Makindu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Makindu?

Makindu has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 624 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Makindu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 2019, reaching 35.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Makindu?

The coldest day measured in Makindu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1944, at 11.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Makindu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Makindu warmed?

Yes: Makindu warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Makindu?

The wettest day measured in Makindu between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1986, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Makindu?

The windiest day measured in Makindu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1961, with winds reaching 24.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Makindu?

The warmest month in Makindu is March (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Makindu?

Makindu receives on average 624 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Makindu?

Makindu gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Makindu (Kenya) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 624 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Makindu averages 0 frost days, 53 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.

Makindu has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 10 April 2019) and the coldest 11.0 °C (on 11 July 1944).

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

MakinduMakueni County

coords: -2.28°, 37.82°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.3°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

17.8°C

Annual rainfall

624mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

14.8km/h

Seasonal range

2.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

53 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

127 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.1 °C

Average feels-like low

19.2 °C

Average peak gust

34.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

26 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

35.1 °C

10 April 2019

Coldest day

11.0 °C

11 July 1944

Wettest day

101 mm

27 November 1986

Windiest day

24.4 km/h

28 July 1961

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

25 June 1944

Hottest feels-like

37.8 °C

7 March 2020

Coldest feels-like

9.6 °C

11 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.1 h

29 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.9 °C1 March 2025	13.7 °C14 September 2025	23.4 °C	423 mm	125
2024	34.0 °C17 March 2024	14.8 °C6 August 2024	23.7 °C	564 mm	125
2023	33.7 °C13 October 2023	14.7 °C20 August 2023	23.4 °C	444 mm	119
2022	33.7 °C13 March 2022	14.0 °C12 October 2022	23.3 °C	272 mm	120
2021	34.1 °C27 February 2021	13.5 °C27 August 2021	23.4 °C	333 mm	131
2020	33.8 °C10 October 2020	14.5 °C31 August 2020	23.2 °C	625 mm	92
2019	35.1 °C10 April 2019	14.4 °C24 July 2019	23.7 °C	635 mm	123
2018	34.0 °C26 February 2018	13.6 °C22 August 2018	22.9 °C	836 mm	60
2017	34.1 °C17 October 2017	15.4 °C2 September 2017	23.5 °C	420 mm	108
2016	34.2 °C29 March 2016	14.3 °C16 September 2016	23.2 °C	529 mm	93
2015	33.4 °C27 October 2015	14.6 °C16 July 2015	23.4 °C	673 mm	120
2014	32.9 °C16 October 2014	14.7 °C29 June 2014	22.9 °C	590 mm	65
2013	33.4 °C22 February 2013	14.1 °C8 July 2013	23.0 °C	864 mm	94
2012	33.1 °C15 March 2012	14.1 °C1 August 2012	23.4 °C	409 mm	129
2011	34.2 °C11 February 2011	14.8 °C29 June 2011	23.4 °C	625 mm	119
2010	32.8 °C13 October 2010	14.6 °C16 August 2010	23.1 °C	424 mm	77
2009	33.5 °C23 March 2009	14.7 °C29 July 2009	23.3 °C	292 mm	98
2008	33.3 °C30 October 2008	14.0 °C29 June 2008	22.7 °C	476 mm	67
2007	33.8 °C27 February 2007	14.0 °C23 September 2007	22.9 °C	437 mm	79
2006	33.9 °C23 February 2006	14.0 °C20 August 2006	23.0 °C	816 mm	67
2005	34.3 °C2 March 2005	14.7 °C24 September 2005	23.1 °C	348 mm	86
2004	32.1 °C25 September 2004	13.8 °C26 August 2004	23.0 °C	537 mm	76
2003	32.8 °C20 February 2003	13.6 °C29 August 2003	23.0 °C	353 mm	99
