Ādēt climate — normals and trends
Ādēt (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 2,001 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 (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is August (15.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Ādēt averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 181 rainy days per year.
Ādēt has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.4 °C (on 12 April 2024) and the coldest 4.1 °C (on 27 November 1942).
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
ĀdētAmhara
- coords
- 11.27°, 37.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.0°C
Average daily high
23.0°C
Average daily low
12.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,001mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
4.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
181 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.5 °C
Average feels-like low
11.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · p = < 0.001
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
32.4 °C
12 April 2024
Coldest day
4.1 °C
27 November 1942
Wettest day
124 mm
22 May 1973
Windiest day
22.7 km/h
26 July 1966
Strongest gust
63.7 km/h
27 April 2024
Hottest feels-like
33.7 °C
12 April 2024
Coldest feels-like
0.1 °C
27 November 1942
Sunniest day
12.5 h
12 May 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 26.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 6 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 27.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 15 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 26.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 51 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 25.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 65 mm | -85 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 117 mm | -164 mm |
| Jul | 20.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 506 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 511 mm | +31 mm |
| Sep | 21.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 360 mm | +86 mm |
| Oct | 21.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 64 mm | -37 mm |
| Nov | 22.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 9 mm | -42 mm |
| Dec | 23.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 3 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ādēt?
Ādēt has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 2,001 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ādēt?
The hottest day measured in Ādēt between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2024, reaching 32.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ādēt?
The coldest day measured in Ādēt between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1942, at 4.1 °C.
Does it snow in Ādēt?
Almost never: Ādēt sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ādēt warmed?
Yes: Ādēt warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ādēt?
The wettest day measured in Ādēt between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1973, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ādēt?
The windiest day measured in Ādēt between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1966, with winds reaching 22.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ādēt?
The warmest month in Ādēt is April (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (15.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ādēt?
Ādēt receives on average 2,001 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 181 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ādēt?
Ādēt gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ādēt?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ādēt.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ādēt?
In Ādēt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.7 °C on 12 April 2024, and the lowest was 0.1 °C on 27 November 1942.
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