Tékane climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tékane?

Tékane has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.6 °C and it receives 178 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tékane between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2010, reaching 47.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tékane?

The coldest day measured in Tékane between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1965, at 10.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tékane?

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

Q: Has the climate of Tékane warmed?

Yes: Tékane warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tékane?

The wettest day measured in Tékane between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2010, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tékane?

The windiest day measured in Tékane between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1987, with winds reaching 52.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tékane?

The warmest month in Tékane is May (31.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tékane?

Tékane receives on average 178 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 26 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tékane?

Tékane gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tékane (Mauritania) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.6 °C and it receives 178 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 May (31.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Tékane averages 0 frost days, 332 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 26 rainy days per year.

Tékane has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.1 °C (on 19 June 2010) and the coldest 10.0 °C (on 8 January 1965).

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

TékaneTrarza

coords: 16.60°, -15.35°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthApril

Mean daily temperature

28.6°C

Average daily high

35.5°C

Average daily low

22.5°C

Annual rainfall

178mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

40%

Average peak wind

22.8km/h

Seasonal range

7.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

332 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

26 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.0 °C

Average feels-like low

21.5 °C

Average peak gust

37.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

269 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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

47.1 °C

19 June 2010

Coldest day

10.0 °C

8 January 1965

Wettest day

104 mm

16 August 2010

Windiest day

52.6 km/h

16 August 1987

Strongest gust

74.2 km/h

7 June 1967

Hottest feels-like

47.0 °C

24 June 1998

Coldest feels-like

4.7 °C

8 January 1965

Sunniest day

12.1 h

8 July 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	46.3 °C22 May 2025	14.2 °C20 January 2025	29.1 °C	173 mm	341
2024	44.9 °C12 May 2024	16.1 °C11 January 2024	29.8 °C	161 mm	359
2023	44.9 °C4 May 2023	13.8 °C29 January 2023	30.0 °C	126 mm	353
2022	45.8 °C16 May 2022	15.8 °C6 January 2022	29.4 °C	160 mm	355
2021	44.6 °C18 May 2021	15.2 °C7 February 2021	29.7 °C	130 mm	355
2020	45.0 °C17 June 2020	13.5 °C11 January 2020	29.8 °C	159 mm	351
2019	45.0 °C16 June 2019	13.2 °C21 January 2019	28.8 °C	114 mm	352
2018	44.2 °C1 June 2018	13.7 °C17 January 2018	28.5 °C	84 mm	339
2017	45.5 °C8 May 2017	13.5 °C25 January 2017	29.5 °C	70 mm	345
2016	45.7 °C22 April 2016	15.7 °C17 December 2016	29.6 °C	109 mm	355
2015	46.2 °C8 June 2015	14.9 °C22 February 2015	29.4 °C	122 mm	346
2014	45.6 °C9 June 2014	12.9 °C30 December 2014	29.1 °C	119 mm	344
2013	45.5 °C30 May 2013	13.4 °C7 January 2013	29.3 °C	177 mm	344
2012	45.3 °C11 June 2012	12.2 °C23 January 2012	28.8 °C	190 mm	333
2011	44.7 °C30 May 2011	14.1 °C11 February 2011	29.0 °C	88 mm	344
2010	47.1 °C19 June 2010	14.6 °C28 January 2010	29.8 °C	302 mm	361
2009	44.8 °C27 May 2009	12.9 °C18 January 2009	29.0 °C	188 mm	328
2008	44.7 °C4 May 2008	13.6 °C9 January 2008	29.4 °C	139 mm	339
2007	46.4 °C16 June 2007	13.7 °C7 January 2007	29.1 °C	135 mm	345
2006	45.7 °C19 May 2006	12.8 °C20 January 2006	29.1 °C	135 mm	336
2005	46.2 °C29 April 2005	13.9 °C7 February 2005	29.4 °C	142 mm	336
