970	13.1 °C3 December 1970	27.5 °C	704 mm	310
1969	42.9 °C2 May 1969	14.2 °C23 December 1969	27.8 °C	859 mm	315
1968	42.7 °C7 April 1968	11.4 °C19 January 1968	27.4 °C	602 mm	309
1967	43.6 °C19 April 1967	13.0 °C3 January 1967	27.3 °C	656 mm	300
1966	43.8 °C5 May 1966	13.6 °C5 January 1966	29.0 °C	405 mm	357
1965	42.6 °C15 May 1965	13.8 °C18 December 1965	28.8 °C	339 mm	353
1964	43.3 °C11 April 1964	14.8 °C13 January 1964	28.6 °C	382 mm	327
1963	42.7 °C25 March 1963	13.4 °C10 December 1963	28.1 °C	557 mm	335
1962	41.4 °C7 April 1962	13.3 °C7 January 1962	27.6 °C	644 mm	304
1961	42.1 °C29 March 1961	14.6 °C28 December 1961	27.4 °C	691 mm	291
1960	43.3 °C29 March 1960	15.6 °C24 January 1960	28.1 °C	611 mm	312
1959	42.7 °C15 April 1959	14.7 °C29 December 1959	28.3 °C	496 mm	326
1958	42.2 °C29 March 1958	15.2 °C8 January 1958	27.8 °C	694 mm	284
1957	40.6 °C19 April 1957	12.4 °C12 January 1957	26.8 °C	840 mm	277
1956	42.2 °C9 May 1956	14.5 °C5 January 1956	27.4 °C	1,058 mm	265
1955	42.2 °C27 April 1955	14.7 °C31 December 1955	26.9 °C	840 mm	260
1954	40.5 °C30 April 1954	13.4 °C15 January 1954	27.2 °C	775 mm	261
1953	42.7 °C27 April 1953	12.5 °C23 December 1953	27.0 °C	1,002 mm	269
1952	41.6 °C28 March 1952	15.3 °C6 January 1952	27.6 °C	878 mm	301
1951	41.9 °C13 March 1951	14.5 °C18 December 1951	27.5 °C	870 mm	323
1950	41.1 °C3 March 1950	15.5 °C21 November 1950	27.2 °C	840 mm	287
1949	42.6 °C29 April 1949	15.2 °C7 February 1949	28.9 °C	335 mm	346
1948	41.2 °C28 March 1948	13.6 °C22 December 1948	26.9 °C	974 mm	279
1947	41.8 °C31 March 1947	15.9 °C20 January 1947	26.8 °C	1,180 mm	235
1946	43.2 °C10 March 1946	14.8 °C14 January 1946	27.2 °C	962 mm	262
1945	42.0 °C26 April 1945	13.6 °C9 February 1945	27.1 °C	712 mm	288
1944	42.6 °C14 March 1944	14.5 °C5 December 1944	27.5 °C	861 mm	280
1943	41.7 °C14 March 1943	17.4 °C31 December 1943	29.2 °C	304 mm	328
1942	41.8 °C27 March 1942	17.6 °C22 January 1942	28.1 °C	703 mm	295
1941	42.8 °C1 April 1941	15.4 °C26 January 1941	29.0 °C	452 mm	351
1940	41.7 °C9 April 1940	17.0 °C10 January 1940	28.4 °C	555 mm	344

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.6 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

328 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

630 mm

-78 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.3 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Feb	37.8 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	41.6 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Apr	40.7 °C	+0.9 °C	2 mm	-11 mm
May	39.0 °C	+1.9 °C	3 mm	-51 mm
Jun	35.2 °C	+1.5 °C	37 mm	-46 mm
Jul	30.6 °C	-0.1 °C	253 mm	+94 mm
Aug	29.5 °C	0.0 °C	210 mm	-0 mm
Sep	30.9 °C	+0.4 °C	110 mm	-30 mm
Oct	33.7 °C	+0.3 °C	15 mm	-28 mm
Nov	36.4 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Dec	36.2 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.6 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest day

14.5 °C

17 Dec 2025

Wettest day

42.7 mm

16 Jul 2025

Windiest day

29.1 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.1 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

26 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gounou Gaya?

Gounou Gaya has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.0 °C and it receives 708 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gounou Gaya?

The hottest day measured in Gounou Gaya between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 2016, reaching 45.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gounou Gaya?

The coldest day measured in Gounou Gaya between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1968, at 11.4 °C.

Does it snow in Gounou Gaya?

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

Has the climate of Gounou Gaya warmed?

Yes: Gounou Gaya warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gounou Gaya?

The wettest day measured in Gounou Gaya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2023, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gounou Gaya?

The windiest day measured in Gounou Gaya between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1967, with winds reaching 32.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gounou Gaya?

The warmest month in Gounou Gaya is April (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Gounou Gaya?

Gounou Gaya receives on average 708 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gounou Gaya?

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

Are there tropical nights in Gounou Gaya?

Yes: Gounou Gaya has on average 278 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gounou Gaya?

In Gounou Gaya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.3 °C on 19 April 2010, and the lowest was 7.3 °C on 19 January 1968.

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