Mī’ēso climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mī’ēso?

Mī’ēso has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 820 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mī’ēso?

The hottest day measured in Mī’ēso between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2016, reaching 35.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mī’ēso?

The coldest day measured in Mī’ēso between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 7.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mī’ēso?

Almost never: Mī’ēso sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Mī’ēso warmed?

Yes: Mī’ēso warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mī’ēso?

The wettest day measured in Mī’ēso between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1966, with 181 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mī’ēso?

The windiest day measured in Mī’ēso between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1978, with winds reaching 29.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mī’ēso?

The warmest month in Mī’ēso is June (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is December (19.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mī’ēso?

Mī’ēso receives on average 820 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mī’ēso?

Mī’ēso gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mī’ēso (Ethiopia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 820 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is December (19.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Mī’ēso averages 0 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.

Mī’ēso has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 28 March 2016) and the coldest 7.8 °C (on 17 December 1967).

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

Mī’ēsoOromiya

coords: 9.23°, 40.76°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthJuneColdest monthDecemberWettest monthAugustDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

820mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

56%

Average peak wind

12.8km/h

Seasonal range

4.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

140 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.8 °C

Average feels-like low

16.6 °C

Average peak gust

32.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

19 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.9 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

35.9 °C

28 March 2016

Coldest day

7.8 °C

17 December 1967

Wettest day

181 mm

4 April 1966

Windiest day

29.1 km/h

16 July 1978

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

16 July 1978

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

21 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

4.6 °C

19 January 1987

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.9 °C10 June 2025	12.9 °C3 December 2025	23.6 °C	519 mm	160
2024	35.2 °C3 March 2024	12.9 °C19 December 2024	23.7 °C	789 mm	143
2023	33.9 °C8 March 2023	11.8 °C4 January 2023	23.3 °C	896 mm	131
2022	35.2 °C23 May 2022	12.0 °C21 December 2022	23.5 °C	352 mm	157
2021	35.3 °C9 April 2021	12.7 °C9 January 2021	23.0 °C	565 mm	135
2020	34.4 °C13 March 2020	11.6 °C18 January 2020	23.3 °C	648 mm	139
2019	35.0 °C26 March 2019	11.5 °C14 January 2019	23.2 °C	725 mm	114
2018	33.6 °C17 February 2018	11.3 °C14 January 2018	22.9 °C	605 mm	101
2017	34.4 °C10 March 2017	9.9 °C14 December 2017	23.4 °C	472 mm	156
2016	35.9 °C28 March 2016	11.8 °C5 December 2016	23.6 °C	687 mm	153
2015	35.4 °C18 May 2015	12.0 °C14 January 2015	24.0 °C	388 mm	216
2014	34.2 °C16 June 2014	9.7 °C5 January 2014	23.1 °C	687 mm	115
2013	34.6 °C10 March 2013	9.4 °C24 December 2013	22.8 °C	708 mm	118
2012	33.7 °C31 May 2012	11.1 °C21 December 2012	23.2 °C	475 mm	121
2011	34.2 °C14 May 2011	10.4 °C13 December 2011	22.9 °C	476 mm	133
2010	33.7 °C4 February 2010	9.3 °C14 January 2010	22.6 °C	907 mm	96
2009	35.6 °C22 March 2009	11.9 °C6 January 2009	23.5 °C	466 mm	187
2008	33.9 °C29 March 2008	9.7 °C22 December 2008	22.4 °C	582 mm	93
2007	35.1 °C13 May 2007	11.4 °C29 December 2007	22.8 °C	580 mm	104
2006	33.4 °C28 May 2006	12.8 °C28 February 2006	22.6 °C	910 mm	100
2005	34.5 °C25 February 2005	10.6 °C3 January 2005	23.0 °C	656 mm	80
2004	33.6 °C19 May 2004	12.7 °C24 February 2004	22.3 °C	621 mm	68
