Kabarnet climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kabarnet?

Kabarnet has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,025 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kabarnet between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 35.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kabarnet?

The coldest day measured in Kabarnet between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, at 8.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kabarnet?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kabarnet warmed?

Yes: Kabarnet warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kabarnet?

The wettest day measured in Kabarnet between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2024, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kabarnet?

The windiest day measured in Kabarnet between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1984, with winds reaching 22.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kabarnet?

The warmest month in Kabarnet is March (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kabarnet?

Kabarnet receives on average 1,025 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kabarnet?

Kabarnet gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kabarnet (Kenya) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,025 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Kabarnet averages 0 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.

Kabarnet has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 8.2 °C (on 15 January 1968).

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

KabarnetBaringo

coords: 0.49°, 35.74°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.6°C

Average daily high

27.6°C

Average daily low

16.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,025mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

9.7km/h

Seasonal range

3.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

116 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.7 °C

Average feels-like low

16.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

35.5 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest day

8.2 °C

15 January 1968

Wettest day

109 mm

22 August 2024

Windiest day

22.2 km/h

11 April 1984

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

2 March 2012

Hottest feels-like

35.7 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

5.3 °C

15 January 1968

Sunniest day

11.9 h

7 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.2 °C6 March 2025	11.6 °C16 January 2025	23.0 °C	689 mm	151
2024	35.4 °C25 March 2024	12.5 °C29 December 2024	23.0 °C	1,426 mm	143
2023	35.4 °C9 March 2023	10.5 °C6 January 2023	23.3 °C	497 mm	190
2022	34.4 °C20 March 2022	10.9 °C13 January 2022	22.9 °C	738 mm	146
2021	32.8 °C29 December 2021	10.6 °C1 February 2021	22.3 °C	833 mm	63
2020	33.3 °C1 March 2020	13.4 °C15 December 2020	21.8 °C	1,683 mm	60
2019	34.8 °C25 March 2019	11.5 °C12 January 2019	22.6 °C	1,240 mm	137
2018	33.2 °C24 February 2018	12.8 °C8 August 2018	22.1 °C	997 mm	115
2017	34.1 °C3 March 2017	11.6 °C12 January 2017	22.6 °C	924 mm	142
2016	34.9 °C29 March 2016	13.5 °C18 August 2016	22.6 °C	1,077 mm	131
2015	33.6 °C12 October 2015	11.1 °C4 March 2015	23.0 °C	493 mm	157
2014	34.1 °C4 March 2014	11.9 °C5 December 2014	22.3 °C	618 mm	101
2013	34.2 °C8 March 2013	11.9 °C22 January 2013	21.8 °C	1,380 mm	73
2012	33.7 °C25 February 2012	9.7 °C2 January 2012	21.7 °C	1,288 mm	74
2011	34.0 °C11 February 2011	10.4 °C28 January 2011	22.2 °C	972 mm	127
2010	33.6 °C2 February 2010	13.0 °C16 December 2010	22.3 °C	1,193 mm	86
2009	33.4 °C28 September 2009	13.4 °C28 June 2009	23.4 °C	217 mm	226
2008	33.8 °C13 March 2008	13.2 °C23 December 2008	22.5 °C	557 mm	121
2007	33.5 °C23 February 2007	13.1 °C23 February 2007	21.9 °C	882 mm	83
2006	33.8 °C17 February 2006	11.6 °C22 January 2006	22.5 °C	786 mm	125
2005	35.5 °C25 February 2005	11.2 °C5 January 2005	22.5 °C	883 mm	150
2004	33.7 °C5 March 2004	12.7 °C4 July 2004	22.2 °C	695 mm	83
2003	33.7 °C13 March 2003	11.1 °C4 February 2003	22.2 °C	988 mm	86
2002	33.8 °C11 April 2002	12.8 °C9 July 2002	22.5 °C	594 mm	100
2001	33.0 °C3 March 2001	11.0 °C2 March 2001	21.7 °C	981 mm	57
