Watsa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Watsa?

Watsa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 2,134 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Watsa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 2005, reaching 38.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Watsa?

The coldest day measured in Watsa between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1961, at 13.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Watsa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Watsa warmed?

Yes: Watsa warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Watsa?

The wettest day measured in Watsa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1957, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Watsa?

The windiest day measured in Watsa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1985, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Watsa?

The warmest month in Watsa is February (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Watsa?

Watsa receives on average 2,134 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 253 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Watsa?

Watsa gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Watsa (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 2,134 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Watsa averages 0 frost days, 81 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 253 rainy days per year.

Watsa has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 22 February 2005) and the coldest 13.2 °C (on 29 December 1961).

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

WatsaHaut-Uele

coords: 3.04°, 29.54°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.6°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

18.9°C

Annual rainfall

2,134mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

9.2km/h

Seasonal range

3.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

253 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.7 °C

Average feels-like low

20.7 °C

Average peak gust

27.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

62 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

38.4 °C

22 February 2005

Coldest day

13.2 °C

29 December 1961

Wettest day

119 mm

10 March 1957

Windiest day

24.0 km/h

10 March 1985

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

8 March 1985

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

16 March 1998

Coldest feels-like

10.3 °C

5 February 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

7 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.7 °C23 February 2025	15.4 °C23 November 2025	23.7 °C	1,656 mm	149
2024	37.0 °C13 March 2024	17.7 °C29 November 2024	24.4 °C	1,702 mm	162
2023	35.6 °C13 February 2023	16.5 °C15 December 2023	23.7 °C	1,823 mm	130
2022	36.8 °C5 March 2022	17.4 °C28 December 2022	23.4 °C	1,610 mm	106
2021	36.9 °C1 March 2021	17.7 °C14 July 2021	23.9 °C	1,746 mm	127
2020	36.6 °C7 March 2020	17.2 °C13 January 2020	23.8 °C	1,891 mm	133
2019	37.8 °C23 March 2019	17.1 °C27 August 2019	23.7 °C	1,899 mm	118
2018	37.5 °C15 February 2018	16.6 °C7 January 2018	23.4 °C	1,851 mm	105
2017	36.6 °C17 January 2017	17.3 °C19 February 2017	23.8 °C	1,746 mm	142
2016	37.6 °C29 February 2016	17.6 °C29 January 2016	24.0 °C	1,608 mm	131
2015	36.9 °C16 March 2015	15.6 °C11 January 2015	23.5 °C	1,927 mm	113
2014	35.5 °C25 January 2014	16.5 °C17 February 2014	23.3 °C	1,819 mm	117
2013	36.6 °C24 January 2013	16.0 °C4 February 2013	23.0 °C	2,026 mm	96
2012	36.5 °C6 February 2012	15.6 °C24 January 2012	23.0 °C	1,908 mm	96
2011	34.8 °C28 January 2011	16.0 °C2 December 2011	23.0 °C	1,869 mm	103
2010	35.9 °C1 February 2010	16.9 °C1 August 2010	23.2 °C	2,048 mm	106
2009	35.2 °C17 January 2009	17.2 °C31 July 2009	23.0 °C	2,062 mm	92
2008	34.4 °C23 December 2008	16.1 °C21 July 2008	22.8 °C	1,876 mm	105
2007	37.0 °C20 February 2007	15.9 °C2 January 2007	23.2 °C	1,954 mm	118
2006	37.5 °C9 February 2006	15.9 °C30 December 2006	22.8 °C	2,196 mm	81
2005	38.4 °C22 February 2005	16.3 °C18 July 2005	23.3 °C	1,969 mm	122
2004	35.8 °C11 February 2004	15.4 °C28 December 2004	23.0 °C	1,839 mm	101
2003	36.3 °C2 February 2003	16.7 °C5 January 2003	22.9 °C	2,053 mm	94
2002	37.4 °C25 February 2002	15.8 °C28 December 2002	22.7 °C	2,048 mm	80
