Wote climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Wote?

Wote has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 740 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Wote between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2011, reaching 34.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Wote?

The coldest day measured in Wote between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1944, at 11.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Wote?

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

Q: Has the climate of Wote warmed?

Yes: Wote warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Wote?

The wettest day measured in Wote between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1981, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Wote?

The windiest day measured in Wote between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1945, with winds reaching 22.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Wote?

The warmest month in Wote is March (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Wote?

Wote receives on average 740 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Wote?

Wote gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Wote (Kenya) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 740 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Wote averages 0 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.

Wote has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 11 February 2011) and the coldest 11.1 °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

WoteMakueni County

coords: -1.78°, 37.63°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.8°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

17.5°C

Annual rainfall

740mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

13.6km/h

Seasonal range

3.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

142 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.5 °C

Average feels-like low

18.8 °C

Average peak gust

32.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

16 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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

34.6 °C

11 February 2011

Coldest day

11.1 °C

11 July 1944

Wettest day

103 mm

24 December 1981

Windiest day

22.7 km/h

23 July 1945

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

23 July 1945

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

7 March 2020

Coldest feels-like

10.2 °C

11 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.1 h

28 December 2020

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.2 °C1 March 2025	14.0 °C7 September 2025	22.9 °C	505 mm	84
2024	33.7 °C17 March 2024	14.4 °C23 July 2024	23.2 °C	591 mm	89
2023	34.0 °C3 February 2023	14.0 °C20 August 2023	22.9 °C	568 mm	98
2022	34.5 °C14 March 2022	14.1 °C19 August 2022	22.8 °C	293 mm	92
2021	34.0 °C27 February 2021	13.3 °C27 August 2021	23.0 °C	441 mm	104
2020	33.2 °C10 October 2020	14.1 °C11 July 2020	22.8 °C	792 mm	58
2019	33.6 °C26 March 2019	14.0 °C24 July 2019	23.1 °C	755 mm	84
2018	33.8 °C26 February 2018	13.7 °C22 August 2018	22.4 °C	950 mm	46
2017	33.7 °C17 October 2017	15.2 °C12 January 2017	22.8 °C	503 mm	68
2016	33.5 °C29 March 2016	14.7 °C15 July 2016	22.6 °C	615 mm	64
2015	33.9 °C13 February 2015	13.8 °C16 July 2015	22.9 °C	796 mm	85
2014	32.6 °C15 October 2014	14.1 °C29 June 2014	22.5 °C	648 mm	46
2013	32.9 °C27 September 2013	13.6 °C8 July 2013	22.4 °C	809 mm	66
2012	33.3 °C15 March 2012	13.7 °C1 August 2012	22.9 °C	561 mm	103
2011	34.6 °C11 February 2011	14.3 °C30 June 2011	22.8 °C	605 mm	73
2010	32.3 °C11 October 2010	14.2 °C16 August 2010	22.5 °C	614 mm	44
2009	32.8 °C22 March 2009	14.4 °C2 July 2009	22.8 °C	421 mm	68
2008	33.1 °C30 October 2008	12.4 °C9 July 2008	22.3 °C	520 mm	43
2007	33.7 °C27 February 2007	13.7 °C23 September 2007	22.3 °C	538 mm	45
2006	33.5 °C23 February 2006	13.6 °C20 August 2006	22.4 °C	916 mm	44
2005	34.1 °C2 March 2005	14.2 °C7 July 2005	22.5 °C	529 mm	47
2004	31.6 °C25 September 2004	13.1 °C6 July 2004	22.3 °C	728 mm	32
2003	32.5 °C11 March 2003	13.8 °C29 August 2003	22.5 °C	458 mm	74
2002	31.6 °C12 February 2002	13.1 °C23 July 2002	22.1 °C	740 mm	18
