Wajir climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Wajir?

Wajir has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 358 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Wajir between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1941, reaching 41.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Wajir?

The coldest day measured in Wajir between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1954, at 16.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Wajir?

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

Q: Has the climate of Wajir warmed?

Yes: Wajir warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Wajir?

The wettest day measured in Wajir between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1963, with 186 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Wajir?

The windiest day measured in Wajir between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, with winds reaching 36.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Wajir?

The warmest month in Wajir is March (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Wajir?

Wajir receives on average 358 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Wajir?

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

Wajir (Kenya) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 358 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 (29.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (26.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Wajir averages 0 frost days, 327 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 61 rainy days per year.

Wajir has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.3 °C (on 26 March 1941) and the coldest 16.7 °C (on 12 January 1954).

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

WajirWajir County

coords: 1.75°, 40.06°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

27.8°C

Average daily high

32.7°C

Average daily low

23.4°C

Annual rainfall

358mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

58%

Average peak wind

20.5km/h

Seasonal range

3.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

327 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

61 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.2 °C

Average feels-like low

24.8 °C

Average peak gust

37.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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

41.3 °C

26 March 1941

Coldest day

16.7 °C

12 January 1954

Wettest day

186 mm

20 November 1963

Windiest day

36.7 km/h

20 July 1953

Strongest gust

63.7 km/h

17 July 2021

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

27 February 2024

Coldest feels-like

15.3 °C

18 January 1960

Sunniest day

11.9 h

11 November 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.5 °C20 February 2025	21.0 °C7 January 2025	28.9 °C	212 mm	356
2024	38.9 °C23 February 2024	21.5 °C23 July 2024	29.1 °C	263 mm	360
2023	38.4 °C26 January 2023	21.1 °C5 July 2023	28.4 °C	587 mm	344
2022	38.4 °C24 January 2022	20.9 °C21 July 2022	28.7 °C	106 mm	344
2021	39.0 °C27 February 2021	21.4 °C9 January 2021	28.9 °C	98 mm	361
2020	38.9 °C23 February 2020	21.0 °C18 January 2020	28.8 °C	281 mm	361
2019	39.2 °C9 March 2019	20.8 °C19 December 2019	29.0 °C	369 mm	353
2018	37.2 °C22 January 2018	20.2 °C15 January 2018	28.0 °C	424 mm	347
2017	38.7 °C8 March 2017	20.4 °C11 January 2017	28.8 °C	244 mm	364
2016	40.1 °C20 March 2016	21.0 °C3 September 2016	28.7 °C	176 mm	351
2015	38.7 °C28 February 2015	21.3 °C1 January 2015	28.9 °C	308 mm	354
2014	37.4 °C15 February 2014	21.1 °C29 June 2014	28.7 °C	185 mm	358
2013	37.8 °C24 February 2013	20.1 °C5 July 2013	28.4 °C	335 mm	335
2012	38.2 °C1 March 2012	19.4 °C2 January 2012	28.5 °C	169 mm	352
2011	38.2 °C7 February 2011	19.8 °C11 December 2011	28.5 °C	271 mm	343
2010	38.1 °C19 February 2010	21.1 °C16 August 2010	28.7 °C	275 mm	352
2009	38.0 °C9 February 2009	21.5 °C7 November 2009	28.6 °C	218 mm	355
2008	37.7 °C29 January 2008	20.5 °C25 June 2008	28.3 °C	193 mm	349
2007	40.9 °C24 February 2007	21.2 °C7 January 2007	28.7 °C	185 mm	361
2006	39.6 °C3 March 2006	21.4 °C13 July 2006	28.3 °C	453 mm	336
2005	38.7 °C2 April 2005	20.8 °C30 August 2005	28.8 °C	129 mm	350
2004	38.7 °C7 March 2004	20.8 °C5 July 2004	28.3 °C	259 mm	346
2003	38.1 °C2 March 2003	19.7 °C16 December 2003	28.2 °C	267 mm	343
