Gebre Guracha climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gebre Guracha?

Gebre Guracha has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,785 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gebre Guracha?

The hottest day measured in Gebre Guracha between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 2002, reaching 32.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gebre Guracha?

The coldest day measured in Gebre Guracha between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at 1.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gebre Guracha?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gebre Guracha warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Gebre Guracha?

The wettest day measured in Gebre Guracha between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 1944, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gebre Guracha?

The windiest day measured in Gebre Guracha between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2003, with winds reaching 21.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gebre Guracha?

The warmest month in Gebre Guracha is May (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (15.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gebre Guracha?

Gebre Guracha receives on average 1,785 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gebre Guracha?

Gebre Guracha gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gebre Guracha (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,785 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 May (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is August (15.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Gebre Guracha averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 176 rainy days per year.

Gebre Guracha 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 32.4 °C (on 14 May 2002) and the coldest 1.6 °C (on 7 January 2017).

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

Gebre GurachaOromiya

coords: 9.80°, 38.40°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthMayColdest monthAugustWettest monthJulyDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

17.1°C

Average daily high

23.2°C

Average daily low

11.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,785mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

8.3km/h

Seasonal range

3.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

2 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

176 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.8 °C

Average feels-like low

10.3 °C

Average peak gust

26.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.9 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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

