Welk’īt’ē climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Welk’īt’ē?

Welk’īt’ē has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,414 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Welk’īt’ē?

The hottest day measured in Welk’īt’ē between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2009, reaching 36.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Welk’īt’ē?

The coldest day measured in Welk’īt’ē between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1942, at 5.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Welk’īt’ē?

Almost never: Welk’īt’ē sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Welk’īt’ē warmed?

Yes: Welk’īt’ē warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Welk’īt’ē?

The wettest day measured in Welk’īt’ē between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2016, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Welk’īt’ē?

The windiest day measured in Welk’īt’ē between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2003, with winds reaching 19.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Welk’īt’ē?

The warmest month in Welk’īt’ē is March (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is September (17.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Welk’īt’ē?

Welk’īt’ē receives on average 1,414 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 181 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Welk’īt’ē?

Welk’īt’ē gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Welk’īt’ē (Ethiopia) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,414 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 (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is September (17.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Welk’īt’ē averages 0 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 181 rainy days per year.

Welk’īt’ē has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 22 March 2009) and the coldest 5.7 °C (on 27 November 1942).

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

Welk’īt’ēCentral Ethiopia Regional State

coords: 8.28°, 37.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthMarchColdest monthSeptemberWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

19.6°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

14.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,414mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

8.1km/h

Seasonal range

3.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

31 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

181 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.7 °C

Average feels-like low

13.5 °C

Average peak gust

22.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · 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

