Lakota climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lakota?

Lakota has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,409 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Lakota between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2016, reaching 37.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lakota?

The coldest day measured in Lakota between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1989, at 14.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lakota?

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

Q: Has the climate of Lakota warmed?

Yes: Lakota warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lakota?

The wettest day measured in Lakota between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2025, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lakota?

The windiest day measured in Lakota between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, with winds reaching 20.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lakota?

The warmest month in Lakota is March (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lakota?

Lakota receives on average 1,409 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 262 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lakota?

Lakota gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lakota (Ivory Coast) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,409 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Lakota averages 0 frost days, 135 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 262 rainy days per year.

Lakota has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 6 February 2016) and the coldest 14.9 °C (on 6 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

LakotaGoh-Djiboua

coords: 5.85°, -5.68°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.8°C

Average daily high

29.4°C

Average daily low

22.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,409mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

10.4km/h

Seasonal range

2.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

135 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

262 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.4 °C

Average feels-like low

25.6 °C

Average peak gust

27.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

351 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · 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

37.8 °C

6 February 2016

Coldest day

14.9 °C

6 January 1989

Wettest day

109 mm

9 October 2025

Windiest day

20.9 km/h

7 January 2016

Strongest gust

52.2 km/h

7 January 2016

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

2 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

11.9 °C

6 January 1989

Sunniest day

12.3 h

16 July 1960

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.0 °C5 January 2025	18.7 °C15 July 2025	25.6 °C	1,180 mm	200
2024	37.6 °C11 February 2024	19.8 °C21 December 2024	26.2 °C	1,175 mm	225
2023	36.1 °C27 December 2023	16.4 °C1 January 2023	26.0 °C	1,380 mm	253
2022	36.5 °C3 February 2022	17.4 °C26 December 2022	25.6 °C	1,238 mm	228
2021	35.0 °C21 March 2021	19.5 °C25 July 2021	25.7 °C	1,318 mm	245
2020	36.8 °C8 February 2020	16.0 °C6 January 2020	25.7 °C	1,277 mm	218
2019	36.2 °C2 April 2019	19.6 °C9 January 2019	25.7 °C	1,658 mm	231
2018	35.6 °C16 February 2018	17.6 °C6 August 2018	25.5 °C	1,568 mm	234
2017	35.0 °C3 April 2017	16.6 °C25 December 2017	25.5 °C	1,479 mm	226
2016	37.8 °C6 February 2016	18.7 °C29 January 2016	25.9 °C	1,282 mm	244
2015	34.4 °C30 December 2015	16.7 °C14 January 2015	25.5 °C	1,218 mm	228
2014	33.9 °C13 March 2014	18.3 °C15 August 2014	25.3 °C	1,568 mm	210
2013	36.2 °C23 February 2013	17.2 °C2 January 2013	25.5 °C	1,207 mm	209
2012	34.9 °C29 March 2012	17.2 °C2 January 2012	25.4 °C	1,247 mm	215
2011	34.7 °C8 February 2011	17.7 °C14 January 2011	25.3 °C	1,377 mm	205
2010	35.0 °C6 February 2010	18.5 °C25 July 2010	25.6 °C	1,482 mm	222
2009	34.2 °C6 February 2009	16.4 °C24 January 2009	25.3 °C	1,292 mm	197
2008	35.2 °C23 February 2008	17.0 °C29 January 2008	25.4 °C	1,469 mm	199
2007	36.2 °C22 January 2007	16.4 °C6 January 2007	25.6 °C	1,417 mm	204
2006	33.7 °C20 February 2006	18.3 °C6 December 2006	25.3 °C	1,336 mm	182
2005	35.6 °C1 March 2005	16.9 °C13 January 2005	25.4 °C	1,333 mm	181
2004	35.3 °C9 March 2004	18.5 °C11 January 2004	25.3 °C	1,496 mm	180
2003	35.3 °C10 February 2003	17.7 °C29 December 2003	25.3 °C	1,371 mm	197
