Suhum climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Suhum?

Suhum has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 1,698 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Suhum?

The hottest day measured in Suhum between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2020, reaching 36.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Suhum?

The coldest day measured in Suhum between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1989, at 14.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Suhum?

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

Q: Has the climate of Suhum warmed?

Yes: Suhum warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Suhum?

The wettest day measured in Suhum between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2023, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Suhum?

The windiest day measured in Suhum between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1976, with winds reaching 20.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Suhum?

The warmest month in Suhum is February (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Suhum?

Suhum receives on average 1,698 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 265 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Suhum?

Suhum gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Suhum (Ghana) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 1,698 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Suhum averages 0 frost days, 156 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 265 rainy days per year.

Suhum has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 15 February 2020) and the coldest 14.7 °C (on 3 January 1989).

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

SuhumEastern

coords: 6.04°, -0.45°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

25.0°C

Average daily high

29.5°C

Average daily low

22.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,698mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

9.9km/h

Seasonal range

2.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

156 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

265 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.6 °C

Average feels-like low

25.9 °C

Average peak gust

26.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

350 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.87 · 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

36.6 °C

15 February 2020

Coldest day

14.7 °C

3 January 1989

Wettest day

118 mm

17 August 2023

Windiest day

20.3 km/h

23 August 1976

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

21 August 2018

Hottest feels-like

42.9 °C

12 February 2024

Coldest feels-like

14.1 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

12 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.5 °C5 February 2025	19.2 °C15 July 2025	26.0 °C	1,370 mm	220
2024	35.9 °C14 February 2024	19.0 °C22 December 2024	26.6 °C	1,288 mm	244
2023	34.7 °C21 February 2023	18.0 °C1 January 2023	26.2 °C	1,784 mm	240
2022	34.4 °C15 January 2022	18.7 °C26 December 2022	25.8 °C	1,513 mm	214
2021	34.2 °C3 March 2021	20.0 °C20 December 2021	26.3 °C	1,544 mm	251
2020	36.6 °C15 February 2020	18.0 °C5 January 2020	26.3 °C	1,308 mm	236
2019	34.5 °C12 March 2019	21.1 °C24 June 2019	26.3 °C	1,850 mm	225
2018	35.8 °C12 February 2018	19.3 °C5 January 2018	26.1 °C	1,816 mm	237
2017	33.9 °C24 February 2017	18.2 °C24 December 2017	26.0 °C	1,698 mm	233
2016	36.2 °C24 February 2016	18.9 °C30 January 2016	26.2 °C	1,823 mm	239
2015	34.3 °C1 March 2015	16.1 °C15 January 2015	25.8 °C	1,385 mm	222
2014	33.7 °C2 March 2014	18.5 °C28 December 2014	25.6 °C	1,814 mm	199
2013	35.8 °C15 February 2013	17.3 °C19 December 2013	25.8 °C	1,486 mm	206
2012	35.5 °C14 March 2012	18.0 °C18 January 2012	25.6 °C	1,734 mm	217
2011	34.2 °C6 April 2011	18.2 °C2 January 2011	25.7 °C	1,467 mm	224
2010	34.8 °C9 February 2010	19.1 °C22 July 2010	26.2 °C	1,655 mm	236
2009	33.9 °C21 April 2009	17.4 °C21 January 2009	25.8 °C	1,567 mm	226
2008	35.7 °C23 February 2008	16.3 °C30 January 2008	25.6 °C	1,626 mm	218
2007	34.8 °C6 March 2007	16.6 °C14 January 2007	25.5 °C	1,602 mm	197
2006	32.9 °C16 April 2006	18.3 °C10 August 2006	25.5 °C	1,439 mm	196
2005	32.9 °C20 February 2005	15.1 °C11 January 2005	25.5 °C	1,493 mm	196
2004	34.0 °C11 February 2004	19.3 °C25 July 2004	25.4 °C	1,469 mm	184
2003	34.0 °C4 February 2003	18.0 °C30 December 2003	25.5 °C	1,546 mm	193
