Degehabur climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Degehabur?

Degehabur has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 343 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Degehabur between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2016, reaching 35.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Degehabur?

The coldest day measured in Degehabur between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 8.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Degehabur?

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

Q: Has the climate of Degehabur warmed?

Yes: Degehabur warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Degehabur?

The wettest day measured in Degehabur between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2012, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Degehabur?

The windiest day measured in Degehabur between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, with winds reaching 39.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Degehabur?

The warmest month in Degehabur is March (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Degehabur?

Degehabur receives on average 343 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Degehabur?

Degehabur gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Degehabur (Ethiopia) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 343 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Degehabur averages 0 frost days, 98 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 67 rainy days per year.

Degehabur has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 19 March 2016) and the coldest 8.8 °C (on 17 December 1967).

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

DegehaburSomali

coords: 8.22°, 43.56°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.8°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

18.0°C

Annual rainfall

343mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

55%

Average peak wind

20.1km/h

Seasonal range

3.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

98 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

67 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.1 °C

Average feels-like low

17.1 °C

Average peak gust

38.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

47 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

35.7 °C

19 March 2016

Coldest day

8.8 °C

17 December 1967

Wettest day

67 mm

27 October 2012

Windiest day

39.8 km/h

20 July 1953

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

19 July 2020

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

2 April 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.5 °C

19 January 1987

Sunniest day

12.0 h

9 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.8 °C2 April 2025	13.7 °C7 January 2025	24.1 °C	161 mm	195
2024	35.3 °C18 February 2024	14.0 °C14 December 2024	24.5 °C	307 mm	188
2023	35.3 °C3 February 2023	14.1 °C27 November 2023	23.7 °C	377 mm	152
2022	35.1 °C11 May 2022	13.8 °C24 November 2022	24.0 °C	140 mm	189
2021	33.7 °C24 February 2021	13.6 °C5 February 2021	23.7 °C	192 mm	191
2020	34.9 °C26 February 2020	12.3 °C18 January 2020	23.9 °C	242 mm	166
2019	34.6 °C2 March 2019	13.4 °C1 December 2019	23.5 °C	388 mm	128
2018	33.2 °C23 February 2018	11.2 °C14 January 2018	22.9 °C	400 mm	85
2017	34.0 °C6 March 2017	12.1 °C14 December 2017	23.6 °C	203 mm	128
2016	35.7 °C19 March 2016	12.8 °C23 January 2016	23.8 °C	285 mm	157
2015	34.4 °C14 February 2015	12.7 °C14 January 2015	23.3 °C	417 mm	131
2014	33.2 °C5 February 2014	12.3 °C24 January 2014	23.4 °C	298 mm	129
2013	33.6 °C21 February 2013	11.6 °C6 December 2013	22.7 °C	411 mm	79
2012	33.9 °C19 March 2012	12.3 °C25 October 2012	23.3 °C	312 mm	130
2011	34.0 °C3 March 2011	12.4 °C25 December 2011	23.4 °C	262 mm	135
2010	34.2 °C15 March 2010	11.0 °C19 December 2010	23.2 °C	328 mm	110
2009	34.6 °C8 April 2009	13.9 °C6 January 2009	23.8 °C	191 mm	160
2008	34.7 °C20 March 2008	12.2 °C13 February 2008	22.8 °C	251 mm	125
2007	33.8 °C24 February 2007	12.6 °C3 December 2007	23.4 °C	234 mm	132
2006	34.1 °C15 April 2006	13.4 °C3 November 2006	22.9 °C	348 mm	73
2005	35.2 °C4 April 2005	11.6 °C2 January 2005	23.1 °C	260 mm	101
2004	33.3 °C27 January 2004	12.7 °C31 December 2004	23.0 °C	277 mm	90