2002	37.5 °C13 March 2002	21.1 °C7 July 2002	28.1 °C	293 mm	341
2001	37.5 °C2 March 2001	21.0 °C3 August 2001	28.3 °C	228 mm	341
2000	37.5 °C19 February 2000	20.3 °C16 September 2000	28.1 °C	147 mm	352
1999	37.1 °C17 February 1999	20.0 °C5 July 1999	27.6 °C	276 mm	320
1998	36.1 °C12 March 1998	20.2 °C27 July 1998	27.4 °C	403 mm	318
1997	38.0 °C1 February 1997	19.7 °C10 December 1997	27.5 °C	744 mm	297
1996	37.2 °C2 February 1996	20.1 °C24 September 1996	28.1 °C	292 mm	338
1995	37.2 °C2 March 1995	21.3 °C27 August 1995	28.0 °C	271 mm	344
1994	37.3 °C17 February 1994	20.6 °C30 December 1994	27.9 °C	374 mm	325
1993	35.9 °C3 March 1993	20.0 °C1 September 1993	27.3 °C	319 mm	296
1992	37.2 °C5 March 1992	18.9 °C20 November 1992	27.6 °C	345 mm	301
1991	37.5 °C19 March 1991	19.9 °C5 August 1991	27.8 °C	258 mm	316
1990	36.0 °C13 January 1990	19.3 °C26 December 1990	27.4 °C	559 mm	313
1989	37.7 °C27 February 1989	20.3 °C1 July 1989	27.7 °C	378 mm	312
1988	38.2 °C23 March 1988	21.1 °C11 September 1988	28.2 °C	312 mm	338
1987	36.6 °C9 March 1987	20.2 °C13 July 1987	28.3 °C	211 mm	342
1986	37.3 °C11 February 1986	20.3 °C18 July 1986	27.7 °C	471 mm	327
1985	36.8 °C25 February 1985	20.1 °C21 August 1985	27.5 °C	344 mm	321
1984	37.2 °C10 April 1984	20.0 °C26 August 1984	27.4 °C	314 mm	312
1983	37.6 °C26 February 1983	20.8 °C9 January 1983	28.3 °C	258 mm	345
1982	38.1 °C5 February 1982	20.1 °C31 December 1982	27.5 °C	446 mm	326
1981	36.5 °C7 February 1981	19.8 °C1 July 1981	27.4 °C	454 mm	304
1980	37.2 °C10 March 1980	19.9 °C3 January 1980	27.8 °C	328 mm	346
1979	36.3 °C14 March 1979	20.1 °C19 August 1979	26.8 °C	619 mm	323
1978	34.9 °C27 January 1978	19.2 °C22 December 1978	26.9 °C	743 mm	307
1977	38.3 °C1 March 1977	19.7 °C26 November 1977	27.6 °C	860 mm	309
1976	36.1 °C22 March 1976	20.3 °C27 July 1976	27.7 °C	278 mm	352
1975	37.2 °C14 March 1975	20.5 °C3 October 1975	27.5 °C	236 mm	318
1974	37.9 °C8 February 1974	20.4 °C23 September 1974	27.7 °C	264 mm	341
1973	39.1 °C3 March 1973	20.0 °C26 August 1973	28.3 °C	162 mm	352
1972	37.2 °C22 February 1972	20.6 °C25 November 1972	27.8 °C	312 mm	340
1971	37.4 °C26 January 1971	19.8 °C6 August 1971	27.3 °C	236 mm	325
1970	37.5 °C8 February 1970	18.5 °C18 September 1970	27.8 °C	221 mm	337
1969	37.2 °C21 March 1969	19.1 °C22 August 1969	27.7 °C	242 mm	348
1968	36.7 °C18 February 1968	17.8 °C23 December 1968	26.5 °C	581 mm	283
1967	37.4 °C24 March 1967	18.3 °C8 December 1967	27.1 °C	463 mm	332
1966	38.7 °C15 February 1966	19.4 °C11 September 1966	27.7 °C	327 mm	342
1965	36.8 °C17 February 1965	19.7 °C22 September 1965	27.1 °C	314 mm	313
1964	38.0 °C9 March 1964	19.5 °C31 August 1964	27.0 °C	349 mm	299
1963	37.6 °C19 February 1963	19.6 °C9 September 1963	27.2 °C	624 mm	293
1962	36.4 °C5 April 1962	17.8 °C20 January 1962	27.3 °C	276 mm	343
1961	36.2 °C7 March 1961	17.8 °C19 December 1961	27.0 °C	746 mm	306
1960	36.3 °C15 February 1960	18.3 °C18 January 1960	27.0 °C	452 mm	323
1959	36.8 °C21 February 1959	19.8 °C9 December 1959	27.6 °C	362 mm	335
1958	36.8 °C20 March 1958	20.5 °C29 August 1958	27.6 °C	326 mm	331
1957	37.7 °C27 January 1957	17.7 °C24 December 1957	26.9 °C	606 mm	285
1956	37.0 °C27 February 1956	18.8 °C4 December 1956	27.7 °C	269 mm	343
1955	37.6 °C3 March 1955	19.9 °C27 August 1955	28.0 °C	185 mm	348
1954	37.0 °C3 March 1954	16.7 °C12 January 1954	27.5 °C	223 mm	342
1953	35.7 °C18 February 1953	19.4 °C9 January 1953	25.8 °C	968 mm	180
1952	35.1 °C30 March 1952	18.1 °C4 January 1952	26.4 °C	616 mm	248
1951	36.7 °C22 January 1951	20.0 °C30 August 1951	26.5 °C	943 mm	225
1950	37.5 °C15 February 1950	19.9 °C2 June 1950	26.9 °C	487 mm	257
1949	37.6 °C23 February 1949	18.7 °C2 January 1949	27.7 °C	355 mm	335
1948	36.4 °C8 February 1948	18.6 °C2 January 1948	27.0 °C	654 mm	294
1947	36.4 °C5 January 1947	18.8 °C18 September 1947	26.4 °C	623 mm	230
1946	37.9 °C25 January 1946	19.1 °C4 August 1946	28.4 °C	161 mm	358
1945	37.4 °C26 February 1945	18.9 °C21 August 1945	27.6 °C	203 mm	347
1944	38.2 °C12 February 1944	18.5 °C11 July 1944	27.6 °C	345 mm	315
1943	38.2 °C18 February 1943	19.7 °C31 August 1943	28.3 °C	28 mm	348
1942	36.9 °C28 February 1942	19.6 °C16 August 1942	27.8 °C	171 mm	350
1941	41.3 °C26 March 1941	19.5 °C9 December 1941	27.5 °C	516 mm	306
1940	37.4 °C20 February 1940	19.2 °C28 November 1940	27.6 °C	437 mm	309

