Yekepa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Yekepa?

Yekepa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,958 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Yekepa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, reaching 38.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Yekepa?

The coldest day measured in Yekepa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1976, at 10.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Yekepa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Yekepa warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Yekepa?

The wettest day measured in Yekepa between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1963, with 192 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Yekepa?

The windiest day measured in Yekepa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1943, with winds reaching 23.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Yekepa?

The warmest month in Yekepa is February (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Yekepa?

Yekepa receives on average 1,958 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 250 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Yekepa?

Yekepa gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Yekepa (Liberia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,958 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 (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is August (22.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Yekepa averages 0 frost days, 106 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 250 rainy days per year.

Yekepa 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 38.0 °C (on 21 February 2016) and the coldest 10.6 °C (on 23 January 1976).

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

YekepaNimba

coords: 7.58°, -8.54°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.9°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

20.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,958mm

Sunshine / day

8.6h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

8.7km/h

Seasonal range

3.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

106 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

250 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.1 °C

Average feels-like low

23.5 °C

Average peak gust

26.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

276 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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

38.0 °C

21 February 2016

Coldest day

10.6 °C

23 January 1976

Wettest day

192 mm

29 July 1963

Windiest day

23.9 km/h

23 February 1943

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

22 February 1943

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

2 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

8.6 °C

23 January 1976

Sunniest day

12.4 h

17 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.4 °C9 February 2025	15.1 °C11 January 2025	24.9 °C	1,684 mm	174
2024	36.9 °C14 February 2024	12.9 °C19 December 2024	25.4 °C	1,611 mm	220
2023	35.6 °C21 February 2023	11.7 °C2 January 2023	25.1 °C	1,881 mm	212
2022	35.9 °C11 February 2022	12.9 °C25 December 2022	24.6 °C	2,032 mm	173
2021	35.7 °C9 February 2021	14.9 °C23 December 2021	24.8 °C	1,903 mm	206
2020	36.9 °C16 February 2020	13.3 °C3 January 2020	24.9 °C	1,682 mm	204
2019	35.6 °C7 March 2019	16.1 °C9 January 2019	24.8 °C	2,167 mm	196
2018	36.4 °C16 February 2018	15.6 °C14 January 2018	24.5 °C	2,159 mm	172
2017	35.9 °C4 February 2017	14.7 °C25 December 2017	24.7 °C	1,815 mm	187
2016	38.0 °C21 February 2016	14.2 °C6 January 2016	24.8 °C	1,708 mm	188
2015	33.6 °C28 January 2015	11.9 °C18 December 2015	24.3 °C	1,795 mm	156
2014	34.1 °C6 February 2014	13.0 °C30 December 2014	24.3 °C	1,998 mm	135
2013	36.0 °C9 February 2013	14.3 °C24 December 2013	24.4 °C	1,752 mm	141
2012	35.8 °C13 February 2012	14.3 °C16 January 2012	24.2 °C	1,843 mm	132
2011	34.7 °C20 February 2011	15.4 °C3 January 2011	24.1 °C	1,703 mm	111
2010	35.1 °C6 February 2010	17.1 °C14 January 2010	24.4 °C	1,958 mm	141
2009	33.4 °C10 February 2009	15.5 °C26 January 2009	24.4 °C	1,774 mm	153
2008	34.6 °C23 February 2008	14.5 °C28 January 2008	24.2 °C	2,287 mm	134
2007	36.5 °C5 March 2007	15.7 °C2 January 2007	24.5 °C	1,867 mm	138
2006	33.5 °C27 February 2006	15.8 °C6 December 2006	24.4 °C	1,713 mm	134
2005	34.1 °C8 February 2005	14.8 °C13 January 2005	24.2 °C	2,202 mm	113
2004	34.6 °C16 February 2004	16.2 °C2 January 2004	24.3 °C	2,102 mm	118
