Dimtu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dimtu?

Dimtu has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 973 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Dimtu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 34.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dimtu?

The coldest day measured in Dimtu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1988, at 6.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dimtu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Dimtu warmed?

Yes: Dimtu warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dimtu?

The wettest day measured in Dimtu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2016, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dimtu?

The windiest day measured in Dimtu between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1960, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dimtu?

The warmest month in Dimtu is March (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dimtu?

Dimtu receives on average 973 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 173 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dimtu?

Dimtu gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dimtu (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 973 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Dimtu averages 0 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 173 rainy days per year.

Dimtu has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 29 March 2016) and the coldest 6.7 °C (on 11 November 1988).

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

DimtuSouth Ethiopia Regional State

coords: 6.93°, 38.13°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

18.8°C

Average daily high

24.7°C

Average daily low

13.7°C

Annual rainfall

973mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

10.3km/h

Seasonal range

3.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

15 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

173 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.9 °C

Average feels-like low

13.5 °C

Average peak gust

28.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.9 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · 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

34.6 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest day

6.7 °C

11 November 1988

Wettest day

76 mm

10 May 2016

Windiest day

22.3 km/h

17 January 1960

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

25 April 2017

Hottest feels-like

36.4 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

3.3 °C

11 November 1988

Sunniest day

12.1 h

15 April 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.2 °C6 March 2025	11.8 °C1 December 2025	19.9 °C	878 mm	26
2024	31.7 °C19 March 2024	11.1 °C19 December 2024	19.8 °C	1,158 mm	13
2023	31.7 °C22 February 2023	10.4 °C4 January 2023	19.9 °C	1,222 mm	27
2022	33.5 °C10 March 2022	10.3 °C29 January 2022	20.2 °C	760 mm	39
2021	33.1 °C10 April 2021	11.1 °C5 January 2021	19.8 °C	761 mm	24
2020	32.0 °C11 April 2020	9.1 °C28 December 2020	19.7 °C	1,022 mm	29
2019	33.7 °C12 February 2019	11.1 °C31 October 2019	20.2 °C	847 mm	78
2018	31.6 °C28 March 2018	10.0 °C21 November 2018	19.5 °C	764 mm	18
2017	33.2 °C10 March 2017	8.7 °C7 January 2017	20.0 °C	791 mm	67
2016	34.6 °C29 March 2016	8.9 °C7 December 2016	20.3 °C	937 mm	53
2015	33.1 °C16 March 2015	9.9 °C1 January 2015	20.5 °C	697 mm	49
2014	32.4 °C4 March 2014	10.2 °C5 January 2014	19.9 °C	932 mm	26
2013	33.3 °C24 February 2013	7.8 °C6 December 2013	19.6 °C	988 mm	45
2012	33.0 °C19 March 2012	9.5 °C2 January 2012	19.9 °C	710 mm	46
2011	34.5 °C11 April 2011	7.8 °C31 December 2011	19.6 °C	836 mm	61
2010	33.2 °C3 February 2010	9.5 °C5 December 2010	19.8 °C	937 mm	16
2009	34.3 °C22 March 2009	8.8 °C11 November 2009	20.5 °C	606 mm	62
2008	33.3 °C22 March 2008	8.2 °C23 November 2008	19.6 °C	835 mm	63
2007	33.6 °C15 March 2007	9.8 °C11 October 2007	19.9 °C	851 mm	38
2006	32.3 °C9 February 2006	10.3 °C6 November 2006	19.8 °C	992 mm	24
2005	32.2 °C21 February 2005	9.9 °C4 January 2005	19.6 °C	812 mm	21
2004	31.8 °C23 March 2004	11.0 °C21 October 2004	19.2 °C	790 mm	12
2003	34.0 °C20 February 2003	10.5 °C17 December 2003	19.1 °C	705 mm	24