2001	31.7 °C27 October 2001	13.1 °C13 July 2001	21.9 °C	640 mm	21
2000	33.8 °C27 February 2000	13.9 °C16 September 2000	22.0 °C	465 mm	43
1999	33.5 °C10 February 1999	14.2 °C14 September 1999	21.9 °C	660 mm	36
1998	31.9 °C23 February 1998	14.1 °C1 July 1998	21.9 °C	840 mm	22
1997	32.8 °C23 February 1997	13.9 °C14 July 1997	22.2 °C	868 mm	57
1996	31.7 °C22 February 1996	12.5 °C4 August 1996	21.9 °C	588 mm	17
1995	31.9 °C8 February 1995	13.6 °C22 August 1995	21.8 °C	680 mm	14
1994	32.2 °C7 February 1994	13.3 °C11 September 1994	22.1 °C	665 mm	42
1993	31.8 °C11 March 1993	12.1 °C2 September 1993	21.5 °C	638 mm	8
1992	32.5 °C27 February 1992	12.4 °C1 August 1992	21.7 °C	636 mm	34
1991	32.7 °C1 March 1991	12.5 °C5 August 1991	21.8 °C	602 mm	39
1990	30.0 °C4 March 1990	12.1 °C26 June 1990	21.4 °C	819 mm	2
1989	30.7 °C22 October 1989	13.0 °C21 June 1989	21.2 °C	887 mm	9
1988	33.1 °C23 March 1988	14.1 °C11 September 1988	22.1 °C	709 mm	47
1987	32.3 °C4 April 1987	12.4 °C13 July 1987	22.3 °C	496 mm	51
1986	32.5 °C14 March 1986	12.6 °C8 July 1986	21.6 °C	872 mm	30
1985	31.5 °C16 February 1985	12.4 °C8 June 1985	21.3 °C	821 mm	2
1984	32.9 °C15 February 1984	13.6 °C10 July 1984	21.7 °C	744 mm	37
1983	31.6 °C21 October 1983	13.6 °C5 July 1983	22.2 °C	682 mm	35
1982	31.7 °C3 March 1982	12.4 °C18 July 1982	21.5 °C	885 mm	19
1981	31.9 °C6 October 1981	12.2 °C13 June 1981	21.5 °C	1,092 mm	21
1980	32.8 °C17 October 1980	12.6 °C25 July 1980	21.8 °C	725 mm	28
1979	30.9 °C12 October 1979	13.2 °C18 July 1979	21.0 °C	1,161 mm	8
1978	30.6 °C19 March 1978	12.1 °C29 August 1978	21.1 °C	972 mm	4
1977	31.9 °C23 October 1977	12.3 °C26 August 1977	21.5 °C	1,329 mm	10
1976	30.2 °C11 March 1976	12.9 °C22 August 1976	21.4 °C	805 mm	3
1975	31.4 °C8 February 1975	13.3 °C21 September 1975	21.7 °C	546 mm	19
1974	31.5 °C27 February 1974	12.1 °C30 July 1974	21.3 °C	733 mm	15
1973	32.7 °C17 March 1973	12.8 °C3 July 1973	21.9 °C	657 mm	49
1972	31.3 °C19 October 1972	13.1 °C28 July 1972	21.6 °C	813 mm	23
1971	32.6 °C22 February 1971	11.9 °C6 August 1971	21.4 °C	697 mm	34
1970	31.3 °C26 February 1970	11.2 °C18 September 1970	21.5 °C	676 mm	15
1969	30.9 °C4 September 1969	11.1 °C22 August 1969	21.3 °C	684 mm	7
1968	32.8 °C29 January 1968	11.9 °C21 September 1968	21.0 °C	1,078 mm	20
1967	33.1 °C20 February 1967	13.1 °C29 July 1967	21.7 °C	633 mm	42
1966	31.8 °C15 February 1966	13.3 °C19 August 1966	21.5 °C	785 mm	7
1965	31.3 °C25 February 1965	12.4 °C10 June 1965	21.2 °C	767 mm	11
1964	31.3 °C26 February 1964	11.2 °C12 August 1964	20.9 °C	968 mm	6
1963	29.6 °C18 March 1963	11.9 °C28 July 1963	21.1 °C	968 mm	0
1962	30.3 °C21 September 1962	12.8 °C13 August 1962	21.2 °C	652 mm	2
1961	30.9 °C30 January 1961	12.9 °C15 June 1961	21.8 °C	976 mm	13
1960	31.3 °C29 February 1960	12.6 °C26 July 1960	21.4 °C	847 mm	10
1959	31.9 °C20 October 1959	11.5 °C10 August 1959	21.6 °C	732 mm	22
1958	30.8 °C5 February 1958	12.3 °C25 September 1958	21.4 °C	821 mm	7
1957	30.5 °C23 January 1957	12.9 °C19 July 1957	21.1 °C	1,008 mm	3
1956	32.0 °C23 September 1956	13.0 °C14 July 1956	21.1 °C	705 mm	19
1955	30.8 °C4 October 1955	12.6 °C11 August 1955	21.3 °C	642 mm	11
1954	30.8 °C21 October 1954	12.9 °C23 June 1954	21.2 °C	679 mm	6
1953	30.0 °C10 October 1953	12.5 °C6 September 1953	20.6 °C	1,275 mm	1
1952	31.1 °C17 September 1952	12.7 °C18 July 1952	20.9 °C	906 mm	8
1951	31.1 °C7 September 1951	12.7 °C30 July 1951	20.8 °C	1,216 mm	3
1950	31.1 °C23 October 1950	12.0 °C3 June 1950	20.9 °C	955 mm	4
1949	32.5 °C8 February 1949	12.9 °C13 August 1949	21.3 °C	813 mm	15
1948	30.8 °C23 September 1948	12.8 °C15 July 1948	20.9 °C	927 mm	1
1947	30.1 °C25 September 1947	12.0 °C17 September 1947	20.8 °C	1,124 mm	1
1946	34.2 °C21 February 1946	13.2 °C17 July 1946	22.2 °C	407 mm	72
1945	30.9 °C29 January 1945	12.9 °C21 August 1945	21.3 °C	554 mm	8
1944	33.9 °C21 February 1944	11.1 °C11 July 1944	21.6 °C	603 mm	47
1943	31.9 °C25 January 1943	12.2 °C26 July 1943	21.7 °C	415 mm	41
1942	31.6 °C29 January 1942	12.2 °C21 September 1942	21.7 °C	373 mm	22
1941	34.1 °C26 March 1941	13.2 °C24 July 1941	21.6 °C	911 mm	61
1940	30.1 °C19 September 1940	13.5 °C19 August 1940	21.3 °C	942 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.6 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