2003	34.0 °C15 February 2003	14.5 °C28 January 2003	24.2 °C	2,206 mm	122
2002	35.3 °C9 February 2002	14.5 °C14 January 2002	24.2 °C	1,922 mm	126
2001	35.2 °C28 February 2001	12.9 °C15 February 2001	24.0 °C	1,813 mm	84
2000	33.9 °C14 March 2000	12.6 °C11 February 2000	23.8 °C	1,894 mm	65
1999	33.7 °C24 February 1999	13.3 °C23 December 1999	23.8 °C	1,875 mm	82
1998	35.9 °C29 March 1998	12.6 °C21 January 1998	24.4 °C	2,118 mm	105
1997	33.8 °C12 March 1997	13.0 °C30 December 1997	24.0 °C	1,756 mm	59
1996	31.4 °C6 March 1996	17.0 °C3 January 1996	23.8 °C	2,142 mm	43
1995	34.2 °C10 February 1995	14.2 °C29 December 1995	24.2 °C	2,135 mm	97
1994	34.2 °C9 February 1994	12.7 °C18 December 1994	23.9 °C	1,824 mm	102
1993	33.6 °C27 January 1993	13.7 °C12 January 1993	24.0 °C	1,910 mm	112
1992	34.0 °C24 February 1992	14.0 °C16 January 1992	23.8 °C	1,811 mm	84
1991	32.7 °C14 February 1991	12.8 °C3 January 1991	23.8 °C	1,997 mm	75
1990	34.8 °C30 March 1990	14.0 °C28 December 1990	24.2 °C	2,225 mm	124
1989	34.1 °C22 January 1989	12.5 °C2 January 1989	24.1 °C	2,025 mm	138
1988	36.2 °C20 February 1988	11.9 °C19 December 1988	24.3 °C	2,088 mm	144
1987	35.3 °C8 March 1987	14.9 °C23 December 1987	24.6 °C	2,195 mm	159
1986	34.6 °C28 January 1986	13.5 °C8 January 1986	23.9 °C	1,860 mm	137
1985	33.8 °C16 February 1985	11.8 °C11 February 1985	23.8 °C	2,138 mm	114
1984	35.4 °C18 February 1984	12.8 °C7 February 1984	24.0 °C	2,084 mm	108
1983	35.5 °C16 March 1983	12.2 °C2 February 1983	24.3 °C	1,708 mm	127
1982	33.7 °C3 March 1982	12.4 °C8 January 1982	23.9 °C	1,971 mm	108
1981	33.8 °C22 March 1981	12.2 °C19 January 1981	24.0 °C	1,920 mm	119
1980	32.9 °C7 April 1980	13.4 °C23 December 1980	23.9 °C	2,191 mm	97
1979	34.8 °C4 March 1979	13.3 °C27 December 1979	24.1 °C	2,209 mm	62
1978	32.5 °C29 January 1978	15.3 °C12 December 1978	23.8 °C	2,358 mm	77
1977	33.2 °C17 February 1977	12.2 °C28 December 1977	24.0 °C	1,996 mm	102
1976	32.7 °C21 January 1976	10.6 °C23 January 1976	23.3 °C	2,222 mm	59
1975	33.3 °C3 February 1975	12.6 °C24 January 1975	23.6 °C	1,930 mm	72
1974	34.1 °C19 February 1974	12.3 °C12 January 1974	23.7 °C	1,810 mm	80
1973	35.9 °C6 February 1973	14.1 °C28 November 1973	24.3 °C	2,235 mm	132
1972	32.2 °C23 March 1972	14.1 °C3 January 1972	23.8 °C	2,332 mm	88
1971	34.3 °C8 April 1971	12.5 °C27 December 1971	23.4 °C	2,198 mm	84
1970	33.2 °C31 January 1970	11.7 °C14 December 1970	23.8 °C	1,923 mm	94
1969	33.0 °C9 February 1969	16.1 °C7 December 1969	23.7 °C	2,200 mm	85
1968	32.4 °C4 April 1968	13.7 °C5 January 1968	23.6 °C	2,673 mm	61
1967	32.5 °C12 February 1967	11.3 °C27 January 1967	23.5 °C	2,079 mm	76
1966	34.8 °C1 February 1966	13.0 °C4 January 1966	23.9 °C	1,976 mm	123
1965	33.1 °C17 March 1965	14.4 °C21 December 1965	23.3 °C	1,739 mm	67
1964	35.0 °C18 February 1964	16.3 °C13 January 1964	23.6 °C	1,721 mm	101
1963	32.8 °C31 December 1963	15.7 °C26 December 1963	23.7 °C	2,334 mm	89
1962	34.1 °C17 February 1962	15.0 °C6 February 1962	23.5 °C	1,981 mm	77
1961	35.5 °C12 March 1961	15.4 °C13 December 1961	23.7 °C	1,830 mm	111
1960	34.5 °C12 February 1960	13.6 °C18 January 1960	23.6 °C	1,994 mm	69
1959	32.9 °C11 March 1959	14.8 °C21 December 1959	23.5 °C	1,877 mm	82
1958	32.9 °C6 March 1958	16.5 °C16 December 1958	23.4 °C	1,651 mm	45
1957	32.8 °C17 February 1957	12.4 °C10 January 1957	23.1 °C	2,555 mm	36
1956	32.8 °C29 January 1956	14.3 °C8 January 1956	23.0 °C	1,861 mm	43
1955	33.8 °C4 February 1955	13.0 °C30 December 1955	23.2 °C	1,839 mm	60
1954	33.1 °C12 February 1954	15.5 °C14 December 1954	23.1 °C	1,804 mm	66
1953	35.1 °C9 February 1953	16.1 °C31 January 1953	23.6 °C	1,884 mm	106
1952	33.5 °C13 February 1952	15.2 °C13 December 1952	23.4 °C	1,981 mm	97
1951	32.2 °C2 January 1951	13.9 °C28 December 1951	23.3 °C	1,879 mm	44
1950	34.2 °C28 February 1950	14.1 °C15 January 1950	23.3 °C	1,925 mm	78
1949	32.1 °C26 February 1949	13.4 °C18 December 1949	23.2 °C	1,957 mm	37
1948	34.5 °C28 January 1948	15.6 °C7 January 1948	23.5 °C	1,795 mm	88
1947	35.2 °C30 January 1947	13.7 °C3 January 1947	23.6 °C	1,691 mm	111
1946	33.5 °C20 February 1946	14.6 °C29 January 1946	23.2 °C	1,691 mm	84
1945	35.3 °C15 March 1945	12.9 °C4 February 1945	23.4 °C	1,623 mm	102
1944	31.2 °C8 February 1944	14.9 °C25 January 1944	23.0 °C	2,067 mm	18
1943	36.3 °C4 March 1943	14.2 °C13 January 1943	23.0 °C	1,838 mm	80
1942	32.4 °C30 January 1942	14.5 °C23 December 1942	23.0 °C	1,491 mm	46
1941	32.1 °C12 April 1941	15.5 °C1 January 1941	23.2 °C	1,956 mm	47
1940	31.6 °C19 February 1940	15.8 °C31 December 1940	23.1 °C	1,811 mm	30