36.0 °C

22 March 2009

Coldest day

5.7 °C

27 November 1942

Wettest day

95 mm

10 May 2016

Windiest day

19.9 km/h

26 May 2003

Strongest gust

52.6 km/h

20 September 2004

Hottest feels-like

36.1 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

1.6 °C

8 December 2013

Sunniest day

12.2 h

13 May 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.1 °C1 March 2025	9.4 °C23 October 2025	20.4 °C	1,274 mm	47
2024	32.6 °C12 April 2024	9.5 °C17 November 2024	20.5 °C	1,308 mm	19
2023	32.2 °C11 February 2023	8.8 °C27 November 2023	20.6 °C	1,580 mm	38
2022	33.4 °C10 March 2022	8.2 °C29 January 2022	20.8 °C	1,423 mm	54
2021	33.9 °C2 April 2021	8.8 °C31 October 2021	20.3 °C	1,364 mm	40
2020	33.7 °C11 April 2020	8.1 °C28 December 2020	20.5 °C	1,718 mm	44
2019	32.6 °C21 March 2019	8.2 °C13 January 2019	20.5 °C	1,363 mm	61
2018	33.4 °C13 May 2018	7.0 °C23 November 2018	20.2 °C	1,335 mm	37
2017	34.4 °C23 April 2017	6.9 °C7 January 2017	20.4 °C	1,356 mm	71
2016	35.1 °C30 March 2016	6.7 °C7 December 2016	20.8 °C	1,416 mm	56
2015	34.3 °C6 April 2015	9.4 °C3 January 2015	21.1 °C	1,214 mm	68
2014	33.4 °C4 March 2014	9.5 °C4 November 2014	20.5 °C	1,523 mm	40
2013	34.7 °C16 April 2013	5.8 °C8 December 2013	20.4 °C	1,380 mm	61
2012	33.4 °C19 March 2012	7.1 °C16 October 2012	20.9 °C	1,204 mm	76
2011	34.1 °C11 April 2011	7.8 °C31 December 2011	20.5 °C	1,337 mm	83
2010	33.7 °C10 April 2010	8.5 °C18 December 2010	20.6 °C	1,511 mm	38
2009	36.0 °C22 March 2009	6.5 °C9 November 2009	21.2 °C	1,190 mm	96
2008	33.8 °C22 March 2008	6.6 °C22 November 2008	20.2 °C	1,426 mm	83
2007	34.4 °C15 March 2007	6.6 °C11 October 2007	20.6 °C	1,501 mm	63
2006	34.6 °C16 April 2006	7.8 °C6 November 2006	20.7 °C	1,583 mm	53
2005	33.9 °C20 February 2005	7.8 °C3 January 2005	20.5 °C	1,574 mm	56
2004	33.7 °C22 March 2004	7.6 °C21 October 2004	20.0 °C	1,343 mm	36
2003	34.1 °C21 February 2003	9.4 °C24 October 2003	19.9 °C	1,145 mm	45
2002	34.4 °C14 May 2002	9.1 °C2 October 2002	20.2 °C	1,147 mm	54
2001	33.1 °C18 April 2001	7.1 °C5 November 2001	19.1 °C	1,491 mm	8
2000	34.8 °C17 March 2000	7.8 °C6 December 2000	19.4 °C	1,373 mm	66
1999	33.6 °C22 February 1999	7.6 °C12 November 1999	20.1 °C	1,335 mm	67
1998	33.7 °C6 April 1998	6.0 °C23 November 1998	20.4 °C	1,450 mm	41
1997	33.0 °C7 March 1997	9.6 °C12 December 1997	20.1 °C	1,483 mm	34
1996	32.9 °C3 March 1996	6.8 °C1 November 1996	19.8 °C	1,805 mm	36
1995	33.4 °C17 March 1995	8.2 °C20 October 1995	20.6 °C	1,114 mm	47
1994	34.3 °C12 April 1994	7.4 °C5 November 1994	20.7 °C	1,095 mm	83
1993	31.2 °C29 December 1993	8.6 °C31 December 1993	19.7 °C	1,134 mm	17
1992	33.2 °C12 March 1992	7.3 °C1 January 1992	19.7 °C	1,202 mm	29
1991	34.1 °C17 May 1991	8.0 °C9 October 1991	20.5 °C	1,109 mm	69
1990	32.3 °C17 April 1990	7.8 °C11 January 1990	20.0 °C	1,317 mm	23
1989	31.7 °C3 May 1989	7.4 °C25 October 1989	19.4 °C	1,383 mm	19
1988	32.6 °C11 March 1988	6.4 °C11 November 1988	19.9 °C	1,327 mm	42
1987	33.3 °C2 May 1987	7.3 °C16 November 1987	20.2 °C	1,425 mm	32
1986	31.5 °C13 March 1986	6.8 °C27 October 1986	19.4 °C	1,590 mm	8
1985	32.1 °C13 March 1985	8.3 °C12 October 1985	19.4 °C	1,636 mm	21
1984	34.6 °C29 April 1984	7.9 °C7 October 1984	19.8 °C	1,220 mm	45
1983	31.7 °C1 March 1983	7.0 °C2 November 1983	19.6 °C	1,456 mm	18
1982	32.1 °C24 March 1982	7.4 °C30 December 1982	19.4 °C	1,142 mm	16
1981	33.3 °C23 February 1981	8.3 °C19 October 1981	19.8 °C	1,151 mm	30
1980	32.5 °C12 April 1980	7.6 °C1 November 1980	19.8 °C	1,463 mm	32
1979	32.3 °C6 March 1979	9.4 °C13 October 1979	19.5 °C	1,532 mm	39
1978	32.5 °C2 April 1978	6.4 °C4 November 1978	19.5 °C	1,545 mm	17
1977	34.6 °C21 April 1977	7.2 °C29 November 1977	19.6 °C	1,601 mm	19
1976	32.8 °C20 March 1976	8.6 °C19 October 1976	19.5 °C	1,417 mm	17
1975	31.7 °C1 March 1975	8.7 °C29 November 1975	19.1 °C	1,362 mm	14
1974	34.0 °C28 April 1974	7.5 °C29 November 1974	19.1 °C	1,416 mm	30
1973	33.6 °C5 April 1973	6.8 °C17 October 1973	19.5 °C	1,334 mm	48
1972	30.1 °C18 February 1972	9.0 °C14 October 1972	19.0 °C	1,452 mm	2
1971	32.4 °C29 April 1971	7.0 °C5 December 1971	18.9 °C	1,476 mm	33
1970	31.8 °C27 April 1970	7.2 °C28 November 1970	19.2 °C	1,449 mm	13
1969	32.3 °C18 April 1969	8.3 °C11 October 1969	19.6 °C	1,387 mm	17
1968	31.0 °C30 March 1968	7.0 °C7 January 1968	19.0 °C	1,404 mm	6
1967	32.8 °C11 March 1967	6.6 °C2 December 1967	18.7 °C	1,934 mm	21
1966	32.1 °C14 May 1966	7.8 °C30 September 1966	19.6 °C	765 mm	7
1965	31.4 °C15 May 1965	7.1 °C21 December 1965	19.7 °C	787 mm	23
1964	32.0 °C16 May 1964	7.8 °C27 December 1964	19.7 °C	929 mm	28
1963	32.0 °C27 March 1963	9.4 °C11 December 1963	18.8 °C	1,975 mm	9
1962	31.2 °C11 April 1962	8.9 °C9 October 1962	18.7 °C	1,555 mm	6
1961	31.9 °C7 March 1961	7.4 °C14 October 1961	18.7 °C	1,618 mm	6
1960	32.3 °C21 April 1960	8.8 °C25 October 1960	18.9 °C	1,803 mm	3
1959	32.2 °C4 April 1959	8.5 °C2 November 1959	18.6 °C	1,506 mm	2
1958	32.8 °C16 May 1958	7.6 °C16 November 1958	19.5 °C	1,498 mm	32
1957	29.4 °C13 February 1957	8.0 °C31 October 1957	18.9 °C	1,753 mm	0
1956	32.4 °C9 March 1956	6.7 °C5 November 1956	18.8 °C	1,565 mm	27
1955	31.2 °C18 March 1955	6.7 °C19 October 1955	18.9 °C	1,421 mm	9
1954	29.6 °C23 April 1954	7.1 °C13 October 1954	18.7 °C	1,250 mm	0
1953	28.7 °C31 March 1953	9.1 °C13 October 1953	18.5 °C	2,151 mm	0
1952	29.9 °C24 February 1952	7.2 °C28 October 1952	18.5 °C	2,090 mm	0
1951	30.4 °C5 March 1951	8.8 °C28 January 1951	18.5 °C	1,943 mm	1
1950	30.4 °C6 March 1950	6.2 °C5 January 1950	18.1 °C	1,901 mm	1
1949	28.2 °C9 March 1949	6.3 °C3 November 1949	18.1 °C	1,747 mm	0
1948	29.0 °C4 April 1948	7.1 °C10 November 1948	18.7 °C	1,416 mm	0
1947	29.0 °C23 April 1947	5.8 °C22 October 1947	18.3 °C	1,498 mm	0
1946	31.9 °C31 March 1946	8.1 °C27 October 1946	18.8 °C	1,212 mm	26
1945	31.0 °C22 March 1945	6.8 °C15 November 1945	18.6 °C	1,216 mm	13
1944	31.3 °C27 March 1944	7.3 °C1 October 1944	19.0 °C	1,229 mm	14
1943	30.8 °C18 March 1943	6.5 °C6 November 1943	18.5 °C	1,158 mm	21
1942	29.2 °C30 January 1942	5.7 °C27 November 1942	18.3 °C	1,232 mm	0
1941	33.2 °C28 March 1941	7.6 °C3 January 1941	19.0 °C	898 mm	38
1940	30.3 °C10 April 1940	7.8 °C17 December 1940	18.5 °C	1,274 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.1 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