2002	33.8 °C5 February 2002	16.8 °C17 January 2002	25.0 °C	1,292 mm	169
2001	34.3 °C18 February 2001	16.4 °C15 February 2001	24.8 °C	1,163 mm	128
2000	34.2 °C19 February 2000	17.3 °C20 August 2000	24.9 °C	1,021 mm	108
1999	32.5 °C17 March 1999	16.8 °C8 February 1999	24.7 °C	1,381 mm	78
1998	36.3 °C2 March 1998	17.7 °C22 January 1998	25.5 °C	1,241 mm	155
1997	32.1 °C5 March 1997	18.1 °C7 July 1997	24.9 °C	1,252 mm	88
1996	32.8 °C17 March 1996	19.4 °C27 July 1996	24.7 °C	1,482 mm	95
1995	34.4 °C2 March 1995	17.2 °C13 January 1995	25.1 °C	1,554 mm	124
1994	33.9 °C30 March 1994	16.9 °C19 December 1994	25.0 °C	1,248 mm	150
1993	34.0 °C11 February 1993	15.3 °C9 January 1993	25.1 °C	1,417 mm	170
1992	35.1 °C21 February 1992	17.5 °C7 January 1992	24.9 °C	1,339 mm	120
1991	33.6 °C19 March 1991	16.5 °C3 January 1991	25.0 °C	1,552 mm	139
1990	34.6 °C16 April 1990	18.1 °C26 December 1990	25.1 °C	1,324 mm	142
1989	33.5 °C21 February 1989	14.9 °C6 January 1989	25.0 °C	1,618 mm	159
1988	35.6 °C3 March 1988	15.8 °C25 December 1988	25.2 °C	1,740 mm	167
1987	34.1 °C14 March 1987	16.3 °C31 December 1987	25.4 °C	1,673 mm	182
1986	35.2 °C4 February 1986	16.1 °C15 January 1986	24.9 °C	1,411 mm	152
1985	34.7 °C8 April 1985	16.0 °C16 December 1985	24.7 °C	1,603 mm	122
1984	33.4 °C24 February 1984	17.4 °C7 February 1984	24.9 °C	1,906 mm	141
1983	35.2 °C14 February 1983	15.3 °C8 January 1983	25.1 °C	1,176 mm	152
1982	33.7 °C2 February 1982	15.9 °C26 January 1982	24.8 °C	1,373 mm	130
1981	33.6 °C7 March 1981	18.3 °C30 January 1981	25.0 °C	1,602 mm	156
1980	32.9 °C26 April 1980	16.3 °C21 December 1980	24.8 °C	1,786 mm	117
1979	32.5 °C20 March 1979	17.2 °C26 December 1979	24.8 °C	1,865 mm	76
1978	33.3 °C30 March 1978	18.1 °C6 July 1978	24.5 °C	1,642 mm	72
1977	33.8 °C21 April 1977	16.7 °C29 December 1977	24.8 °C	1,375 mm	88
1976	32.1 °C6 March 1976	16.5 °C15 January 1976	24.1 °C	1,493 mm	62
1975	33.1 °C29 January 1975	15.5 °C23 January 1975	24.3 °C	1,381 mm	85
1974	32.8 °C10 March 1974	16.0 °C31 December 1974	24.4 °C	1,512 mm	79
1973	34.5 °C30 January 1973	19.1 °C15 January 1973	25.0 °C	1,473 mm	137
1972	32.8 °C24 February 1972	19.4 °C16 August 1972	24.4 °C	1,844 mm	75
1971	33.1 °C24 April 1971	18.1 °C22 December 1971	24.3 °C	1,758 mm	93
1970	33.2 °C27 March 1970	18.2 °C27 July 1970	24.6 °C	1,649 mm	96
1969	33.5 °C5 March 1969	18.4 °C20 September 1969	24.5 °C	1,621 mm	99
1968	32.9 °C16 February 1968	17.7 °C19 January 1968	24.4 °C	2,230 mm	79
1967	33.1 °C5 February 1967	16.6 °C6 January 1967	24.3 °C	1,417 mm	75
1966	34.1 °C13 February 1966	16.6 °C3 January 1966	24.7 °C	1,224 mm	154
1965	33.1 °C28 February 1965	17.0 °C19 January 1965	24.2 °C	1,407 mm	101
1964	35.6 °C21 January 1964	18.1 °C8 August 1964	24.4 °C	1,203 mm	128
1963	33.0 °C14 February 1963	19.2 °C20 July 1963	24.7 °C	1,422 mm	144
1962	35.1 °C11 February 1962	18.3 °C8 February 1962	24.5 °C	1,322 mm	132
1961	34.4 °C4 March 1961	17.4 °C31 January 1961	24.5 °C	1,200 mm	134
1960	34.1 °C11 February 1960	17.1 °C29 December 1960	24.5 °C	1,205 mm	106
1959	33.5 °C16 March 1959	17.9 °C1 January 1959	24.4 °C	1,305 mm	109
1958	32.5 °C13 February 1958	17.1 °C4 August 1958	24.2 °C	1,237 mm	77
1957	32.6 °C14 February 1957	15.4 °C9 January 1957	23.9 °C	1,653 mm	49
1956	32.5 °C9 April 1956	17.3 °C28 July 1956	23.7 °C	1,515 mm	63
1955	32.5 °C22 February 1955	17.7 °C30 December 1955	23.9 °C	1,410 mm	60
1954	32.9 °C9 February 1954	17.5 °C24 July 1954	24.0 °C	1,234 mm	70
1953	32.8 °C13 February 1953	18.0 °C3 September 1953	24.3 °C	1,322 mm	100
1952	32.7 °C5 March 1952	18.5 °C9 August 1952	24.3 °C	1,379 mm	106
1951	32.1 °C7 February 1951	17.6 °C19 August 1951	24.2 °C	1,294 mm	60
1950	33.8 °C15 February 1950	18.2 °C5 September 1950	24.0 °C	1,232 mm	76
1949	31.9 °C14 April 1949	17.8 °C18 August 1949	24.2 °C	1,311 mm	60
1948	32.7 °C23 February 1948	18.7 °C4 August 1948	24.2 °C	1,253 mm	80
1947	32.9 °C30 January 1947	16.4 °C2 January 1947	24.2 °C	1,423 mm	88
1946	33.6 °C1 February 1946	17.2 °C21 August 1946	24.1 °C	1,200 mm	109
1945	32.8 °C16 February 1945	18.4 °C12 August 1945	24.2 °C	1,202 mm	97
1944	32.6 °C13 March 1944	18.5 °C8 August 1944	24.1 °C	1,260 mm	87
1943	35.2 °C1 March 1943	16.8 °C18 August 1943	23.8 °C	1,039 mm	79
1942	33.2 °C29 March 1942	17.3 °C25 July 1942	24.1 °C	1,078 mm	83
1941	32.6 °C27 March 1941	20.0 °C31 January 1941	24.1 °C	1,674 mm	58
1940	32.2 °C10 March 1940	18.1 °C6 August 1940	24.0 °C	1,412 mm	45

