Lugulu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lugulu?

Lugulu has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 1,918 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Lugulu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2006, reaching 35.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lugulu?

The coldest day measured in Lugulu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1949, at 11.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lugulu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Lugulu warmed?

Yes: Lugulu warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lugulu?

The wettest day measured in Lugulu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2002, with 173 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lugulu?

The windiest day measured in Lugulu between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2011, with winds reaching 23.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lugulu?

The warmest month in Lugulu is February (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lugulu?

Lugulu receives on average 1,918 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 264 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lugulu?

Lugulu gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lugulu (Kenya) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 1,918 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 February (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Lugulu averages 0 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 264 rainy days per year.

Lugulu has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 6 February 2006) and the coldest 11.8 °C (on 1 August 1949).

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

LuguluBusia County

coords: 0.39°, 34.30°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.3°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

17.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,918mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

10.0km/h

Seasonal range

1.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

27 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

264 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.1 °C

Average feels-like low

18.1 °C

Average peak gust

25.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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

35.8 °C

6 February 2006

Coldest day

11.8 °C

1 August 1949

Wettest day

173 mm

30 April 2002

Windiest day

23.4 km/h

4 March 2011

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

4 March 2011

Hottest feels-like

37.8 °C

23 March 1997

Coldest feels-like

10.0 °C

27 July 1943

Sunniest day

11.9 h

5 March 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.2 °C27 February 2025	14.7 °C23 November 2025	22.5 °C	1,670 mm	59
2024	32.3 °C13 March 2024	15.6 °C29 December 2024	22.7 °C	2,132 mm	34
2023	34.2 °C8 March 2023	14.2 °C15 January 2023	22.6 °C	2,291 mm	51
2022	33.1 °C13 January 2022	13.9 °C14 January 2022	22.2 °C	1,950 mm	36
2021	32.7 °C12 March 2021	14.3 °C1 February 2021	22.2 °C	1,461 mm	30
2020	30.7 °C18 February 2020	15.3 °C10 August 2020	22.0 °C	2,217 mm	6
2019	34.8 °C24 March 2019	15.1 °C20 December 2019	22.5 °C	1,855 mm	64
2018	35.0 °C16 February 2018	14.4 °C8 August 2018	22.2 °C	1,809 mm	45
2017	35.0 °C17 January 2017	16.0 °C8 July 2017	23.0 °C	1,323 mm	95
2016	34.0 °C16 March 2016	15.9 °C29 January 2016	22.9 °C	1,333 mm	78
2015	35.5 °C11 March 2015	14.6 °C5 January 2015	22.5 °C	1,730 mm	69
2014	34.5 °C4 March 2014	13.2 °C13 February 2014	22.2 °C	1,309 mm	43
2013	33.6 °C28 February 2013	13.8 °C16 July 2013	21.9 °C	1,541 mm	40
2012	34.1 °C3 February 2012	12.5 °C3 January 2012	22.0 °C	1,611 mm	64
2011	34.0 °C26 February 2011	13.4 °C27 January 2011	22.0 °C	1,694 mm	45
2010	33.5 °C2 February 2010	15.1 °C16 January 2010	22.1 °C	1,862 mm	33
2009	32.7 °C14 January 2009	13.8 °C11 January 2009	22.2 °C	1,528 mm	55
2008	31.9 °C10 January 2008	14.9 °C13 July 2008	21.8 °C	1,638 mm	49
2007	32.0 °C8 March 2007	14.0 °C18 December 2007	21.8 °C	1,508 mm	28
2006	35.8 °C6 February 2006	15.7 °C19 May 2006	22.1 °C	2,042 mm	44
2005	35.6 °C23 February 2005	13.9 °C4 January 2005	22.4 °C	1,349 mm	78
2004	33.7 °C13 February 2004	14.3 °C28 January 2004	22.1 °C	1,503 mm	41
2003	34.1 °C6 March 2003	14.2 °C14 January 2003	22.0 °C	1,389 mm	59
