Mehal Mēda climate — normals and trends
Mehal Mēda (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 2,779 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is December (12.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Mehal Mēda averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 201 rainy days per year.
Mehal Mēda has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.9 °C (on 10 June 2025) and the coldest 1.5 °C (on 20 January 1987).
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
Mehal MēdaAmhara
- coords
- 10.31°, 39.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.9°C
Average daily high
20.2°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
2,779mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
4.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
201 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.1 °C
Average feels-like low
9.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.85 · 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
27.9 °C
10 June 2025
Coldest day
1.5 °C
20 January 1987
Wettest day
278 mm
3 May 2024
Windiest day
25.3 km/h
7 June 1999
Strongest gust
66.6 km/h
16 October 1973
Hottest feels-like
31.8 °C
7 April 2016
Coldest feels-like
-2.0 °C
20 January 1987
Sunniest day
12.1 h
6 May 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 6 mm | -76 mm |
| Feb | 22.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 11 mm | -122 mm |
| Mar | 22.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 575 mm | +269 mm |
| Apr | 22.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 51 mm | -325 mm |
| May | 24.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 89 mm | -113 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 41 mm | -100 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 394 mm | -76 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 580 mm | -39 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 336 mm | +48 mm |
| Oct | 20.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 34 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 20.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 4 mm | -41 mm |
| Dec | 19.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 71 mm | +19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mehal Mēda?
Mehal Mēda has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 2,779 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mehal Mēda?
The hottest day measured in Mehal Mēda between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 2025, reaching 27.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mehal Mēda?
The coldest day measured in Mehal Mēda between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1987, at 1.5 °C.
Does it snow in Mehal Mēda?
Almost never: Mehal Mēda sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Mehal Mēda warmed?
Yes: Mehal Mēda warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mehal Mēda?
The wettest day measured in Mehal Mēda between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 2024, with 278 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mehal Mēda?
The windiest day measured in Mehal Mēda between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1999, with winds reaching 25.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mehal Mēda?
The warmest month in Mehal Mēda is June (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is December (12.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Mehal Mēda?
Mehal Mēda receives on average 2,779 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 201 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mehal Mēda?
Mehal Mēda gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Mehal Mēda?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mehal Mēda.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mehal Mēda?
In Mehal Mēda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.8 °C on 7 April 2016, and the lowest was -2.0 °C on 20 January 1987.
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