Buulobarde climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Buulobarde?

Buulobarde has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 284 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Buulobarde between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 2016, reaching 39.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Buulobarde?

The coldest day measured in Buulobarde between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 17.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Buulobarde?

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

Q: Has the climate of Buulobarde warmed?

Yes: Buulobarde warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Buulobarde?

The wettest day measured in Buulobarde between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1997, with 201 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Buulobarde?

The windiest day measured in Buulobarde between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2007, with winds reaching 41.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Buulobarde?

The warmest month in Buulobarde is March (29.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Buulobarde?

Buulobarde receives on average 284 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 52 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Buulobarde?

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

Buulobarde (Somalia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 284 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 March (29.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (26.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Buulobarde averages 0 frost days, 354 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 52 rainy days per year.

Buulobarde has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 23 March 2016) and the coldest 17.9 °C (on 17 December 1967).

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

BuulobardeHiiraan

coords: 3.85°, 45.57°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

27.7°C

Average daily high

33.7°C

Average daily low

23.1°C

Annual rainfall

284mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

24.7km/h

Seasonal range

2.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

354 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

52 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.6 °C

Average feels-like low

25.0 °C

Average peak gust

43.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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

39.8 °C

23 March 2016

Coldest day

17.9 °C

17 December 1967

Wettest day

201 mm

15 October 1997

Windiest day

41.4 km/h

18 June 2007

Strongest gust

70.2 km/h

24 July 1996

Hottest feels-like

43.6 °C

16 April 1973

Coldest feels-like

16.9 °C

16 January 1960

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.1 °C5 April 2025	20.7 °C6 January 2025	28.5 °C	155 mm	365
2024	39.3 °C17 April 2024	21.3 °C5 January 2024	28.9 °C	295 mm	363
2023	38.0 °C8 April 2023	20.8 °C28 January 2023	28.3 °C	388 mm	357
2022	39.2 °C5 April 2022	21.0 °C11 February 2022	28.3 °C	132 mm	358
2021	38.7 °C29 March 2021	20.5 °C30 January 2021	28.4 °C	77 mm	359
2020	38.5 °C6 March 2020	21.0 °C13 December 2020	28.5 °C	282 mm	363
2019	39.1 °C1 March 2019	20.9 °C29 November 2019	28.4 °C	333 mm	360
2018	37.7 °C17 March 2018	20.0 °C8 February 2018	27.8 °C	331 mm	358
2017	38.3 °C27 March 2017	20.4 °C14 January 2017	28.2 °C	268 mm	359
2016	39.8 °C23 March 2016	20.4 °C23 July 2016	28.3 °C	135 mm	363
2015	38.1 °C12 March 2015	20.0 °C25 January 2015	27.9 °C	469 mm	363
2014	38.7 °C30 March 2014	20.5 °C19 January 2014	28.1 °C	174 mm	362
2013	38.5 °C3 February 2013	19.9 °C19 January 2013	27.5 °C	316 mm	353
2012	38.7 °C3 April 2012	20.4 °C28 January 2012	27.8 °C	375 mm	358
2011	38.2 °C26 March 2011	18.6 °C10 February 2011	27.9 °C	277 mm	357
2010	38.5 °C7 April 2010	20.9 °C19 December 2010	28.4 °C	111 mm	361
2009	38.5 °C21 March 2009	20.4 °C3 January 2009	28.1 °C	237 mm	356
2008	37.6 °C4 April 2008	20.1 °C10 December 2008	27.6 °C	179 mm	350
2007	39.3 °C9 April 2007	20.1 °C6 January 2007	28.3 °C	138 mm	363
2006	38.4 °C24 February 2006	20.8 °C28 January 2006	27.7 °C	466 mm	343
2005	38.6 °C28 March 2005	19.5 °C3 January 2005	27.7 °C	183 mm	358
2004	38.5 °C22 March 2004	20.4 °C29 August 2004	27.6 °C	365 mm	342
