Lumamē climate — normals and trends
Lumamē (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 2,000 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is August (15.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Lumamē averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 174 rainy days per year.
Lumamē has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 9 April 2016) and the coldest 6.1 °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
LumamēAmhara
- coords
- 10.25°, 37.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.2°C
Average daily high
23.1°C
Average daily low
12.2°C
Annual rainfall
2,000mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
3.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
174 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.7 °C
Average feels-like low
11.3 °C
Average peak gust
29.5 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
+2.8 °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
32.3 °C
9 April 2016
Coldest day
6.1 °C
7 January 2017
Wettest day
75 mm
21 July 2005
Windiest day
19.6 km/h
31 March 1944
Strongest gust
85.0 km/h
22 April 1983
Hottest feels-like
33.2 °C
29 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
2.1 °C
7 January 2017
Sunniest day
12.3 h
13 May 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 27.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 27.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 90 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 26.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 147 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 25.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 212 mm | +52 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 274 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 512 mm | +21 mm |
| Aug | 19.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 584 mm | +111 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 308 mm | +54 mm |
| Oct | 22.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 40 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 24.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 24.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lumamē?
Lumamē has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 2,000 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lumamē?
The hottest day measured in Lumamē between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 2016, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lumamē?
The coldest day measured in Lumamē between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2017, at 6.1 °C.
Does it snow in Lumamē?
Almost never: Lumamē sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Lumamē warmed?
Yes: Lumamē warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lumamē?
The wettest day measured in Lumamē between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2005, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lumamē?
The windiest day measured in Lumamē between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1944, with winds reaching 19.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lumamē?
The warmest month in Lumamē is April (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (15.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Lumamē?
Lumamē receives on average 2,000 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lumamē?
Lumamē gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Lumamē?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lumamē.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lumamē?
In Lumamē, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.2 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 2.1 °C on 7 January 2017.
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