2001	34.9 °C26 February 2001	15.4 °C29 January 2001	22.5 °C	2,040 mm	84
2000	35.8 °C22 March 2000	16.6 °C25 July 2000	22.6 °C	1,773 mm	90
1999	35.6 °C3 February 1999	16.6 °C11 July 1999	22.4 °C	2,110 mm	74
1998	37.2 °C14 March 1998	15.8 °C15 January 1998	23.4 °C	1,865 mm	124
1997	35.0 °C6 March 1997	15.6 °C24 January 1997	22.9 °C	2,040 mm	90
1996	33.5 °C30 December 1996	16.8 °C10 December 1996	22.5 °C	2,313 mm	74
1995	34.7 °C17 March 1995	16.8 °C16 February 1995	22.8 °C	2,106 mm	83
1994	35.4 °C31 March 1994	15.7 °C18 February 1994	22.7 °C	2,172 mm	100
1993	33.7 °C16 March 1993	14.5 °C17 January 1993	22.5 °C	2,092 mm	71
1992	37.5 °C12 March 1992	15.8 °C4 January 1992	22.6 °C	2,051 mm	74
1991	34.9 °C20 February 1991	16.0 °C29 December 1991	22.7 °C	2,239 mm	69
1990	35.1 °C28 January 1990	16.5 °C1 October 1990	22.8 °C	2,035 mm	80
1989	36.4 °C28 February 1989	15.4 °C9 January 1989	22.6 °C	2,002 mm	79
1988	36.2 °C29 February 1988	16.5 °C6 December 1988	22.9 °C	2,130 mm	98
1987	34.6 °C29 December 1987	16.4 °C22 December 1987	23.0 °C	2,138 mm	91
1986	34.0 °C2 February 1986	15.8 °C7 December 1986	22.2 °C	2,340 mm	47
1985	38.0 °C12 March 1985	16.1 °C20 February 1985	22.2 °C	2,454 mm	60
1984	34.6 °C20 February 1984	14.2 °C25 January 1984	22.3 °C	2,206 mm	73
1983	35.2 °C26 February 1983	14.3 °C28 December 1983	23.0 °C	2,246 mm	98
1982	35.6 °C20 February 1982	15.5 °C11 February 1982	22.3 °C	2,219 mm	60
1981	35.6 °C22 February 1981	16.3 °C1 December 1981	22.5 °C	2,244 mm	62
1980	36.1 °C22 February 1980	16.1 °C30 December 1980	22.5 °C	2,251 mm	71
1979	33.0 °C28 February 1979	16.8 °C31 December 1979	22.5 °C	2,319 mm	60
1978	35.2 °C5 February 1978	14.5 °C19 January 1978	22.2 °C	2,414 mm	61
1977	33.7 °C28 February 1977	15.6 °C21 June 1977	22.2 °C	2,331 mm	44
1976	34.8 °C29 January 1976	15.2 °C10 July 1976	21.8 °C	2,506 mm	33
1975	34.2 °C17 February 1975	15.9 °C16 August 1975	21.8 °C	2,560 mm	57
1974	36.2 °C11 February 1974	15.5 °C8 December 1974	21.9 °C	2,417 mm	57
1973	36.3 °C20 February 1973	15.9 °C8 December 1973	22.6 °C	2,207 mm	102
1972	33.4 °C31 March 1972	15.3 °C6 February 1972	22.2 °C	2,556 mm	59
1971	35.0 °C8 January 1971	13.8 °C21 December 1971	21.9 °C	2,346 mm	70
1970	34.6 °C28 February 1970	14.7 °C8 December 1970	22.3 °C	2,378 mm	77
1969	34.2 °C5 March 1969	15.4 °C2 February 1969	22.3 °C	2,380 mm	68
1968	32.8 °C6 April 1968	14.8 °C4 February 1968	22.0 °C	2,333 mm	51
1967	34.5 °C13 February 1967	15.3 °C28 December 1967	21.8 °C	2,810 mm	41
1966	34.3 °C3 May 1966	16.2 °C3 March 1966	22.6 °C	2,097 mm	100
1965	32.9 °C29 May 1965	15.7 °C18 December 1965	22.0 °C	2,145 mm	54
1964	33.3 °C30 May 1964	16.1 °C30 November 1964	22.2 °C	2,105 mm	81
1963	32.8 °C24 March 1963	16.4 °C8 August 1963	21.6 °C	2,614 mm	19
1962	34.7 °C3 February 1962	15.4 °C6 January 1962	21.7 °C	2,861 mm	46
1961	36.9 °C8 March 1961	13.2 °C29 December 1961	21.9 °C	2,441 mm	59
1960	33.5 °C3 February 1960	16.5 °C22 June 1960	22.2 °C	2,609 mm	67
1959	35.3 °C12 March 1959	15.4 °C20 February 1959	22.3 °C	2,283 mm	80
1958	37.0 °C27 February 1958	15.0 °C17 February 1958	22.6 °C	2,228 mm	96
1957	33.4 °C16 February 1957	13.3 °C5 February 1957	22.0 °C	2,223 mm	59
1956	34.2 °C9 March 1956	14.6 °C3 January 1956	21.8 °C	2,255 mm	61
1955	32.7 °C15 February 1955	16.2 °C1 January 1955	21.7 °C	2,213 mm	37
1954	34.4 °C31 January 1954	15.2 °C24 January 1954	21.7 °C	2,189 mm	46
1953	33.8 °C15 March 1953	15.8 °C20 December 1953	21.6 °C	2,992 mm	37
1952	35.2 °C27 January 1952	16.4 °C1 September 1952	21.8 °C	3,018 mm	47
1951	34.0 °C5 March 1951	15.1 °C14 February 1951	21.9 °C	2,452 mm	48
1950	34.5 °C1 March 1950	14.9 °C18 July 1950	21.7 °C	2,211 mm	49
1949	33.6 °C25 February 1949	14.3 °C11 February 1949	21.9 °C	2,015 mm	56
1948	32.0 °C18 January 1948	14.9 °C26 December 1948	21.7 °C	2,327 mm	29
1947	33.7 °C1 January 1947	16.0 °C7 August 1947	22.1 °C	1,958 mm	51
1946	36.4 °C13 February 1946	14.8 °C12 December 1946	22.2 °C	2,020 mm	100
1945	35.7 °C22 February 1945	13.8 °C20 January 1945	22.0 °C	1,797 mm	67
1944	36.2 °C3 March 1944	14.7 °C1 December 1944	22.7 °C	1,676 mm	98
1943	35.9 °C21 February 1943	15.9 °C1 June 1943	22.5 °C	1,571 mm	95
1942	36.5 °C7 February 1942	15.9 °C7 January 1942	22.0 °C	1,842 mm	80
1941	35.4 °C31 January 1941	14.7 °C28 January 1941	22.7 °C	1,515 mm	106
1940	32.8 °C18 January 1940	14.8 °C5 March 1940	21.6 °C	2,129 mm	39

