Makutano climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Makutano?

Makutano has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 2,013 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Makutano between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2025, reaching 31.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Makutano?

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

Q: Does it snow in Makutano?

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

Q: Has the climate of Makutano warmed?

Yes: Makutano warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Makutano?

The wettest day measured in Makutano between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 2019, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Makutano?

The windiest day measured in Makutano between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1961, with winds reaching 19.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Makutano?

The warmest month in Makutano is March (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Makutano?

Makutano receives on average 2,013 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 222 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Makutano?

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

Makutano (Kenya) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 2,013 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 (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Makutano averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 222 rainy days per year.

Makutano has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.3 °C (on 5 March 2025) 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

MakutanoWest Pokot County

coords: 1.26°, 35.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

18.0°C

Average daily high

23.4°C

Average daily low

13.7°C

Annual rainfall

2,013mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

8.9km/h

Seasonal range

3.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

222 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.3 °C

Average feels-like low

13.4 °C

Average peak gust

33.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

31.3 °C

5 March 2025

Coldest day

8.2 °C

15 January 1968

Wettest day

82 mm

23 November 2019

Windiest day

19.9 km/h

4 March 1961

Strongest gust

67.7 km/h

14 September 1946

Hottest feels-like

31.7 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

5.4 °C

15 January 1968

Sunniest day

11.9 h

29 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.3 °C5 March 2025	11.0 °C16 January 2025	19.1 °C	1,776 mm	2
2024	29.6 °C17 March 2024	10.2 °C29 December 2024	19.5 °C	1,808 mm	0
2023	30.9 °C9 March 2023	11.3 °C1 January 2023	19.6 °C	1,704 mm	4
2022	30.3 °C11 March 2022	12.1 °C3 June 2022	19.3 °C	1,286 mm	5
2021	28.6 °C2 March 2021	10.5 °C8 June 2021	18.9 °C	1,310 mm	0
2020	28.9 °C13 March 2020	10.9 °C15 December 2020	18.4 °C	2,932 mm	0
2019	30.2 °C23 March 2019	10.4 °C2 January 2019	18.8 °C	2,602 mm	1
2018	29.3 °C23 February 2018	11.6 °C2 August 2018	18.6 °C	2,124 mm	0
2017	29.1 °C12 February 2017	10.9 °C13 January 2017	18.8 °C	1,989 mm	0
2016	30.4 °C22 March 2016	10.5 °C19 September 2016	19.1 °C	1,811 mm	3
2015	29.1 °C11 March 2015	10.7 °C1 January 2015	18.9 °C	1,860 mm	0
2014	29.5 °C10 March 2014	10.1 °C12 January 2014	18.3 °C	2,150 mm	0
2013	28.7 °C28 February 2013	10.8 °C8 December 2013	18.0 °C	2,360 mm	0
2012	29.5 °C30 March 2012	9.2 °C14 January 2012	18.3 °C	2,273 mm	0
2011	29.7 °C10 March 2011	9.1 °C7 February 2011	18.5 °C	2,243 mm	0
2010	28.9 °C3 February 2010	11.0 °C3 December 2010	18.5 °C	2,595 mm	0
2009	29.5 °C21 March 2009	9.8 °C11 January 2009	19.2 °C	1,261 mm	0
2008	28.9 °C13 March 2008	10.4 °C14 December 2008	18.5 °C	1,708 mm	0
2007	28.4 °C15 March 2007	10.8 °C20 February 2007	18.2 °C	2,134 mm	0
2006	29.9 °C17 February 2006	11.6 °C19 January 2006	18.4 °C	2,482 mm	0
2005	30.6 °C25 February 2005	9.1 °C4 January 2005	18.6 °C	1,955 mm	1
2004	29.2 °C5 March 2004	11.4 °C29 June 2004	18.5 °C	2,125 mm	0
2003	29.0 °C18 March 2003	10.4 °C30 December 2003	18.4 °C	2,112 mm	0
2002	29.1 °C21 February 2002	11.4 °C9 July 2002	18.7 °C	1,709 mm	0