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.9 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

174 d/yr

+68

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1684 mm

-274 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.7 °C	+2.9 °C	3 mm	-27 mm
Feb	33.6 °C	+2.2 °C	38 mm	-25 mm
Mar	32.7 °C	+1.9 °C	90 mm	-29 mm
Apr	31.2 °C	+1.2 °C	89 mm	-67 mm
May	30.3 °C	+1.1 °C	106 mm	-88 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	+1.1 °C	143 mm	-81 mm
Jul	26.4 °C	+0.1 °C	290 mm	+55 mm
Aug	26.2 °C	+0.2 °C	215 mm	-62 mm
Sep	27.7 °C	+0.6 °C	340 mm	+31 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+0.5 °C	254 mm	+36 mm
Nov	29.4 °C	+0.8 °C	84 mm	-18 mm
Dec	30.3 °C	+1.1 °C	34 mm	-0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.4 °C

9 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.1 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

64.3 mm

28 Sep 2025

Windiest day

16.9 km/h

4 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

9 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

21 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.7 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

20 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Yekepa?

Yekepa has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,958 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yekepa?

The hottest day measured in Yekepa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2016, reaching 38.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Yekepa?

The coldest day measured in Yekepa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1976, at 10.6 °C.

Does it snow in Yekepa?

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

Has the climate of Yekepa warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Yekepa?

The wettest day measured in Yekepa between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1963, with 192 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Yekepa?

The windiest day measured in Yekepa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1943, with winds reaching 23.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Yekepa?

The warmest month in Yekepa is February (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Yekepa?

Yekepa receives on average 1,958 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 250 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Yekepa?

Yekepa gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Yekepa?

Yes: Yekepa has on average 276 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yekepa?

In Yekepa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 2 April 2024, and the lowest was 8.6 °C on 23 January 1976.

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