Ocho Rios climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ocho Rios?

Ocho Rios has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 888 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ocho Rios?

The hottest day measured in Ocho Rios between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 2017, reaching 33.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ocho Rios?

The coldest day measured in Ocho Rios between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1956, at 17.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ocho Rios?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ocho Rios warmed?

Yes: Ocho Rios warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ocho Rios?

The wettest day measured in Ocho Rios between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1953, with 223 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ocho Rios?

The windiest day measured in Ocho Rios between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 2004, with winds reaching 78.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ocho Rios?

The warmest month in Ocho Rios is August (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is February (24.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ocho Rios?

Ocho Rios receives on average 888 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 185 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ocho Rios?

Ocho Rios gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ocho Rios (Jamaica) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 888 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 August (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is February (24.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Ocho Rios averages 0 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 185 rainy days per year.

Ocho Rios has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 10 September 2017) and the coldest 17.9 °C (on 16 January 1956).

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

Ocho RiosSaint Ann Parish

coords: 18.41°, -77.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAugustColdest monthFebruaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

25.9°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

24.2°C

Annual rainfall

888mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

20.1km/h

Seasonal range

3.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

44 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

185 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.5 °C

Average feels-like low

27.3 °C

Average peak gust

36.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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

33.5 °C

10 September 2017

Coldest day

17.9 °C

16 January 1956

Wettest day

223 mm

28 May 1953

Windiest day

78.6 km/h

11 September 2004

Strongest gust

143.6 km/h

11 September 2004

Hottest feels-like

39.8 °C

10 October 2024

Coldest feels-like

15.9 °C

13 January 1981

Sunniest day

12.8 h

21 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.5 °C29 August 2025	22.8 °C9 January 2025	27.1 °C	938 mm	125
2024	33.0 °C10 October 2024	21.6 °C7 February 2024	27.2 °C	1,194 mm	127
2023	32.6 °C6 August 2023	21.9 °C15 January 2023	27.2 °C	871 mm	137
2022	32.3 °C3 June 2022	21.8 °C30 January 2022	26.7 °C	759 mm	83
2021	31.4 °C31 July 2021	21.9 °C3 February 2021	26.7 °C	690 mm	78
2020	32.6 °C9 July 2020	19.9 °C23 January 2020	26.9 °C	852 mm	121
2019	31.9 °C10 August 2019	22.6 °C15 February 2019	26.9 °C	740 mm	111
2018	31.6 °C25 July 2018	21.4 °C6 March 2018	26.6 °C	772 mm	80
2017	33.5 °C10 September 2017	21.0 °C21 January 2017	26.5 °C	1,149 mm	96
2016	31.3 °C8 August 2016	22.2 °C14 February 2016	26.5 °C	1,106 mm	58
2015	31.7 °C1 October 2015	21.0 °C12 February 2015	26.7 °C	531 mm	100
2014	31.8 °C24 August 2014	22.2 °C22 January 2014	26.5 °C	853 mm	74
2013	31.0 °C1 September 2013	21.7 °C3 March 2013	26.4 °C	648 mm	73
2012	31.5 °C17 August 2012	22.0 °C23 December 2012	26.2 °C	847 mm	62
2011	32.2 °C25 August 2011	21.4 °C6 January 2011	26.2 °C	920 mm	67
2010	31.2 °C24 August 2010	18.4 °C11 January 2010	26.1 °C	1,127 mm	42
2009	32.3 °C11 September 2009	20.6 °C6 February 2009	26.2 °C	893 mm	83
2008	32.0 °C18 August 2008	21.9 °C10 January 2008	26.1 °C	772 mm	43
2007	31.1 °C8 August 2007	21.7 °C19 February 2007	26.3 °C	1,094 mm	31
2006	31.5 °C18 September 2006	20.4 °C14 February 2006	26.4 °C	875 mm	81
