Upper Gilgil climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Upper Gilgil?

Upper Gilgil has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 2,169 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Upper Gilgil?

The hottest day measured in Upper Gilgil between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2019, reaching 30.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Upper Gilgil?

The coldest day measured in Upper Gilgil between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2012, at 1.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Upper Gilgil?

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

Q: Has the climate of Upper Gilgil warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Upper Gilgil?

The wettest day measured in Upper Gilgil between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1948, with 273 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Upper Gilgil?

The windiest day measured in Upper Gilgil between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1944, with winds reaching 24.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Upper Gilgil?

The warmest month in Upper Gilgil is March (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Upper Gilgil?

Upper Gilgil receives on average 2,169 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Upper Gilgil?

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

Upper Gilgil (Kenya) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 2,169 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Upper Gilgil averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 190 rainy days per year.

Upper Gilgil 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 30.7 °C (on 8 April 2019) and the coldest 1.7 °C (on 2 January 2012).

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

Upper GilgilNyandarua County

coords: -0.21°, 36.27°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

15.5°C

Average daily high

21.5°C

Average daily low

10.4°C

Annual rainfall

2,169mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

9.7km/h

Seasonal range

2.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

190 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

22.1 °C

Average feels-like low

9.5 °C

Average peak gust

27.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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