2002	31.6 °C30 March 2002	14.0 °C23 July 2002	22.6 °C	624 mm	42
2001	32.3 °C27 October 2001	13.5 °C4 August 2001	22.4 °C	492 mm	39
2000	33.9 °C27 February 2000	14.3 °C10 September 2000	22.6 °C	353 mm	71
1999	33.6 °C10 February 1999	14.6 °C26 June 1999	22.4 °C	455 mm	55
1998	31.7 °C23 February 1998	14.2 °C1 July 1998	22.3 °C	802 mm	30
1997	33.2 °C7 March 1997	14.7 °C25 August 1997	22.6 °C	710 mm	76
1996	32.3 °C24 October 1996	12.7 °C4 August 1996	22.5 °C	434 mm	42
1995	31.7 °C19 October 1995	13.4 °C22 August 1995	22.3 °C	583 mm	23
1994	32.7 °C13 March 1994	14.3 °C28 August 1994	22.6 °C	654 mm	79
1993	31.7 °C11 March 1993	13.0 °C27 July 1993	22.1 °C	501 mm	34
1992	32.6 °C27 February 1992	12.8 °C1 August 1992	22.2 °C	484 mm	47
1991	33.0 °C23 March 1991	13.2 °C5 August 1991	22.3 °C	533 mm	52
1990	30.9 °C24 October 1990	12.5 °C26 June 1990	21.9 °C	704 mm	13
1989	31.7 °C21 October 1989	12.8 °C21 June 1989	21.8 °C	805 mm	18
1988	33.7 °C23 March 1988	14.5 °C30 September 1988	22.7 °C	610 mm	67
1987	33.3 °C14 March 1987	13.0 °C11 July 1987	22.8 °C	423 mm	78
1986	33.7 °C14 March 1986	13.2 °C15 August 1986	22.2 °C	807 mm	54
1985	31.3 °C16 February 1985	13.5 °C8 June 1985	21.8 °C	692 mm	14
1984	32.9 °C16 February 1984	13.6 °C25 June 1984	22.3 °C	578 mm	66
1983	32.3 °C16 September 1983	14.2 °C7 September 1983	22.8 °C	561 mm	68
1982	32.5 °C27 March 1982	13.3 °C18 July 1982	22.1 °C	765 mm	31
1981	32.3 °C5 October 1981	13.0 °C25 July 1981	22.1 °C	874 mm	34
1980	32.3 °C22 October 1980	13.1 °C13 June 1980	22.3 °C	603 mm	54
1979	31.3 °C12 October 1979	13.5 °C31 July 1979	21.5 °C	956 mm	17
1978	31.0 °C19 October 1978	11.9 °C29 August 1978	21.6 °C	857 mm	9
1977	32.1 °C23 October 1977	13.2 °C13 September 1977	22.0 °C	1,237 mm	20
1976	31.6 °C5 April 1976	13.2 °C22 August 1976	22.2 °C	561 mm	28
1975	31.8 °C7 February 1975	13.7 °C14 September 1975	22.3 °C	424 mm	46
1974	31.4 °C28 February 1974	12.7 °C30 July 1974	21.8 °C	622 mm	31
1973	33.0 °C17 March 1973	12.6 °C3 July 1973	22.4 °C	542 mm	73
1972	32.2 °C20 October 1972	13.2 °C28 July 1972	22.0 °C	719 mm	31
1971	32.6 °C1 March 1971	12.9 °C6 August 1971	21.8 °C	610 mm	46
1970	31.8 °C24 March 1970	11.9 °C18 September 1970	21.9 °C	570 mm	32
1969	32.1 °C25 October 1969	11.9 °C22 August 1969	21.8 °C	543 mm	19
1968	32.6 °C29 January 1968	12.1 °C21 September 1968	21.4 °C	944 mm	29
1967	33.1 °C25 March 1967	12.4 °C29 July 1967	22.0 °C	564 mm	46
1966	33.2 °C15 February 1966	13.7 °C29 July 1966	22.1 °C	584 mm	19
1965	31.2 °C25 February 1965	12.1 °C28 June 1965	21.7 °C	589 mm	17
1964	31.4 °C26 February 1964	11.1 °C12 August 1964	21.3 °C	780 mm	7
1963	30.6 °C2 October 1963	12.1 °C28 July 1963	21.6 °C	788 mm	4
1962	31.0 °C23 September 1962	13.3 °C13 August 1962	21.6 °C	568 mm	15
1961	31.4 °C1 March 1961	13.9 °C15 June 1961	22.3 °C	763 mm	36
1960	31.3 °C29 February 1960	13.1 °C20 August 1960	21.9 °C	675 mm	18
1959	32.2 °C19 October 1959	12.7 °C10 August 1959	22.0 °C	684 mm	29
1958	31.1 °C18 October 1958	13.0 °C25 September 1958	21.8 °C	683 mm	18
1957	31.0 °C23 January 1957	13.3 °C15 February 1957	21.5 °C	842 mm	14
1956	32.7 °C23 September 1956	13.3 °C16 July 1956	21.7 °C	617 mm	31
1955	31.4 °C4 October 1955	13.4 °C15 July 1955	21.8 °C	590 mm	36
1954	32.0 °C21 October 1954	13.3 °C22 June 1954	21.7 °C	607 mm	11
1953	30.9 °C10 October 1953	13.1 °C11 August 1953	21.0 °C	1,230 mm	7
1952	32.2 °C17 September 1952	13.2 °C16 July 1952	21.4 °C	803 mm	18
1951	31.9 °C7 September 1951	13.1 °C30 July 1951	21.3 °C	1,110 mm	13
1950	32.4 °C23 October 1950	13.1 °C2 June 1950	21.4 °C	861 mm	21
1949	32.3 °C7 February 1949	13.2 °C13 August 1949	21.9 °C	648 mm	51
1948	31.6 °C23 September 1948	13.3 °C15 July 1948	21.4 °C	791 mm	7
1947	30.7 °C25 September 1947	12.6 °C18 September 1947	21.3 °C	931 mm	6
1946	34.5 °C21 February 1946	13.4 °C26 August 1946	22.7 °C	319 mm	95
1945	31.4 °C22 October 1945	13.3 °C9 August 1945	21.8 °C	453 mm	32
1944	34.3 °C21 February 1944	11.0 °C11 July 1944	22.2 °C	456 mm	83
1943	32.2 °C25 January 1943	12.3 °C26 July 1943	22.3 °C	264 mm	71
1942	31.8 °C29 January 1942	12.9 °C2 August 1942	22.1 °C	321 mm	59
1941	34.6 °C26 March 1941	13.8 °C7 October 1941	22.1 °C	833 mm	80
1940	30.9 °C3 September 1940	14.3 °C19 August 1940	21.9 °C	749 mm	16