+51

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

505 mm

-236 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	+1.8 °C	33 mm	-27 mm
Feb	30.9 °C	+2.0 °C	9 mm	-39 mm
Mar	30.2 °C	+1.4 °C	101 mm	-2 mm
Apr	28.5 °C	+1.1 °C	126 mm	-19 mm
May	28.6 °C	+2.1 °C	27 mm	-25 mm
Jun	27.5 °C	+1.4 °C	7 mm	+0 mm
Jul	26.5 °C	+0.8 °C	7 mm	+3 mm
Aug	26.2 °C	0.0 °C	14 mm	+9 mm
Sep	29.4 °C	+1.6 °C	6 mm	-2 mm
Oct	29.2 °C	+0.9 °C	26 mm	-21 mm
Nov	28.3 °C	+1.7 °C	57 mm	-98 mm
Dec	28.2 °C	+1.9 °C	91 mm	-15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.2 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.0 °C

7 Sep 2025

Wettest day

22.6 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

19.9 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

44.6 km/h

9 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.6 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.7 °C

7 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

8 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Wote?

Wote has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.8 °C and it receives 740 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wote?

The hottest day measured in Wote between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2011, reaching 34.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Wote?

The coldest day measured in Wote between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1944, at 11.1 °C.

Does it snow in Wote?

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

Has the climate of Wote warmed?

Yes: Wote warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Wote?

The wettest day measured in Wote between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1981, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Wote?

The windiest day measured in Wote between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1945, with winds reaching 22.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Wote?

The warmest month in Wote is March (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Wote?

Wote receives on average 740 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Wote?

Wote gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Wote?

Yes: Wote has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wote?

In Wote, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 7 March 2020, and the lowest was 10.2 °C on 11 July 1944.

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