Fana climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fana?

Fana has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 828 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Fana between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2024, reaching 43.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fana?

The coldest day measured in Fana between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1948, at 10.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fana?

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

Q: Has the climate of Fana warmed?

Yes: Fana warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Fana?

The wettest day measured in Fana between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 1974, with 198 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fana?

The windiest day measured in Fana between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2017, with winds reaching 36.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fana?

The warmest month in Fana is April (32.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fana?

Fana receives on average 828 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fana?

Fana gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fana (Mali) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 828 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 April (32.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Fana averages 0 frost days, 299 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.

Fana has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 2 April 2024) and the coldest 10.7 °C (on 16 January 1948).

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

FanaKoulikoro

coords: 12.78°, -6.96°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.6°C

Average daily high

33.6°C

Average daily low

22.2°C

Annual rainfall

828mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

50%

Average peak wind

14.9km/h

Seasonal range

7.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

299 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

104 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.4 °C

Average feels-like low

22.5 °C

Average peak gust

31.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

281 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

43.7 °C

2 April 2024

Coldest day

10.7 °C

16 January 1948

Wettest day

198 mm

18 August 1974

Windiest day

36.3 km/h

11 May 2017

Strongest gust

63.7 km/h

11 May 2017

Hottest feels-like

47.0 °C

4 May 2020

Coldest feels-like

6.2 °C

16 January 1948

Sunniest day

12.8 h

18 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.5 °C5 April 2025	16.2 °C20 January 2025	28.2 °C	790 mm	320
2024	43.7 °C2 April 2024	16.4 °C21 December 2024	28.9 °C	871 mm	328
2023	41.0 °C17 March 2023	14.2 °C20 December 2023	28.7 °C	610 mm	341
2022	42.0 °C30 March 2022	15.2 °C27 January 2022	28.2 °C	885 mm	320
2021	42.6 °C9 April 2021	15.9 °C30 December 2021	29.1 °C	612 mm	333
2020	43.1 °C6 April 2020	14.4 °C4 January 2020	28.6 °C	855 mm	320
2019	43.2 °C6 May 2019	13.0 °C23 January 2019	28.6 °C	784 mm	338
2018	41.8 °C25 April 2018	14.3 °C15 January 2018	28.6 °C	788 mm	321
2017	42.4 °C27 March 2017	14.3 °C14 January 2017	28.7 °C	650 mm	332
2016	42.3 °C16 April 2016	15.2 °C3 February 2016	28.6 °C	687 mm	329
2015	42.0 °C24 April 2015	14.3 °C12 December 2015	28.4 °C	739 mm	326
2014	42.3 °C8 May 2014	13.1 °C29 December 2014	28.3 °C	590 mm	329
2013	41.4 °C12 April 2013	12.2 °C6 January 2013	28.3 °C	666 mm	310
2012	42.3 °C7 May 2012	13.2 °C31 December 2012	27.9 °C	633 mm	308
2011	41.7 °C15 April 2011	13.3 °C31 December 2011	28.4 °C	575 mm	334
2010	42.6 °C7 April 2010	13.0 °C12 December 2010	28.8 °C	846 mm	325
2009	41.3 °C29 April 2009	11.4 °C21 January 2009	28.4 °C	589 mm	320
2008	42.0 °C3 May 2008	12.8 °C7 January 2008	27.7 °C	1,059 mm	302
2007	42.4 °C10 June 2007	14.8 °C31 December 2007	28.3 °C	723 mm	311
2006	42.1 °C12 April 2006	14.6 °C28 December 2006	27.9 °C	623 mm	327
2005	42.2 °C15 April 2005	15.4 °C3 January 2005	28.4 °C	706 mm	315
2004	41.5 °C27 March 2004	15.6 °C5 March 2004	28.5 °C	561 mm	326
2003	41.6 °C20 May 2003	15.0 °C28 January 2003	28.2 °C	917 mm	300
