Insēno climate — normals and trends
Insēno (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 1,231 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is August (17.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Insēno averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Insēno has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.3 °C (on 29 March 2016) and the coldest 8.4 °C (on 18 January 1941).
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
InsēnoCentral Ethiopia Regional State
- coords
- 8.07°, 38.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.8°C
Average daily high
24.3°C
Average daily low
14.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,231mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
3.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.1 °C
Average feels-like low
13.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.2 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · 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
33.3 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest day
8.4 °C
18 January 1941
Wettest day
85 mm
27 April 1986
Windiest day
31.4 km/h
25 October 1995
Strongest gust
69.5 km/h
30 April 2011
Hottest feels-like
33.7 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
2.8 °C
20 January 1987
Sunniest day
12.1 h
9 May 1988
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 27.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 28.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 76 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 28.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -107 mm |
| May | 26.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 140 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 30 mm | -65 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 162 mm | -66 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 407 mm | +117 mm |
| Sep | 22.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 275 mm | +77 mm |
| Oct | 24.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 45 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 25.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 25.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Insēno?
Insēno has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 1,231 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Insēno?
The hottest day measured in Insēno between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 33.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Insēno?
The coldest day measured in Insēno between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1941, at 8.4 °C.
Does it snow in Insēno?
Almost never: Insēno sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Insēno warmed?
Yes: Insēno warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Insēno?
The wettest day measured in Insēno between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1986, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Insēno?
The windiest day measured in Insēno between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 1995, with winds reaching 31.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Insēno?
The warmest month in Insēno is March (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (17.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Insēno?
Insēno receives on average 1,231 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Insēno?
Insēno gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Insēno?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Insēno.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Insēno?
In Insēno, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.7 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 2.8 °C on 20 January 1987.
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