Pokola climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pokola?

Pokola has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,668 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pokola between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2024, reaching 37.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pokola?

The coldest day measured in Pokola between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2015, at 14.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pokola?

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

Q: Has the climate of Pokola warmed?

Yes: Pokola warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pokola?

The wettest day measured in Pokola between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 2010, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pokola?

The windiest day measured in Pokola between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1967, with winds reaching 19.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pokola?

The warmest month in Pokola is March (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is September (24.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pokola?

Pokola receives on average 1,668 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 253 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pokola?

Pokola gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pokola (Congo Republic) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,668 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 March (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is September (24.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Pokola averages 0 frost days, 147 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 253 rainy days per year.

Pokola has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 29 March 2024) and the coldest 14.0 °C (on 13 January 2015).

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

PokolaSangha Department

coords: 1.41°, 16.32°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthMarchColdest monthSeptemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.7°C

Average daily high

29.4°C

Average daily low

21.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,668mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

87%

Average peak wind

8.3km/h

Seasonal range

1.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

147 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

253 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.9 °C

Average feels-like low

25.3 °C

Average peak gust

24.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

355 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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

37.8 °C

29 March 2024

Coldest day

14.0 °C

13 January 2015

Wettest day

183 mm

19 September 2010

Windiest day

19.6 km/h

5 April 1967

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

15 July 1950

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

16 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

12.3 °C

10 August 1950

Sunniest day

12.0 h

28 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.0 °C25 March 2025	19.1 °C13 January 2025	25.8 °C	1,300 mm	247
2024	37.8 °C29 March 2024	18.4 °C16 January 2024	26.4 °C	1,146 mm	295
2023	36.7 °C5 March 2023	19.1 °C31 January 2023	25.7 °C	1,354 mm	238
2022	36.3 °C9 March 2022	17.0 °C31 January 2022	25.6 °C	1,194 mm	245
2021	35.6 °C5 March 2021	19.1 °C18 February 2021	25.7 °C	1,285 mm	247
2020	37.1 °C21 February 2020	15.2 °C25 January 2020	25.9 °C	1,431 mm	254
2019	35.2 °C30 March 2019	20.1 °C31 December 2019	25.7 °C	1,420 mm	239
2018	34.8 °C18 April 2018	17.4 °C6 January 2018	25.5 °C	1,277 mm	229
2017	36.1 °C27 March 2017	20.4 °C7 August 2017	25.5 °C	1,477 mm	200
2016	35.8 °C17 February 2016	15.3 °C30 January 2016	25.8 °C	1,303 mm	226
2015	35.1 °C12 February 2015	14.0 °C13 January 2015	25.4 °C	1,272 mm	228
2014	34.8 °C22 February 2014	19.9 °C26 December 2014	25.3 °C	1,344 mm	200
2013	36.4 °C23 February 2013	16.5 °C17 December 2013	25.3 °C	1,201 mm	214
2012	34.8 °C1 May 2012	18.7 °C15 January 2012	25.1 °C	1,485 mm	198
2011	35.8 °C8 May 2011	16.0 °C18 January 2011	25.1 °C	1,270 mm	207
2010	34.9 °C31 March 2010	19.7 °C10 December 2010	25.5 °C	1,550 mm	196
2009	35.1 °C19 May 2009	20.1 °C4 January 2009	25.3 °C	1,490 mm	207
2008	34.5 °C3 March 2008	16.7 °C31 January 2008	24.9 °C	1,554 mm	188
2007	36.4 °C5 February 2007	15.8 °C3 January 2007	25.1 °C	1,436 mm	183
2006	34.1 °C24 January 2006	19.1 °C13 June 2006	25.0 °C	1,477 mm	169