32.4 °C

14 May 2002

Coldest day

1.6 °C

7 January 2017

Wettest day

117 mm

9 May 1944

Windiest day

21.1 km/h

26 May 2003

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

26 May 2003

Hottest feels-like

32.9 °C

1 April 2016

Coldest feels-like

-2.5 °C

7 January 2017

Sunniest day

12.2 h

14 May 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	30.1 °C9 June 2025	7.7 °C22 November 2025	18.5 °C	1,428 mm	1
2024	31.3 °C14 May 2024	7.6 °C16 December 2024	18.5 °C	1,498 mm	5
2023	29.1 °C8 March 2023	5.1 °C4 January 2023	18.2 °C	1,827 mm	0
2022	31.1 °C11 April 2022	6.1 °C29 January 2022	18.5 °C	1,370 mm	11
2021	30.3 °C7 June 2021	6.3 °C12 December 2021	17.9 °C	1,322 mm	1
2020	30.9 °C11 April 2020	5.7 °C19 December 2020	18.3 °C	1,671 mm	5
2019	29.4 °C26 March 2019	3.7 °C13 January 2019	18.2 °C	1,951 mm	0
2018	31.0 °C9 May 2018	4.9 °C23 November 2018	18.0 °C	1,555 mm	1
2017	30.9 °C23 April 2017	1.6 °C7 January 2017	18.2 °C	1,574 mm	6
2016	32.3 °C30 March 2016	5.3 °C7 December 2016	18.8 °C	1,620 mm	15
2015	30.3 °C21 May 2015	5.0 °C2 January 2015	19.0 °C	1,293 mm	5
2014	30.3 °C30 March 2014	6.0 °C5 January 2014	18.4 °C	1,674 mm	2
2013	31.5 °C16 April 2013	4.0 °C8 December 2013	18.5 °C	1,507 mm	20
2012	30.9 °C2 May 2012	4.3 °C2 January 2012	18.7 °C	1,410 mm	7
2011	31.3 °C16 May 2011	4.8 °C31 December 2011	17.7 °C	1,531 mm	6
2010	29.2 °C25 March 2010	6.3 °C18 December 2010	17.9 °C	1,614 mm	0
2009	31.6 °C23 April 2009	5.8 °C9 November 2009	18.9 °C	1,341 mm	27
2008	30.4 °C28 April 2008	4.0 °C22 November 2008	18.0 °C	1,516 mm	5
2007	31.9 °C11 May 2007	5.6 °C17 December 2007	18.1 °C	1,554 mm	4
2006	29.6 °C7 March 2006	6.8 °C6 November 2006	18.2 °C	1,578 mm	0
2005	29.8 °C20 February 2005	4.3 °C3 January 2005	18.1 °C	1,672 mm	0
2004	31.2 °C19 May 2004	6.6 °C21 October 2004	17.8 °C	1,698 mm	9
2003	30.6 °C31 May 2003	5.1 °C13 December 2003	17.4 °C	1,687 mm	3
2002	32.4 °C14 May 2002	7.4 °C21 January 2002	18.0 °C	1,528 mm	6
2001	29.6 °C23 May 2001	6.7 °C5 November 2001	17.2 °C	1,498 mm	0
2000	30.3 °C17 March 2000	5.6 °C27 November 2000	17.1 °C	1,679 mm	2
1999	30.6 °C21 March 1999	4.4 °C24 November 1999	18.0 °C	1,498 mm	17
1998	31.6 °C6 April 1998	4.2 °C2 December 1998	18.2 °C	1,636 mm	9
1997	29.5 °C5 May 1997	6.8 °C3 February 1997	17.6 °C	1,846 mm	0
1996	29.8 °C14 April 1996	4.7 °C10 November 1996	17.4 °C	1,753 mm	0
1995	30.5 °C31 March 1995	6.1 °C21 January 1995	18.3 °C	1,263 mm	3
1994	31.2 °C5 May 1994	4.9 °C2 January 1994	18.0 °C	1,341 mm	8
1993	28.7 °C11 March 1993	4.6 °C31 December 1993	16.9 °C	1,974 mm	0
1992	29.7 °C11 April 1992	4.6 °C19 November 1992	16.9 °C	1,631 mm	0
1991	29.0 °C2 May 1991	5.9 °C12 December 1991	17.6 °C	1,453 mm	0
1990	29.7 °C27 May 1990	5.1 °C18 December 1990	17.1 °C	1,578 mm	0
1989	28.7 °C31 May 1989	5.4 °C25 October 1989	16.7 °C	1,694 mm	0
1988	30.2 °C29 May 1988	5.1 °C15 December 1988	17.3 °C	1,602 mm	1
1987	29.7 °C28 April 1987	5.6 °C1 February 1987	17.6 °C	1,684 mm	0
1986	29.2 °C25 May 1986	5.8 °C28 October 1986	16.9 °C	1,970 mm	0
1985	28.0 °C21 March 1985	5.4 °C24 October 1985	16.6 °C	2,193 mm	0
1984	30.5 °C29 April 1984	4.6 °C19 February 1984	16.9 °C	1,686 mm	4
1983	28.4 °C27 February 1983	4.0 °C1 January 1983	16.9 °C	1,851 mm	0
1982	29.7 °C26 March 1982	4.7 °C31 December 1982	16.7 °C	1,810 mm	0
1981	29.1 °C20 May 1981	4.6 °C12 December 1981	17.2 °C	1,587 mm	0
1980	29.5 °C17 May 1980	4.3 °C6 November 1980	17.2 °C	1,732 mm	0
1979	29.5 °C22 April 1979	6.5 °C15 November 1979	16.8 °C	2,175 mm	0
1978	30.5 °C2 June 1978	5.1 °C1 December 1978	17.0 °C	1,882 mm	1
1977	30.9 °C21 April 1977	5.5 °C29 November 1977	17.2 °C	2,162 mm	3
1976	28.8 °C20 March 1976	6.1 °C14 January 1976	16.8 °C	2,029 mm	0
1975	31.3 °C21 April 1975	5.7 °C5 December 1975	16.8 °C	1,844 mm	3
1974	30.0 °C28 April 1974	6.1 °C29 November 1974	16.6 °C	1,667 mm	1
1973	31.2 °C5 April 1973	3.4 °C15 December 1973	17.2 °C	1,773 mm	3
1972	27.9 °C13 May 1972	5.7 °C1 January 1972	16.8 °C	1,905 mm	0
1971	28.6 °C29 April 1971	4.8 °C5 December 1971	16.3 °C	1,948 mm	0
1970	29.1 °C23 May 1970	4.4 °C5 February 1970	16.8 °C	1,976 mm	0
1969	28.0 °C11 June 1969	5.3 °C20 December 1969	16.6 °C	1,984 mm	0
1968	28.8 °C30 March 1968	3.6 °C7 January 1968	16.6 °C	1,699 mm	0
1967	29.4 °C12 March 1967	4.0 °C7 January 1967	16.5 °C	2,305 mm	0
1966	27.8 °C14 May 1966	6.4 °C23 December 1966	17.5 °C	1,115 mm	0
1965	28.2 °C2 June 1965	4.9 °C16 February 1965	17.3 °C	1,194 mm	0
1964	28.1 °C26 May 1964	5.3 °C3 November 1964	17.2 °C	1,416 mm	0
1963	29.0 °C27 March 1963	6.0 °C11 March 1963	16.5 °C	2,097 mm	0
1962	29.9 °C11 April 1962	6.3 °C14 February 1962	16.5 °C	2,027 mm	0
1961	29.2 °C7 March 1961	6.0 °C15 October 1961	16.7 °C	2,103 mm	0
1960	30.2 °C21 April 1960	3.4 °C18 January 1960	16.5 °C	2,229 mm	1
1959	28.0 °C22 April 1959	5.7 °C26 November 1959	16.3 °C	2,064 mm	0
1958	29.8 °C23 May 1958	5.9 °C15 November 1958	17.1 °C	1,969 mm	0
1957	27.5 °C20 November 1957	6.2 °C16 December 1957	16.6 °C	2,004 mm	0
1956	28.6 °C23 March 1956	4.2 °C4 November 1956	16.1 °C	1,906 mm	0
1955	28.0 °C20 April 1955	5.7 °C18 October 1955	16.2 °C	1,947 mm	0
1954	28.2 °C23 April 1954	4.5 °C2 January 1954	16.1 °C	1,816 mm	0
1953	26.9 °C1 April 1953	6.2 °C29 December 1953	16.0 °C	2,416 mm	0
1952	26.6 °C23 February 1952	4.0 °C28 October 1952	15.7 °C	2,798 mm	0
1951	27.4 °C7 March 1951	5.4 °C24 January 1951	15.9 °C	2,335 mm	0
1950	25.1 °C5 March 1950	3.8 °C5 January 1950	15.0 °C	2,210 mm	0
1949	24.5 °C18 January 1949	3.8 °C1 November 1949	15.2 °C	2,601 mm	0
1948	26.7 °C10 May 1948	4.2 °C2 December 1948	15.7 °C	2,687 mm	0
1947	26.5 °C26 April 1947	3.6 °C22 December 1947	15.6 °C	2,310 mm	0
1946	28.2 °C31 March 1946	4.8 °C31 December 1946	16.2 °C	1,562 mm	0
1945	27.0 °C29 April 1945	3.9 °C6 December 1945	15.6 °C	1,824 mm	0
1944	27.9 °C1 April 1944	2.7 °C9 January 1944	16.1 °C	2,096 mm	0
1943	27.0 °C16 May 1943	3.7 °C4 November 1943	15.3 °C	1,983 mm	0
1942	26.9 °C22 May 1942	3.8 °C28 November 1942	15.9 °C	1,601 mm	0
1941	29.6 °C28 March 1941	4.3 °C3 January 1941	16.7 °C	1,556 mm	0
1940	25.4 °C10 April 1940	4.8 °C9 December 1940	15.8 °C	1,961 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