2004	44.6 °C1 June 2004	14.0 °C27 January 2004	29.2 °C	84 mm	350
2003	45.9 °C27 April 2003	14.3 °C16 January 2003	29.0 °C	213 mm	341
2002	46.2 °C15 May 2002	15.1 °C18 January 2002	28.9 °C	211 mm	343
2001	43.3 °C16 June 2001	14.8 °C30 January 2001	29.3 °C	207 mm	361
2000	44.6 °C31 May 2000	14.5 °C9 January 2000	28.9 °C	193 mm	344
1999	45.4 °C12 May 1999	13.6 °C15 January 1999	28.6 °C	140 mm	320
1998	45.4 °C24 June 1998	15.5 °C30 January 1998	29.9 °C	92 mm	350
1997	44.6 °C7 June 1997	14.5 °C22 January 1997	29.7 °C	166 mm	348
1996	45.4 °C1 June 1996	14.5 °C17 January 1996	29.2 °C	134 mm	341
1995	45.6 °C21 June 1995	12.4 °C17 January 1995	28.6 °C	222 mm	325
1994	43.8 °C1 June 1994	11.1 °C20 January 1994	28.4 °C	158 mm	334
1993	44.8 °C17 May 1993	14.5 °C30 January 1993	28.9 °C	131 mm	326
1992	43.2 °C23 June 1992	15.0 °C11 January 1992	28.8 °C	80 mm	346
1991	45.1 °C7 July 1991	14.1 °C16 February 1991	28.6 °C	126 mm	340
1990	43.4 °C28 May 1990	14.1 °C21 December 1990	29.3 °C	111 mm	328
1989	44.7 °C5 June 1989	12.4 °C8 January 1989	29.2 °C	193 mm	340
1988	44.7 °C21 May 1988	13.5 °C26 January 1988	28.7 °C	190 mm	309
1987	44.1 °C16 August 1987	13.4 °C10 January 1987	29.7 °C	96 mm	346
1986	45.0 °C18 May 1986	14.4 °C21 January 1986	28.1 °C	170 mm	292
1985	44.9 °C9 June 1985	13.1 °C30 December 1985	28.5 °C	218 mm	313
1984	44.1 °C13 May 1984	12.6 °C9 January 1984	28.7 °C	99 mm	324
1983	43.4 °C9 May 1983	13.6 °C10 February 1983	29.7 °C	55 mm	337
1982	43.6 °C16 June 1982	13.0 °C29 December 1982	28.1 °C	130 mm	314
1981	45.2 °C25 August 1981	14.6 °C15 February 1981	29.1 °C	183 mm	336
1980	43.6 °C15 June 1980	12.1 °C21 December 1980	28.4 °C	175 mm	328
1979	45.0 °C29 May 1979	14.4 °C4 January 1979	29.1 °C	172 mm	339
1978	43.1 °C1 June 1978	14.0 °C12 February 1978	28.6 °C	156 mm	337
1977	45.3 °C12 June 1977	15.2 °C15 December 1977	29.0 °C	85 mm	347
1976	43.4 °C23 June 1976	12.2 °C14 February 1976	27.8 °C	110 mm	300
1975	43.7 °C6 June 1975	13.0 °C24 January 1975	27.8 °C	241 mm	332
1974	43.7 °C4 June 1974	13.4 °C31 January 1974	27.3 °C	208 mm	298
1973	45.9 °C2 May 1973	12.4 °C1 January 1973	28.8 °C	96 mm	322
1972	45.1 °C27 May 1972	12.5 °C5 February 1972	28.3 °C	186 mm	321
1971	44.7 °C10 June 1971	13.2 °C13 February 1971	28.0 °C	177 mm	344
1970	44.9 °C3 June 1970	13.8 °C23 January 1970	28.9 °C	150 mm	355
1969	44.2 °C14 May 1969	13.9 °C20 January 1969	28.9 °C	324 mm	343
1968	42.9 °C1 May 1968	11.2 °C3 January 1968	27.6 °C	174 mm	329
1967	43.9 °C26 May 1967	11.2 °C28 December 1967	27.4 °C	399 mm	313
1966	44.5 °C2 June 1966	12.6 °C29 December 1966	28.2 °C	216 mm	343
1965	43.8 °C4 June 1965	10.0 °C8 January 1965	27.5 °C	221 mm	316
1964	42.6 °C6 June 1964	12.0 °C16 December 1964	28.0 °C	200 mm	327
1963	44.1 °C5 July 1963	11.5 °C28 December 1963	28.2 °C	184 mm	338
1962	44.5 °C29 May 1962	12.4 °C18 December 1962	28.1 °C	230 mm	328
1961	46.0 °C11 June 1961	13.1 °C16 January 1961	28.2 °C	206 mm	338
1960	42.5 °C15 May 1960	12.4 °C17 January 1960	28.1 °C	168 mm	317
1959	43.9 °C2 June 1959	11.8 °C12 January 1959	28.0 °C	159 mm	315
1958	43.7 °C4 June 1958	13.5 °C29 December 1958	28.3 °C	339 mm	309
1957	44.4 °C3 June 1957	11.9 °C22 January 1957	27.5 °C	159 mm	310
1956	42.9 °C14 June 1956	11.0 °C4 January 1956	27.5 °C	198 mm	313
1955	43.3 °C13 May 1955	13.2 °C27 January 1955	28.2 °C	344 mm	324
1954	43.7 °C17 June 1954	13.2 °C6 February 1954	27.8 °C	217 mm	311
1953	43.8 °C16 May 1953	14.1 °C23 December 1953	28.0 °C	206 mm	327
1952	43.9 °C18 June 1952	12.1 °C17 January 1952	27.3 °C	301 mm	307
1951	45.0 °C24 May 1951	13.1 °C19 December 1951	27.5 °C	378 mm	309
1950	41.9 °C22 May 1950	12.6 °C2 February 1950	27.5 °C	179 mm	312
1949	44.0 °C4 June 1949	11.7 °C1 January 1949	27.9 °C	238 mm	324
1948	43.8 °C18 June 1948	11.7 °C16 January 1948	27.7 °C	245 mm	312
1947	44.2 °C18 June 1947	11.7 °C8 January 1947	27.8 °C	344 mm	320
1946	43.0 °C23 May 1946	11.7 °C30 December 1946	27.9 °C	104 mm	326
1945	44.5 °C1 July 1945	13.4 °C6 January 1945	28.4 °C	161 mm	346
1944	44.5 °C10 June 1944	12.2 °C6 January 1944	27.8 °C	265 mm	310
1943	42.0 °C12 May 1943	10.9 °C1 January 1943	26.5 °C	262 mm	274
1942	45.1 °C13 June 1942	11.2 °C31 December 1942	27.7 °C	234 mm	318
1941	42.4 °C15 May 1941	12.3 °C3 January 1941	27.9 °C	85 mm	352
1940	43.8 °C29 May 1940	11.4 °C11 February 1940	28.1 °C	182 mm	333