2000	34.1 °C14 March 2000	10.1 °C21 February 2000	22.4 °C	493 mm	142
1999	31.9 °C8 April 1999	10.4 °C4 February 1999	22.1 °C	438 mm	65
1998	33.8 °C31 March 1998	12.6 °C7 December 1998	21.7 °C	1,277 mm	63
1997	33.5 °C15 March 1997	12.4 °C28 September 1997	22.1 °C	1,130 mm	90
1996	33.2 °C13 March 1996	13.1 °C2 July 1996	22.1 °C	1,450 mm	103
1995	34.2 °C1 March 1995	12.9 °C26 March 1995	22.5 °C	577 mm	120
1994	34.1 °C23 February 1994	13.4 °C7 February 1994	22.1 °C	904 mm	104
1993	33.4 °C10 April 1993	11.7 °C21 February 1993	21.7 °C	708 mm	70
1992	35.1 °C18 April 1992	11.7 °C6 January 1992	21.7 °C	972 mm	95
1991	33.9 °C3 March 1991	11.3 °C30 December 1991	21.9 °C	957 mm	81
1990	32.9 °C7 February 1990	11.6 °C9 January 1990	21.7 °C	775 mm	64
1989	33.2 °C3 March 1989	11.8 °C18 February 1989	21.3 °C	1,019 mm	43
1988	34.1 °C2 March 1988	11.6 °C4 December 1988	21.7 °C	1,092 mm	83
1987	34.8 °C5 March 1987	12.4 °C28 December 1987	22.6 °C	742 mm	128
1986	33.7 °C4 February 1986	11.4 °C6 August 1986	21.4 °C	1,400 mm	80
1985	33.8 °C17 March 1985	11.5 °C14 January 1985	21.7 °C	782 mm	85
1984	33.8 °C12 March 1984	10.6 °C8 February 1984	22.2 °C	439 mm	119
1983	34.2 °C26 March 1983	11.1 °C12 January 1983	21.9 °C	1,132 mm	96
1982	33.8 °C1 March 1982	11.9 °C24 January 1982	21.7 °C	710 mm	85
1981	34.0 °C4 March 1981	9.9 °C4 February 1981	21.6 °C	1,100 mm	90
1980	33.7 °C10 March 1980	10.2 °C23 January 1980	22.3 °C	585 mm	130
1979	32.0 °C5 March 1979	11.9 °C23 July 1979	21.4 °C	916 mm	58
1978	31.2 °C8 February 1978	10.4 °C30 January 1978	20.7 °C	1,219 mm	18
1977	33.2 °C16 February 1977	10.0 °C15 August 1977	20.7 °C	1,428 mm	48
1976	33.1 °C22 March 1976	11.2 °C9 February 1976	21.3 °C	792 mm	66
1975	34.7 °C9 April 1975	11.6 °C21 September 1975	21.1 °C	1,447 mm	95
1974	32.7 °C14 February 1974	11.2 °C11 January 1974	21.5 °C	768 mm	69
1973	33.8 °C9 March 1973	12.2 °C16 December 1973	22.1 °C	786 mm	122
1972	34.5 °C27 April 1972	12.1 °C4 January 1972	21.9 °C	686 mm	98
1971	33.2 °C8 March 1971	10.6 °C13 February 1971	20.8 °C	1,094 mm	74
1970	33.5 °C28 February 1970	11.7 °C8 February 1970	21.5 °C	718 mm	52
1969	33.5 °C5 April 1969	11.1 °C2 October 1969	22.0 °C	431 mm	107
1968	31.9 °C28 January 1968	8.2 °C15 January 1968	20.7 °C	1,033 mm	21
1967	34.4 °C22 March 1967	11.8 °C1 September 1967	20.9 °C	1,159 mm	70
1966	33.5 °C15 February 1966	10.6 °C23 December 1966	22.0 °C	717 mm	97
1965	32.7 °C22 March 1965	10.5 °C23 February 1965	21.7 °C	565 mm	80
1964	32.5 °C19 February 1964	10.5 °C31 August 1964	20.8 °C	1,262 mm	36
1963	31.8 °C18 March 1963	10.9 °C10 September 1963	20.5 °C	1,425 mm	15
1962	30.8 °C5 April 1962	12.1 °C20 January 1962	20.5 °C	871 mm	4
1961	32.5 °C29 January 1961	11.3 °C29 January 1961	21.2 °C	982 mm	69
1960	32.3 °C9 February 1960	11.4 °C16 June 1960	21.4 °C	1,132 mm	50
1959	33.5 °C18 March 1959	11.1 °C9 June 1959	21.3 °C	1,462 mm	50
1958	33.0 °C25 March 1958	11.0 °C26 September 1958	21.0 °C	1,401 mm	51
1957	32.0 °C19 February 1957	10.9 °C19 July 1957	21.1 °C	913 mm	49
1956	30.6 °C1 March 1956	11.5 °C10 January 1956	20.2 °C	1,054 mm	5
1955	31.1 °C5 March 1955	12.6 °C13 January 1955	20.5 °C	1,378 mm	15
1954	31.0 °C26 March 1954	11.6 °C4 January 1954	19.9 °C	2,330 mm	8
1953	29.4 °C2 October 1953	12.4 °C29 December 1953	19.7 °C	1,701 mm	0
1952	30.3 °C25 March 1952	12.2 °C23 January 1952	20.0 °C	1,599 mm	1
1951	30.8 °C28 February 1951	11.2 °C3 July 1951	19.9 °C	2,002 mm	4
1950	31.7 °C22 February 1950	11.9 °C10 February 1950	19.6 °C	2,751 mm	10
1949	31.2 °C8 March 1949	11.3 °C19 January 1949	20.2 °C	1,916 mm	25
1948	30.3 °C19 April 1948	11.1 °C2 January 1948	20.6 °C	936 mm	6
1947	29.7 °C7 February 1947	12.4 °C25 July 1947	20.0 °C	2,118 mm	0
1946	32.8 °C2 April 1946	11.6 °C9 January 1946	21.6 °C	488 mm	74
1945	32.4 °C24 February 1945	11.8 °C18 February 1945	21.3 °C	637 mm	43
1944	31.8 °C22 September 1944	9.6 °C9 January 1944	21.8 °C	344 mm	62
1943	32.0 °C1 March 1943	10.7 °C6 February 1943	20.7 °C	1,487 mm	33
1942	31.2 °C17 October 1942	10.3 °C29 January 1942	21.3 °C	624 mm	24
1941	33.7 °C27 March 1941	10.9 °C10 January 1941	21.1 °C	714 mm	24
1940	30.6 °C25 February 1940	10.4 °C28 December 1940	20.0 °C	1,549 mm	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.4 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