2003	39.4 °C6 April 2003	20.4 °C29 January 2003	27.8 °C	295 mm	355
2002	38.7 °C7 April 2002	20.7 °C25 November 2002	27.7 °C	316 mm	358
2001	38.6 °C26 March 2001	20.4 °C1 February 2001	27.7 °C	238 mm	355
2000	37.9 °C7 April 2000	19.8 °C22 February 2000	27.5 °C	181 mm	360
1999	37.8 °C4 April 1999	20.1 °C3 February 1999	27.6 °C	145 mm	354
1998	39.0 °C31 March 1998	20.1 °C2 December 1998	27.8 °C	208 mm	349
1997	37.6 °C13 March 1997	19.7 °C9 December 1997	27.2 °C	905 mm	312
1996	38.1 °C9 April 1996	19.9 °C9 August 1996	27.6 °C	211 mm	351
1995	38.1 °C2 April 1995	20.4 °C20 January 1995	27.7 °C	335 mm	355
1994	38.8 °C28 March 1994	20.5 °C19 December 1994	27.3 °C	460 mm	339
1993	38.4 °C11 March 1993	19.8 °C13 January 1993	27.6 °C	196 mm	357
1992	38.0 °C21 March 1992	20.7 °C3 January 1992	27.9 °C	125 mm	360
1991	38.5 °C14 April 1991	20.3 °C28 December 1991	27.7 °C	236 mm	352
1990	38.0 °C12 February 1990	19.7 °C20 December 1990	27.9 °C	296 mm	357
1989	37.3 °C16 March 1989	20.7 °C26 January 1989	27.6 °C	340 mm	355
1988	38.5 °C13 March 1988	20.9 °C27 August 1988	28.1 °C	251 mm	360
1987	38.4 °C14 March 1987	20.1 °C14 December 1987	28.0 °C	349 mm	353
1986	38.4 °C7 April 1986	19.6 °C15 January 1986	27.8 °C	191 mm	355
1985	37.9 °C16 March 1985	19.5 °C21 February 1985	27.4 °C	266 mm	354
1984	39.0 °C8 April 1984	18.9 °C19 August 1984	27.6 °C	161 mm	358
1983	38.8 °C15 April 1983	19.7 °C8 January 1983	28.3 °C	210 mm	361
1982	38.6 °C29 March 1982	20.3 °C3 January 1982	27.8 °C	357 mm	354
1981	37.8 °C28 February 1981	20.0 °C10 December 1981	27.5 °C	295 mm	356
1980	38.5 °C16 April 1980	20.5 °C31 August 1980	27.8 °C	222 mm	361
1979	38.0 °C23 March 1979	20.2 °C3 September 1979	27.6 °C	318 mm	343
1978	38.2 °C1 April 1978	19.2 °C10 January 1978	27.7 °C	255 mm	356
1977	37.6 °C13 March 1977	19.6 °C21 February 1977	27.6 °C	390 mm	356
1976	37.9 °C22 March 1976	19.7 °C19 January 1976	27.6 °C	228 mm	361
1975	37.3 °C3 April 1975	20.0 °C12 January 1975	27.6 °C	188 mm	360
1974	37.2 °C3 March 1974	19.9 °C2 February 1974	27.7 °C	162 mm	363
1973	39.3 °C16 April 1973	19.8 °C16 December 1973	27.9 °C	129 mm	364
1972	37.6 °C7 April 1972	20.1 °C6 August 1972	27.7 °C	367 mm	361
1971	39.1 °C23 April 1971	19.2 °C22 December 1971	27.4 °C	178 mm	358
1970	38.5 °C13 March 1970	20.6 °C2 September 1970	27.7 °C	270 mm	362
1969	38.9 °C20 April 1969	20.1 °C4 February 1969	27.9 °C	173 mm	362
1968	37.1 °C20 March 1968	19.2 °C23 January 1968	26.8 °C	420 mm	340
1967	37.6 °C25 March 1967	17.9 °C17 December 1967	27.0 °C	444 mm	345
1966	37.5 °C3 April 1966	19.4 °C11 January 1966	27.5 °C	296 mm	362
1965	37.9 °C24 March 1965	19.0 °C7 January 1965	27.1 °C	307 mm	356
1964	38.5 °C1 April 1964	20.0 °C25 December 1964	27.2 °C	240 mm	354
1963	37.5 °C19 March 1963	19.7 °C24 October 1963	27.0 °C	486 mm	340
1962	38.0 °C9 April 1962	19.5 °C30 January 1962	27.2 °C	281 mm	358
1961	38.1 °C2 April 1961	18.8 °C4 January 1961	27.4 °C	317 mm	349
1960	37.0 °C11 March 1960	19.4 °C19 January 1960	26.9 °C	455 mm	350
1959	37.8 °C25 March 1959	19.6 °C11 February 1959	27.6 °C	239 mm	362
1958	38.7 °C14 March 1958	20.7 °C15 December 1958	27.9 °C	187 mm	361
1957	37.8 °C3 April 1957	18.9 °C19 February 1957	27.2 °C	428 mm	347
1956	38.4 °C6 April 1956	19.3 °C13 January 1956	27.2 °C	281 mm	359
1955	37.8 °C13 March 1955	20.1 °C28 February 1955	27.4 °C	199 mm	356
1954	37.6 °C20 March 1954	19.4 °C2 February 1954	27.0 °C	315 mm	350
1953	38.1 °C1 April 1953	20.4 °C2 July 1953	26.6 °C	508 mm	317
1952	37.8 °C20 March 1952	20.4 °C16 August 1952	27.1 °C	362 mm	352
1951	37.1 °C3 March 1951	19.7 °C21 January 1951	26.4 °C	756 mm	307
1950	37.9 °C17 January 1950	19.8 °C25 August 1950	27.0 °C	302 mm	340
1949	37.3 °C1 March 1949	19.4 °C4 January 1949	27.3 °C	273 mm	361
1948	37.3 °C3 April 1948	19.8 °C1 January 1948	27.3 °C	299 mm	361
1947	36.6 °C2 February 1947	19.8 °C31 December 1947	26.7 °C	497 mm	322
1946	38.6 °C19 March 1946	19.4 °C18 January 1946	27.7 °C	147 mm	362
1945	37.3 °C1 March 1945	19.5 °C23 January 1945	27.3 °C	195 mm	358
1944	38.3 °C5 April 1944	19.2 °C25 January 1944	27.4 °C	218 mm	354
1943	37.6 °C1 March 1943	19.6 °C22 December 1943	27.5 °C	55 mm	355
1942	37.9 °C21 March 1942	18.9 °C16 August 1942	27.4 °C	182 mm	353
1941	38.5 °C28 March 1941	18.8 °C20 January 1941	27.7 °C	208 mm	363
1940	37.2 °C24 April 1940	19.4 °C9 January 1940	27.4 °C	351 mm	352

