Adwa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Adwa?

Adwa has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 794 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Adwa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2024, reaching 34.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Adwa?

The coldest day measured in Adwa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1944, at 1.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Adwa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Adwa warmed?

Yes: Adwa warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Adwa?

The wettest day measured in Adwa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1944, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Adwa?

The windiest day measured in Adwa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1982, with winds reaching 25.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Adwa?

The warmest month in Adwa is May (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is December (16.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Adwa?

Adwa receives on average 794 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Adwa?

Adwa gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Adwa (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 794 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 May (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is December (16.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Adwa averages 0 frost days, 46 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.

Adwa has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 12 April 2024) and the coldest 1.9 °C (on 9 January 1944).

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

AdwaTigray

coords: 14.16°, 38.90°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthMayColdest monthDecemberWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

18.8°C

Average daily high

26.4°C

Average daily low

12.0°C

Annual rainfall

794mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

12.4km/h

Seasonal range

4.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

46 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

105 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.2 °C

Average feels-like low

11.0 °C

Average peak gust

32.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

34.7 °C

12 April 2024

Coldest day

1.9 °C

9 January 1944

Wettest day

90 mm

12 August 1944

Windiest day

25.8 km/h

28 March 1982

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

26 July 1966

Hottest feels-like

34.9 °C

13 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

-2.2 °C

9 January 1944

Sunniest day

12.6 h

16 May 1956

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.2 °C12 June 2025	7.3 °C30 December 2025	19.7 °C	823 mm	77
2024	34.7 °C12 April 2024	7.1 °C13 December 2024	20.2 °C	827 mm	96
2023	33.5 °C13 May 2023	5.1 °C4 January 2023	20.2 °C	424 mm	58
2022	33.8 °C10 May 2022	6.3 °C4 December 2022	19.6 °C	786 mm	93
2021	33.4 °C1 June 2021	6.0 °C10 December 2021	19.3 °C	638 mm	61
2020	33.2 °C1 April 2020	6.2 °C15 December 2020	19.6 °C	741 mm	73
2019	33.3 °C4 May 2019	3.6 °C8 January 2019	19.6 °C	848 mm	57
2018	32.6 °C14 May 2018	5.0 °C16 January 2018	19.3 °C	840 mm	55
2017	32.8 °C13 April 2017	3.7 °C7 January 2017	19.5 °C	703 mm	45
2016	34.2 °C12 June 2016	5.4 °C27 December 2016	19.7 °C	875 mm	85
2015	32.8 °C8 June 2015	4.9 °C2 January 2015	19.9 °C	554 mm	66
2014	31.7 °C17 April 2014	6.2 °C13 December 2014	19.1 °C	742 mm	25
2013	33.3 °C29 May 2013	5.1 °C3 December 2013	19.7 °C	760 mm	83
2012	32.6 °C19 April 2012	4.7 °C3 January 2012	19.1 °C	622 mm	55
2011	32.0 °C10 June 2011	5.9 °C22 December 2011	18.8 °C	679 mm	33
2010	32.9 °C2 June 2010	3.0 °C18 December 2010	19.1 °C	801 mm	40
2009	32.9 °C22 March 2009	7.1 °C9 November 2009	19.8 °C	618 mm	89
2008	30.9 °C18 March 2008	5.7 °C5 January 2008	18.7 °C	552 mm	23
2007	31.5 °C14 March 2007	4.8 °C18 November 2007	18.6 °C	811 mm	28
2006	31.8 °C8 March 2006	6.2 °C2 January 2006	19.1 °C	930 mm	37
2005	33.0 °C2 April 2005	4.3 °C30 December 2005	19.1 °C	843 mm	61
2004	33.7 °C14 May 2004	7.5 °C29 December 2004	19.5 °C	543 mm	66
