Léré climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Léré?

Léré has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 565 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Léré between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2010, reaching 45.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Léré?

The coldest day measured in Léré between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2002, at 12.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Léré?

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

Q: Has the climate of Léré warmed?

Yes: Léré warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Léré?

The wettest day measured in Léré between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1988, with 132 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Léré?

The windiest day measured in Léré between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 2011, with winds reaching 31.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Léré?

The warmest month in Léré is April (33.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Léré?

Léré receives on average 565 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Léré?

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

Léré (Chad) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 565 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 (33.0 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Léré averages 0 frost days, 317 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.

Léré has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.0 °C (on 19 April 2010) and the coldest 12.3 °C (on 13 January 2002).

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

LéréMayo-Kebbi Ouest Region

coords: 9.64°, 14.22°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAprilColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.2°C

Average daily high

34.6°C

Average daily low

22.9°C

Annual rainfall

565mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

47%

Average peak wind

15.6km/h

Seasonal range

7.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

317 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

93 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.2 °C

Average feels-like low

23.0 °C

Average peak gust

33.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

305 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.19 · 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

45.0 °C

19 April 2010

Coldest day

12.3 °C

13 January 2002

Wettest day

132 mm

22 September 1988

Windiest day

31.9 km/h

10 June 2011

Strongest gust

63.0 km/h

12 April 1988

Hottest feels-like

47.3 °C

22 March 1987

Coldest feels-like

7.4 °C

12 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 July 2011

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	44.3 °C24 April 2025	16.1 °C12 January 2025	28.8 °C	588 mm	329
2024	45.0 °C29 March 2024	15.6 °C18 January 2024	29.0 °C	721 mm	327
2023	43.1 °C7 March 2023	17.4 °C11 January 2023	29.2 °C	493 mm	343
2022	43.9 °C2 April 2022	16.5 °C30 December 2022	28.3 °C	596 mm	320
2021	44.1 °C6 April 2021	17.5 °C19 February 2021	29.3 °C	457 mm	328
2020	44.2 °C3 April 2020	15.5 °C3 January 2020	29.1 °C	395 mm	338
2019	44.0 °C21 March 2019	15.9 °C7 December 2019	28.9 °C	692 mm	333
2018	42.9 °C18 March 2018	14.4 °C6 January 2018	28.9 °C	503 mm	335
2017	43.5 °C30 March 2017	16.6 °C11 January 2017	28.9 °C	520 mm	337
2016	44.7 °C1 March 2016	15.1 °C31 January 2016	28.7 °C	560 mm	339
2015	43.8 °C23 April 2015	12.5 °C13 January 2015	29.0 °C	462 mm	335
2014	43.3 °C24 March 2014	15.5 °C27 December 2014	28.5 °C	570 mm	333
2013	43.6 °C5 April 2013	14.5 °C19 December 2013	29.0 °C	485 mm	323
2012	43.7 °C1 April 2012	15.1 °C29 December 2012	28.3 °C	580 mm	314
2011	43.5 °C18 April 2011	14.5 °C18 January 2011	28.6 °C	416 mm	327
2010	45.0 °C19 April 2010	15.8 °C14 November 2010	29.0 °C	747 mm	323
2009	42.7 °C7 March 2009	16.6 °C25 December 2009	29.0 °C	378 mm	351
2008	42.9 °C29 March 2008	14.7 °C26 January 2008	28.0 °C	562 mm	315
2007	44.2 °C23 March 2007	14.4 °C15 January 2007	28.5 °C	410 mm	314
2006	43.3 °C3 March 2006	14.2 °C30 December 2006	28.9 °C	358 mm	338
2005	43.6 °C9 March 2005	15.3 °C8 January 2005	29.0 °C	493 mm	323
2004	44.3 °C30 March 2004	16.1 °C5 February 2004	28.3 °C	452 mm	332
