Foya Kamara climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Foya Kamara?

Foya Kamara has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 2,294 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Foya Kamara?

The hottest day measured in Foya Kamara between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, reaching 38.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Foya Kamara?

The coldest day measured in Foya Kamara between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1970, at 13.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Foya Kamara?

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

Q: Has the climate of Foya Kamara warmed?

Yes: Foya Kamara warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Foya Kamara?

The wettest day measured in Foya Kamara between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1980, with 234 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Foya Kamara?

The windiest day measured in Foya Kamara between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1943, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Foya Kamara?

The warmest month in Foya Kamara is February (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Foya Kamara?

Foya Kamara receives on average 2,294 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 242 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Foya Kamara?

Foya Kamara gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Foya Kamara (Liberia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 2,294 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 February (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is August (22.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Foya Kamara averages 0 frost days, 121 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 242 rainy days per year.

Foya Kamara has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 21 February 2016) and the coldest 13.3 °C (on 14 December 1970).

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

Foya KamaraLofa County

coords: 8.36°, -10.21°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.4°C

Average daily high

29.1°C

Average daily low

21.2°C

Annual rainfall

2,294mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

10.4km/h

Seasonal range

3.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

121 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

242 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.2 °C

Average feels-like low

24.3 °C

Average peak gust

25.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

323 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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