151 d/yr

+74

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

689 mm

-336 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.3 °C	+1.3 °C	6 mm	-6 mm
Feb	32.0 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-16 mm
Mar	31.0 °C	+0.9 °C	41 mm	+6 mm
Apr	29.9 °C	+1.3 °C	32 mm	-64 mm
May	30.2 °C	+2.5 °C	46 mm	-58 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+3.2 °C	26 mm	-94 mm
Jul	27.7 °C	+3.0 °C	86 mm	-159 mm
Aug	26.2 °C	+1.4 °C	312 mm	+81 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	+1.6 °C	63 mm	-1 mm
Oct	28.3 °C	+0.5 °C	46 mm	+7 mm
Nov	29.5 °C	+2.2 °C	13 mm	-28 mm
Dec	29.8 °C	+2.0 °C	18 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.2 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest day

11.6 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

67.2 mm

21 Aug 2025

Windiest day

15.4 km/h

21 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

16 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.9 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.6 °C

27 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

28 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kabarnet?

Kabarnet has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,025 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kabarnet?

The hottest day measured in Kabarnet between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 35.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kabarnet?

The coldest day measured in Kabarnet between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1968, at 8.2 °C.

Does it snow in Kabarnet?

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

Has the climate of Kabarnet warmed?

Yes: Kabarnet warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kabarnet?

The wettest day measured in Kabarnet between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2024, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kabarnet?

The windiest day measured in Kabarnet between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1984, with winds reaching 22.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kabarnet?

The warmest month in Kabarnet is March (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Kabarnet?

Kabarnet receives on average 1,025 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kabarnet?

Kabarnet gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kabarnet?

Yes: Kabarnet has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kabarnet?

In Kabarnet, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.7 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 5.3 °C on 15 January 1968.

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