2005	31.8 °C20 September 2005	20.8 °C4 February 2005	26.1 °C	1,147 mm	43
2004	31.4 °C3 September 2004	21.1 °C30 March 2004	26.1 °C	852 mm	59
2003	30.9 °C5 August 2003	21.7 °C25 January 2003	26.4 °C	801 mm	43
2002	31.3 °C30 July 2002	21.4 °C9 January 2002	26.2 °C	806 mm	54
2001	31.6 °C30 September 2001	20.0 °C8 March 2001	26.0 °C	823 mm	80
2000	31.3 °C28 July 2000	19.9 °C20 January 2000	25.8 °C	657 mm	35
1999	31.6 °C27 August 1999	20.3 °C28 December 1999	25.9 °C	915 mm	53
1998	32.0 °C24 August 1998	20.2 °C24 March 1998	26.5 °C	808 mm	109
1997	31.2 °C28 July 1997	21.0 °C17 December 1997	26.2 °C	581 mm	58
1996	31.0 °C10 July 1996	19.9 °C13 March 1996	25.6 °C	986 mm	24
1995	31.7 °C1 August 1995	20.5 °C15 March 1995	26.2 °C	656 mm	84
1994	31.2 °C8 August 1994	20.7 °C5 March 1994	26.1 °C	674 mm	55
1993	30.9 °C20 August 1993	21.0 °C2 February 1993	25.9 °C	915 mm	22
1992	30.9 °C4 October 1992	21.1 °C30 December 1992	25.9 °C	678 mm	22
1991	31.4 °C31 July 1991	20.1 °C11 February 1991	26.1 °C	558 mm	63
1990	31.7 °C29 May 1990	21.5 °C1 March 1990	26.2 °C	881 mm	81
1989	31.3 °C6 August 1989	19.6 °C25 February 1989	26.0 °C	600 mm	57
1988	31.5 °C2 June 1988	19.8 °C28 February 1988	25.9 °C	919 mm	29
1987	31.3 °C28 September 1987	21.2 °C1 February 1987	26.1 °C	1,214 mm	62
1986	30.7 °C29 July 1986	20.0 °C3 March 1986	25.7 °C	756 mm	25
1985	30.9 °C4 August 1985	20.2 °C20 January 1985	25.6 °C	674 mm	20
1984	30.9 °C29 March 1984	20.0 °C7 January 1984	25.8 °C	768 mm	25
1983	31.2 °C25 July 1983	19.5 °C13 March 1983	26.2 °C	768 mm	53
1982	30.7 °C15 August 1982	21.1 °C29 January 1982	26.0 °C	580 mm	24
1981	31.4 °C17 August 1981	18.3 °C13 January 1981	25.8 °C	851 mm	47
1980	30.2 °C26 June 1980	20.5 °C5 February 1980	25.9 °C	881 mm	20
1979	30.4 °C30 July 1979	20.4 °C22 December 1979	25.5 °C	980 mm	12
1978	30.5 °C28 June 1978	19.2 °C23 February 1978	25.7 °C	1,132 mm	10
1977	30.7 °C23 September 1977	18.7 °C21 January 1977	25.8 °C	1,052 mm	36
1976	31.2 °C6 August 1976	20.0 °C10 February 1976	25.6 °C	692 mm	39
1975	30.7 °C11 August 1975	20.0 °C23 December 1975	25.6 °C	729 mm	20
1974	31.2 °C18 August 1974	20.9 °C28 February 1974	25.3 °C	1,136 mm	13
1973	30.8 °C7 September 1973	19.3 °C12 February 1973	25.6 °C	1,055 mm	26
1972	30.0 °C16 July 1972	20.4 °C12 March 1972	25.5 °C	943 mm	2
1971	30.5 °C11 August 1971	19.8 °C21 January 1971	25.4 °C	1,062 mm	12
1970	31.2 °C19 July 1970	19.8 °C10 January 1970	25.7 °C	1,005 mm	31
1969	31.6 °C15 September 1969	20.6 °C20 February 1969	26.1 °C	968 mm	53
1968	31.1 °C28 July 1968	18.9 °C11 February 1968	25.6 °C	763 mm	45
1967	31.1 °C16 September 1967	20.7 °C15 February 1967	25.6 °C	718 mm	26
1966	31.3 °C29 August 1966	19.8 °C28 January 1966	25.5 °C	1,037 mm	35
1965	30.7 °C7 September 1965	20.3 °C19 January 1965	25.4 °C	822 mm	10
1964	30.4 °C22 August 1964	21.3 °C28 December 1964	25.7 °C	1,018 mm	10
1963	30.3 °C28 September 1963	19.8 °C2 January 1963	25.4 °C	1,327 mm	8
1962	30.6 °C2 October 1962	19.7 °C9 March 1962	25.5 °C	877 mm	31
1961	30.7 °C27 May 1961	21.5 °C4 February 1961	25.6 °C	1,103 mm	16
1960	31.2 °C8 September 1960	20.4 °C22 March 1960	25.6 °C	1,260 mm	17
1959	30.9 °C2 September 1959	20.8 °C4 December 1959	25.8 °C	827 mm	19
1958	31.3 °C19 August 1958	19.3 °C3 February 1958	25.8 °C	913 mm	42
1957	31.1 °C22 August 1957	20.9 °C10 March 1957	25.6 °C	748 mm	40
1956	30.2 °C10 August 1956	17.9 °C16 January 1956	25.2 °C	863 mm	5
1955	30.8 °C8 August 1955	20.1 °C16 January 1955	25.1 °C	1,210 mm	10
1954	30.7 °C9 September 1954	20.1 °C10 February 1954	25.4 °C	908 mm	15
1953	30.7 °C17 September 1953	20.5 °C13 January 1953	25.6 °C	1,121 mm	24
1952	30.7 °C18 August 1952	20.0 °C28 February 1952	25.7 °C	782 mm	33
1951	32.1 °C3 October 1951	19.5 °C13 March 1951	25.4 °C	840 mm	12
1950	30.9 °C5 October 1950	19.7 °C12 December 1950	24.9 °C	1,016 mm	6
1949	30.4 °C10 August 1949	20.5 °C11 March 1949	25.2 °C	1,018 mm	4
1948	30.6 °C6 September 1948	20.8 °C19 February 1948	25.6 °C	1,169 mm	6
1947	31.8 °C17 September 1947	21.2 °C18 February 1947	25.9 °C	676 mm	16
1946	30.5 °C25 August 1946	21.1 °C11 March 1946	25.7 °C	855 mm	18
1945	30.2 °C1 July 1945	20.7 °C7 February 1945	25.4 °C	790 mm	8
1944	30.6 °C13 July 1944	20.9 °C6 January 1944	25.4 °C	953 mm	8
1943	30.8 °C11 September 1943	20.8 °C9 February 1943	25.5 °C	948 mm	28
1942	30.6 °C11 August 1942	21.1 °C26 February 1942	25.7 °C	1,238 mm	12
1941	30.3 °C3 August 1941	20.4 °C13 January 1941	25.9 °C	726 mm	19
1940	31.7 °C9 September 1940	20.8 °C4 February 1940	25.7 °C	729 mm	54