30.7 °C

8 April 2019

Coldest day

1.7 °C

2 January 2012

Wettest day

273 mm

27 April 1948

Windiest day

24.3 km/h

30 March 1944

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

1 May 2013

Hottest feels-like

30.1 °C

28 March 1992

Coldest feels-like

-1.8 °C

2 January 2012

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 December 2007

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	28.5 °C2 March 2025	6.5 °C22 February 2025	16.2 °C	2,232 mm	0
2024	29.1 °C22 March 2024	6.5 °C24 January 2024	16.6 °C	2,283 mm	0
2023	29.6 °C1 March 2023	4.1 °C3 February 2023	16.7 °C	1,761 mm	0
2022	29.5 °C8 March 2022	5.5 °C14 January 2022	16.5 °C	1,525 mm	0
2021	27.6 °C11 March 2021	4.5 °C1 February 2021	16.4 °C	1,578 mm	0
2020	27.2 °C15 March 2020	6.7 °C15 December 2020	16.2 °C	2,457 mm	0
2019	30.7 °C8 April 2019	6.3 °C19 December 2019	16.8 °C	2,985 mm	4
2018	29.2 °C25 February 2018	7.1 °C17 July 2018	16.1 °C	2,531 mm	0
2017	29.9 °C20 March 2017	6.7 °C12 January 2017	16.5 °C	1,822 mm	0
2016	30.5 °C29 March 2016	7.5 °C23 February 2016	16.4 °C	1,833 mm	1
2015	28.5 °C11 March 2015	3.9 °C4 March 2015	16.4 °C	2,187 mm	0
2014	27.4 °C1 February 2014	6.2 °C15 January 2014	15.8 °C	1,972 mm	0
2013	29.3 °C7 March 2013	6.3 °C22 January 2013	15.8 °C	2,450 mm	0
2012	28.2 °C26 March 2012	1.7 °C2 January 2012	15.6 °C	3,244 mm	0
2011	28.7 °C11 February 2011	5.3 °C26 January 2011	16.1 °C	2,145 mm	0
2010	27.7 °C3 February 2010	7.3 °C16 January 2010	16.0 °C	2,775 mm	0
2009	29.9 °C27 March 2009	5.8 °C11 January 2009	16.6 °C	1,434 mm	0
2008	29.2 °C13 March 2008	6.3 °C8 January 2008	15.8 °C	1,878 mm	0
2007	27.6 °C15 March 2007	5.7 °C18 December 2007	15.7 °C	2,242 mm	0
2006	29.4 °C17 February 2006	7.2 °C4 September 2006	16.3 °C	2,775 mm	0
2005	28.7 °C23 February 2005	5.3 °C5 January 2005	16.3 °C	1,199 mm	0
2004	27.8 °C5 March 2004	6.5 °C28 January 2004	15.9 °C	2,184 mm	0
2003	29.9 °C13 March 2003	4.9 °C14 January 2003	16.0 °C	1,698 mm	0
2002	28.9 °C2 March 2002	7.1 °C7 July 2002	16.1 °C	2,564 mm	0
2001	26.4 °C26 February 2001	6.3 °C2 March 2001	15.6 °C	2,417 mm	0
2000	29.8 °C24 March 2000	3.8 °C21 February 2000	16.1 °C	901 mm	0
1999	27.6 °C10 February 1999	5.1 °C4 February 1999	15.7 °C	1,543 mm	0
1998	26.7 °C2 April 1998	7.0 °C7 December 1998	16.0 °C	2,003 mm	0
1997	29.2 °C7 March 1997	6.6 °C5 February 1997	16.3 °C	3,869 mm	0
1996	27.3 °C13 February 1996	6.0 °C10 August 1996	15.9 °C	1,659 mm	0
1995	27.9 °C7 February 1995	5.6 °C20 January 1995	15.9 °C	2,089 mm	0
1994	28.0 °C10 March 1994	6.0 °C1 February 1994	15.8 °C	2,567 mm	0
1993	27.3 °C26 March 1993	6.2 °C21 February 1993	15.5 °C	1,521 mm	0
1992	29.2 °C29 March 1992	7.0 °C22 November 1992	15.6 °C	1,822 mm	0
1991	29.3 °C27 February 1991	5.8 °C22 January 1991	15.7 °C	2,597 mm	0
1990	27.0 °C3 February 1990	5.0 °C10 January 1990	15.5 °C	2,727 mm	0
1989	26.6 °C16 March 1989	6.3 °C27 February 1989	15.2 °C	2,433 mm	0
1988	27.9 °C2 March 1988	6.1 °C19 October 1988	15.6 °C	3,006 mm	0
1987	28.8 °C4 March 1987	5.9 °C1 February 1987	16.4 °C	1,696 mm	0
1986	28.6 °C11 February 1986	5.2 °C5 August 1986	15.6 °C	2,308 mm	0
1985	27.5 °C15 March 1985	6.0 °C6 August 1985	15.4 °C	2,539 mm	0
1984	29.4 °C12 March 1984	5.2 °C8 March 1984	15.5 °C	1,539 mm	0
1983	28.4 °C25 March 1983	5.6 °C17 December 1983	15.8 °C	2,122 mm	0
1982	29.8 °C23 March 1982	5.9 °C20 July 1982	15.7 °C	2,260 mm	0
1981	28.5 °C2 March 1981	3.6 °C4 February 1981	15.6 °C	2,405 mm	0
1980	28.2 °C6 April 1980	5.1 °C23 January 1980	15.8 °C	1,689 mm	0
1979	27.1 °C9 March 1979	5.7 °C3 March 1979	15.4 °C	2,639 mm	0
1978	25.1 °C8 February 1978	3.1 °C4 February 1978	15.0 °C	2,456 mm	0
1977	24.9 °C29 September 1977	5.0 °C30 September 1977	15.1 °C	2,667 mm	0
1976	29.2 °C14 March 1976	4.9 °C14 January 1976	15.4 °C	1,682 mm	0
1975	28.5 °C28 March 1975	5.3 °C23 December 1975	15.2 °C	2,204 mm	0
1974	27.4 °C19 January 1974	3.7 °C2 February 1974	15.2 °C	2,006 mm	0
1973	29.4 °C10 April 1973	5.9 °C31 January 1973	15.4 °C	2,008 mm	0
1972	27.9 °C13 March 1972	6.6 °C13 January 1972	15.4 °C	2,571 mm	0
1971	28.4 °C8 March 1971	3.8 °C27 February 1971	14.9 °C	2,216 mm	0
1970	27.0 °C6 March 1970	5.1 °C5 March 1970	15.1 °C	1,998 mm	0
1969	26.4 °C13 April 1969	5.3 °C12 August 1969	15.2 °C	1,655 mm	0
1968	28.2 °C27 January 1968	3.1 °C15 January 1968	14.8 °C	2,673 mm	0
1967	28.6 °C10 March 1967	5.4 °C15 January 1967	15.2 °C	2,389 mm	0
1966	27.7 °C1 February 1966	5.2 °C24 December 1966	15.6 °C	1,973 mm	0
1965	27.7 °C7 March 1965	3.7 °C16 February 1965	15.2 °C	1,910 mm	0
1964	26.2 °C12 March 1964	5.7 °C7 November 1964	14.8 °C	2,042 mm	0
1963	25.4 °C6 April 1963	3.5 °C28 August 1963	14.7 °C	3,003 mm	0
1962	26.1 °C27 February 1962	4.4 °C2 February 1962	14.7 °C	2,306 mm	0
1961	27.4 °C30 January 1961	4.2 °C2 January 1961	15.5 °C	2,524 mm	0
1960	25.8 °C23 February 1960	4.9 °C20 January 1960	15.2 °C	2,119 mm	0
1959	26.7 °C18 February 1959	5.9 °C3 February 1959	15.4 °C	2,126 mm	0
1958	26.9 °C11 March 1958	5.0 °C25 September 1958	15.2 °C	1,859 mm	0
1957	25.2 °C17 February 1957	4.7 °C24 September 1957	15.0 °C	2,195 mm	0
1956	24.8 °C2 March 1956	5.5 °C9 February 1956	14.3 °C	2,370 mm	0
1955	25.6 °C4 March 1955	6.1 °C27 November 1955	14.6 °C	1,909 mm	0
1954	24.7 °C8 February 1954	5.8 °C7 October 1954	14.4 °C	2,066 mm	0
1953	24.0 °C1 October 1953	5.5 °C12 August 1953	14.7 °C	3,250 mm	0
1952	23.7 °C24 February 1952	6.8 °C5 January 1952	14.6 °C	2,905 mm	0
1951	25.4 °C26 February 1951	6.1 °C20 July 1951	14.7 °C	3,502 mm	0
1950	25.3 °C3 March 1950	5.8 °C9 September 1950	14.3 °C	3,040 mm	0
1949	25.3 °C11 March 1949	6.3 °C4 January 1949	14.7 °C	2,468 mm	0
1948	24.1 °C17 January 1948	6.0 °C2 January 1948	14.8 °C	2,586 mm	0
1947	23.7 °C3 November 1947	7.0 °C11 September 1947	14.6 °C	3,055 mm	0
1946	28.1 °C31 March 1946	5.2 °C22 September 1946	15.1 °C	1,383 mm	0
1945	25.4 °C17 March 1945	4.8 °C23 December 1945	14.8 °C	997 mm	0
1944	27.0 °C23 February 1944	3.4 °C8 January 1944	15.1 °C	1,122 mm	0
1943	27.0 °C26 February 1943	5.7 °C13 January 1943	15.1 °C	749 mm	0
1942	25.8 °C2 February 1942	2.6 °C29 January 1942	14.8 °C	958 mm	0
1941	26.6 °C27 March 1941	4.2 °C15 January 1941	14.9 °C	1,154 mm	0
1940	23.0 °C21 February 1940	4.6 °C28 December 1940	14.3 °C	2,328 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

