Genet climate — normals and trends
Genet (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,946 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is December (14.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Genet averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 177 rainy days per year.
Genet has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.6 °C (on 22 March 2009) and the coldest 0.8 °C (on 25 December 1990).
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
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- coords
- 9.07°, 38.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
21.8°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,946mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
2.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
177 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.9 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
30.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · 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
30.6 °C
22 March 2009
Coldest day
0.8 °C
25 December 1990
Wettest day
102 mm
30 August 2022
Windiest day
27.9 km/h
26 May 2003
Strongest gust
65.2 km/h
6 May 1999
Hottest feels-like
30.5 °C
9 March 2022
Coldest feels-like
-2.9 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.2 h
14 May 1941
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 | 23.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 25.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 24.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 123 mm | +39 mm |
| Apr | 25.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 66 mm | -75 mm |
| May | 23.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 215 mm | +51 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 164 mm | -114 mm |
| Jul | 20.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 469 mm | +72 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 377 mm | -48 mm |
| Sep | 20.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 438 mm | +115 mm |
| Oct | 21.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 60 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 22.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 22.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 6 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Genet?
Genet has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 1,946 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Genet?
The hottest day measured in Genet between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2009, reaching 30.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Genet?
The coldest day measured in Genet between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1990, at 0.8 °C.
Does it snow in Genet?
Almost never: Genet sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Genet warmed?
Yes: Genet warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Genet?
The wettest day measured in Genet between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 2022, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Genet?
The windiest day measured in Genet between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2003, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Genet?
The warmest month in Genet is March (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (14.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Genet?
Genet receives on average 1,946 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 177 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Genet?
Genet gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Genet?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Genet.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Genet?
In Genet, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.5 °C on 9 March 2022, and the lowest was -2.9 °C on 7 January 2017.
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