Mohale's Hoek climate — normals and trends
Mohale's Hoek (Lesotho) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 960 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 January (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Mohale's Hoek averages 62 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Mohale's Hoek has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 66 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 5 January 2016) and the coldest -14.7 °C (on 1 July 1994).
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
Mohale's HoekMohale's Hoek District
- coords
- -30.15°, 27.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.4°C
Average daily high
21.2°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
960mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
13.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
62 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.7 cm
Average feels-like high
19.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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).
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
38.2 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest day
-14.7 °C
1 July 1994
Wettest day
81 mm
15 December 1975
Windiest day
41.9 km/h
12 September 1996
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
12 September 1996
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-19.6 °C
1 July 1994
Snowiest day
13.1 cm
3 August 2006
Sunniest day
13.9 h
10 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 160 mm | +18 mm |
| Feb | 25.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 142 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 24.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 131 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 198 mm | +121 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 24 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 14.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 50 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 14.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 36 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 19.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 14 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 22.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 33 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 23.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 84 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 23.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 119 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 25.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 190 mm | +51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mohale's Hoek?
Mohale's Hoek has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 960 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mohale's Hoek?
The hottest day measured in Mohale's Hoek between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2016, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mohale's Hoek?
The coldest day measured in Mohale's Hoek between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at -14.7 °C.
Does it snow in Mohale's Hoek?
Yes. Mohale's Hoek gets on average 3.7 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.
Has the climate of Mohale's Hoek warmed?
Yes: Mohale's Hoek warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mohale's Hoek?
The wettest day measured in Mohale's Hoek between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1975, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mohale's Hoek?
The windiest day measured in Mohale's Hoek between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1996, with winds reaching 41.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mohale's Hoek?
The warmest month in Mohale's Hoek is January (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Mohale's Hoek?
Mohale's Hoek receives on average 960 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mohale's Hoek?
Mohale's Hoek gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mohale's Hoek?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mohale's Hoek between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2006, with 13.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mohale's Hoek?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mohale's Hoek.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mohale's Hoek?
In Mohale's Hoek, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 5 January 2016, and the lowest was -19.6 °C on 1 July 1994.
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