38.6 °C

21 February 2016

Coldest day

13.3 °C

14 December 1970

Wettest day

234 mm

29 August 1980

Windiest day

27.9 km/h

22 February 1943

Strongest gust

64.4 km/h

1 March 1943

Hottest feels-like

43.2 °C

27 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

10.9 °C

9 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.1 h

31 May 2008

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.1 °C18 February 2025	17.1 °C13 January 2025	25.4 °C	2,340 mm	166
2024	37.2 °C16 March 2024	15.3 °C19 December 2024	25.9 °C	2,089 mm	221
2023	38.4 °C3 March 2023	15.4 °C5 January 2023	25.5 °C	1,981 mm	196
2022	38.1 °C9 March 2022	15.7 °C25 December 2022	25.3 °C	2,085 mm	182
2021	37.5 °C9 February 2021	16.6 °C23 December 2021	25.4 °C	2,147 mm	212
2020	37.3 °C5 March 2020	15.2 °C3 January 2020	25.4 °C	2,152 mm	203
2019	38.1 °C6 March 2019	18.2 °C9 January 2019	25.4 °C	2,403 mm	206
2018	37.3 °C16 February 2018	17.3 °C6 January 2018	24.9 °C	2,264 mm	188
2017	36.3 °C7 February 2017	16.6 °C24 December 2017	25.2 °C	2,081 mm	192
2016	38.6 °C21 February 2016	15.0 °C6 January 2016	25.2 °C	1,936 mm	176
2015	35.1 °C7 March 2015	15.4 °C17 December 2015	24.7 °C	1,786 mm	146
2014	36.1 °C14 March 2014	16.0 °C28 December 2014	24.7 °C	1,950 mm	133
2013	36.5 °C9 February 2013	15.8 °C3 January 2013	24.8 °C	1,792 mm	152
2012	35.5 °C13 February 2012	15.4 °C21 December 2012	24.6 °C	2,076 mm	132
2011	36.0 °C20 February 2011	17.1 °C1 January 2011	24.5 °C	1,818 mm	120
2010	35.9 °C6 February 2010	18.4 °C31 December 2010	24.8 °C	2,230 mm	129
2009	34.1 °C21 March 2009	17.5 °C25 January 2009	24.7 °C	2,273 mm	154
2008	34.9 °C23 February 2008	16.5 °C29 January 2008	24.4 °C	2,225 mm	117
2007	36.0 °C23 February 2007	16.5 °C15 January 2007	24.8 °C	2,263 mm	126
2006	34.2 °C7 March 2006	17.2 °C7 December 2006	24.8 °C	2,071 mm	126
2005	33.7 °C12 February 2005	15.6 °C12 January 2005	24.5 °C	2,433 mm	98
2004	34.4 °C24 March 2004	18.3 °C13 January 2004	24.6 °C	2,300 mm	109
2003	35.6 °C16 February 2003	17.4 °C28 January 2003	24.8 °C	2,234 mm	137
2002	35.1 °C9 February 2002	16.6 °C26 December 2002	24.6 °C	2,722 mm	134
2001	35.6 °C28 February 2001	15.7 °C14 February 2001	24.5 °C	2,137 mm	112
2000	33.8 °C14 March 2000	15.2 °C10 February 2000	24.1 °C	2,351 mm	82
1999	35.9 °C6 March 1999	15.0 °C14 December 1999	24.3 °C	2,265 mm	117
1998	36.9 °C18 March 1998	16.6 °C18 January 1998	24.9 °C	2,216 mm	120
1997	36.1 °C19 March 1997	15.6 °C27 December 1997	24.5 °C	2,291 mm	103
1996	33.9 °C24 February 1996	18.8 °C11 December 1996	24.3 °C	2,484 mm	81
1995	34.5 °C8 February 1995	16.2 °C13 January 1995	24.5 °C	2,433 mm	113
1994	33.8 °C29 January 1994	14.7 °C18 December 1994	24.2 °C	2,110 mm	107
1993	34.3 °C3 February 1993	15.0 °C30 December 1993	24.4 °C	2,373 mm	115
1992	34.7 °C24 February 1992	15.3 °C7 January 1992	24.2 °C	2,222 mm	89
1991	33.8 °C4 April 1991	14.0 °C4 January 1991	24.3 °C	1,861 mm	101
1990	35.9 °C21 March 1990	15.0 °C29 December 1990	24.6 °C	2,172 mm	139
1989	35.5 °C28 February 1989	15.3 °C2 January 1989	24.7 °C	2,468 mm	165
1988	36.7 °C11 March 1988	14.2 °C19 December 1988	24.8 °C	2,451 mm	162
1987	37.0 °C9 February 1987	17.0 °C23 December 1987	25.2 °C	2,403 mm	167
1986	36.5 °C3 February 1986	14.6 °C18 December 1986	24.5 °C	2,240 mm	155
1985	34.9 °C12 February 1985	15.4 °C26 December 1985	24.4 °C	2,354 mm	142
1984	36.1 °C18 February 1984	15.4 °C19 December 1984	24.5 °C	2,378 mm	135
1983	36.7 °C6 March 1983	14.7 °C13 January 1983	24.7 °C	2,085 mm	133
1982	35.0 °C3 March 1982	15.4 °C8 January 1982	24.3 °C	2,477 mm	116
1981	34.6 °C26 February 1981	14.5 °C6 January 1981	24.4 °C	2,510 mm	138
1980	34.7 °C25 February 1980	15.0 °C20 December 1980	24.4 °C	3,176 mm	130
1979	35.3 °C4 March 1979	16.3 °C11 December 1979	24.6 °C	2,523 mm	117
1978	34.0 °C15 March 1978	16.1 °C4 December 1978	24.3 °C	2,671 mm	100
1977	36.3 °C7 March 1977	16.9 °C27 December 1977	24.7 °C	2,354 mm	134
1976	34.5 °C2 March 1976	15.0 °C15 January 1976	23.9 °C	2,594 mm	96
1975	34.8 °C7 March 1975	15.0 °C23 January 1975	24.3 °C	2,453 mm	113
1974	35.7 °C18 February 1974	15.5 °C20 January 1974	24.4 °C	2,157 mm	120
1973	37.3 °C7 March 1973	17.1 °C28 November 1973	25.0 °C	2,456 mm	173
1972	34.3 °C16 March 1972	16.0 °C15 December 1972	24.3 °C	2,756 mm	117
1971	36.1 °C31 March 1971	13.7 °C28 December 1971	24.0 °C	2,811 mm	126
1970	34.7 °C18 January 1970	13.3 °C14 December 1970	24.3 °C	2,392 mm	121
1969	34.9 °C9 February 1969	18.2 °C12 January 1969	24.2 °C	2,853 mm	98
1968	35.7 °C17 March 1968	16.5 °C6 January 1968	24.2 °C	2,981 mm	116
1967	35.5 °C15 February 1967	14.8 °C5 January 1967	24.1 °C	2,473 mm	112
1966	35.3 °C29 January 1966	15.4 °C4 January 1966	24.4 °C	2,557 mm	123
1965	35.0 °C18 March 1965	16.1 °C21 December 1965	23.9 °C	2,205 mm	105
1964	36.1 °C3 February 1964	18.2 °C2 December 1964	24.2 °C	2,219 mm	116
1963	33.8 °C31 December 1963	18.0 °C26 December 1963	24.3 °C	2,557 mm	121
1962	35.9 °C10 February 1962	17.4 °C6 December 1962	24.0 °C	2,547 mm	98
1961	35.7 °C13 March 1961	18.1 °C10 December 1961	24.2 °C	2,085 mm	118
1960	35.5 °C21 January 1960	15.9 °C30 December 1960	24.2 °C	2,227 mm	108
1959	34.3 °C28 February 1959	16.1 °C20 December 1959	24.0 °C	2,241 mm	112
1958	34.1 °C13 March 1958	16.5 °C31 December 1958	23.7 °C	2,177 mm	42
1957	34.1 °C26 February 1957	13.9 °C10 January 1957	23.6 °C	2,763 mm	59
1956	32.7 °C31 January 1956	16.3 °C7 January 1956	23.3 °C	2,191 mm	48
1955	35.3 °C30 January 1955	14.0 °C30 December 1955	23.6 °C	2,274 mm	64
1954	33.6 °C11 February 1954	17.2 °C15 December 1954	23.4 °C	2,332 mm	67
1953	36.5 °C17 February 1953	18.7 °C3 January 1953	24.2 °C	2,229 mm	104
1952	34.8 °C10 February 1952	15.8 °C13 December 1952	24.0 °C	2,586 mm	110
1951	32.6 °C29 December 1951	15.2 °C29 December 1951	23.8 °C	2,241 mm	80
1950	36.5 °C8 March 1950	16.3 °C15 January 1950	23.8 °C	2,029 mm	95
1949	34.3 °C26 February 1949	14.3 °C18 December 1949	23.8 °C	2,521 mm	73
1948	35.4 °C28 January 1948	17.2 °C7 January 1948	23.9 °C	2,154 mm	105
1947	35.3 °C6 January 1947	14.3 °C3 January 1947	24.0 °C	2,026 mm	117
1946	34.1 °C14 February 1946	15.5 °C29 January 1946	23.6 °C	2,172 mm	81
1945	35.5 °C15 March 1945	14.4 °C26 December 1945	23.9 °C	1,701 mm	105
1944	31.2 °C26 January 1944	16.6 °C19 December 1944	23.4 °C	2,304 mm	32
1943	37.4 °C4 March 1943	15.6 °C13 January 1943	23.5 °C	2,004 mm	93
1942	33.3 °C30 January 1942	14.6 °C25 December 1942	23.5 °C	1,787 mm	80
1941	33.7 °C28 February 1941	17.6 °C9 December 1941	23.7 °C	2,280 mm	69
1940	32.4 °C8 February 1940	14.7 °C7 January 1940	23.5 °C	2,270 mm	52

