Emali climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Emali?

Emali has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 731 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Emali between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1946, reaching 33.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Emali?

The coldest day measured in Emali between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1964, at 8.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Emali?

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

Q: Has the climate of Emali warmed?

Yes: Emali warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Emali?

The wettest day measured in Emali between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 2005, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Emali?

The windiest day measured in Emali between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 2014, with winds reaching 23.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Emali?

The warmest month in Emali is March (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Emali?

Emali receives on average 731 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Emali?

Emali gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Emali (Kenya) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 731 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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Emali averages 0 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.

Emali has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 21 February 1946) and the coldest 8.8 °C (on 12 August 1964).

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

EmaliMakueni County

coords: -2.08°, 37.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.7°C

Average daily high

26.0°C

Average daily low

16.4°C

Annual rainfall

731mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

14.5km/h

Seasonal range

2.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

9 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

144 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.0 °C

Average feels-like low

17.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

33.0 °C

21 February 1946

Coldest day

8.8 °C

12 August 1964

Wettest day

86 mm

23 March 2005

Windiest day

23.5 km/h

2 November 2014

Strongest gust

54.4 km/h

8 April 1941

Hottest feels-like

35.6 °C

7 March 2020

Coldest feels-like

7.7 °C

12 August 1964

Sunniest day

12.1 h

28 December 2020

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.3 °C1 March 2025	12.8 °C7 September 2025	21.8 °C	540 mm	26
2024	32.1 °C17 March 2024	13.7 °C6 August 2024	22.0 °C	635 mm	29
2023	32.3 °C4 February 2023	12.6 °C20 August 2023	21.8 °C	540 mm	46
2022	32.5 °C15 March 2022	12.4 °C18 August 2022	21.7 °C	301 mm	42
2021	32.3 °C29 August 2021	11.7 °C27 August 2021	21.7 °C	408 mm	32
2020	31.6 °C11 October 2020	12.6 °C11 July 2020	21.6 °C	772 mm	16
2019	32.7 °C18 April 2019	13.4 °C24 July 2019	22.1 °C	787 mm	41
2018	32.2 °C26 February 2018	12.3 °C7 August 2018	21.3 °C	972 mm	16
2017	32.3 °C10 October 2017	14.3 °C12 January 2017	21.9 °C	486 mm	34
2016	32.5 °C29 March 2016	12.6 °C15 July 2016	21.5 °C	575 mm	19
2015	31.7 °C14 February 2015	13.1 °C16 July 2015	21.8 °C	761 mm	27
2014	30.8 °C16 October 2014	12.6 °C29 June 2014	21.4 °C	636 mm	6
2013	31.4 °C27 September 2013	12.4 °C8 July 2013	21.3 °C	866 mm	25
2012	31.9 °C14 March 2012	12.6 °C13 August 2012	21.7 °C	533 mm	36
2011	33.0 °C11 February 2011	13.0 °C30 June 2011	21.8 °C	652 mm	23
2010	31.1 °C11 October 2010	13.5 °C16 August 2010	21.4 °C	556 mm	10
2009	31.8 °C23 March 2009	13.4 °C10 August 2009	21.7 °C	367 mm	19
2008	32.2 °C30 October 2008	11.8 °C29 June 2008	21.2 °C	513 mm	10
2007	32.1 °C27 February 2007	12.3 °C23 September 2007	21.3 °C	517 mm	13
2006	32.3 °C23 February 2006	12.6 °C20 August 2006	21.4 °C	895 mm	23
2005	32.5 °C2 March 2005	12.8 °C7 July 2005	21.4 °C	542 mm	14
2004	30.5 °C9 October 2004	12.4 °C1 July 2004	21.3 °C	633 mm	7
2003	30.9 °C11 March 2003	12.6 °C29 August 2003	21.3 °C	497 mm	21
2002	30.1 °C12 February 2002	12.0 °C23 July 2002	21.0 °C	747 mm	1
