Kemisē climate — normals and trends
Kemisē (Ethiopia) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,036 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 June (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is December (14.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kemisē averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Kemisē has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.1 °C (on 18 June 1981) and the coldest 2.3 °C (on 18 December 2010).
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
KemisēAmhara
- coords
- 10.72°, 39.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
22.3°C
Average daily low
11.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,036mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
5.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.9 °C
Average feels-like low
10.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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
30.1 °C
18 June 1981
Coldest day
2.3 °C
18 December 2010
Wettest day
89 mm
7 April 2024
Windiest day
21.7 km/h
7 June 1999
Strongest gust
62.6 km/h
25 May 2003
Hottest feels-like
29.9 °C
23 April 1998
Coldest feels-like
-1.5 °C
18 January 1941
Sunniest day
12.1 h
16 May 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -51 mm |
| Feb | 23.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 11 mm | -68 mm |
| Mar | 23.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 115 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 25.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 21 mm | -106 mm |
| May | 25.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 55 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 80 mm | -92 mm |
| Aug | 21.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 400 mm | +195 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 76 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 21.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 5 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | 21.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 21.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 36 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kemisē?
Kemisē has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 1,036 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kemisē?
The hottest day measured in Kemisē between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1981, reaching 30.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kemisē?
The coldest day measured in Kemisē between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 2010, at 2.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kemisē?
Almost never: Kemisē sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kemisē warmed?
Yes: Kemisē warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kemisē?
The wettest day measured in Kemisē between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 2024, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kemisē?
The windiest day measured in Kemisē between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1999, with winds reaching 21.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kemisē?
The warmest month in Kemisē is June (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is December (14.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kemisē?
Kemisē receives on average 1,036 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kemisē?
Kemisē gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kemisē?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kemisē.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kemisē?
In Kemisē, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.9 °C on 23 April 1998, and the lowest was -1.5 °C on 18 January 1941.
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