Asamankese climate — normals and trends
Asamankese (Ghana) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 1,718 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 February (26.9 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Asamankese averages 0 frost days, 188 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 274 rainy days per year.
Asamankese has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 7 February 2020) and the coldest 16.3 °C (on 12 January 1957).
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
AsamankeseEastern
- coords
- 5.86°, -0.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.5°C
Average daily high
30.0°C
Average daily low
22.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,718mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
2.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
188 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
274 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
35.5 °C
Average feels-like low
26.6 °C
Average peak gust
26.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
358 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.87 · 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
37.5 °C
7 February 2020
Coldest day
16.3 °C
12 January 1957
Wettest day
131 mm
10 September 1987
Windiest day
20.9 km/h
16 August 1974
Strongest gust
45.0 km/h
18 June 2018
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
12 February 2024
Coldest feels-like
15.6 °C
8 January 1957
Sunniest day
12.0 h
20 April 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 28 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 33.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 69 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 33.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 82 mm | -55 mm |
| Apr | 32.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 106 mm | -49 mm |
| May | 31.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 190 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 238 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 27.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 60 mm | -102 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 108 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 156 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 30.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 180 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 31.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 85 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 31.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 78 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Asamankese?
Asamankese has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.5 °C and it receives 1,718 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Asamankese?
The hottest day measured in Asamankese between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2020, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Asamankese?
The coldest day measured in Asamankese between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1957, at 16.3 °C.
Does it snow in Asamankese?
Almost never: Asamankese sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Asamankese warmed?
Yes: Asamankese warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Asamankese?
The wettest day measured in Asamankese between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1987, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Asamankese?
The windiest day measured in Asamankese between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1974, with winds reaching 20.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Asamankese?
The warmest month in Asamankese is February (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Asamankese?
Asamankese receives on average 1,718 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 274 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Asamankese?
Asamankese gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Asamankese?
Yes: Asamankese has on average 358 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Asamankese?
In Asamankese, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 12 February 2024, and the lowest was 15.6 °C on 8 January 1957.
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