2001	28.8 °C3 March 2001	10.5 °C3 March 2001	17.9 °C	2,426 mm	0
2000	30.1 °C14 March 2000	10.1 °C27 January 2000	18.2 °C	1,709 mm	1
1999	28.5 °C15 February 1999	10.2 °C4 February 1999	18.0 °C	1,700 mm	0
1998	29.9 °C13 March 1998	10.1 °C4 August 1998	18.4 °C	2,365 mm	0
1997	29.8 °C21 March 1997	11.5 °C19 July 1997	18.5 °C	2,411 mm	0
1996	28.4 °C13 March 1996	10.4 °C23 September 1996	18.1 °C	2,248 mm	0
1995	28.5 °C3 February 1995	10.9 °C8 November 1995	18.7 °C	1,999 mm	0
1994	29.4 °C9 March 1994	10.6 °C2 September 1994	18.4 °C	2,341 mm	0
1993	28.4 °C16 March 1993	10.7 °C31 August 1993	18.2 °C	1,881 mm	0
1992	30.7 °C28 March 1992	11.1 °C10 July 1992	18.1 °C	2,074 mm	2
1991	29.2 °C3 March 1991	10.1 °C5 August 1991	18.3 °C	1,895 mm	0
1990	28.2 °C15 February 1990	10.3 °C9 January 1990	18.2 °C	1,935 mm	0
1989	29.2 °C3 March 1989	10.3 °C13 August 1989	17.9 °C	1,840 mm	0
1988	30.0 °C2 March 1988	10.6 °C30 June 1988	18.0 °C	2,359 mm	1
1987	29.2 °C23 March 1987	10.9 °C1 February 1987	18.8 °C	1,755 mm	0
1986	29.1 °C24 February 1986	10.2 °C5 August 1986	18.1 °C	1,982 mm	0
1985	29.5 °C16 March 1985	9.8 °C9 July 1985	17.9 °C	1,966 mm	0
1984	29.9 °C9 March 1984	9.7 °C19 January 1984	18.3 °C	1,288 mm	0
1983	29.6 °C1 April 1983	10.8 °C7 July 1983	18.2 °C	2,418 mm	0
1982	30.0 °C26 March 1982	10.4 °C2 September 1982	17.8 °C	2,222 mm	1
1981	29.5 °C1 March 1981	9.9 °C4 February 1981	18.0 °C	2,082 mm	0
1980	29.6 °C22 February 1980	10.2 °C24 July 1980	18.4 °C	1,535 mm	0
1979	27.9 °C13 January 1979	10.2 °C18 July 1979	18.0 °C	1,964 mm	0
1978	28.6 °C8 February 1978	9.8 °C9 September 1978	17.7 °C	2,063 mm	0
1977	28.1 °C16 February 1977	8.7 °C21 August 1977	17.5 °C	2,467 mm	0
1976	30.3 °C20 March 1976	10.4 °C14 January 1976	18.0 °C	1,651 mm	1
1975	29.5 °C9 February 1975	9.3 °C19 December 1975	17.7 °C	1,868 mm	0
1974	29.2 °C24 February 1974	10.3 °C12 September 1974	18.0 °C	1,528 mm	0
1973	30.7 °C5 April 1973	10.0 °C16 December 1973	18.5 °C	1,788 mm	2
1972	29.0 °C28 March 1972	10.7 °C20 July 1972	18.2 °C	2,062 mm	0
1971	29.6 °C7 March 1971	10.4 °C13 February 1971	17.5 °C	1,952 mm	0
1970	28.4 °C28 February 1970	10.4 °C18 September 1970	17.6 °C	2,017 mm	0
1969	28.5 °C18 March 1969	10.4 °C16 July 1969	18.0 °C	1,553 mm	0
1968	27.7 °C28 January 1968	8.2 °C15 January 1968	17.5 °C	2,126 mm	0
1967	29.5 °C10 March 1967	8.9 °C9 December 1967	17.3 °C	2,506 mm	0
1966	27.7 °C29 January 1966	9.4 °C2 January 1966	18.2 °C	1,746 mm	0
1965	29.2 °C9 March 1965	9.6 °C24 August 1965	18.0 °C	1,637 mm	0
1964	28.2 °C11 March 1964	9.7 °C11 August 1964	17.5 °C	1,708 mm	0
1963	28.5 °C6 April 1963	9.4 °C18 June 1963	17.2 °C	2,619 mm	0
1962	27.6 °C26 February 1962	10.7 °C20 January 1962	17.0 °C	2,190 mm	0
1961	28.4 °C6 March 1961	8.9 °C4 January 1961	17.8 °C	2,505 mm	0
1960	27.9 °C10 February 1960	10.1 °C30 August 1960	17.8 °C	2,541 mm	0
1959	29.1 °C17 March 1959	9.8 °C9 June 1959	18.1 °C	2,220 mm	0
1958	29.7 °C4 March 1958	10.0 °C26 August 1958	17.9 °C	1,921 mm	0
1957	27.9 °C19 February 1957	8.7 °C8 September 1957	17.8 °C	1,821 mm	0
1956	27.2 °C9 March 1956	9.9 °C17 August 1956	16.9 °C	1,821 mm	0
1955	26.8 °C3 March 1955	10.5 °C15 August 1955	16.9 °C	1,938 mm	0
1954	24.9 °C7 February 1954	10.0 °C5 January 1954	16.3 °C	2,258 mm	0
1953	25.7 °C15 February 1953	9.8 °C29 July 1953	16.5 °C	2,903 mm	0
1952	25.4 °C26 February 1952	11.0 °C26 August 1952	16.6 °C	2,475 mm	0
1951	26.4 °C2 March 1951	10.8 °C22 January 1951	16.5 °C	3,053 mm	0
1950	26.7 °C22 February 1950	8.8 °C19 July 1950	16.2 °C	2,137 mm	0
1949	26.7 °C23 March 1949	8.8 °C31 July 1949	16.5 °C	2,394 mm	0
1948	26.1 °C11 April 1948	10.9 °C15 July 1948	17.3 °C	1,863 mm	0
1947	25.2 °C26 January 1947	9.3 °C25 July 1947	16.5 °C	2,988 mm	0
1946	29.1 °C31 March 1946	10.4 °C6 August 1946	17.5 °C	1,817 mm	0
1945	27.8 °C24 February 1945	10.0 °C25 December 1945	17.1 °C	1,380 mm	0
1944	27.2 °C1 April 1944	9.4 °C9 January 1944	17.6 °C	1,058 mm	0
1943	27.9 °C21 February 1943	9.4 °C14 August 1943	17.3 °C	1,061 mm	0
1942	27.3 °C12 February 1942	10.1 °C20 July 1942	17.4 °C	1,081 mm	0
1941	29.2 °C27 March 1941	10.6 °C11 January 1941	17.6 °C	1,096 mm	0
1940	25.3 °C23 February 1940	10.2 °C19 January 1940	16.5 °C	2,608 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

