Hola climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Hola?

Hola has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 362 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Hola between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1941, reaching 42.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Hola?

The coldest day measured in Hola between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1970, at 17.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Hola?

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

Q: Has the climate of Hola warmed?

Yes: Hola warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Hola?

The wettest day measured in Hola between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 2007, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Hola?

The windiest day measured in Hola between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1978, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Hola?

The warmest month in Hola is March (29.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Hola?

Hola receives on average 362 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Hola?

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

Hola (Kenya) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 362 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 (29.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Hola averages 0 frost days, 345 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.

Hola has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.4 °C (on 27 March 1941) and the coldest 17.4 °C (on 18 September 1970).

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

HolaTana River County

coords: -1.48°, 40.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

27.7°C

Average daily high

33.4°C

Average daily low

23.6°C

Annual rainfall

362mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

20.4km/h

Seasonal range

3.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

345 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

85 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.8 °C

Average feels-like low

26.6 °C

Average peak gust

40.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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

42.4 °C

27 March 1941

Coldest day

17.4 °C

18 September 1970

Wettest day

71 mm

13 May 2007

Windiest day

36.1 km/h

25 June 1978

Strongest gust

70.9 km/h

8 August 1954

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

18 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

18.3 °C

4 August 1996

Sunniest day

12.1 h

11 January 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.8 °C29 December 2025	21.0 °C27 July 2025	28.5 °C	257 mm	359
2024	38.7 °C13 March 2024	20.8 °C6 August 2024	29.0 °C	258 mm	360
2023	37.5 °C19 March 2023	21.8 °C13 August 2023	28.1 °C	492 mm	345
2022	37.6 °C5 April 2022	20.5 °C6 August 2022	28.1 °C	191 mm	340
2021	37.9 °C19 January 2021	20.7 °C28 August 2021	28.5 °C	176 mm	360
2020	39.3 °C25 February 2020	21.3 °C2 August 2020	28.6 °C	436 mm	355
2019	38.9 °C17 April 2019	21.4 °C24 July 2019	28.7 °C	410 mm	354
2018	38.4 °C21 February 2018	20.9 °C25 October 2018	28.1 °C	368 mm	349
2017	38.8 °C8 March 2017	21.8 °C17 September 2017	28.7 °C	222 mm	360
2016	40.5 °C18 March 2016	20.9 °C17 September 2016	28.7 °C	188 mm	360
2015	38.4 °C28 February 2015	22.0 °C10 August 2015	28.6 °C	332 mm	359
2014	38.7 °C13 March 2014	21.7 °C1 August 2014	28.5 °C	298 mm	359
2013	38.2 °C10 March 2013	21.2 °C1 July 2013	28.2 °C	340 mm	348
2012	39.0 °C22 January 2012	20.4 °C23 July 2012	28.5 °C	212 mm	360
2011	38.4 °C28 March 2011	22.2 °C16 July 2011	28.4 °C	288 mm	357
2010	38.9 °C12 March 2010	21.0 °C16 August 2010	28.4 °C	285 mm	357
2009	38.6 °C10 March 2009	21.8 °C17 August 2009	28.4 °C	316 mm	361
2008	38.1 °C4 March 2008	21.0 °C7 July 2008	28.1 °C	274 mm	354
2007	40.3 °C27 February 2007	21.7 °C6 January 2007	28.3 °C	370 mm	357
2006	39.6 °C3 March 2006	21.6 °C19 August 2006	28.1 °C	418 mm	356
2005	39.0 °C2 April 2005	20.9 °C14 July 2005	28.4 °C	176 mm	355
2004	38.4 °C31 March 2004	20.7 °C26 August 2004	28.3 °C	272 mm	350
2003	38.5 °C23 March 2003	20.7 °C29 August 2003	28.2 °C	248 mm	349
2002	38.2 °C25 March 2002	20.6 °C13 July 2002	27.9 °C	382 mm	353
