Finote Selam climate — normals and trends
Finote Selam (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 2,061 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 (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is August (15.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Finote Selam averages 0 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 184 rainy days per year.
Finote Selam 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 4.8 °C (on 26 November 1942).
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
Finote SelamAmhara
- coords
- 10.70°, 37.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
22.9°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,061mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
9.1km/h
Seasonal range
4.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
184 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.7 °C
Average feels-like low
10.6 °C
Average peak gust
26.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+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).
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
32.5 °C
19 April 1998
Coldest day
4.8 °C
26 November 1942
Wettest day
61 mm
28 August 1948
Windiest day
23.7 km/h
13 July 1966
Strongest gust
54.0 km/h
21 August 1966
Hottest feels-like
33.2 °C
12 April 2024
Coldest feels-like
1.8 °C
27 November 1942
Sunniest day
12.5 h
12 May 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 26.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 27.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 26.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 30 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 26.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 64 mm | -106 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 118 mm | -202 mm |
| Jul | 20.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 474 mm | +41 mm |
| Aug | 19.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 432 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 21.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 346 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 21.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 157 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 22.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 4 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 24.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Finote Selam?
Finote Selam has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 2,061 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Finote Selam?
The hottest day measured in Finote Selam between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1998, reaching 32.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Finote Selam?
The coldest day measured in Finote Selam between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 1942, at 4.8 °C.
Does it snow in Finote Selam?
Almost never: Finote Selam sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Finote Selam warmed?
Yes: Finote Selam warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Finote Selam?
The wettest day measured in Finote Selam between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1948, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Finote Selam?
The windiest day measured in Finote Selam between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1966, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Finote Selam?
The warmest month in Finote Selam is April (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (15.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Finote Selam?
Finote Selam receives on average 2,061 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 184 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Finote Selam?
Finote Selam gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Finote Selam?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Finote Selam.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Finote Selam?
In Finote Selam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.2 °C on 12 April 2024, and the lowest was 1.8 °C on 27 November 1942.
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