24.5 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

-1

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1428 mm

-357 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.6 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-21 mm
Feb	27.2 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-43 mm
Mar	26.6 °C	+1.2 °C	123 mm	+24 mm
Apr	27.0 °C	+1.6 °C	46 mm	-63 mm
May	26.6 °C	+1.4 °C	61 mm	-57 mm
Jun	26.4 °C	+3.2 °C	66 mm	-129 mm
Jul	21.4 °C	+1.3 °C	417 mm	+12 mm
Aug	20.0 °C	+0.1 °C	386 mm	-4 mm
Sep	21.1 °C	+0.3 °C	287 mm	+1 mm
Oct	23.0 °C	+0.3 °C	34 mm	-39 mm
Nov	24.5 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-30 mm
Dec	24.6 °C	+1.0 °C	7 mm	-9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.1 °C

9 Jun 2025

Coldest day

7.7 °C

22 Nov 2025

Wettest day

28.0 mm

8 Jul 2025

Windiest day

14.7 km/h

11 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

21 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

31.8 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.4 °C

22 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

23 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gebre Guracha?

Gebre Guracha has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 1,785 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gebre Guracha?

The hottest day measured in Gebre Guracha between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 2002, reaching 32.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gebre Guracha?

The coldest day measured in Gebre Guracha between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at 1.6 °C.

Does it snow in Gebre Guracha?

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

Has the climate of Gebre Guracha warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Gebre Guracha?

The wettest day measured in Gebre Guracha between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 1944, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gebre Guracha?

The windiest day measured in Gebre Guracha between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2003, with winds reaching 21.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gebre Guracha?

The warmest month in Gebre Guracha is May (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (15.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Gebre Guracha?

Gebre Guracha receives on average 1,785 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 176 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gebre Guracha?

Gebre Guracha gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gebre Guracha?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gebre Guracha?

In Gebre Guracha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.9 °C on 1 April 2016, and the lowest was -2.5 °C on 7 January 2017.

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