47 d/yr

+16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1274 mm

-140 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.2 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-8 mm
Feb	30.0 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-20 mm
Mar	29.3 °C	+0.7 °C	71 mm	+14 mm
Apr	28.8 °C	+1.0 °C	129 mm	+34 mm
May	26.7 °C	+0.6 °C	148 mm	-27 mm
Jun	25.2 °C	+1.8 °C	113 mm	-75 mm
Jul	23.2 °C	+1.3 °C	205 mm	-24 mm
Aug	22.3 °C	+0.5 °C	172 mm	-63 mm
Sep	23.0 °C	+0.7 °C	331 mm	+53 mm
Oct	24.7 °C	0.0 °C	105 mm	+2 mm
Nov	26.3 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-22 mm
Dec	26.4 °C	-0.3 °C	2 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.1 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

9.4 °C

23 Oct 2025

Wettest day

69.5 mm

14 Apr 2025

Windiest day

12.6 km/h

21 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

27 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.2 °C

3 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.0 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

9 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Welk’īt’ē?

Welk’īt’ē has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,414 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Welk’īt’ē?

The hottest day measured in Welk’īt’ē between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 2009, reaching 36.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Welk’īt’ē?

The coldest day measured in Welk’īt’ē between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1942, at 5.7 °C.

Does it snow in Welk’īt’ē?

Almost never: Welk’īt’ē sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Welk’īt’ē warmed?

Yes: Welk’īt’ē warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Welk’īt’ē?

The wettest day measured in Welk’īt’ē between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2016, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Welk’īt’ē?

The windiest day measured in Welk’īt’ē between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 2003, with winds reaching 19.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Welk’īt’ē?

The warmest month in Welk’īt’ē is March (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is September (17.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Welk’īt’ē?

Welk’īt’ē receives on average 1,414 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 181 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Welk’īt’ē?

Welk’īt’ē gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Welk’īt’ē?

Yes: Welk’īt’ē has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Welk’īt’ē?

In Welk’īt’ē, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 1.6 °C on 8 December 2013.

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