Helao Nafidi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Helao Nafidi?

Helao Nafidi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 561 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Helao Nafidi?

The hottest day measured in Helao Nafidi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1949, reaching 40.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Helao Nafidi?

The coldest day measured in Helao Nafidi between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1979, at 0.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Helao Nafidi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Helao Nafidi warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Helao Nafidi?

The wettest day measured in Helao Nafidi between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 2009, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Helao Nafidi?

The windiest day measured in Helao Nafidi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1943, with winds reaching 36.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Helao Nafidi?

The warmest month in Helao Nafidi is October (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Helao Nafidi?

Helao Nafidi receives on average 561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Helao Nafidi?

Helao Nafidi gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Helao Nafidi (Namibia) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 561 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 October (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Helao Nafidi averages 0 frost days, 174 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.

Helao Nafidi 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 40.6 °C (on 11 January 1949) and the coldest 0.1 °C (on 21 July 1979).

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

Helao NafidiOhangwena Region

coords: -17.39°, 15.89°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.8°C

Average daily high

30.0°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

561mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

44%

Average peak wind

16.0km/h

Seasonal range

8.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

174 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

73 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.9 °C

Average feels-like low

14.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

61 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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

40.6 °C

11 January 1949

Coldest day

0.1 °C

21 July 1979

Wettest day

97 mm

19 January 2009

Windiest day

36.4 km/h

26 September 1943

Strongest gust

72.7 km/h

1 December 2008

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

10 November 2020

Coldest feels-like

-4.6 °C

21 July 1979

Sunniest day

13.0 h

3 January 1997

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.5 °C3 December 2025	2.9 °C17 August 2025	23.2 °C	769 mm	171
2024	40.3 °C25 October 2024	3.2 °C3 June 2024	24.8 °C	381 mm	290
2023	40.1 °C24 October 2023	2.9 °C28 June 2023	24.1 °C	608 mm	262
2022	39.2 °C7 October 2022	3.9 °C2 August 2022	23.9 °C	456 mm	251
2021	38.9 °C10 October 2021	7.1 °C24 July 2021	23.7 °C	516 mm	206
2020	40.2 °C26 October 2020	6.0 °C10 July 2020	23.9 °C	629 mm	217
2019	39.4 °C20 October 2019	9.0 °C31 July 2019	25.7 °C	495 mm	296
2018	39.9 °C16 November 2018	8.3 °C2 July 2018	24.5 °C	501 mm	223
2017	38.5 °C21 October 2017	9.3 °C18 July 2017	23.9 °C	646 mm	186
2016	39.6 °C13 October 2016	6.1 °C26 July 2016	24.7 °C	442 mm	268
2015	40.5 °C10 November 2015	3.4 °C27 June 2015	25.0 °C	417 mm	265
2014	38.1 °C23 October 2014	5.6 °C18 July 2014	23.7 °C	549 mm	210
2013	38.9 °C29 October 2013	5.6 °C16 August 2013	23.9 °C	446 mm	235
2012	38.2 °C6 October 2012	3.8 °C11 July 2012	22.3 °C	836 mm	160
2011	37.7 °C16 October 2011	1.2 °C26 July 2011	21.6 °C	942 mm	108
2010	38.7 °C5 October 2010	5.6 °C18 June 2010	22.8 °C	754 mm	160
2009	37.7 °C14 November 2009	4.6 °C1 August 2009	22.7 °C	881 mm	148
2008	39.0 °C15 October 2008	3.9 °C5 July 2008	22.9 °C	833 mm	142
2007	38.8 °C12 November 2007	5.3 °C7 June 2007	24.3 °C	295 mm	248
2006	35.9 °C19 November 2006	2.4 °C2 August 2006	21.8 °C	737 mm	123
2005	39.6 °C22 October 2005	7.2 °C21 July 2005	24.3 °C	490 mm	250