2003	34.1 °C5 April 2003	12.7 °C12 December 2003	23.4 °C	189 mm	116
2002	33.9 °C8 March 2002	13.6 °C9 February 2002	23.2 °C	254 mm	138
2001	34.4 °C3 April 2001	11.5 °C3 January 2001	23.0 °C	224 mm	95
2000	33.8 °C27 February 2000	12.7 °C4 January 2000	22.6 °C	253 mm	110
1999	32.9 °C3 March 1999	12.8 °C25 December 1999	22.8 °C	194 mm	89
1998	35.0 °C3 March 1998	12.9 °C16 December 1998	23.7 °C	164 mm	129
1997	34.1 °C22 February 1997	13.6 °C11 October 1997	22.8 °C	476 mm	78
1996	34.7 °C21 February 1996	12.9 °C22 December 1996	22.7 °C	370 mm	97
1995	34.5 °C27 March 1995	10.6 °C6 November 1995	22.9 °C	367 mm	75
1994	34.5 °C29 March 1994	12.5 °C23 January 1994	22.7 °C	361 mm	110
1993	34.3 °C24 February 1993	13.2 °C13 December 1993	22.8 °C	279 mm	103
1992	33.6 °C20 March 1992	13.6 °C14 December 1992	23.2 °C	198 mm	118
1991	34.4 °C17 March 1991	13.1 °C30 November 1991	23.1 °C	353 mm	108
1990	33.6 °C12 February 1990	11.3 °C21 December 1990	23.3 °C	280 mm	108
1989	32.3 °C22 February 1989	10.2 °C24 October 1989	22.7 °C	280 mm	76
1988	34.3 °C14 March 1988	10.8 °C15 December 1988	23.4 °C	311 mm	111
1987	34.3 °C10 March 1987	10.5 °C19 January 1987	23.3 °C	339 mm	113
1986	33.5 °C14 March 1986	10.2 °C4 January 1986	22.6 °C	349 mm	97
1985	33.1 °C3 February 1985	11.3 °C22 February 1985	22.6 °C	367 mm	94
1984	34.6 °C10 April 1984	11.3 °C5 February 1984	22.6 °C	232 mm	97
1983	34.5 °C17 March 1983	11.6 °C9 January 1983	23.0 °C	339 mm	86
1982	33.6 °C24 March 1982	12.2 °C29 December 1982	22.8 °C	385 mm	72
1981	34.0 °C5 March 1981	12.5 °C11 January 1981	22.3 °C	382 mm	60
1980	33.1 °C16 October 1980	13.0 °C30 December 1980	23.1 °C	260 mm	117
1979	34.5 °C3 March 1979	14.1 °C29 November 1979	22.9 °C	408 mm	107
1978	34.7 °C15 March 1978	11.1 °C3 November 1978	22.7 °C	385 mm	83
1977	34.2 °C5 March 1977	12.4 °C14 November 1977	22.6 °C	584 mm	67
1976	32.6 °C22 March 1976	13.4 °C5 January 1976	22.5 °C	417 mm	78
1975	33.1 °C3 March 1975	13.3 °C27 October 1975	22.8 °C	251 mm	109
1974	35.1 °C23 April 1974	13.4 °C29 November 1974	22.8 °C	217 mm	96
1973	34.4 °C7 March 1973	12.1 °C19 December 1973	22.8 °C	299 mm	125
1972	33.3 °C14 April 1972	13.3 °C2 January 1972	22.7 °C	361 mm	98
1971	34.3 °C23 February 1971	12.0 °C10 January 1971	22.4 °C	291 mm	91
1970	34.0 °C24 March 1970	13.1 °C23 December 1970	23.1 °C	294 mm	109
1969	33.8 °C18 April 1969	11.6 °C7 February 1969	23.4 °C	221 mm	130
1968	33.6 °C18 March 1968	10.0 °C2 January 1968	22.1 °C	440 mm	63
1967	35.3 °C25 March 1967	8.8 °C17 December 1967	22.0 °C	668 mm	65
1966	33.6 °C23 March 1966	12.0 °C12 January 1966	22.6 °C	377 mm	82
1965	32.8 °C19 February 1965	12.2 °C7 January 1965	22.4 °C	381 mm	72
1964	33.6 °C15 March 1964	13.0 °C5 November 1964	22.6 °C	291 mm	80
1963	34.4 °C20 March 1963	12.4 °C16 January 1963	22.3 °C	545 mm	46
1962	33.8 °C3 April 1962	11.3 °C29 October 1962	22.5 °C	310 mm	78
1961	33.7 °C20 February 1961	12.7 °C7 January 1961	22.6 °C	359 mm	77
1960	32.6 °C26 February 1960	11.2 °C18 January 1960	21.9 °C	561 mm	53
1959	33.4 °C8 April 1959	12.8 °C23 December 1959	22.7 °C	344 mm	88
1958	33.4 °C9 April 1958	13.6 °C21 October 1958	23.1 °C	306 mm	93
1957	33.2 °C14 March 1957	11.2 °C20 December 1957	22.4 °C	422 mm	50
1956	32.8 °C29 March 1956	11.7 °C23 October 1956	22.6 °C	316 mm	79
1955	33.0 °C29 March 1955	12.2 °C1 March 1955	22.8 °C	217 mm	91
1954	32.5 °C22 February 1954	12.2 °C12 January 1954	22.2 °C	375 mm	51
1953	31.3 °C27 March 1953	12.2 °C9 January 1953	21.4 °C	693 mm	15
1952	32.2 °C21 March 1952	11.7 °C28 October 1952	21.7 °C	606 mm	39
1951	31.9 °C20 February 1951	12.2 °C22 November 1951	21.3 °C	879 mm	26
1950	32.1 °C7 February 1950	12.0 °C22 October 1950	21.1 °C	700 mm	39
1949	32.0 °C8 March 1949	12.2 °C5 January 1949	22.3 °C	433 mm	54
1948	32.5 °C21 March 1948	12.2 °C25 January 1948	22.4 °C	427 mm	48
1947	31.8 °C23 January 1947	11.6 °C16 October 1947	21.5 °C	630 mm	14
1946	33.7 °C19 March 1946	12.9 °C31 December 1946	22.8 °C	270 mm	95
1945	34.0 °C25 April 1945	12.0 °C22 December 1945	22.3 °C	289 mm	97
1944	34.3 °C22 February 1944	12.8 °C22 October 1944	23.1 °C	225 mm	136
1943	32.8 °C11 April 1943	12.5 °C7 February 1943	22.6 °C	142 mm	115
1942	33.3 °C23 March 1942	12.3 °C26 January 1942	23.0 °C	195 mm	106
1941	35.4 °C24 March 1941	9.2 °C11 January 1941	22.8 °C	297 mm	99
1940	32.2 °C30 January 1940	11.4 °C1 October 1940	21.9 °C	547 mm	34