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

125 d/yr

+72

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

423 mm

-201 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.4 °C	+1.6 °C	28 mm	-30 mm
Feb	30.7 °C	+1.6 °C	9 mm	-34 mm
Mar	30.5 °C	+1.2 °C	79 mm	+0 mm
Apr	29.3 °C	+1.2 °C	109 mm	-16 mm
May	29.3 °C	+1.9 °C	30 mm	-16 mm
Jun	28.2 °C	+1.1 °C	9 mm	+4 mm
Jul	27.5 °C	+0.8 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Aug	27.2 °C	+0.1 °C	5 mm	+3 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+1.6 °C	3 mm	-2 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+0.7 °C	27 mm	-5 mm
Nov	29.2 °C	+1.8 °C	42 mm	-78 mm
Dec	28.9 °C	+2.1 °C	79 mm	-28 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.9 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

14 Sep 2025

Wettest day

27.5 mm

23 Apr 2025

Windiest day

20.3 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

45.4 km/h

23 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.2 °C

21 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.6 °C

14 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Makindu?

Makindu has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 624 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Makindu?

The hottest day measured in Makindu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 2019, reaching 35.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Makindu?

The coldest day measured in Makindu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1944, at 11.0 °C.

Does it snow in Makindu?

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

Has the climate of Makindu warmed?

Yes: Makindu warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Makindu?

The wettest day measured in Makindu between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1986, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Makindu?

The windiest day measured in Makindu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1961, with winds reaching 24.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Makindu?

The warmest month in Makindu is March (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Makindu?

Makindu receives on average 624 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Makindu?

Makindu gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Makindu?

Yes: Makindu has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Makindu?

In Makindu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 7 March 2020, and the lowest was 9.6 °C on 11 July 1944.

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