24.7 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

2 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1776 mm

-237 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.3 °C	+1.3 °C	11 mm	-25 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	+2.7 °C	1 mm	-43 mm
Mar	26.3 °C	+0.6 °C	183 mm	+83 mm
Apr	25.2 °C	+1.2 °C	153 mm	-72 mm
May	24.5 °C	+1.7 °C	219 mm	-59 mm
Jun	24.0 °C	+1.9 °C	68 mm	-116 mm
Jul	22.8 °C	+1.7 °C	185 mm	-32 mm
Aug	22.0 °C	+0.7 °C	305 mm	+36 mm
Sep	23.7 °C	+1.1 °C	227 mm	+12 mm
Oct	23.7 °C	+0.5 °C	303 mm	+80 mm
Nov	25.1 °C	+1.8 °C	66 mm	-94 mm
Dec	25.2 °C	+1.1 °C	56 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.3 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest day

11.0 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

50.5 mm

10 Mar 2025

Windiest day

17.0 km/h

22 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

1 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

30.8 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.3 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

31 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Makutano?

Makutano has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 2,013 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Makutano?

The hottest day measured in Makutano between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 2025, reaching 31.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Makutano?

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

Does it snow in Makutano?

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

Has the climate of Makutano warmed?

Yes: Makutano warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Makutano?

The wettest day measured in Makutano between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 2019, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Makutano?

The windiest day measured in Makutano between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1961, with winds reaching 19.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Makutano?

The warmest month in Makutano is March (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Makutano?

Makutano receives on average 2,013 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 222 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Makutano?

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

Are there tropical nights in Makutano?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Makutano.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Makutano?

In Makutano, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.7 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 5.4 °C on 15 January 1968.

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