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.4 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

166 d/yr

+45

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2340 mm

+46 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.5 °C	+3.3 °C	3 mm	-16 mm
Feb	35.7 °C	+3.3 °C	13 mm	-20 mm
Mar	35.0 °C	+3.0 °C	70 mm	-15 mm
Apr	32.1 °C	+1.6 °C	138 mm	-12 mm
May	30.2 °C	+0.9 °C	218 mm	-29 mm
Jun	29.2 °C	+1.1 °C	168 mm	-127 mm
Jul	26.6 °C	+0.1 °C	376 mm	+60 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	+0.2 °C	415 mm	+62 mm
Sep	27.8 °C	+0.6 °C	551 mm	+175 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	+0.5 °C	238 mm	-36 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+0.6 °C	123 mm	+1 mm
Dec	29.7 °C	+0.4 °C	28 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.1 °C

18 Feb 2025

Coldest day

17.1 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

85.1 mm

8 Sep 2025

Windiest day

20.0 km/h

2 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

49.7 km/h

9 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

17 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.4 °C

1 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

16 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Foya Kamara?

Foya Kamara has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.4 °C and it receives 2,294 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Foya Kamara?

The hottest day measured in Foya Kamara between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, reaching 38.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Foya Kamara?

The coldest day measured in Foya Kamara between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1970, at 13.3 °C.

Does it snow in Foya Kamara?

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

Has the climate of Foya Kamara warmed?

Yes: Foya Kamara warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Foya Kamara?

The wettest day measured in Foya Kamara between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1980, with 234 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Foya Kamara?

The windiest day measured in Foya Kamara between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1943, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Foya Kamara?

The warmest month in Foya Kamara is February (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Foya Kamara?

Foya Kamara receives on average 2,294 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 242 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Foya Kamara?

Foya Kamara gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Foya Kamara?

Yes: Foya Kamara has on average 323 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Foya Kamara?

In Foya Kamara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 27 April 2024, and the lowest was 10.9 °C on 9 January 1957.

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