Chinahsen climate — normals and trends
Chinahsen (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 789 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 (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is December (16.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Chinahsen averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.
Chinahsen has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.5 °C (on 19 March 2024) and the coldest 4.3 °C (on 21 January 1960).
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
ChinahsenSomali
- coords
- 9.51°, 42.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.5°C
Average daily high
24.4°C
Average daily low
13.6°C
Annual rainfall
789mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
3.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
123 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.7 °C
Average feels-like low
12.7 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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
31.5 °C
19 March 2024
Coldest day
4.3 °C
21 January 1960
Wettest day
65 mm
24 January 1958
Windiest day
30.1 km/h
6 August 1948
Strongest gust
66.6 km/h
23 July 1942
Hottest feels-like
32.8 °C
31 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
0.4 °C
18 January 1941
Sunniest day
12.0 h
15 April 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 28.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 27.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 32 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 28.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 40 mm | -73 mm |
| May | 27.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 95 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 15 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 25.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 71 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 71 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 24.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 78 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 25.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 59 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 25.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 25.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 17 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chinahsen?
Chinahsen has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 789 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chinahsen?
The hottest day measured in Chinahsen between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2024, reaching 31.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chinahsen?
The coldest day measured in Chinahsen between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1960, at 4.3 °C.
Does it snow in Chinahsen?
Almost never: Chinahsen sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Chinahsen warmed?
Yes: Chinahsen warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chinahsen?
The wettest day measured in Chinahsen between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1958, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chinahsen?
The windiest day measured in Chinahsen between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1948, with winds reaching 30.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chinahsen?
The warmest month in Chinahsen is March (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (16.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Chinahsen?
Chinahsen receives on average 789 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chinahsen?
Chinahsen gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Chinahsen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Chinahsen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chinahsen?
In Chinahsen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.8 °C on 31 March 2016, and the lowest was 0.4 °C on 18 January 1941.
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