2002	42.0 °C27 May 2002	14.8 °C28 December 2002	28.4 °C	831 mm	328
2001	41.5 °C30 April 2001	15.2 °C15 January 2001	28.1 °C	546 mm	311
2000	41.2 °C5 May 2000	14.9 °C10 February 2000	27.6 °C	670 mm	298
1999	40.7 °C11 April 1999	12.8 °C20 December 1999	27.3 °C	807 mm	255
1998	43.4 °C18 April 1998	14.5 °C10 November 1998	28.4 °C	764 mm	302
1997	40.1 °C12 May 1997	15.8 °C29 December 1997	27.8 °C	706 mm	309
1996	41.8 °C19 May 1996	14.7 °C13 January 1996	28.4 °C	744 mm	322
1995	41.6 °C14 April 1995	11.7 °C11 January 1995	27.7 °C	717 mm	291
1994	42.2 °C20 April 1994	15.1 °C19 December 1994	27.5 °C	998 mm	286
1993	41.6 °C16 May 1993	14.3 °C31 December 1993	28.3 °C	735 mm	320
1992	41.4 °C17 April 1992	15.5 °C8 January 1992	27.7 °C	854 mm	306
1991	42.2 °C25 April 1991	15.2 °C25 December 1991	28.1 °C	897 mm	305
1990	41.9 °C16 May 1990	13.7 °C24 January 1990	28.0 °C	694 mm	308
1989	41.0 °C21 April 1989	13.6 °C4 January 1989	27.7 °C	898 mm	306
1988	42.3 °C3 May 1988	11.9 °C12 December 1988	28.0 °C	1,002 mm	275
1987	42.6 °C21 May 1987	15.0 °C28 December 1987	28.8 °C	741 mm	331
1986	42.1 °C16 April 1986	12.1 °C21 January 1986	27.4 °C	814 mm	280
1985	40.9 °C24 May 1985	12.3 °C14 December 1985	27.7 °C	860 mm	266
1984	41.2 °C19 March 1984	14.0 °C8 January 1984	28.1 °C	812 mm	310
1983	41.3 °C17 May 1983	13.8 °C8 January 1983	28.4 °C	640 mm	327
1982	41.5 °C28 March 1982	11.7 °C7 December 1982	27.5 °C	773 mm	301
1981	42.3 °C11 April 1981	14.1 °C3 January 1981	27.9 °C	852 mm	314
1980	42.7 °C12 May 1980	11.4 °C20 December 1980	28.3 °C	773 mm	319
1979	41.0 °C15 April 1979	15.0 °C2 March 1979	27.2 °C	1,006 mm	292
1978	40.2 °C30 March 1978	15.9 °C16 December 1978	27.4 °C	1,049 mm	302
1977	40.5 °C7 April 1977	12.7 °C28 December 1977	27.6 °C	718 mm	316
1976	39.8 °C24 April 1976	12.9 °C12 January 1976	26.4 °C	856 mm	277
1975	40.1 °C3 May 1975	13.2 °C20 January 1975	26.5 °C	919 mm	255
1974	41.2 °C28 May 1974	14.2 °C6 December 1974	26.9 °C	1,197 mm	249
1973	42.3 °C27 April 1973	12.6 °C14 December 1973	27.7 °C	906 mm	299
1972	40.6 °C2 May 1972	14.2 °C3 January 1972	27.4 °C	953 mm	316
1971	41.3 °C1 June 1971	12.1 °C14 January 1971	27.4 °C	867 mm	295
1970	41.0 °C13 May 1970	12.5 °C27 January 1970	27.2 °C	934 mm	312
1969	41.7 °C17 March 1969	12.8 °C30 November 1969	27.6 °C	1,023 mm	295
1968	41.0 °C5 April 1968	11.3 °C20 January 1968	27.3 °C	888 mm	317
1967	41.4 °C16 April 1967	12.1 °C22 December 1967	26.8 °C	1,021 mm	286
1966	41.4 °C6 May 1966	11.8 °C4 January 1966	27.4 °C	817 mm	315
1965	41.3 °C5 May 1965	11.3 °C15 January 1965	26.7 °C	948 mm	284
1964	41.1 °C10 March 1964	14.0 °C17 January 1964	27.1 °C	967 mm	283
1963	41.8 °C2 June 1963	12.2 °C11 January 1963	27.5 °C	748 mm	318
1962	40.7 °C9 April 1962	12.4 °C6 January 1962	26.9 °C	944 mm	284
1961	41.5 °C19 May 1961	11.5 °C30 January 1961	27.0 °C	822 mm	293
1960	40.9 °C21 April 1960	11.3 °C28 December 1960	27.1 °C	812 mm	294
1959	41.2 °C15 April 1959	12.0 °C1 January 1959	26.9 °C	890 mm	276
1958	40.3 °C5 May 1958	12.3 °C30 December 1958	27.3 °C	859 mm	286
1957	40.2 °C17 April 1957	12.1 °C8 January 1957	26.4 °C	1,063 mm	268
1956	40.9 °C2 May 1956	11.9 °C30 December 1956	26.4 °C	1,007 mm	254
1955	40.5 °C20 April 1955	12.9 °C31 December 1955	26.3 °C	936 mm	263
1954	41.5 °C13 April 1954	14.1 °C16 December 1954	26.5 °C	1,069 mm	253
1953	40.4 °C1 May 1953	13.1 °C31 December 1953	26.7 °C	842 mm	282
1952	40.7 °C6 May 1952	12.1 °C10 January 1952	26.2 °C	962 mm	257
1951	40.3 °C17 March 1951	13.5 °C14 December 1951	26.4 °C	1,109 mm	266
1950	41.1 °C8 April 1950	12.7 °C15 January 1950	26.3 °C	907 mm	264
1949	41.5 °C21 April 1949	13.1 °C1 January 1949	27.4 °C	778 mm	297
1948	39.7 °C5 April 1948	10.7 °C16 January 1948	25.9 °C	850 mm	251
1947	41.3 °C27 May 1947	12.4 °C1 January 1947	26.7 °C	1,031 mm	251
1946	41.3 °C8 May 1946	11.9 °C29 December 1946	26.7 °C	663 mm	271
1945	40.4 °C10 June 1945	13.1 °C31 December 1945	26.0 °C	861 mm	260
1944	41.6 °C24 May 1944	11.8 °C19 December 1944	26.8 °C	1,272 mm	255
1943	41.1 °C5 May 1943	13.0 °C23 December 1943	25.6 °C	917 mm	224
1942	42.7 °C14 May 1942	13.1 °C27 January 1942	27.2 °C	780 mm	265
1941	42.4 °C14 May 1941	15.2 °C1 January 1941	28.6 °C	431 mm	339
1940	41.0 °C11 April 1940	14.9 °C30 December 1940	27.6 °C	665 mm	322

