New Tafo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of New Tafo?

New Tafo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 1,048 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in New Tafo?

The hottest day measured in New Tafo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2024, reaching 38.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in New Tafo?

The coldest day measured in New Tafo between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1968, at 15.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in New Tafo?

Almost never: New Tafo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of New Tafo warmed?

Yes: New Tafo warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in New Tafo?

The wettest day measured in New Tafo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2009, with 207 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in New Tafo?

The windiest day measured in New Tafo between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1988, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in New Tafo?

The warmest month in New Tafo is February (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in New Tafo?

New Tafo receives on average 1,048 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 196 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in New Tafo?

New Tafo gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

New Tafo (Ghana) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 1,048 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 (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

New Tafo averages 0 frost days, 192 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 196 rainy days per year.

New Tafo has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 15 February 2024) and the coldest 15.3 °C (on 20 January 1968).

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

New TafoAshanti

coords: 6.72°, -1.61°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

25.7°C

Average daily high

30.3°C

Average daily low

22.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,048mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

11.7km/h

Seasonal range

3.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

192 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

196 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.7 °C

Average feels-like low

25.8 °C

Average peak gust

27.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

357 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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

38.9 °C

15 February 2024

Coldest day

15.3 °C

20 January 1968

Wettest day

207 mm

10 July 2009

Windiest day

22.3 km/h

29 June 1988

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

19 August 1999

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

14 February 2024

Coldest feels-like

12.1 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

12 July 1960

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.2 °C5 February 2025	20.9 °C26 July 2025	26.8 °C	812 mm	262
2024	38.9 °C15 February 2024	20.9 °C14 October 2024	27.5 °C	852 mm	276
2023	36.6 °C21 February 2023	18.2 °C3 January 2023	26.8 °C	1,137 mm	265
2022	36.7 °C15 January 2022	20.3 °C6 August 2022	26.5 °C	1,188 mm	245
2021	36.4 °C3 March 2021	21.0 °C24 January 2021	26.9 °C	1,000 mm	283
2020	38.5 °C1 March 2020	19.2 °C4 January 2020	27.0 °C	920 mm	265
2019	36.3 °C26 February 2019	21.1 °C25 June 2019	26.9 °C	1,310 mm	258
2018	38.0 °C17 February 2018	19.5 °C14 January 2018	26.6 °C	1,392 mm	264
2017	37.6 °C19 March 2017	18.6 °C25 December 2017	26.7 °C	1,167 mm	260
2016	38.8 °C24 February 2016	20.7 °C9 January 2016	27.0 °C	1,071 mm	271
2015	37.1 °C10 March 2015	17.3 °C14 January 2015	26.7 °C	847 mm	263
2014	35.7 °C2 April 2014	18.1 °C27 December 2014	26.2 °C	1,149 mm	238
2013	37.5 °C14 February 2013	17.7 °C7 January 2013	26.5 °C	894 mm	254
2012	36.3 °C23 March 2012	18.2 °C18 January 2012	26.3 °C	1,111 mm	243
2011	35.9 °C8 February 2011	17.7 °C14 January 2011	26.4 °C	933 mm	268
2010	36.9 °C6 February 2010	19.5 °C22 July 2010	26.8 °C	1,075 mm	270
2009	35.6 °C26 January 2009	19.4 °C21 January 2009	26.4 °C	1,217 mm	263
2008	38.1 °C23 February 2008	18.9 °C27 January 2008	26.4 °C	1,118 mm	254
2007	38.2 °C6 March 2007	19.3 °C2 June 2007	26.4 °C	1,020 mm	228
2006	34.9 °C20 December 2006	19.9 °C6 December 2006	26.4 °C	824 mm	244
2005	35.6 °C7 March 2005	16.9 °C22 January 2005	26.3 °C	932 mm	227
2004	35.8 °C12 February 2004	19.8 °C11 January 2004	26.2 °C	883 mm	195