2001	30.2 °C28 October 2001	11.7 °C13 July 2001	20.8 °C	617 mm	3
2000	32.2 °C27 February 2000	12.9 °C16 September 2000	21.0 °C	408 mm	12
1999	32.2 °C10 February 1999	13.2 °C14 September 1999	20.8 °C	532 mm	3
1998	30.4 °C23 February 1998	12.7 °C22 June 1998	20.8 °C	868 mm	1
1997	31.5 °C23 February 1997	12.7 °C14 July 1997	21.2 °C	843 mm	27
1996	30.6 °C22 February 1996	11.2 °C4 August 1996	20.8 °C	549 mm	2
1995	29.9 °C8 February 1995	12.7 °C22 August 1995	20.7 °C	668 mm	0
1994	31.3 °C7 February 1994	12.5 °C11 September 1994	21.1 °C	693 mm	11
1993	30.3 °C11 March 1993	11.3 °C27 July 1993	20.5 °C	589 mm	1
1992	30.9 °C29 March 1992	11.3 °C1 August 1992	20.5 °C	596 mm	8
1991	31.4 °C23 March 1991	11.4 °C5 August 1991	20.7 °C	644 mm	9
1990	28.8 °C16 September 1990	10.4 °C26 June 1990	20.3 °C	842 mm	0
1989	29.5 °C21 October 1989	11.2 °C21 June 1989	20.1 °C	953 mm	0
1988	31.8 °C23 March 1988	13.0 °C18 August 1988	21.0 °C	734 mm	14
1987	31.6 °C14 March 1987	10.9 °C13 July 1987	21.1 °C	525 mm	12
1986	31.5 °C14 March 1986	11.5 °C20 July 1986	20.5 °C	909 mm	6
1985	29.8 °C16 February 1985	10.9 °C8 June 1985	20.2 °C	878 mm	0
1984	31.3 °C11 February 1984	12.4 °C8 September 1984	20.7 °C	633 mm	12
1983	30.2 °C21 October 1983	12.8 °C9 August 1983	21.1 °C	691 mm	2
1982	30.3 °C27 March 1982	11.5 °C18 July 1982	20.4 °C	890 mm	1
1981	30.5 °C6 October 1981	11.2 °C21 June 1981	20.4 °C	1,026 mm	2
1980	30.6 °C10 March 1980	11.2 °C14 June 1980	20.6 °C	698 mm	6
1979	29.3 °C12 October 1979	11.8 °C4 August 1979	19.9 °C	1,153 mm	0
1978	29.0 °C19 March 1978	11.0 °C29 August 1978	20.0 °C	946 mm	0
1977	30.2 °C23 October 1977	11.2 °C7 August 1977	20.4 °C	1,326 mm	2
1976	29.7 °C5 April 1976	11.8 °C13 June 1976	20.6 °C	657 mm	0
1975	30.0 °C8 February 1975	12.3 °C9 August 1975	20.6 °C	511 mm	1
1974	29.7 °C27 February 1974	11.4 °C30 July 1974	20.2 °C	720 mm	0
1973	31.3 °C17 March 1973	10.8 °C3 July 1973	20.7 °C	674 mm	6
1972	30.1 °C22 September 1972	11.5 °C28 July 1972	20.4 °C	862 mm	1
1971	31.0 °C1 March 1971	10.7 °C6 August 1971	20.2 °C	804 mm	10
1970	29.6 °C24 March 1970	10.1 °C18 September 1970	20.3 °C	715 mm	0
1969	30.0 °C4 September 1969	10.4 °C22 August 1969	20.2 °C	633 mm	1
1968	31.6 °C29 January 1968	10.7 °C25 June 1968	19.9 °C	1,089 mm	6
1967	31.5 °C25 March 1967	11.9 °C28 August 1967	20.5 °C	695 mm	9
1966	31.1 °C15 February 1966	12.0 °C20 August 1966	20.5 °C	755 mm	2
1965	30.0 °C25 February 1965	10.5 °C9 June 1965	20.1 °C	724 mm	1
1964	29.6 °C26 February 1964	8.8 °C12 August 1964	19.8 °C	918 mm	0
1963	28.5 °C2 October 1963	10.4 °C28 July 1963	19.9 °C	945 mm	0
1962	28.9 °C21 September 1962	11.5 °C13 August 1962	20.0 °C	754 mm	0
1961	29.9 °C10 February 1961	11.7 °C15 June 1961	20.8 °C	883 mm	0
1960	29.8 °C29 February 1960	11.2 °C20 August 1960	20.3 °C	764 mm	0
1959	30.3 °C20 October 1959	10.3 °C10 August 1959	20.5 °C	786 mm	1
1958	29.3 °C18 October 1958	11.9 °C7 August 1958	20.3 °C	821 mm	0
1957	29.3 °C23 January 1957	11.8 °C19 July 1957	20.0 °C	979 mm	0
1956	30.8 °C23 September 1956	11.7 °C14 July 1956	20.0 °C	739 mm	5
1955	29.6 °C4 October 1955	11.4 °C11 August 1955	20.2 °C	710 mm	0
1954	29.8 °C22 October 1954	11.4 °C21 June 1954	20.0 °C	804 mm	0
1953	29.1 °C10 October 1953	11.4 °C11 August 1953	19.5 °C	1,277 mm	0
1952	29.9 °C17 September 1952	11.1 °C16 July 1952	19.8 °C	840 mm	0
1951	29.9 °C7 September 1951	11.4 °C30 July 1951	19.7 °C	1,265 mm	0
1950	30.1 °C23 October 1950	11.2 °C3 June 1950	19.8 °C	874 mm	1
1949	30.6 °C8 February 1949	12.0 °C13 August 1949	20.3 °C	758 mm	3
1948	29.8 °C23 September 1948	11.7 °C15 July 1948	19.9 °C	820 mm	0
1947	29.3 °C18 February 1947	11.6 °C24 July 1947	19.7 °C	1,085 mm	0
1946	33.0 °C21 February 1946	12.4 °C1 August 1946	21.2 °C	395 mm	40
1945	30.0 °C22 October 1945	11.8 °C21 August 1945	20.2 °C	545 mm	1
1944	32.8 °C21 February 1944	10.0 °C6 July 1944	20.7 °C	547 mm	24
1943	31.0 °C25 January 1943	10.9 °C26 July 1943	20.6 °C	392 mm	8
1942	30.1 °C29 January 1942	11.6 °C4 August 1942	20.6 °C	378 mm	3
1941	32.2 °C26 March 1941	11.8 °C2 July 1941	20.5 °C	901 mm	11
1940	29.0 °C3 September 1940	12.6 °C29 November 1940	20.2 °C	896 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.3 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