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.4 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

149 d/yr

+68

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1656 mm

-478 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.5 °C	+1.9 °C	2 mm	-30 mm
Feb	33.6 °C	+2.4 °C	1 mm	-68 mm
Mar	31.7 °C	+1.8 °C	60 mm	-102 mm
Apr	29.1 °C	+0.7 °C	207 mm	-8 mm
May	28.8 °C	+1.1 °C	110 mm	-109 mm
Jun	28.2 °C	+1.6 °C	116 mm	-75 mm
Jul	27.0 °C	+0.8 °C	249 mm	+41 mm
Aug	26.4 °C	+0.1 °C	272 mm	+43 mm
Sep	28.3 °C	+1.6 °C	264 mm	+21 mm
Oct	28.2 °C	+1.6 °C	270 mm	-23 mm
Nov	29.6 °C	+2.4 °C	93 mm	-123 mm
Dec	30.3 °C	+1.5 °C	12 mm	-48 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.7 °C

23 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.4 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

78.9 mm

12 Apr 2025

Windiest day

16.6 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

43.2 km/h

16 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

17 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.5 °C

24 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

11 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Watsa?

Watsa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 2,134 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Watsa?

The hottest day measured in Watsa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 2005, reaching 38.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Watsa?

The coldest day measured in Watsa between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1961, at 13.2 °C.

Does it snow in Watsa?

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

Has the climate of Watsa warmed?

Yes: Watsa warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Watsa?

The wettest day measured in Watsa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1957, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Watsa?

The windiest day measured in Watsa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1985, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Watsa?

The warmest month in Watsa is February (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Watsa?

Watsa receives on average 2,134 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 253 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Watsa?

Watsa gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Watsa?

Yes: Watsa has on average 62 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Watsa?

In Watsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 16 March 1998, and the lowest was 10.3 °C on 5 February 1957.

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