2003	36.3 °C4 February 2003	16.7 °C30 December 2003	26.2 °C	983 mm	212
2002	36.5 °C3 February 2002	16.1 °C27 December 2002	26.1 °C	1,138 mm	201
2001	37.1 °C20 February 2001	19.2 °C28 January 2001	26.0 °C	722 mm	210
2000	37.4 °C6 March 2000	19.5 °C20 August 2000	26.0 °C	804 mm	191
1999	34.5 °C17 March 1999	18.3 °C7 February 1999	25.5 °C	1,338 mm	158
1998	38.2 °C2 March 1998	18.5 °C22 January 1998	26.6 °C	1,018 mm	221
1997	36.8 °C22 February 1997	17.8 °C27 December 1997	25.9 °C	1,007 mm	192
1996	34.1 °C23 February 1996	20.5 °C3 November 1996	25.4 °C	1,076 mm	146
1995	37.4 °C22 February 1995	18.9 °C27 December 1995	26.0 °C	1,210 mm	163
1994	35.8 °C25 February 1994	17.8 °C1 January 1994	25.7 °C	1,071 mm	196
1993	35.2 °C9 February 1993	17.0 °C31 December 1993	25.7 °C	1,297 mm	203
1992	35.5 °C22 February 1992	18.8 °C16 January 1992	25.7 °C	888 mm	172
1991	35.2 °C1 February 1991	17.2 °C2 January 1991	25.5 °C	1,176 mm	160
1990	37.0 °C14 March 1990	17.9 °C9 February 1990	25.8 °C	1,034 mm	202
1989	36.7 °C1 March 1989	17.3 °C3 January 1989	25.8 °C	1,230 mm	201
1988	36.8 °C28 February 1988	18.1 °C24 December 1988	25.8 °C	1,318 mm	210
1987	35.6 °C19 March 1987	19.2 °C30 December 1987	26.2 °C	1,303 mm	246
1986	35.8 °C24 January 1986	16.8 °C9 December 1986	25.4 °C	1,159 mm	214
1985	35.6 °C12 February 1985	16.9 °C14 December 1985	25.3 °C	1,225 mm	187
1984	36.6 °C29 January 1984	17.3 °C23 December 1984	25.8 °C	1,350 mm	228
1983	37.9 °C20 March 1983	19.5 °C9 January 1983	26.3 °C	710 mm	221
1982	35.6 °C14 February 1982	17.6 °C7 January 1982	25.5 °C	1,049 mm	187
1981	35.2 °C15 April 1981	18.3 °C4 January 1981	25.6 °C	1,059 mm	219
1980	33.6 °C1 February 1980	16.4 °C27 December 1980	25.3 °C	1,158 mm	165
1979	35.2 °C7 March 1979	17.4 °C26 December 1979	25.5 °C	1,265 mm	141
1978	35.2 °C3 February 1978	18.3 °C24 November 1978	25.2 °C	1,128 mm	150
1977	36.7 °C15 March 1977	16.5 °C28 December 1977	25.7 °C	1,019 mm	195
1976	33.9 °C28 January 1976	16.8 °C3 December 1976	24.9 °C	962 mm	132
1975	35.2 °C3 February 1975	18.1 °C21 January 1975	25.0 °C	1,089 mm	129
1974	35.0 °C8 February 1974	18.0 °C31 December 1974	25.2 °C	1,262 mm	145
1973	36.6 °C14 March 1973	17.8 °C2 December 1973	25.8 °C	1,285 mm	206
1972	34.6 °C3 February 1972	19.6 °C2 January 1972	25.3 °C	1,136 mm	186
1971	35.3 °C6 February 1971	16.4 °C28 December 1971	25.0 °C	1,404 mm	163
1970	34.3 °C18 February 1970	19.0 °C30 November 1970	25.4 °C	1,214 mm	192
1969	34.9 °C28 February 1969	19.7 °C29 July 1969	25.4 °C	1,007 mm	184
1968	33.7 °C15 February 1968	15.3 °C20 January 1968	25.1 °C	1,661 mm	163
1967	34.3 °C8 February 1967	18.1 °C4 January 1967	25.1 °C	1,131 mm	161
1966	36.6 °C2 March 1966	19.0 °C3 January 1966	25.6 °C	982 mm	193
1965	33.8 °C10 March 1965	17.6 °C19 January 1965	25.0 °C	915 mm	166
1964	36.4 °C16 February 1964	18.9 °C12 August 1964	25.3 °C	844 mm	145
1963	35.0 °C10 February 1963	19.6 °C25 December 1963	25.4 °C	1,119 mm	168
1962	36.5 °C11 February 1962	18.5 °C12 December 1962	25.1 °C	1,119 mm	146
1961	37.0 °C8 March 1961	19.2 °C12 August 1961	25.5 °C	898 mm	172
1960	35.1 °C11 February 1960	18.3 °C30 December 1960	25.3 °C	926 mm	161
1959	35.3 °C3 February 1959	18.4 °C19 December 1959	25.2 °C	988 mm	148
1958	33.7 °C22 February 1958	18.1 °C4 August 1958	25.0 °C	685 mm	150
1957	34.4 °C8 February 1957	16.4 °C9 January 1957	24.5 °C	1,328 mm	80
1956	34.5 °C5 February 1956	18.1 °C2 August 1956	24.6 °C	918 mm	116
1955	35.1 °C20 February 1955	17.5 °C28 December 1955	24.8 °C	976 mm	131
1954	35.3 °C9 February 1954	17.2 °C24 July 1954	24.8 °C	877 mm	138
1953	34.8 °C30 January 1953	19.0 °C22 September 1953	25.2 °C	950 mm	167
1952	35.5 °C10 February 1952	19.2 °C8 August 1952	25.3 °C	959 mm	173
1951	33.6 °C30 January 1951	18.9 °C19 August 1951	25.0 °C	953 mm	166
1950	35.7 °C19 February 1950	18.9 °C9 February 1950	24.9 °C	961 mm	157
1949	34.0 °C28 December 1949	18.0 °C14 August 1949	25.2 °C	927 mm	161
1948	35.5 °C8 February 1948	19.7 °C16 August 1948	25.1 °C	937 mm	133
1947	35.6 °C30 January 1947	18.3 °C2 January 1947	25.2 °C	1,017 mm	158
1946	36.6 °C4 February 1946	18.7 °C21 August 1946	25.1 °C	813 mm	158
1945	36.6 °C15 March 1945	18.3 °C28 December 1945	25.4 °C	749 mm	177
1944	34.8 °C14 February 1944	19.6 °C30 August 1944	25.0 °C	1,029 mm	169
1943	34.7 °C7 March 1943	17.6 °C11 January 1943	24.8 °C	773 mm	166
1942	34.1 °C30 January 1942	19.0 °C30 July 1942	25.0 °C	788 mm	153
1941	33.4 °C21 February 1941	20.2 °C21 November 1941	24.9 °C	948 mm	124
1940	33.6 °C19 February 1940	19.0 °C6 August 1940	24.7 °C	982 mm	98