2005	36.3 °C19 February 2005	17.1 °C10 January 2005	25.4 °C	1,412 mm	207
2004	34.7 °C18 February 2004	18.5 °C7 February 2004	25.0 °C	1,290 mm	176
2003	34.3 °C7 February 2003	18.7 °C2 January 2003	25.0 °C	1,461 mm	171
2002	34.6 °C24 February 2002	15.5 °C14 January 2002	24.9 °C	1,555 mm	166
2001	33.3 °C9 May 2001	17.6 °C11 January 2001	24.7 °C	1,336 mm	154
2000	34.7 °C4 March 2000	17.3 °C15 December 2000	24.5 °C	1,565 mm	137
1999	34.9 °C22 March 1999	18.2 °C11 January 1999	24.5 °C	1,802 mm	137
1998	35.7 °C4 March 1998	18.8 °C17 January 1998	25.5 °C	1,528 mm	197
1997	33.8 °C28 February 1997	17.4 °C2 February 1997	24.9 °C	1,588 mm	146
1996	33.3 °C30 April 1996	19.4 °C9 August 1996	24.5 °C	1,838 mm	128
1995	35.8 °C2 April 1995	19.6 °C29 January 1995	24.8 °C	1,891 mm	156
1994	34.6 °C23 March 1994	17.5 °C18 January 1994	24.7 °C	1,970 mm	152
1993	34.3 °C15 March 1993	16.0 °C11 February 1993	24.7 °C	1,789 mm	151
1992	36.3 °C6 March 1992	17.0 °C5 January 1992	24.5 °C	1,678 mm	129
1991	34.6 °C31 March 1991	17.5 °C26 December 1991	24.7 °C	1,640 mm	126
1990	34.3 °C27 March 1990	18.2 °C26 February 1990	24.8 °C	1,841 mm	149
1989	34.6 °C2 March 1989	14.5 °C25 January 1989	24.6 °C	1,514 mm	157
1988	35.7 °C27 February 1988	19.6 °C20 July 1988	24.6 °C	2,127 mm	129
1987	35.7 °C21 March 1987	19.3 °C2 January 1987	25.0 °C	1,918 mm	168
1986	34.0 °C2 May 1986	17.5 °C16 January 1986	24.5 °C	2,021 mm	135
1985	34.8 °C8 March 1985	18.4 °C19 February 1985	24.1 °C	2,093 mm	96
1984	34.6 °C19 March 1984	16.8 °C14 December 1984	24.3 °C	1,810 mm	117
1983	35.8 °C14 February 1983	16.1 °C29 January 1983	24.8 °C	1,716 mm	162
1982	34.0 °C21 April 1982	16.1 °C11 February 1982	24.3 °C	2,044 mm	111
1981	34.9 °C21 March 1981	17.9 °C12 February 1981	24.3 °C	2,070 mm	117
1980	34.0 °C9 March 1980	15.8 °C28 December 1980	24.3 °C	2,141 mm	103
1979	35.0 °C18 March 1979	19.7 °C23 July 1979	24.4 °C	1,845 mm	142
1978	34.1 °C6 March 1978	16.2 °C11 January 1978	24.3 °C	2,040 mm	108
1977	34.3 °C26 April 1977	16.2 °C28 December 1977	24.3 °C	1,944 mm	113
1976	32.8 °C28 April 1976	18.8 °C8 July 1976	23.9 °C	2,033 mm	77
1975	32.8 °C23 April 1975	16.6 °C12 December 1975	23.9 °C	1,842 mm	72
1974	33.2 °C19 March 1974	17.2 °C30 December 1974	23.8 °C	1,985 mm	73
1973	35.1 °C20 March 1973	19.4 °C18 August 1973	24.5 °C	2,015 mm	123
1972	34.8 °C21 December 1972	17.8 °C26 June 1972	24.3 °C	1,870 mm	114
1971	34.5 °C4 March 1971	14.5 °C25 December 1971	23.9 °C	1,988 mm	106
1970	34.2 °C25 March 1970	17.3 °C5 December 1970	24.3 °C	2,191 mm	119
1969	34.4 °C4 February 1969	18.0 °C29 January 1969	24.2 °C	2,322 mm	98
1968	33.0 °C4 April 1968	18.1 °C19 January 1968	24.1 °C	2,014 mm	90
1967	33.7 °C10 April 1967	17.9 °C24 July 1967	23.9 °C	2,561 mm	89
1966	33.6 °C19 March 1966	20.5 °C26 September 1966	24.7 °C	1,650 mm	126
1965	33.6 °C13 May 1965	19.8 °C6 February 1965	24.4 °C	1,623 mm	109
1964	33.6 °C19 January 1964	19.3 °C26 December 1964	24.6 °C	1,425 mm	139
1963	32.4 °C18 February 1963	19.9 °C21 November 1963	24.5 °C	1,597 mm	118
1962	34.1 °C20 January 1962	19.9 °C18 September 1962	24.2 °C	1,738 mm	82
1961	34.0 °C22 February 1961	19.3 °C31 July 1961	24.3 °C	1,652 mm	120
1960	33.6 °C5 March 1960	19.4 °C2 January 1960	24.4 °C	1,777 mm	143
1959	34.0 °C12 March 1959	19.0 °C22 September 1959	24.6 °C	1,601 mm	158
1958	34.9 °C24 February 1958	18.3 °C29 June 1958	24.7 °C	1,625 mm	149
1957	34.2 °C16 February 1957	16.0 °C12 January 1957	24.4 °C	1,529 mm	116
1956	34.0 °C21 August 1956	19.2 °C23 January 1956	24.2 °C	1,758 mm	93
1955	32.9 °C15 February 1955	19.8 °C13 August 1955	24.0 °C	1,801 mm	44
1954	32.5 °C9 January 1954	19.2 °C3 August 1954	24.1 °C	1,684 mm	72
1953	33.5 °C22 February 1953	19.1 °C29 June 1953	24.2 °C	1,945 mm	79
1952	32.5 °C14 February 1952	19.8 °C7 August 1952	24.2 °C	2,063 mm	85
1951	32.5 °C23 April 1951	20.0 °C16 July 1951	24.2 °C	1,850 mm	89
1950	36.9 °C1 September 1950	15.1 °C17 July 1950	24.9 °C	1,266 mm	194
1949	34.8 °C16 February 1949	20.3 °C13 December 1949	25.1 °C	1,062 mm	192
1948	33.0 °C21 March 1948	20.3 °C29 November 1948	24.0 °C	1,870 mm	46
1947	33.7 °C23 July 1947	19.6 °C7 July 1947	24.4 °C	1,680 mm	100
1946	34.9 °C23 February 1946	18.7 °C18 January 1946	24.5 °C	1,608 mm	116
1945	34.4 °C14 February 1945	18.0 °C4 February 1945	24.2 °C	1,556 mm	101
1944	35.2 °C1 March 1944	19.8 °C14 January 1944	24.7 °C	1,406 mm	153
1943	35.0 °C12 August 1943	19.0 °C7 July 1943	24.7 °C	1,422 mm	170
1942	32.6 °C23 January 1942	19.1 °C18 July 1942	24.2 °C	1,573 mm	88
1941	34.6 °C17 February 1941	19.9 °C23 January 1941	24.8 °C	1,396 mm	150
1940	33.2 °C4 August 1940	20.0 °C3 November 1940	24.2 °C	1,714 mm	74