26 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

540 mm

-191 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.8 °C	+1.5 °C	55 mm	-10 mm
Feb	29.0 °C	+1.5 °C	10 mm	-43 mm
Mar	28.7 °C	+1.2 °C	93 mm	-0 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	+1.1 °C	121 mm	-24 mm
May	27.3 °C	+1.9 °C	43 mm	-23 mm
Jun	26.2 °C	+1.3 °C	11 mm	+1 mm
Jul	25.5 °C	+1.0 °C	8 mm	+2 mm
Aug	25.2 °C	+0.2 °C	13 mm	+7 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	+1.6 °C	4 mm	-4 mm
Oct	28.0 °C	+0.7 °C	30 mm	-10 mm
Nov	27.3 °C	+1.8 °C	50 mm	-84 mm
Dec	27.1 °C	+1.9 °C	102 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.3 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

12.8 °C

7 Sep 2025

Wettest day

20.5 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

19.9 km/h

14 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

47.2 km/h

14 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.2 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.7 °C

7 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

8 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Emali?

Emali has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 731 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Emali?

The hottest day measured in Emali between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1946, reaching 33.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Emali?

The coldest day measured in Emali between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1964, at 8.8 °C.

Does it snow in Emali?

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

Has the climate of Emali warmed?

Yes: Emali warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Emali?

The wettest day measured in Emali between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 2005, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Emali?

The windiest day measured in Emali between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 2014, with winds reaching 23.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Emali?

The warmest month in Emali is March (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Emali?

Emali receives on average 731 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Emali?

Emali gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Emali?

Yes: Emali has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Emali?

In Emali, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 7 March 2020, and the lowest was 7.7 °C on 12 August 1964.

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