Quthing climate — normals and trends
Quthing (Lesotho) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 859 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is June (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Quthing averages 57 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Quthing 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 34.7 °C (on 24 December 2015) and the coldest -17.0 °C (on 26 June 1964).
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
QuthingQuthing
- coords
- -30.40°, 27.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.9°C
Average daily high
18.5°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
859mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
12.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
57 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.7 cm
Average feels-like high
16.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
45.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
34.7 °C
24 December 2015
Coldest day
-17.0 °C
26 June 1964
Wettest day
76 mm
15 December 1975
Windiest day
40.1 km/h
11 August 1957
Strongest gust
117.4 km/h
31 August 2008
Hottest feels-like
33.9 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-22.1 °C
19 July 1960
Snowiest day
23.1 cm
3 August 2006
Sunniest day
13.9 h
15 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 105 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | 23.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 114 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 21.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 116 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 17.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 148 mm | +85 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 29 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 11.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 54 mm | +30 mm |
| Jul | 11.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 40 mm | +18 mm |
| Aug | 15.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 10 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 33 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 21.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 66 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 21.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 128 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 22.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 148 mm | +31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Quthing?
Quthing has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 859 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quthing?
The hottest day measured in Quthing between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 2015, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Quthing?
The coldest day measured in Quthing between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1964, at -17.0 °C.
Does it snow in Quthing?
Yes. Quthing gets on average 17.7 cm of snow per year and has around 57 frost days.
Has the climate of Quthing warmed?
Yes: Quthing warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Quthing?
The wettest day measured in Quthing between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1975, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Quthing?
The windiest day measured in Quthing between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1957, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Quthing?
The warmest month in Quthing is January (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is June (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Quthing?
Quthing receives on average 859 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Quthing?
Quthing 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 Quthing?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Quthing between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2006, with 23.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Quthing?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Quthing.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quthing?
In Quthing, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.9 °C on 5 January 2016, and the lowest was -22.1 °C on 19 July 1960.
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