2002	32.8 °C5 February 2002	15.3 °C9 July 2002	22.0 °C	1,914 mm	29
2001	32.9 °C3 March 2001	14.6 °C20 July 2001	21.5 °C	1,575 mm	20
2000	32.5 °C24 February 2000	13.1 °C27 January 2000	21.8 °C	1,267 mm	38
1999	33.7 °C9 February 1999	14.8 °C19 August 1999	21.6 °C	1,632 mm	38
1998	32.2 °C13 March 1998	15.1 °C17 November 1998	22.1 °C	1,698 mm	41
1997	34.2 °C23 March 1997	14.9 °C14 July 1997	22.1 °C	2,127 mm	62
1996	31.0 °C31 December 1996	14.5 °C30 November 1996	21.7 °C	1,581 mm	15
1995	31.6 °C5 February 1995	14.3 °C18 January 1995	21.8 °C	1,955 mm	22
1994	32.1 °C21 January 1994	14.1 °C4 July 1994	21.6 °C	2,075 mm	25
1993	31.7 °C30 December 1993	14.2 °C15 March 1993	21.7 °C	1,477 mm	11
1992	33.3 °C15 March 1992	14.8 °C15 July 1992	21.5 °C	1,702 mm	33
1991	32.3 °C21 March 1991	14.0 °C25 July 1991	21.4 °C	1,962 mm	30
1990	31.3 °C28 January 1990	13.3 °C9 January 1990	21.4 °C	2,016 mm	13
1989	32.5 °C1 March 1989	13.7 °C2 July 1989	21.1 °C	1,893 mm	15
1988	33.4 °C2 March 1988	13.2 °C5 December 1988	21.4 °C	2,033 mm	21
1987	33.2 °C30 December 1987	14.0 °C2 February 1987	21.8 °C	1,870 mm	21
1986	31.2 °C24 February 1986	13.5 °C5 August 1986	21.1 °C	2,438 mm	7
1985	33.9 °C16 March 1985	13.9 °C14 February 1985	21.0 °C	2,339 mm	20
1984	32.6 °C21 February 1984	12.9 °C13 February 1984	21.1 °C	1,785 mm	20
1983	32.5 °C27 February 1983	13.8 °C3 December 1983	21.5 °C	1,845 mm	30
1982	33.6 °C26 March 1982	14.3 °C5 October 1982	21.2 °C	2,035 mm	20
1981	32.2 °C1 March 1981	14.1 °C19 July 1981	21.2 °C	1,891 mm	25
1980	34.2 °C22 February 1980	13.6 °C16 December 1980	21.3 °C	1,786 mm	32
1979	31.7 °C5 March 1979	13.7 °C3 March 1979	21.2 °C	2,299 mm	12
1978	33.1 °C7 February 1978	12.0 °C5 February 1978	20.9 °C	2,114 mm	11
1977	31.4 °C16 March 1977	12.7 °C14 August 1977	21.0 °C	2,123 mm	11
1976	32.0 °C30 January 1976	13.0 °C20 August 1976	20.7 °C	2,054 mm	19
1975	32.6 °C19 February 1975	13.5 °C24 December 1975	20.7 °C	2,170 mm	24
1974	33.2 °C16 March 1974	12.8 °C20 July 1974	20.7 °C	2,335 mm	19
1973	32.4 °C6 February 1973	13.5 °C30 June 1973	21.1 °C	2,172 mm	36
1972	30.9 °C1 April 1972	13.9 °C20 February 1972	20.7 °C	2,907 mm	4
1971	32.5 °C7 March 1971	12.8 °C10 July 1971	20.5 °C	2,211 mm	21
1970	31.0 °C8 February 1970	13.2 °C25 July 1970	20.7 °C	2,369 mm	4
1969	31.3 °C1 October 1969	13.5 °C1 January 1969	20.9 °C	1,782 mm	3
1968	30.6 °C21 January 1968	13.0 °C14 January 1968	20.5 °C	2,698 mm	2
1967	31.7 °C10 March 1967	13.3 °C11 December 1967	20.7 °C	2,231 mm	31
1966	30.7 °C18 January 1966	12.3 °C24 December 1966	21.0 °C	2,191 mm	5
1965	30.7 °C11 March 1965	13.0 °C20 February 1965	20.8 °C	2,257 mm	8
1964	30.6 °C31 January 1964	12.7 °C1 September 1964	20.5 °C	2,328 mm	2
1963	30.4 °C8 September 1963	12.5 °C8 August 1963	20.4 °C	2,944 mm	4
1962	30.1 °C14 February 1962	13.1 °C2 July 1962	20.1 °C	2,522 mm	1
1961	33.4 °C20 January 1961	13.3 °C20 September 1961	21.1 °C	2,757 mm	31
1960	32.0 °C12 December 1960	13.5 °C29 December 1960	21.1 °C	2,415 mm	19
1959	32.1 °C17 March 1959	13.2 °C16 June 1959	21.3 °C	2,384 mm	23
1958	32.8 °C3 March 1958	13.2 °C28 June 1958	21.2 °C	2,297 mm	26
1957	30.9 °C24 September 1957	13.5 °C6 February 1957	21.0 °C	2,657 mm	12
1956	29.8 °C13 March 1956	13.1 °C30 July 1956	20.1 °C	1,924 mm	0
1955	29.3 °C3 March 1955	13.8 °C16 August 1955	20.2 °C	1,900 mm	0
1954	30.1 °C24 November 1954	12.4 °C2 July 1954	20.4 °C	1,709 mm	1
1953	29.1 °C28 March 1953	12.3 °C12 August 1953	20.1 °C	3,182 mm	0
1952	29.2 °C23 January 1952	14.0 °C16 August 1952	20.4 °C	1,970 mm	0
1951	29.0 °C1 March 1951	12.4 °C17 July 1951	20.3 °C	2,566 mm	0
1950	31.2 °C1 March 1950	12.8 °C19 July 1950	20.1 °C	1,697 mm	3
1949	30.4 °C23 March 1949	11.8 °C1 August 1949	20.5 °C	1,711 mm	1
1948	28.8 °C23 March 1948	13.3 °C27 July 1948	20.5 °C	1,916 mm	0
1947	30.1 °C11 October 1947	12.2 °C26 July 1947	20.6 °C	2,081 mm	3
1946	35.2 °C31 March 1946	13.7 °C24 November 1946	21.1 °C	1,343 mm	62
1945	30.8 °C23 February 1945	13.9 °C11 January 1945	20.9 °C	1,148 mm	9
1944	32.9 °C3 March 1944	13.6 °C9 January 1944	21.5 °C	1,132 mm	55
1943	33.5 °C18 February 1943	12.2 °C27 July 1943	21.7 °C	707 mm	68
1942	32.9 °C8 February 1942	13.3 °C15 July 1942	21.1 °C	967 mm	33
1941	31.7 °C7 February 1941	13.5 °C11 December 1941	20.8 °C	1,307 mm	17
1940	29.2 °C26 December 1940	13.5 °C11 February 1940	20.0 °C	1,845 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