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.4 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

200 d/yr

+65

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1180 mm

-229 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.4 °C	+2.7 °C	31 mm	-15 mm
Feb	33.6 °C	+2.1 °C	50 mm	-23 mm
Mar	33.2 °C	+1.9 °C	72 mm	-47 mm
Apr	32.1 °C	+1.2 °C	92 mm	-40 mm
May	30.6 °C	+0.8 °C	111 mm	-48 mm
Jun	28.8 °C	+0.7 °C	182 mm	+12 mm
Jul	27.9 °C	+0.5 °C	50 mm	-68 mm
Aug	26.9 °C	-0.4 °C	45 mm	-54 mm
Sep	28.9 °C	+0.8 °C	96 mm	-59 mm
Oct	29.7 °C	+0.8 °C	272 mm	+109 mm
Nov	30.1 °C	+0.8 °C	108 mm	-8 mm
Dec	30.1 °C	+0.7 °C	70 mm	+12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.0 °C

5 Jan 2025

Coldest day

18.7 °C

15 Jul 2025

Wettest day

108.5 mm

9 Oct 2025

Windiest day

16.2 km/h

27 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

37.4 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.1 °C

15 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

12 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lakota?

Lakota has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,409 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lakota?

The hottest day measured in Lakota between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2016, reaching 37.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lakota?

The coldest day measured in Lakota between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1989, at 14.9 °C.

Does it snow in Lakota?

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

Has the climate of Lakota warmed?

Yes: Lakota warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lakota?

The wettest day measured in Lakota between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2025, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lakota?

The windiest day measured in Lakota between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, with winds reaching 20.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lakota?

The warmest month in Lakota is March (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Lakota?

Lakota receives on average 1,409 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 262 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lakota?

Lakota gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Lakota?

Yes: Lakota has on average 351 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lakota?

In Lakota, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 2 March 2016, and the lowest was 11.9 °C on 6 January 1989.

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