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.8 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

247 d/yr

+100

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1300 mm

-368 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.0 °C	+1.8 °C	27 mm	-55 mm
Feb	31.8 °C	+1.1 °C	37 mm	-68 mm
Mar	32.1 °C	+1.6 °C	64 mm	-102 mm
Apr	31.1 °C	+0.9 °C	176 mm	+22 mm
May	31.1 °C	+1.4 °C	82 mm	-57 mm
Jun	30.8 °C	+1.7 °C	68 mm	-36 mm
Jul	29.3 °C	+0.6 °C	88 mm	-6 mm
Aug	29.9 °C	+1.1 °C	75 mm	-55 mm
Sep	30.0 °C	+1.5 °C	242 mm	+54 mm
Oct	30.1 °C	+1.5 °C	236 mm	+16 mm
Nov	31.1 °C	+2.3 °C	126 mm	-58 mm
Dec	30.4 °C	+0.9 °C	80 mm	-23 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.0 °C

25 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.1 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

26.8 mm

11 Apr 2025

Windiest day

15.3 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

35.3 km/h

23 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.5 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

20 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pokola?

Pokola has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,668 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pokola?

The hottest day measured in Pokola between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2024, reaching 37.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pokola?

The coldest day measured in Pokola between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2015, at 14.0 °C.

Does it snow in Pokola?

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

Has the climate of Pokola warmed?

Yes: Pokola warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pokola?

The wettest day measured in Pokola between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 2010, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pokola?

The windiest day measured in Pokola between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1967, with winds reaching 19.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pokola?

The warmest month in Pokola is March (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is September (24.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Pokola?

Pokola receives on average 1,668 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 253 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pokola?

Pokola gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pokola?

Yes: Pokola has on average 355 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pokola?

In Pokola, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 16 May 2024, and the lowest was 12.3 °C on 10 August 1950.

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