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.4 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

320 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

790 mm

-38 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.2 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	34.6 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	39.3 °C	+2.0 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Apr	39.9 °C	+1.3 °C	2 mm	-8 mm
May	37.5 °C	-0.2 °C	10 mm	-27 mm
Jun	35.3 °C	+0.8 °C	42 mm	-47 mm
Jul	30.9 °C	+0.4 °C	204 mm	-3 mm
Aug	29.7 °C	+0.4 °C	331 mm	+68 mm
Sep	31.1 °C	+0.9 °C	177 mm	+12 mm
Oct	34.5 °C	+1.7 °C	21 mm	-30 mm
Nov	35.0 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Dec	32.4 °C	+0.5 °C	2 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.5 °C

5 Apr 2025

Coldest day

16.2 °C

20 Jan 2025

Wettest day

40.8 mm

1 Aug 2025

Windiest day

26.9 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

50.4 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

25 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.3 °C

31 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

18 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fana?

Fana has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 828 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fana?

The hottest day measured in Fana between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2024, reaching 43.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fana?

The coldest day measured in Fana between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1948, at 10.7 °C.

Does it snow in Fana?

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

Has the climate of Fana warmed?

Yes: Fana warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Fana?

The wettest day measured in Fana between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 1974, with 198 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fana?

The windiest day measured in Fana between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2017, with winds reaching 36.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fana?

The warmest month in Fana is April (32.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Fana?

Fana receives on average 828 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fana?

Fana gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Fana?

Yes: Fana has on average 281 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fana?

In Fana, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 4 May 2020, and the lowest was 6.2 °C on 16 January 1948.

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