2003	33.1 °C11 April 2003	5.5 °C27 December 2003	19.6 °C	740 mm	81
2002	34.0 °C14 May 2002	7.1 °C26 January 2002	19.8 °C	453 mm	76
2001	32.9 °C14 May 2001	6.0 °C22 December 2001	18.9 °C	869 mm	40
2000	32.7 °C23 May 2000	6.5 °C4 December 2000	18.9 °C	598 mm	32
1999	33.2 °C19 May 1999	4.5 °C2 January 1999	19.1 °C	613 mm	77
1998	34.6 °C19 April 1998	4.6 °C28 December 1998	19.7 °C	900 mm	83
1997	32.3 °C3 May 1997	7.2 °C7 January 1997	19.5 °C	677 mm	49
1996	32.8 °C19 April 1996	6.4 °C6 January 1996	19.0 °C	902 mm	51
1995	33.4 °C4 June 1995	5.7 °C3 December 1995	19.5 °C	780 mm	60
1994	33.2 °C4 April 1994	4.1 °C1 January 1994	19.2 °C	918 mm	56
1993	31.4 °C11 March 1993	4.3 °C7 February 1993	18.3 °C	713 mm	8
1992	33.4 °C15 April 1992	6.4 °C12 January 1992	19.1 °C	734 mm	76
1991	32.9 °C4 May 1991	5.9 °C12 February 1991	19.6 °C	525 mm	75
1990	33.6 °C27 May 1990	4.1 °C29 December 1990	19.7 °C	381 mm	63
1989	32.4 °C18 April 1989	5.7 °C22 November 1989	19.0 °C	539 mm	30
1988	32.9 °C8 March 1988	4.5 °C24 November 1988	19.4 °C	785 mm	69
1987	32.9 °C29 April 1987	3.4 °C2 February 1987	19.4 °C	666 mm	45
1986	32.5 °C25 May 1986	5.3 °C6 January 1986	19.0 °C	766 mm	61
1985	32.2 °C8 April 1985	5.7 °C16 December 1985	18.8 °C	974 mm	33
1984	33.1 °C2 April 1984	4.0 °C7 January 1984	19.3 °C	580 mm	62
1983	33.2 °C30 April 1983	4.3 °C11 January 1983	19.4 °C	666 mm	71
1982	32.6 °C26 March 1982	5.5 °C15 January 1982	19.0 °C	633 mm	30
1981	32.6 °C26 May 1981	4.4 °C10 December 1981	19.2 °C	527 mm	44
1980	32.8 °C12 May 1980	6.9 °C29 December 1980	19.2 °C	678 mm	46
1979	32.6 °C22 April 1979	7.7 °C30 January 1979	19.1 °C	810 mm	51
1978	33.4 °C6 June 1978	5.1 °C9 December 1978	18.7 °C	785 mm	50
1977	33.1 °C22 April 1977	6.0 °C4 February 1977	18.6 °C	964 mm	30
1976	31.3 °C14 May 1976	5.0 °C3 December 1976	18.1 °C	994 mm	13
1975	32.4 °C27 May 1975	4.8 °C28 November 1975	18.1 °C	1,132 mm	37
1974	31.8 °C26 April 1974	5.1 °C24 December 1974	18.2 °C	783 mm	32
1973	33.5 °C5 April 1973	3.7 °C8 December 1973	18.9 °C	767 mm	77
1972	33.8 °C13 May 1972	5.0 °C8 February 1972	19.0 °C	651 mm	38
1971	32.4 °C22 April 1971	4.3 °C13 December 1971	18.0 °C	892 mm	38
1970	33.1 °C22 March 1970	4.3 °C27 December 1970	18.9 °C	764 mm	62
1969	33.2 °C6 June 1969	5.0 °C20 December 1969	19.0 °C	798 mm	43
1968	32.3 °C2 May 1968	3.0 °C7 January 1968	18.6 °C	675 mm	22
1967	33.1 °C5 June 1967	5.1 °C7 January 1967	18.3 °C	597 mm	37
1966	32.1 °C3 June 1966	5.2 °C10 December 1966	19.5 °C	266 mm	55
1965	32.1 °C3 June 1965	5.1 °C14 November 1965	19.0 °C	412 mm	75
1964	32.4 °C12 June 1964	6.4 °C9 November 1964	19.0 °C	410 mm	74
1963	32.7 °C25 March 1963	6.7 °C24 December 1963	18.8 °C	436 mm	31
1962	32.8 °C28 May 1962	5.5 °C13 February 1962	18.5 °C	555 mm	36
1961	33.0 °C5 June 1961	7.9 °C7 January 1961	18.7 °C	882 mm	46
1960	32.3 °C25 April 1960	4.3 °C23 January 1960	18.4 °C	829 mm	23
1959	33.1 °C4 April 1959	6.2 °C25 December 1959	18.6 °C	973 mm	44
1958	32.9 °C21 April 1958	6.3 °C30 November 1958	19.0 °C	710 mm	72
1957	32.1 °C25 April 1957	5.0 °C23 January 1957	18.4 °C	731 mm	11
1956	31.0 °C26 March 1956	3.5 °C26 November 1956	17.7 °C	896 mm	24
1955	31.4 °C31 May 1955	6.5 °C27 January 1955	18.0 °C	915 mm	20
1954	32.1 °C21 April 1954	4.2 °C11 January 1954	17.8 °C	1,181 mm	41
1953	31.7 °C19 March 1953	4.9 °C31 December 1953	17.7 °C	1,524 mm	14
1952	30.3 °C27 February 1952	5.5 °C2 January 1952	17.6 °C	1,501 mm	2
1951	30.3 °C8 March 1951	3.7 °C24 January 1951	17.6 °C	1,156 mm	4
1950	30.3 °C5 March 1950	3.8 °C8 January 1950	16.7 °C	1,613 mm	2
1949	30.6 °C25 March 1949	4.2 °C6 January 1949	17.2 °C	1,336 mm	7
1948	31.4 °C11 May 1948	4.4 °C3 December 1948	17.5 °C	1,259 mm	15
1947	31.3 °C16 April 1947	3.6 °C1 January 1947	17.5 °C	1,097 mm	9
1946	32.1 °C25 May 1946	4.0 °C14 January 1946	17.6 °C	1,021 mm	37
1945	30.8 °C28 April 1945	4.3 °C12 November 1945	17.7 °C	672 mm	8
1944	30.9 °C15 April 1944	1.9 °C9 January 1944	17.6 °C	973 mm	5
1943	31.0 °C17 May 1943	4.0 °C24 December 1943	16.8 °C	1,506 mm	13
1942	32.3 °C22 May 1942	5.0 °C13 December 1942	17.7 °C	939 mm	27
1941	32.8 °C29 March 1941	3.4 °C18 January 1941	18.5 °C	738 mm	61
1940	31.6 °C1 June 1940	4.0 °C16 December 1940	18.0 °C	550 mm	28