2003	44.0 °C8 April 2003	14.2 °C4 January 2003	28.4 °C	573 mm	324
2002	42.9 °C7 April 2002	12.3 °C13 January 2002	28.4 °C	399 mm	327
2001	42.1 °C12 April 2001	14.1 °C6 January 2001	27.8 °C	469 mm	303
2000	42.3 °C31 March 2000	15.8 °C31 December 2000	27.7 °C	473 mm	319
1999	43.1 °C6 April 1999	14.0 °C10 January 1999	27.9 °C	681 mm	294
1998	44.4 °C3 April 1998	14.4 °C15 January 1998	28.5 °C	713 mm	318
1997	42.7 °C21 March 1997	16.9 °C14 February 1997	28.1 °C	531 mm	347
1996	42.7 °C7 April 1996	15.6 °C21 December 1996	28.2 °C	698 mm	328
1995	43.1 °C1 April 1995	15.6 °C25 January 1995	28.2 °C	603 mm	330
1994	42.6 °C8 March 1994	15.2 °C15 January 1994	28.0 °C	752 mm	306
1993	43.2 °C4 March 1993	13.7 °C7 January 1993	28.4 °C	431 mm	326
1992	42.5 °C10 April 1992	13.4 °C5 January 1992	27.6 °C	594 mm	312
1991	42.5 °C22 February 1991	15.8 °C17 December 1991	28.6 °C	473 mm	330
1990	43.2 °C14 April 1990	16.4 °C2 January 1990	28.9 °C	521 mm	349
1989	42.2 °C8 April 1989	12.5 °C21 January 1989	27.3 °C	564 mm	298
1988	43.4 °C2 April 1988	16.6 °C25 November 1988	27.9 °C	913 mm	297
1987	43.3 °C20 March 1987	17.0 °C7 January 1987	29.0 °C	581 mm	338
1986	43.5 °C15 April 1986	14.9 °C8 December 1986	28.4 °C	526 mm	323
1985	43.1 °C19 March 1985	16.6 °C29 December 1985	27.8 °C	761 mm	297
1984	42.7 °C21 March 1984	15.1 °C17 January 1984	28.0 °C	668 mm	324
1983	44.0 °C29 April 1983	13.7 °C7 January 1983	28.2 °C	334 mm	322
1982	43.1 °C17 March 1982	13.9 °C5 December 1982	27.8 °C	559 mm	312
1981	42.7 °C15 April 1981	15.7 °C23 January 1981	27.5 °C	626 mm	305
1980	43.2 °C16 April 1980	14.1 °C27 December 1980	28.0 °C	666 mm	314
1979	42.7 °C18 March 1979	15.9 °C12 December 1979	28.0 °C	536 mm	334
1978	42.3 °C21 March 1978	13.8 °C12 January 1978	27.8 °C	695 mm	318
1977	43.5 °C21 April 1977	14.0 °C28 December 1977	28.0 °C	560 mm	328
1976	41.2 °C27 March 1976	15.0 °C23 January 1976	27.7 °C	738 mm	320
1975	42.0 °C4 April 1975	14.1 °C17 January 1975	27.3 °C	712 mm	287
1974	41.9 °C16 April 1974	14.3 °C30 December 1974	27.4 °C	733 mm	287
1973	43.4 °C19 February 1973	15.5 °C26 December 1973	28.7 °C	599 mm	330
1972	42.8 °C21 March 1972	14.6 °C8 January 1972	28.2 °C	498 mm	339
1971	42.6 °C14 March 1971	13.2 °C28 December 1971	27.9 °C	544 mm	299
1970	43.4 °C8 April 1970	14.3 °C3 December 1970	27.8 °C	580 mm	314
1969	42.9 °C2 May 1969	15.4 °C10 January 1969	28.0 °C	636 mm	315
1968	42.6 °C7 April 1968	12.8 °C19 January 1968	27.7 °C	464 mm	317
1967	42.7 °C11 April 1967	14.0 °C1 January 1967	27.4 °C	560 mm	303
1966	43.2 °C5 May 1966	15.1 °C5 January 1966	29.2 °C	305 mm	362
1965	43.0 °C15 May 1965	15.1 °C4 February 1965	28.9 °C	297 mm	350
1964	43.2 °C7 May 1964	15.9 °C13 January 1964	28.8 °C	358 mm	334
1963	43.1 °C25 March 1963	16.1 °C10 December 1963	28.4 °C	503 mm	344
1962	41.4 °C17 April 1962	14.9 °C7 January 1962	28.1 °C	503 mm	306
1961	41.6 °C29 March 1961	16.0 °C25 December 1961	27.8 °C	497 mm	294
1960	43.2 °C29 March 1960	16.8 °C23 January 1960	28.2 °C	546 mm	312
1959	42.7 °C13 April 1959	15.3 °C29 December 1959	28.6 °C	404 mm	327
1958	42.4 °C29 March 1958	16.6 °C8 January 1958	28.4 °C	539 mm	305
1957	41.1 °C17 April 1957	12.4 °C12 January 1957	27.1 °C	732 mm	273
1956	42.5 °C9 May 1956	16.0 °C20 December 1956	27.6 °C	760 mm	266
1955	42.6 °C25 April 1955	16.2 °C31 December 1955	27.4 °C	664 mm	273
1954	41.3 °C9 April 1954	15.0 °C15 January 1954	27.7 °C	659 mm	270
1953	43.2 °C27 April 1953	14.9 °C24 December 1953	27.2 °C	837 mm	273
1952	41.4 °C28 March 1952	16.7 °C6 January 1952	27.8 °C	725 mm	293
1951	42.2 °C13 March 1951	15.7 °C9 November 1951	27.8 °C	676 mm	327
1950	42.2 °C8 April 1950	16.2 °C24 October 1950	27.7 °C	647 mm	298
1949	42.5 °C19 April 1949	15.9 °C10 February 1949	29.4 °C	282 mm	352
1948	41.0 °C26 March 1948	15.7 °C22 December 1948	27.3 °C	652 mm	293
1947	41.9 °C21 April 1947	16.5 °C20 January 1947	27.0 °C	937 mm	231
1946	42.1 °C31 March 1946	15.3 °C11 November 1946	27.3 °C	798 mm	272
1945	42.3 °C26 April 1945	14.7 °C2 February 1945	27.5 °C	596 mm	293
1944	41.8 °C15 April 1944	16.4 °C1 February 1944	27.7 °C	689 mm	277
1943	41.1 °C21 February 1943	18.5 °C31 January 1943	29.2 °C	276 mm	329
1942	41.4 °C27 March 1942	18.0 °C4 January 1942	28.4 °C	499 mm	306
1941	42.7 °C11 April 1941	16.1 °C27 December 1941	29.2 °C	375 mm	354
1940	41.7 °C8 April 1940	18.7 °C10 January 1940	28.8 °C	440 mm	351