2002	34.3 °C5 February 2002	17.4 °C29 December 2002	25.2 °C	1,658 mm	189
2001	35.8 °C20 February 2001	17.7 °C15 February 2001	25.0 °C	1,513 mm	145
2000	35.5 °C12 March 2000	18.0 °C20 August 2000	25.3 °C	1,405 mm	158
1999	33.3 °C24 February 1999	17.6 °C6 August 1999	24.9 °C	1,684 mm	148
1998	35.9 °C18 March 1998	17.6 °C22 January 1998	25.9 °C	1,346 mm	212
1997	33.9 °C16 February 1997	18.2 °C8 July 1997	25.2 °C	1,675 mm	154
1996	32.9 °C27 February 1996	18.7 °C22 July 1996	24.9 °C	1,771 mm	122
1995	35.4 °C22 February 1995	18.1 °C13 January 1995	25.3 °C	1,767 mm	157
1994	33.0 °C29 March 1994	17.8 °C3 January 1994	25.1 °C	1,919 mm	170
1993	34.1 °C10 February 1993	16.4 °C12 January 1993	25.1 °C	1,879 mm	166
1992	34.3 °C20 February 1992	16.2 °C5 January 1992	24.9 °C	1,509 mm	149
1991	32.8 °C24 March 1991	15.6 °C2 January 1991	25.0 °C	1,769 mm	132
1990	34.8 °C11 March 1990	18.2 °C25 January 1990	25.2 °C	1,493 mm	174
1989	34.7 °C10 February 1989	14.7 °C3 January 1989	25.0 °C	1,770 mm	163
1988	35.0 °C5 March 1988	17.9 °C26 December 1988	25.2 °C	2,068 mm	180
1987	33.9 °C9 February 1987	19.3 °C23 December 1987	25.5 °C	2,248 mm	217
1986	34.8 °C21 January 1986	17.0 °C30 July 1986	24.9 °C	1,682 mm	172
1985	34.7 °C12 February 1985	17.1 °C15 December 1985	24.8 °C	2,088 mm	162
1984	33.1 °C12 February 1984	18.2 °C15 December 1984	25.0 °C	2,022 mm	172
1983	36.1 °C12 March 1983	15.8 °C26 January 1983	25.1 °C	1,278 mm	169
1982	34.0 °C31 January 1982	17.0 °C10 January 1982	24.7 °C	1,749 mm	146
1981	33.8 °C2 February 1981	18.7 °C27 August 1981	25.0 °C	1,795 mm	179
1980	32.7 °C15 April 1980	15.7 °C27 December 1980	24.7 °C	2,000 mm	122
1979	32.7 °C7 March 1979	19.3 °C9 July 1979	24.8 °C	1,974 mm	131
1978	32.6 °C9 February 1978	16.4 °C5 July 1978	24.5 °C	1,889 mm	110
1977	33.6 °C27 February 1977	15.0 °C28 December 1977	24.8 °C	1,672 mm	132
1976	32.1 °C28 January 1976	17.0 °C2 December 1976	24.1 °C	1,836 mm	81
1975	34.1 °C3 February 1975	17.2 °C1 January 1975	24.3 °C	1,777 mm	102
1974	33.3 °C20 February 1974	16.6 °C10 January 1974	24.4 °C	1,994 mm	112
1973	34.9 °C30 January 1973	18.8 °C2 December 1973	25.2 °C	2,005 mm	191
1972	32.0 °C3 March 1972	18.3 °C24 July 1972	24.7 °C	2,060 mm	151
1971	33.1 °C11 January 1971	17.0 °C22 December 1971	24.4 °C	2,013 mm	145
1970	32.7 °C3 March 1970	19.0 °C5 December 1970	24.8 °C	1,972 mm	171
1969	33.7 °C20 March 1969	19.1 °C30 July 1969	24.8 °C	1,747 mm	156
1968	32.7 °C31 March 1968	17.1 °C20 January 1968	24.5 °C	2,508 mm	127
1967	33.4 °C15 April 1967	17.7 °C29 January 1967	24.4 °C	1,976 mm	122
1966	34.4 °C18 February 1966	17.5 °C3 January 1966	24.8 °C	1,621 mm	151
1965	32.7 °C7 March 1965	16.9 °C18 January 1965	24.2 °C	1,888 mm	100
1964	34.4 °C18 January 1964	17.6 °C11 August 1964	24.4 °C	1,477 mm	127
1963	32.9 °C30 March 1963	18.9 °C3 January 1963	24.5 °C	1,954 mm	117
1962	35.0 °C11 February 1962	17.6 °C8 February 1962	24.4 °C	1,963 mm	125
1961	34.5 °C8 March 1961	16.9 °C15 August 1961	24.6 °C	1,372 mm	141
1960	34.3 °C11 February 1960	18.0 °C29 December 1960	24.4 °C	1,726 mm	111
1959	33.2 °C2 February 1959	16.5 °C1 January 1959	24.5 °C	1,535 mm	115
1958	32.8 °C18 February 1958	16.9 °C3 August 1958	24.2 °C	1,336 mm	103
1957	32.4 °C19 February 1957	15.0 °C10 January 1957	23.9 °C	1,973 mm	62
1956	32.4 °C29 January 1956	16.1 °C2 August 1956	23.9 °C	1,613 mm	72
1955	33.6 °C20 February 1955	17.1 °C28 December 1955	24.1 °C	1,678 mm	90
1954	33.8 °C9 February 1954	15.3 °C24 July 1954	24.1 °C	1,544 mm	102
1953	33.3 °C30 January 1953	17.1 °C22 September 1953	24.4 °C	1,644 mm	114
1952	34.0 °C10 February 1952	17.3 °C5 August 1952	24.5 °C	1,688 mm	122
1951	32.7 °C13 March 1951	17.2 °C19 August 1951	24.3 °C	1,687 mm	122
1950	34.0 °C17 February 1950	17.3 °C4 August 1950	24.1 °C	1,537 mm	113
1949	32.7 °C21 April 1949	17.3 °C14 August 1949	24.4 °C	1,517 mm	113
1948	34.4 °C8 February 1948	18.9 °C8 August 1948	24.3 °C	1,699 mm	84
1947	33.6 °C30 January 1947	17.3 °C2 January 1947	24.3 °C	1,746 mm	102
1946	34.3 °C8 February 1946	16.4 °C21 August 1946	24.2 °C	1,387 mm	126
1945	34.0 °C20 February 1945	17.1 °C11 August 1945	24.2 °C	1,595 mm	111
1944	33.8 °C11 February 1944	17.7 °C16 July 1944	24.2 °C	1,617 mm	125
1943	32.2 °C7 March 1943	16.2 °C18 August 1943	23.8 °C	1,406 mm	81
1942	33.3 °C30 January 1942	16.9 °C19 July 1942	24.1 °C	1,414 mm	101
1941	33.0 °C21 February 1941	19.8 °C15 November 1941	24.2 °C	1,806 mm	75
1940	31.6 °C21 February 1940	17.9 °C5 August 1940	24.0 °C	1,816 mm	58