22.2 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2232 mm

+63 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	23.4 °C	+0.6 °C	85 mm	+22 mm
Feb	25.6 °C	+1.6 °C	5 mm	-65 mm
Mar	24.4 °C	+0.3 °C	266 mm	+108 mm
Apr	22.6 °C	+0.4 °C	276 mm	-77 mm
May	22.2 °C	+1.0 °C	171 mm	-121 mm
Jun	21.4 °C	+1.0 °C	129 mm	-3 mm
Jul	20.3 °C	+1.1 °C	243 mm	+95 mm
Aug	19.7 °C	+0.2 °C	212 mm	+46 mm
Sep	21.4 °C	+0.5 °C	191 mm	+33 mm
Oct	21.1 °C	-0.4 °C	273 mm	+35 mm
Nov	22.2 °C	+1.4 °C	276 mm	+10 mm
Dec	22.9 °C	+1.5 °C	106 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

28.5 °C

2 Mar 2025

Coldest day

6.5 °C

22 Feb 2025

Wettest day

122.5 mm

9 Nov 2025

Windiest day

19.5 km/h

22 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

22 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

29.5 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.6 °C

22 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

23 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Upper Gilgil?

Upper Gilgil has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 2,169 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Upper Gilgil?

The hottest day measured in Upper Gilgil between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2019, reaching 30.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Upper Gilgil?

The coldest day measured in Upper Gilgil between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2012, at 1.7 °C.

Does it snow in Upper Gilgil?

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

Has the climate of Upper Gilgil warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Upper Gilgil?

The wettest day measured in Upper Gilgil between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1948, with 273 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Upper Gilgil?

The windiest day measured in Upper Gilgil between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1944, with winds reaching 24.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Upper Gilgil?

The warmest month in Upper Gilgil is March (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Upper Gilgil?

Upper Gilgil receives on average 2,169 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Upper Gilgil?

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

Are there tropical nights in Upper Gilgil?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Upper Gilgil?

In Upper Gilgil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.1 °C on 28 March 1992, and the lowest was -1.8 °C on 2 January 2012.

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