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.9 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

341 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

173 mm

-5 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.3 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	33.4 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	35.0 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Apr	38.9 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm
May	40.9 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jun	38.8 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Jul	36.3 °C	0.0 °C	5 mm	-16 mm
Aug	34.2 °C	-0.6 °C	107 mm	+38 mm
Sep	35.8 °C	+0.5 °C	36 mm	-24 mm
Oct	38.8 °C	+1.3 °C	18 mm	+1 mm
Nov	36.3 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Dec	30.2 °C	-1.2 °C	5 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

46.3 °C

22 May 2025

Coldest day

14.2 °C

20 Jan 2025

Wettest day

41.3 mm

21 Aug 2025

Windiest day

38.2 km/h

24 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

12 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.6 °C

21 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.1 °C

3 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tékane?

Tékane has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.6 °C and it receives 178 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tékane?

The hottest day measured in Tékane between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2010, reaching 47.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tékane?

The coldest day measured in Tékane between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1965, at 10.0 °C.

Does it snow in Tékane?

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

Has the climate of Tékane warmed?

Yes: Tékane warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tékane?

The wettest day measured in Tékane between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2010, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tékane?

The windiest day measured in Tékane between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1987, with winds reaching 52.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tékane?

The warmest month in Tékane is May (31.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Tékane?

Tékane receives on average 178 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 26 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tékane?

Tékane gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Tékane?

Yes: Tékane has on average 269 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tékane?

In Tékane, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 24 June 1998, and the lowest was 4.7 °C on 8 January 1965.

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