Dembech’a climate — normals and trends
Dembech’a has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate, averaging 16.8 °C annually with 2,348 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
Dembech’aAmhara
- coords
- 10.55°, 37.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
22.8°C
Average daily low
11.5°C
Annual rainfall
2,348mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
9.8km/h
Seasonal range
4.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
207 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.6 °C
Average feels-like low
10.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
32.5 °C
19 April 1998
Coldest day
3.9 °C
8 December 2013
Wettest day
93 mm
27 September 2016
Windiest day
22.4 km/h
13 July 1966
Strongest gust
59.8 km/h
31 August 1987
Hottest feels-like
32.7 °C
12 April 1994
Coldest feels-like
0.6 °C
8 December 2013
Sunniest day
12.4 h
10 May 1972
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 2 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 26.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 27.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 43 mm | -25 mm |
| Apr | 26.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 61 mm | -51 mm |
| May | 25.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 114 mm | -130 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 152 mm | -181 mm |
| Jul | 20.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 421 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 19.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 438 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 410 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 21.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 196 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 22.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 10 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 24.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 7 mm | -12 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Dembech’a (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 2,348 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Dembech’a averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 207 rainy days per year.
Dembech’a has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.5 °C (on 19 April 1998) and the coldest 3.9 °C (on 8 December 2013).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dembech’a?
Dembech’a has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 2,348 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dembech’a?
The hottest day measured in Dembech’a between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1998, reaching 32.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dembech’a?
The coldest day measured in Dembech’a between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 2013, at 3.9 °C.
Does it snow in Dembech’a?
Almost never: Dembech’a sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Dembech’a warmed?
Yes: Dembech’a warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dembech’a?
The wettest day measured in Dembech’a between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2016, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dembech’a?
The windiest day measured in Dembech’a between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1966, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dembech’a?
The warmest month in Dembech’a is April (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Dembech’a?
Dembech’a receives on average 2,348 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 207 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dembech’a?
Dembech’a gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Dembech’a?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dembech’a.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dembech’a?
In Dembech’a, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.7 °C on 12 April 1994, and the lowest was 0.6 °C on 8 December 2013.
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