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.4 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

329 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

588 mm

+23 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.9 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	37.4 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	41.4 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	40.9 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-12 mm
May	38.3 °C	+1.2 °C	5 mm	-43 mm
Jun	34.4 °C	+0.5 °C	35 mm	-34 mm
Jul	30.6 °C	-0.4 °C	207 mm	+87 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	-0.3 °C	213 mm	+51 mm
Sep	30.8 °C	+0.2 °C	115 mm	-0 mm
Oct	33.7 °C	-0.2 °C	13 mm	-24 mm
Nov	36.5 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Dec	36.4 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.3 °C

24 Apr 2025

Coldest day

16.1 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

29.3 mm

3 Sep 2025

Windiest day

31.8 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

23 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

3 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Léré?

Léré has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 565 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Léré?

The hottest day measured in Léré between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2010, reaching 45.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Léré?

The coldest day measured in Léré between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2002, at 12.3 °C.

Does it snow in Léré?

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

Has the climate of Léré warmed?

Yes: Léré warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Léré?

The wettest day measured in Léré between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1988, with 132 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Léré?

The windiest day measured in Léré between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 2011, with winds reaching 31.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Léré?

The warmest month in Léré is April (33.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Léré?

Léré receives on average 565 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Léré?

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

Are there tropical nights in Léré?

Yes: Léré has on average 305 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Léré?

In Léré, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.3 °C on 22 March 1987, and the lowest was 7.4 °C on 12 January 1957.

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