2001	38.7 °C3 March 2001	20.6 °C4 August 2001	28.0 °C	270 mm	354
2000	39.1 °C22 February 2000	20.1 °C16 September 2000	27.6 °C	319 mm	344
1999	38.5 °C28 March 1999	20.0 °C19 July 1999	27.7 °C	352 mm	348
1998	37.6 °C19 March 1998	20.4 °C23 July 1998	27.6 °C	488 mm	343
1997	38.4 °C1 February 1997	21.1 °C27 July 1997	27.5 °C	636 mm	326
1996	37.6 °C31 January 1996	19.1 °C4 August 1996	27.8 °C	321 mm	351
1995	38.3 °C21 March 1995	21.1 °C25 August 1995	27.9 °C	325 mm	350
1994	39.0 °C19 February 1994	21.0 °C10 July 1994	27.8 °C	342 mm	352
1993	37.9 °C22 March 1993	20.5 °C26 July 1993	27.7 °C	306 mm	349
1992	38.3 °C21 March 1992	20.0 °C26 July 1992	27.8 °C	294 mm	350
1991	38.5 °C17 February 1991	20.3 °C2 August 1991	27.7 °C	293 mm	337
1990	39.2 °C24 February 1990	20.1 °C12 July 1990	27.7 °C	384 mm	359
1989	39.2 °C25 February 1989	21.0 °C2 August 1989	27.6 °C	369 mm	356
1988	39.3 °C22 March 1988	20.1 °C4 September 1988	28.1 °C	312 mm	355
1987	38.4 °C6 March 1987	21.0 °C12 August 1987	28.4 °C	213 mm	354
1986	38.0 °C18 March 1986	20.3 °C19 July 1986	27.6 °C	384 mm	340
1985	38.6 °C16 February 1985	20.6 °C12 September 1985	27.5 °C	306 mm	353
1984	38.7 °C27 January 1984	20.2 °C5 September 1984	27.6 °C	326 mm	352
1983	39.0 °C27 March 1983	20.9 °C7 September 1983	28.3 °C	248 mm	356
1982	38.6 °C14 March 1982	20.8 °C18 July 1982	27.7 °C	479 mm	349
1981	38.2 °C8 January 1981	19.7 °C30 June 1981	27.8 °C	401 mm	345
1980	38.4 °C10 March 1980	20.2 °C16 August 1980	28.0 °C	222 mm	352
1979	38.2 °C5 March 1979	20.1 °C25 July 1979	27.0 °C	575 mm	313
1978	37.1 °C17 February 1978	20.1 °C29 August 1978	27.4 °C	556 mm	346
1977	38.9 °C25 February 1977	19.7 °C26 August 1977	27.6 °C	613 mm	352
1976	38.0 °C6 April 1976	19.9 °C5 September 1976	27.7 °C	398 mm	355
1975	39.3 °C20 March 1975	20.5 °C5 September 1975	27.5 °C	296 mm	336
1974	37.9 °C8 February 1974	19.9 °C23 September 1974	27.5 °C	305 mm	353
1973	39.5 °C21 February 1973	19.6 °C17 September 1973	27.9 °C	276 mm	359
1972	37.7 °C17 December 1972	19.8 °C15 August 1972	27.4 °C	419 mm	348
1971	38.8 °C26 January 1971	18.8 °C6 August 1971	27.2 °C	300 mm	338
1970	37.8 °C1 December 1970	17.4 °C18 September 1970	27.4 °C	273 mm	337
1969	38.0 °C25 April 1969	18.2 °C22 August 1969	27.4 °C	275 mm	351
1968	37.5 °C16 February 1968	19.3 °C10 September 1968	26.6 °C	561 mm	304
1967	38.0 °C26 March 1967	19.8 °C20 August 1967	27.1 °C	462 mm	341
1966	40.1 °C15 February 1966	19.6 °C18 August 1966	27.5 °C	318 mm	341
1965	38.4 °C24 March 1965	18.6 °C26 June 1965	27.1 °C	255 mm	320
1964	39.2 °C24 February 1964	19.1 °C12 August 1964	27.1 °C	352 mm	333
1963	38.2 °C19 February 1963	19.8 °C7 September 1963	27.0 °C	391 mm	327
1962	37.3 °C4 April 1962	19.6 °C26 July 1962	27.1 °C	293 mm	354
1961	37.9 °C5 April 1961	20.3 °C19 December 1961	27.3 °C	601 mm	328
1960	37.7 °C11 March 1960	20.2 °C31 August 1960	27.2 °C	415 mm	358
1959	39.2 °C18 March 1959	19.8 °C14 September 1959	27.7 °C	298 mm	342
1958	37.1 °C3 March 1958	20.0 °C14 August 1958	27.3 °C	325 mm	329
1957	37.9 °C23 January 1957	20.1 °C27 September 1957	27.0 °C	541 mm	323
1956	38.2 °C25 February 1956	19.7 °C20 August 1956	27.2 °C	301 mm	352
1955	38.3 °C2 February 1955	19.7 °C14 October 1955	27.5 °C	221 mm	358
1954	38.1 °C2 March 1954	19.6 °C12 January 1954	27.2 °C	228 mm	359
1953	35.6 °C8 February 1953	19.8 °C15 June 1953	25.9 °C	925 mm	270
1952	37.5 °C23 March 1952	19.1 °C29 August 1952	26.5 °C	556 mm	322
1951	37.6 °C22 January 1951	19.5 °C24 July 1951	26.3 °C	821 mm	275
1950	38.5 °C9 February 1950	19.6 °C16 October 1950	26.8 °C	406 mm	321
1949	38.8 °C3 February 1949	19.1 °C19 August 1949	27.2 °C	352 mm	359
1948	36.0 °C20 March 1948	19.6 °C20 August 1948	26.4 °C	550 mm	323
1947	37.2 °C5 February 1947	19.2 °C10 September 1947	26.0 °C	805 mm	247
1946	39.1 °C19 March 1946	19.5 °C4 August 1946	27.8 °C	194 mm	357
1945	39.2 °C18 January 1945	19.8 °C24 August 1945	27.2 °C	333 mm	344
1944	38.9 °C21 February 1944	19.3 °C5 July 1944	27.4 °C	281 mm	353
1943	39.0 °C25 January 1943	19.6 °C23 July 1943	27.5 °C	137 mm	354
1942	37.4 °C30 January 1942	19.3 °C5 October 1942	27.3 °C	269 mm	355
1941	42.4 °C27 March 1941	19.0 °C5 October 1941	27.3 °C	510 mm	339
1940	37.7 °C17 January 1940	20.6 °C19 August 1940	27.6 °C	322 mm	364