2002	32.7 °C28 February 2002	11.1 °C26 July 2002	19.7 °C	644 mm	31
2001	30.0 °C3 December 2001	10.3 °C11 November 2001	18.7 °C	817 mm	1
2000	33.5 °C18 March 2000	10.7 °C30 November 2000	18.9 °C	663 mm	63
1999	32.6 °C22 February 1999	9.6 °C12 November 1999	19.7 °C	639 mm	36
1998	31.8 °C2 April 1998	9.7 °C25 November 1998	19.8 °C	753 mm	18
1997	32.3 °C10 March 1997	10.0 °C14 December 1997	19.5 °C	1,042 mm	24
1996	32.4 °C3 March 1996	8.5 °C2 November 1996	19.2 °C	1,151 mm	31
1995	31.4 °C27 March 1995	9.4 °C30 November 1995	19.8 °C	659 mm	18
1994	32.8 °C8 March 1994	8.8 °C5 November 1994	19.6 °C	711 mm	44
1993	29.9 °C30 March 1993	9.9 °C31 December 1993	18.9 °C	778 mm	0
1992	33.2 °C12 March 1992	9.2 °C1 January 1992	19.1 °C	660 mm	22
1991	31.2 °C25 January 1991	8.9 °C2 November 1991	19.5 °C	753 mm	12
1990	30.6 °C5 February 1990	8.7 °C28 July 1990	19.0 °C	827 mm	1
1989	31.0 °C13 March 1989	8.9 °C25 October 1989	18.7 °C	815 mm	5
1988	32.2 °C16 March 1988	6.7 °C11 November 1988	19.3 °C	763 mm	26
1987	31.1 °C17 February 1987	9.0 °C3 February 1987	19.4 °C	914 mm	15
1986	29.8 °C12 February 1986	9.2 °C15 January 1986	18.4 °C	964 mm	0
1985	31.2 °C17 March 1985	10.2 °C2 January 1985	18.4 °C	1,029 mm	8
1984	31.6 °C4 April 1984	8.2 °C16 January 1984	18.6 °C	644 mm	4
1983	30.5 °C23 March 1983	8.6 °C19 December 1983	18.6 °C	995 mm	2
1982	31.5 °C24 March 1982	9.5 °C30 December 1982	18.6 °C	782 mm	6
1981	31.6 °C23 February 1981	9.5 °C12 December 1981	18.6 °C	863 mm	6
1980	30.4 °C1 March 1980	9.8 °C30 December 1980	18.9 °C	768 mm	3
1979	30.4 °C6 March 1979	10.1 °C15 December 1979	18.5 °C	1,107 mm	2
1978	29.2 °C2 April 1978	8.6 °C4 November 1978	18.2 °C	1,132 mm	0
1977	31.2 °C16 March 1977	8.9 °C14 November 1977	18.5 °C	1,213 mm	7
1976	31.8 °C20 March 1976	9.2 °C16 December 1976	18.4 °C	1,034 mm	3
1975	30.5 °C12 March 1975	9.3 °C29 November 1975	18.2 °C	1,068 mm	2
1974	31.0 °C24 April 1974	8.3 °C29 November 1974	18.3 °C	874 mm	6
1973	32.6 °C5 April 1973	9.3 °C15 December 1973	18.7 °C	862 mm	34
1972	30.4 °C6 March 1972	10.2 °C30 November 1972	18.3 °C	981 mm	2
1971	30.6 °C20 March 1971	8.2 °C7 December 1971	17.9 °C	1,000 mm	3
1970	30.0 °C21 February 1970	8.2 °C28 November 1970	18.2 °C	1,066 mm	1
1969	30.4 °C18 April 1969	9.4 °C24 October 1969	18.6 °C	774 mm	2
1968	28.2 °C27 January 1968	8.2 °C6 January 1968	17.7 °C	1,053 mm	0
1967	32.0 °C12 March 1967	8.4 °C8 December 1967	17.8 °C	1,783 mm	6
1966	27.6 °C17 February 1966	9.9 °C17 December 1966	18.0 °C	928 mm	0
1965	28.9 °C14 March 1965	8.9 °C10 January 1965	17.9 °C	1,028 mm	0
1964	30.1 °C9 March 1964	9.4 °C9 December 1964	18.1 °C	869 mm	1
1963	29.8 °C27 March 1963	10.3 °C30 January 1963	17.8 °C	1,609 mm	0
1962	30.7 °C27 February 1962	8.9 °C21 January 1962	17.7 °C	1,304 mm	1
1961	31.3 °C7 March 1961	9.7 °C13 October 1961	17.9 °C	1,211 mm	3
1960	30.3 °C2 March 1960	9.0 °C18 January 1960	18.0 °C	1,295 mm	2
1959	29.5 °C4 April 1959	10.1 °C4 November 1959	17.9 °C	1,318 mm	0
1958	28.8 °C4 March 1958	9.8 °C17 November 1958	18.2 °C	1,122 mm	0
1957	28.3 °C17 February 1957	9.0 °C19 December 1957	18.0 °C	1,199 mm	0
1956	31.0 °C9 March 1956	8.4 °C5 November 1956	17.8 °C	1,217 mm	7
1955	29.4 °C18 March 1955	9.3 °C19 October 1955	17.9 °C	919 mm	0
1954	28.9 °C20 March 1954	9.0 °C3 January 1954	17.7 °C	970 mm	0
1953	27.5 °C16 February 1953	10.3 °C7 January 1953	17.5 °C	1,625 mm	0
1952	29.0 °C23 February 1952	10.0 °C29 October 1952	17.6 °C	1,666 mm	0
1951	28.9 °C7 March 1951	9.1 °C27 January 1951	17.5 °C	1,559 mm	0
1950	29.6 °C6 March 1950	8.8 °C6 January 1950	17.1 °C	1,634 mm	0
1949	28.9 °C6 March 1949	9.1 °C5 November 1949	17.3 °C	1,465 mm	0
1948	28.3 °C2 April 1948	9.7 °C11 November 1948	17.7 °C	991 mm	0
1947	27.2 °C5 January 1947	8.9 °C23 October 1947	17.3 °C	1,348 mm	0
1946	31.1 °C31 March 1946	10.1 °C23 October 1946	18.1 °C	839 mm	3
1945	29.7 °C21 March 1945	8.4 °C16 December 1945	17.7 °C	736 mm	0
1944	29.5 °C27 March 1944	9.3 °C9 January 1944	18.1 °C	781 mm	0
1943	29.5 °C22 April 1943	8.9 °C24 December 1943	17.8 °C	990 mm	0
1942	28.7 °C28 February 1942	9.2 °C28 November 1942	17.8 °C	807 mm	0
1941	31.3 °C27 March 1941	7.6 °C19 January 1941	18.4 °C	668 mm	8
1940	27.4 °C22 February 1940	9.4 °C2 January 1940	17.2 °C	1,176 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.9 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

