Rongo climate — normals and trends
Rongo has a tropical monsoon climate, averaging 20.7 °C annually with 1,691 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
RongoMigori County
- coords
- -0.76°, 34.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
20.7°C
Average daily high
26.7°C
Average daily low
16.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,691mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
10.5km/h
Seasonal range
1.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
220 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
29.5 °C
Average feels-like low
16.6 °C
Average peak gust
26.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
34.9 °C
23 February 2005
Coldest day
10.6 °C
27 July 1943
Wettest day
118 mm
23 November 2019
Windiest day
22.2 km/h
22 February 1946
Strongest gust
49.3 km/h
22 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
20 February 2005
Coldest feels-like
8.4 °C
27 July 1943
Sunniest day
11.9 h
2 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 65 mm | -57 mm |
| Feb | 30.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 19 mm | -92 mm |
| Mar | 28.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 164 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 27.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 213 mm | -41 mm |
| May | 27.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 145 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 27.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 32 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 27.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 60 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 142 mm | +80 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 72 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 27.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 201 mm | +57 mm |
| Nov | 28.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 61 mm | -170 mm |
| Dec | 27.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 181 mm | -15 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Rongo (Kenya) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 1,691 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 (21.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Rongo averages 0 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 220 rainy days per year.
Rongo has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 10.6 °C (on 27 July 1943).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rongo?
Rongo has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 1,691 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rongo?
The hottest day measured in Rongo between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 34.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rongo?
The coldest day measured in Rongo between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1943, at 10.6 °C.
Does it snow in Rongo?
Almost never: Rongo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Rongo warmed?
Yes: Rongo warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rongo?
The wettest day measured in Rongo between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 2019, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rongo?
The windiest day measured in Rongo between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1946, with winds reaching 22.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rongo?
The warmest month in Rongo is February (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Rongo?
Rongo receives on average 1,691 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 220 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rongo?
Rongo gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Rongo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rongo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rongo?
In Rongo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 20 February 2005, and the lowest was 8.4 °C on 27 July 1943.
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