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

195 d/yr

+97

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

161 mm

-182 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.0 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	31.8 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Mar	32.3 °C	+1.3 °C	4 mm	-17 mm
Apr	30.7 °C	+1.5 °C	66 mm	-18 mm
May	29.7 °C	+2.1 °C	51 mm	-33 mm
Jun	28.8 °C	+2.1 °C	4 mm	-5 mm
Jul	26.0 °C	+0.5 °C	4 mm	-10 mm
Aug	25.8 °C	-0.5 °C	3 mm	-9 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	-15 mm
Oct	29.6 °C	+1.8 °C	26 mm	-48 mm
Nov	30.3 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-20 mm
Dec	30.0 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.8 °C

2 Apr 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

7 Jan 2025

Wettest day

21.1 mm

5 May 2025

Windiest day

34.2 km/h

16 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

19 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

2 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.8 °C

4 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

9 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Degehabur?

Degehabur has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 343 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Degehabur?

The hottest day measured in Degehabur between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2016, reaching 35.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Degehabur?

The coldest day measured in Degehabur between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 8.8 °C.

Does it snow in Degehabur?

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

Has the climate of Degehabur warmed?

Yes: Degehabur warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Degehabur?

The wettest day measured in Degehabur between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2012, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Degehabur?

The windiest day measured in Degehabur between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, with winds reaching 39.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Degehabur?

The warmest month in Degehabur is March (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Degehabur?

Degehabur receives on average 343 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Degehabur?

Degehabur gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Degehabur?

Yes: Degehabur has on average 47 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Degehabur?

In Degehabur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 2 April 2025, and the lowest was 4.5 °C on 19 January 1987.

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