Wacha climate — normals and trends
Wacha has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 16.9 °C annually with 2,495 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
WachaSouth West Ethiopia Peoples' Region
- coords
- 7.15°, 35.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
16.9°C
Average daily high
22.7°C
Average daily low
12.7°C
Annual rainfall
2,495mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
7.1km/h
Seasonal range
2.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
280 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.8 °C
Average feels-like low
12.6 °C
Average peak gust
26.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
32.3 °C
27 March 1941
Coldest day
7.0 °C
4 January 1962
Wettest day
95 mm
15 April 1975
Windiest day
18.3 km/h
11 August 1943
Strongest gust
60.1 km/h
13 August 1943
Hottest feels-like
33.1 °C
28 February 2025
Coldest feels-like
5.0 °C
4 January 1962
Sunniest day
12.2 h
18 May 2004
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 12 mm | -60 mm |
| Feb | 27.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 3 mm | -81 mm |
| Mar | 26.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 166 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 24.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 227 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 259 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 23.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 219 mm | -61 mm |
| Jul | 21.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 309 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 318 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 279 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 22.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 254 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 23.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 67 mm | -82 mm |
| Dec | 23.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 58 mm | -33 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Wacha (Ethiopia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 2,495 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Wacha averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 280 rainy days per year.
Wacha has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 27 March 1941) and the coldest 7.0 °C (on 4 January 1962).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wacha?
Wacha has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 2,495 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wacha?
The hottest day measured in Wacha between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1941, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wacha?
The coldest day measured in Wacha between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1962, at 7.0 °C.
Does it snow in Wacha?
Almost never: Wacha sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Wacha warmed?
Yes: Wacha warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wacha?
The wettest day measured in Wacha between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1975, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wacha?
The windiest day measured in Wacha between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1943, with winds reaching 18.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wacha?
The warmest month in Wacha is March (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Wacha?
Wacha receives on average 2,495 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 280 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wacha?
Wacha gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Wacha?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Wacha.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wacha?
In Wacha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.1 °C on 28 February 2025, and the lowest was 5.0 °C on 4 January 1962.
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