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

359 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

258 mm

-105 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.0 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-16 mm
Feb	36.5 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Mar	36.3 °C	+0.4 °C	27 mm	-6 mm
Apr	35.0 °C	+0.8 °C	81 mm	+16 mm
May	33.7 °C	+1.3 °C	32 mm	-13 mm
Jun	32.6 °C	+0.8 °C	9 mm	-1 mm
Jul	31.8 °C	+0.7 °C	5 mm	-3 mm
Aug	31.5 °C	+0.1 °C	8 mm	-2 mm
Sep	33.1 °C	+0.7 °C	10 mm	-4 mm
Oct	34.1 °C	+0.8 °C	50 mm	+18 mm
Nov	34.6 °C	+1.3 °C	13 mm	-56 mm
Dec	35.9 °C	+2.3 °C	21 mm	-29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.8 °C

29 Dec 2025

Coldest day

21.0 °C

27 Jul 2025

Wettest day

31.1 mm

29 Oct 2025

Windiest day

31.8 km/h

13 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

13 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

26 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.9 °C

27 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

23 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Hola?

Hola has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 362 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hola?

The hottest day measured in Hola between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1941, reaching 42.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Hola?

The coldest day measured in Hola between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1970, at 17.4 °C.

Does it snow in Hola?

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

Has the climate of Hola warmed?

Yes: Hola warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Hola?

The wettest day measured in Hola between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 2007, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Hola?

The windiest day measured in Hola between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1978, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Hola?

The warmest month in Hola is March (29.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Hola?

Hola receives on average 362 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Hola?

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

Are there tropical nights in Hola?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hola?

In Hola, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 18 March 2016, and the lowest was 18.3 °C on 4 August 1996.

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