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.3 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

220 d/yr

+64

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1370 mm

-328 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.0 °C	+2.1 °C	18 mm	-31 mm
Feb	32.6 °C	+0.9 °C	74 mm	-4 mm
Mar	32.4 °C	+1.0 °C	77 mm	-58 mm
Apr	31.6 °C	+0.8 °C	104 mm	-48 mm
May	30.9 °C	+1.1 °C	159 mm	-45 mm
Jun	29.7 °C	+1.6 °C	219 mm	-6 mm
Jul	27.4 °C	+0.2 °C	65 mm	-95 mm
Aug	26.7 °C	-0.5 °C	92 mm	-24 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	+0.5 °C	177 mm	-9 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+0.8 °C	206 mm	-1 mm
Nov	30.5 °C	+0.7 °C	105 mm	-19 mm
Dec	30.5 °C	+0.5 °C	74 mm	+12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.5 °C

5 Feb 2025

Coldest day

19.2 °C

15 Jul 2025

Wettest day

42.6 mm

8 Oct 2025

Windiest day

15.9 km/h

13 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

41.8 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

18 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.0 °C

15 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

10 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Suhum?

Suhum has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 1,698 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Suhum?

The hottest day measured in Suhum between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2020, reaching 36.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Suhum?

The coldest day measured in Suhum between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1989, at 14.7 °C.

Does it snow in Suhum?

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

Has the climate of Suhum warmed?

Yes: Suhum warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Suhum?

The wettest day measured in Suhum between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2023, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Suhum?

The windiest day measured in Suhum between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1976, with winds reaching 20.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Suhum?

The warmest month in Suhum is February (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Suhum?

Suhum receives on average 1,698 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 265 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Suhum?

Suhum gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Suhum?

Yes: Suhum has on average 350 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Suhum?

In Suhum, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 12 February 2024, and the lowest was 14.1 °C on 9 January 1957.

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