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.1 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

823 mm

+29 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.6 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Feb	29.2 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Mar	29.7 °C	+0.6 °C	12 mm	-7 mm
Apr	30.3 °C	+0.9 °C	14 mm	-15 mm
May	30.0 °C	+0.9 °C	18 mm	-25 mm
Jun	29.9 °C	+2.5 °C	13 mm	-63 mm
Jul	24.7 °C	+1.6 °C	222 mm	-17 mm
Aug	22.4 °C	-0.3 °C	388 mm	+125 mm
Sep	24.6 °C	-0.1 °C	151 mm	+61 mm
Oct	24.9 °C	-0.9 °C	4 mm	-8 mm
Nov	25.6 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-10 mm
Dec	26.1 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.2 °C

12 Jun 2025

Coldest day

7.3 °C

30 Dec 2025

Wettest day

41.9 mm

20 Aug 2025

Windiest day

22.9 km/h

24 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

55.1 km/h

24 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.2 °C

2 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.4 °C

30 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

16 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Adwa?

Adwa has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 794 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Adwa?

The hottest day measured in Adwa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2024, reaching 34.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Adwa?

The coldest day measured in Adwa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1944, at 1.9 °C.

Does it snow in Adwa?

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

Has the climate of Adwa warmed?

Yes: Adwa warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Adwa?

The wettest day measured in Adwa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1944, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Adwa?

The windiest day measured in Adwa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 1982, with winds reaching 25.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Adwa?

The warmest month in Adwa is May (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is December (16.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Adwa?

Adwa receives on average 794 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Adwa?

Adwa gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Adwa?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Adwa.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Adwa?

In Adwa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.9 °C on 13 April 2024, and the lowest was -2.2 °C on 9 January 1944.

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