2003	34.3 °C20 February 2003	10.6 °C15 January 2003	22.1 °C	654 mm	74
2002	33.7 °C1 July 2002	11.8 °C28 January 2002	22.7 °C	568 mm	134
2001	32.2 °C5 June 2001	11.2 °C19 January 2001	21.7 °C	924 mm	62
2000	33.1 °C24 March 2000	10.9 °C4 January 2000	21.9 °C	589 mm	74
1999	33.6 °C19 June 1999	11.5 °C18 December 1999	22.6 °C	663 mm	100
1998	33.9 °C23 May 1998	10.6 °C17 December 1998	23.0 °C	644 mm	112
1997	33.6 °C16 March 1997	11.9 °C2 January 1997	22.4 °C	834 mm	86
1996	32.7 °C7 March 1996	9.9 °C21 December 1996	22.1 °C	932 mm	54
1995	34.2 °C15 May 1995	10.4 °C14 November 1995	22.7 °C	585 mm	105
1994	34.0 °C10 March 1994	11.4 °C22 January 1994	22.6 °C	615 mm	103
1993	31.6 °C12 July 1993	10.5 °C13 December 1993	21.8 °C	767 mm	34
1992	33.9 °C26 March 1992	10.8 °C1 January 1992	22.0 °C	654 mm	77
1991	32.7 °C12 June 1991	10.7 °C30 November 1991	22.3 °C	700 mm	61
1990	33.5 °C21 May 1990	8.1 °C21 December 1990	21.9 °C	710 mm	57
1989	31.8 °C4 June 1989	10.1 °C25 October 1989	21.6 °C	762 mm	39
1988	34.0 °C25 May 1988	10.0 °C1 November 1988	22.4 °C	811 mm	87
1987	32.5 °C17 February 1987	8.1 °C20 January 1987	22.3 °C	847 mm	72
1986	32.2 °C26 May 1986	9.0 °C4 January 1986	21.8 °C	828 mm	52
1985	31.8 °C19 March 1985	11.0 °C13 December 1985	21.5 °C	1,103 mm	39
1984	33.9 °C29 April 1984	10.1 °C7 February 1984	21.8 °C	587 mm	72
1983	33.7 °C15 June 1983	10.2 °C11 January 1983	21.7 °C	950 mm	45
1982	33.2 °C26 March 1982	11.6 °C27 January 1982	21.6 °C	903 mm	38
1981	33.7 °C24 June 1981	9.6 °C12 December 1981	21.8 °C	849 mm	55
1980	32.6 °C3 April 1980	11.0 °C6 November 1980	22.3 °C	575 mm	79
1979	32.9 °C16 May 1979	11.8 °C5 December 1979	21.8 °C	1,054 mm	70
1978	32.9 °C1 June 1978	10.6 °C3 February 1978	21.6 °C	980 mm	47
1977	32.6 °C17 March 1977	9.3 °C5 February 1977	21.6 °C	1,164 mm	38
1976	32.7 °C12 March 1976	11.3 °C16 December 1976	21.6 °C	1,002 mm	38
1975	33.2 °C27 March 1975	11.3 °C14 December 1975	21.4 °C	977 mm	52
1974	33.1 °C30 April 1974	10.6 °C29 November 1974	21.3 °C	674 mm	46
1973	33.9 °C1 March 1973	11.0 °C19 December 1973	22.2 °C	661 mm	92
1972	32.8 °C9 March 1972	10.3 °C2 January 1972	21.6 °C	772 mm	46
1971	33.3 °C20 March 1971	10.5 °C7 December 1971	21.2 °C	802 mm	46
1970	33.7 °C6 June 1970	11.5 °C12 December 1970	21.9 °C	862 mm	84
1969	33.2 °C4 April 1969	11.4 °C16 December 1969	22.1 °C	649 mm	74
1968	32.5 °C12 June 1968	10.1 °C6 January 1968	21.0 °C	963 mm	27
1967	33.3 °C12 March 1967	7.8 °C17 December 1967	20.9 °C	1,448 mm	40
1966	33.3 °C1 July 1966	10.8 °C11 December 1966	22.0 °C	822 mm	114
1965	33.1 °C12 July 1965	11.1 °C7 January 1965	21.8 °C	618 mm	106
1964	33.2 °C11 March 1964	10.5 °C29 December 1964	21.7 °C	707 mm	100
1963	31.7 °C12 March 1963	11.2 °C14 January 1963	21.3 °C	1,184 mm	28
1962	33.2 °C25 May 1962	11.2 °C22 January 1962	21.4 °C	955 mm	68
1961	32.7 °C5 June 1961	10.0 °C9 January 1961	21.0 °C	1,096 mm	31
1960	31.8 °C1 March 1960	10.7 °C20 January 1960	21.1 °C	1,141 mm	30
1959	33.5 °C27 May 1959	11.6 °C25 December 1959	21.5 °C	952 mm	57
1958	34.8 °C16 May 1958	11.1 °C29 November 1958	22.0 °C	879 mm	72
1957	31.4 °C29 September 1957	10.1 °C20 December 1957	21.1 °C	981 mm	12
1956	32.5 °C15 March 1956	10.5 °C27 November 1956	21.0 °C	1,015 mm	30
1955	31.7 °C12 March 1955	9.8 °C3 March 1955	21.0 °C	871 mm	30
1954	32.2 °C16 March 1954	10.3 °C22 December 1954	20.9 °C	876 mm	33
1953	30.8 °C16 March 1953	11.0 °C7 January 1953	20.4 °C	1,255 mm	4
1952	30.2 °C29 January 1952	11.4 °C29 October 1952	20.4 °C	1,409 mm	6
1951	31.8 °C5 March 1951	10.3 °C28 January 1951	20.4 °C	1,337 mm	6
1950	31.2 °C7 March 1950	9.1 °C9 January 1950	19.5 °C	1,370 mm	3
1949	31.4 °C7 March 1949	11.1 °C6 January 1949	20.0 °C	1,392 mm	3
1948	31.3 °C5 April 1948	10.2 °C24 January 1948	20.5 °C	1,334 mm	8
1947	30.4 °C4 February 1947	10.6 °C23 December 1947	20.3 °C	1,267 mm	2
1946	32.7 °C31 March 1946	11.0 °C13 January 1946	21.2 °C	821 mm	48
1945	31.6 °C22 March 1945	11.8 °C22 December 1945	21.2 °C	591 mm	17
1944	32.0 °C28 March 1944	11.6 °C14 January 1944	21.5 °C	674 mm	25
1943	32.7 °C13 May 1943	10.9 °C12 January 1943	20.7 °C	766 mm	54
1942	32.7 °C23 May 1942	11.4 °C4 January 1942	21.4 °C	669 mm	58
1941	33.2 °C6 June 1941	9.0 °C11 January 1941	21.6 °C	587 mm	73
1940	30.0 °C20 June 1940	11.7 °C29 December 1940	20.5 °C	1,190 mm	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?

Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.7 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

160 d/yr

+87

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

519 mm

-301 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-21 mm
Feb	30.7 °C	+2.9 °C	0 mm	-34 mm
Mar	30.6 °C	+2.0 °C	75 mm	-22 mm
Apr	31.6 °C	+3.2 °C	39 mm	-80 mm
May	31.8 °C	+2.5 °C	56 mm	-26 mm
Jun	32.6 °C	+2.8 °C	6 mm	-34 mm
Jul	30.3 °C	+2.1 °C	67 mm	-34 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	+0.1 °C	165 mm	+45 mm
Sep	28.0 °C	+0.1 °C	68 mm	-29 mm
Oct	29.1 °C	+1.3 °C	29 mm	-35 mm
Nov	28.4 °C	+1.7 °C	1 mm	-29 mm
Dec	27.9 °C	+1.9 °C	14 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.9 °C

10 Jun 2025

Coldest day

12.9 °C

3 Dec 2025

Wettest day

25.5 mm

27 Aug 2025

Windiest day

22.1 km/h

20 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

20 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.5 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.9 °C

6 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 May 2025

What was the weather like that day?

Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.

Date

Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mī’ēso?

Mī’ēso has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 820 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mī’ēso?

The hottest day measured in Mī’ēso between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2016, reaching 35.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mī’ēso?

The coldest day measured in Mī’ēso between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 7.8 °C.

Does it snow in Mī’ēso?

Almost never: Mī’ēso sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Mī’ēso warmed?

Yes: Mī’ēso warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mī’ēso?

The wettest day measured in Mī’ēso between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1966, with 181 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mī’ēso?

The windiest day measured in Mī’ēso between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1978, with winds reaching 29.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mī’ēso?

The warmest month in Mī’ēso is June (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is December (19.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Mī’ēso?

Mī’ēso receives on average 820 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mī’ēso?

Mī’ēso gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mī’ēso?

Yes: Mī’ēso has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mī’ēso?

In Mī’ēso, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 21 March 2016, and the lowest was 4.6 °C on 19 January 1987.

Compare Mī’ēso with another city

Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.

Nearby cities

The climate around Mī’ēso

Other cities — Ethiopia

All cities in Ethiopia →