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.0 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

356 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

212 mm

-146 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.6 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
Feb	37.4 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
Mar	35.6 °C	+0.8 °C	57 mm	+14 mm
Apr	33.0 °C	+0.3 °C	114 mm	+26 mm
May	33.5 °C	+1.1 °C	18 mm	-8 mm
Jun	32.3 °C	+0.5 °C	5 mm	+1 mm
Jul	31.3 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Aug	31.2 °C	-0.1 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Sep	33.6 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
Oct	34.8 °C	+2.0 °C	5 mm	-30 mm
Nov	34.3 °C	+2.7 °C	6 mm	-89 mm
Dec	35.3 °C	+3.0 °C	3 mm	-37 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.5 °C

20 Feb 2025

Coldest day

21.0 °C

7 Jan 2025

Wettest day

24.8 mm

26 Mar 2025

Windiest day

32.8 km/h

15 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

55.8 km/h

15 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

9 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.0 °C

6 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

11 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Wajir?

Wajir has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 358 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wajir?

The hottest day measured in Wajir between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1941, reaching 41.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Wajir?

The coldest day measured in Wajir between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1954, at 16.7 °C.

Does it snow in Wajir?

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

Has the climate of Wajir warmed?

Yes: Wajir warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Wajir?

The wettest day measured in Wajir between 1940 and 2025 was 20 November 1963, with 186 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Wajir?

The windiest day measured in Wajir between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1953, with winds reaching 36.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Wajir?

The warmest month in Wajir is March (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Wajir?

Wajir receives on average 358 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Wajir?

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

Are there tropical nights in Wajir?

Yes: Wajir has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wajir?

In Wajir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 27 February 2024, and the lowest was 15.3 °C on 18 January 1960.

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