26 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

878 mm

-95 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-12 mm
Feb	29.9 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-21 mm
Mar	28.4 °C	+0.7 °C	132 mm	+60 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+1.5 °C	88 mm	-47 mm
May	25.7 °C	+1.3 °C	131 mm	-13 mm
Jun	25.2 °C	+2.5 °C	32 mm	-43 mm
Jul	22.9 °C	+1.5 °C	73 mm	-24 mm
Aug	22.5 °C	+0.7 °C	110 mm	+2 mm
Sep	23.8 °C	+1.0 °C	162 mm	+3 mm
Oct	24.1 °C	+0.1 °C	146 mm	+35 mm
Nov	26.3 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-29 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	+1.4 °C	4 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.2 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest day

11.8 °C

1 Dec 2025

Wettest day

57.3 mm

7 May 2025

Windiest day

16.4 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

44.3 km/h

21 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.2 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.2 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

11 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dimtu?

Dimtu has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 973 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dimtu?

The hottest day measured in Dimtu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 34.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dimtu?

The coldest day measured in Dimtu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1988, at 6.7 °C.

Does it snow in Dimtu?

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

Has the climate of Dimtu warmed?

Yes: Dimtu warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dimtu?

The wettest day measured in Dimtu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2016, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dimtu?

The windiest day measured in Dimtu between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1960, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dimtu?

The warmest month in Dimtu is March (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Dimtu?

Dimtu receives on average 973 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 173 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dimtu?

Dimtu gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dimtu?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dimtu?

In Dimtu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 3.3 °C on 11 November 1988.

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