28.1 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

59 d/yr

+32

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1670 mm

-248 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.7 °C	+0.8 °C	51 mm	-51 mm
Feb	31.4 °C	+2.8 °C	19 mm	-97 mm
Mar	29.5 °C	+1.4 °C	235 mm	+38 mm
Apr	27.7 °C	+1.0 °C	301 mm	+41 mm
May	27.5 °C	+1.2 °C	205 mm	-48 mm
Jun	26.9 °C	+0.8 °C	123 mm	-29 mm
Jul	26.4 °C	+0.5 °C	223 mm	+123 mm
Aug	26.8 °C	+0.4 °C	100 mm	-10 mm
Sep	28.5 °C	+1.5 °C	90 mm	-46 mm
Oct	27.5 °C	+0.5 °C	146 mm	-18 mm
Nov	28.7 °C	+2.2 °C	54 mm	-134 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+1.5 °C	124 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.2 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

14.7 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

46.2 mm

8 Apr 2025

Windiest day

21.8 km/h

3 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

47.2 km/h

3 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.2 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.1 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

5 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lugulu?

Lugulu has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 1,918 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lugulu?

The hottest day measured in Lugulu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2006, reaching 35.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lugulu?

The coldest day measured in Lugulu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1949, at 11.8 °C.

Does it snow in Lugulu?

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

Has the climate of Lugulu warmed?

Yes: Lugulu warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lugulu?

The wettest day measured in Lugulu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2002, with 173 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lugulu?

The windiest day measured in Lugulu between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2011, with winds reaching 23.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lugulu?

The warmest month in Lugulu is February (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Lugulu?

Lugulu receives on average 1,918 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 264 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lugulu?

Lugulu gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Lugulu?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lugulu?

In Lugulu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 23 March 1997, and the lowest was 10.0 °C on 27 July 1943.

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