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

125 d/yr

+81

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

938 mm

+50 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.7 °C	+0.7 °C	42 mm	-28 mm
Feb	27.1 °C	+1.0 °C	44 mm	-7 mm
Mar	27.7 °C	+1.0 °C	41 mm	-9 mm
Apr	27.5 °C	+0.1 °C	97 mm	+38 mm
May	29.3 °C	+1.1 °C	39 mm	-55 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+1.0 °C	27 mm	-30 mm
Jul	30.5 °C	+0.9 °C	18 mm	-23 mm
Aug	31.4 °C	+1.6 °C	20 mm	-38 mm
Sep	30.8 °C	+1.3 °C	85 mm	+5 mm
Oct	29.2 °C	+0.6 °C	410 mm	+285 mm
Nov	28.1 °C	+0.7 °C	64 mm	-53 mm
Dec	27.6 °C	+1.1 °C	52 mm	-35 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.5 °C

29 Aug 2025

Coldest day

22.8 °C

9 Jan 2025

Wettest day

101.5 mm

28 Oct 2025

Windiest day

67.3 km/h

28 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

96.8 km/h

28 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

19 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.7 °C

28 Oct 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

23 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ocho Rios?

Ocho Rios has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 888 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ocho Rios?

The hottest day measured in Ocho Rios between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 2017, reaching 33.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ocho Rios?

The coldest day measured in Ocho Rios between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1956, at 17.9 °C.

Does it snow in Ocho Rios?

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

Has the climate of Ocho Rios warmed?

Yes: Ocho Rios warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ocho Rios?

The wettest day measured in Ocho Rios between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 1953, with 223 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ocho Rios?

The windiest day measured in Ocho Rios between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 2004, with winds reaching 78.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ocho Rios?

The warmest month in Ocho Rios is August (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is February (24.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Ocho Rios?

Ocho Rios receives on average 888 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 185 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ocho Rios?

Ocho Rios gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ocho Rios?

Yes: Ocho Rios has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ocho Rios?

In Ocho Rios, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 10 October 2024, and the lowest was 15.9 °C on 13 January 1981.

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