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.5 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

262 d/yr

+70

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

812 mm

-236 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.0 °C	+2.7 °C	1 mm	-22 mm
Feb	35.2 °C	+2.0 °C	23 mm	-28 mm
Mar	34.0 °C	+1.5 °C	72 mm	-29 mm
Apr	33.0 °C	+1.3 °C	73 mm	-37 mm
May	32.0 °C	+1.3 °C	101 mm	-15 mm
Jun	30.6 °C	+1.7 °C	120 mm	-4 mm
Jul	28.3 °C	+0.6 °C	43 mm	-58 mm
Aug	27.6 °C	0.0 °C	44 mm	-37 mm
Sep	29.4 °C	+1.0 °C	125 mm	-6 mm
Oct	30.4 °C	+1.1 °C	142 mm	+23 mm
Nov	31.2 °C	+1.1 °C	37 mm	-28 mm
Dec	31.3 °C	+0.5 °C	33 mm	+5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.2 °C

5 Feb 2025

Coldest day

20.9 °C

26 Jul 2025

Wettest day

49.5 mm

27 Sep 2025

Windiest day

18.4 km/h

6 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

41.8 km/h

7 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.9 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.1 °C

26 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

13 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of New Tafo?

New Tafo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.7 °C and it receives 1,048 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in New Tafo?

The hottest day measured in New Tafo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2024, reaching 38.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in New Tafo?

The coldest day measured in New Tafo between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1968, at 15.3 °C.

Does it snow in New Tafo?

Almost never: New Tafo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of New Tafo warmed?

Yes: New Tafo warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in New Tafo?

The wettest day measured in New Tafo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2009, with 207 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in New Tafo?

The windiest day measured in New Tafo between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1988, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in New Tafo?

The warmest month in New Tafo is February (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.1 °C).

How much does it rain in New Tafo?

New Tafo receives on average 1,048 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 196 rainy days.

Is it sunny in New Tafo?

New Tafo gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in New Tafo?

Yes: New Tafo has on average 357 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in New Tafo?

In New Tafo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 14 February 2024, and the lowest was 12.1 °C on 9 January 1957.

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