2004	37.9 °C7 November 2004	5.5 °C30 July 2004	23.1 °C	562 mm	176
2003	38.7 °C15 October 2003	5.7 °C12 August 2003	23.1 °C	598 mm	192
2002	38.0 °C19 October 2002	5.7 °C28 June 2002	22.9 °C	607 mm	179
2001	38.1 °C8 October 2001	1.3 °C20 July 2001	22.5 °C	665 mm	146
2000	37.7 °C2 October 2000	5.8 °C11 June 2000	22.9 °C	421 mm	164
1999	38.2 °C2 November 1999	4.8 °C19 June 1999	22.8 °C	587 mm	174
1998	37.9 °C5 February 1998	6.9 °C6 June 1998	23.8 °C	491 mm	210
1997	37.7 °C26 September 1997	3.7 °C27 May 1997	22.3 °C	695 mm	139
1996	38.9 °C16 October 1996	5.0 °C6 August 1996	23.2 °C	400 mm	220
1995	38.5 °C12 November 1995	5.3 °C21 July 1995	23.1 °C	488 mm	178
1994	37.2 °C19 December 1994	3.8 °C30 June 1994	22.8 °C	414 mm	189
1993	37.2 °C18 January 1993	6.8 °C17 June 1993	22.8 °C	593 mm	151
1992	36.6 °C29 December 1992	5.1 °C23 July 1992	23.1 °C	315 mm	207
1991	36.7 °C6 October 1991	3.5 °C9 June 1991	21.9 °C	706 mm	105
1990	37.1 °C6 November 1990	5.0 °C23 June 1990	22.3 °C	764 mm	127
1989	38.0 °C26 November 1989	4.1 °C26 June 1989	22.8 °C	379 mm	170
1988	36.3 °C4 January 1988	4.4 °C19 July 1988	22.7 °C	567 mm	162
1987	37.5 °C31 October 1987	4.4 °C21 July 1987	22.9 °C	476 mm	202
1986	35.9 °C12 November 1986	4.7 °C25 July 1986	21.9 °C	639 mm	130
1985	36.1 °C6 October 1985	3.9 °C15 June 1985	22.1 °C	453 mm	145
1984	37.2 °C19 November 1984	4.7 °C21 July 1984	22.2 °C	534 mm	147
1983	37.0 °C24 February 1983	3.4 °C8 August 1983	22.9 °C	431 mm	195
1982	36.5 °C13 November 1982	1.0 °C15 June 1982	22.1 °C	569 mm	138
1981	37.4 °C7 November 1981	4.9 °C22 June 1981	22.4 °C	342 mm	171
1980	37.1 °C4 December 1980	3.8 °C27 August 1980	22.7 °C	413 mm	186
1979	38.4 °C4 October 1979	0.1 °C21 July 1979	22.0 °C	574 mm	141
1978	35.8 °C31 December 1978	4.0 °C18 June 1978	21.5 °C	518 mm	128
1977	37.1 °C6 January 1977	4.1 °C30 June 1977	22.3 °C	570 mm	146
1976	35.6 °C28 October 1976	3.6 °C9 July 1976	21.0 °C	655 mm	110
1975	37.3 °C3 November 1975	4.8 °C21 July 1975	22.0 °C	492 mm	139
1974	35.4 °C3 October 1974	2.6 °C23 August 1974	21.1 °C	605 mm	92
1973	37.1 °C21 January 1973	6.1 °C14 July 1973	23.3 °C	378 mm	197
1972	39.9 °C27 November 1972	4.8 °C24 June 1972	22.4 °C	471 mm	157
1971	36.9 °C30 October 1971	4.5 °C3 August 1971	22.4 °C	572 mm	148
1970	37.5 °C3 January 1970	2.4 °C19 July 1970	22.9 °C	469 mm	195
1969	37.6 °C15 January 1969	6.3 °C21 May 1969	22.6 °C	608 mm	154
1968	37.1 °C31 October 1968	2.7 °C17 June 1968	22.3 °C	471 mm	165
1967	37.7 °C22 October 1967	3.7 °C21 July 1967	21.5 °C	847 mm	95
1966	39.3 °C23 November 1966	4.6 °C18 August 1966	23.0 °C	423 mm	177
1965	36.4 °C31 October 1965	3.4 °C1 June 1965	22.3 °C	468 mm	167
1964	37.2 °C13 November 1964	2.4 °C4 July 1964	22.7 °C	353 mm	235
1963	36.3 °C7 October 1963	3.9 °C13 July 1963	21.1 °C	934 mm	94
1962	37.5 °C29 October 1962	2.7 °C9 June 1962	22.5 °C	543 mm	162
1961	37.4 °C17 October 1961	2.8 °C11 June 1961	22.7 °C	543 mm	152
1960	38.2 °C23 December 1960	1.4 °C19 July 1960	22.8 °C	380 mm	182
1959	37.6 °C17 October 1959	4.0 °C17 August 1959	22.8 °C	516 mm	187
1958	37.1 °C29 October 1958	4.9 °C3 August 1958	22.5 °C	530 mm	190
1957	38.2 °C13 November 1957	2.8 °C27 June 1957	22.6 °C	650 mm	158
1956	37.7 °C29 December 1956	4.6 °C6 July 1956	23.0 °C	301 mm	215
1955	36.1 °C1 October 1955	3.5 °C10 July 1955	22.2 °C	532 mm	140
1954	38.8 °C24 October 1954	1.9 °C26 July 1954	23.8 °C	141 mm	240
1953	38.7 °C31 October 1953	4.8 °C27 June 1953	21.8 °C	718 mm	111
1952	37.0 °C27 October 1952	4.4 °C15 July 1952	22.5 °C	471 mm	152
1951	37.5 °C10 October 1951	5.1 °C16 July 1951	20.9 °C	1,216 mm	64
1950	36.6 °C15 October 1950	4.9 °C12 July 1950	20.9 °C	999 mm	83
1949	40.6 °C11 January 1949	6.5 °C21 July 1949	23.0 °C	544 mm	170
1948	37.4 °C30 September 1948	6.5 °C17 June 1948	22.5 °C	580 mm	151
1947	37.8 °C9 October 1947	4.9 °C11 July 1947	22.8 °C	472 mm	184
1946	39.5 °C26 October 1946	5.0 °C28 July 1946	22.6 °C	578 mm	186
1945	37.8 °C25 October 1945	4.1 °C25 June 1945	22.9 °C	570 mm	172
1944	38.4 °C28 September 1944	6.0 °C4 July 1944	22.6 °C	657 mm	174
1943	37.7 °C8 October 1943	5.8 °C2 July 1943	22.6 °C	523 mm	152
1942	38.1 °C22 October 1942	3.8 °C17 June 1942	22.4 °C	658 mm	157
1941	39.8 °C16 October 1941	6.2 °C25 June 1941	23.2 °C	450 mm	211
1940	37.3 °C18 October 1940	1.0 °C17 June 1940	22.2 °C	561 mm	174

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.6 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

171 d/yr

-3

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

769 mm

+208 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.8 °C	+2.0 °C	84 mm	-50 mm
Feb	29.0 °C	-0.2 °C	236 mm	+113 mm
Mar	28.9 °C	-0.2 °C	155 mm	+52 mm
Apr	29.4 °C	-0.2 °C	71 mm	+44 mm
May	28.6 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jun	27.0 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	27.9 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	30.2 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	34.5 °C	+1.4 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Oct	35.8 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-15 mm
Nov	33.9 °C	+1.4 °C	30 mm	-31 mm
Dec	29.6 °C	-1.9 °C	189 mm	+93 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.5 °C

3 Dec 2025

Coldest day

2.9 °C

17 Aug 2025

Wettest day

79.2 mm

13 Feb 2025

Windiest day

29.0 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.7 °C

3 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.7 °C

17 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

10 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Helao Nafidi?

Helao Nafidi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 561 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Helao Nafidi?

The hottest day measured in Helao Nafidi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1949, reaching 40.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Helao Nafidi?

The coldest day measured in Helao Nafidi between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1979, at 0.1 °C.

Does it snow in Helao Nafidi?

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

Has the climate of Helao Nafidi warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Helao Nafidi?

The wettest day measured in Helao Nafidi between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 2009, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Helao Nafidi?

The windiest day measured in Helao Nafidi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1943, with winds reaching 36.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Helao Nafidi?

The warmest month in Helao Nafidi is October (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Helao Nafidi?

Helao Nafidi receives on average 561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Helao Nafidi?

Helao Nafidi gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Helao Nafidi?

Yes: Helao Nafidi has on average 61 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Helao Nafidi?

In Helao Nafidi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 10 November 2020, and the lowest was -4.6 °C on 21 July 1979.

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