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.5 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

365 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

155 mm

-129 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.1 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	35.4 °C	-0.1 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Mar	36.8 °C	+0.6 °C	12 mm	-0 mm
Apr	35.0 °C	+0.2 °C	64 mm	-4 mm
May	34.5 °C	+1.4 °C	46 mm	-8 mm
Jun	33.6 °C	+1.0 °C	6 mm	+0 mm
Jul	32.8 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Aug	32.5 °C	0.0 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Sep	34.5 °C	+0.7 °C	2 mm	-4 mm
Oct	34.4 °C	+1.4 °C	18 mm	-45 mm
Nov	35.3 °C	+2.6 °C	1 mm	-48 mm
Dec	34.9 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.1 °C

5 Apr 2025

Coldest day

20.7 °C

6 Jan 2025

Wettest day

26.2 mm

16 Apr 2025

Windiest day

39.2 km/h

14 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

14 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.0 °C

11 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.9 °C

6 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Buulobarde?

Buulobarde has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 284 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Buulobarde?

The hottest day measured in Buulobarde between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 2016, reaching 39.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Buulobarde?

The coldest day measured in Buulobarde between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 17.9 °C.

Does it snow in Buulobarde?

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

Has the climate of Buulobarde warmed?

Yes: Buulobarde warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Buulobarde?

The wettest day measured in Buulobarde between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1997, with 201 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Buulobarde?

The windiest day measured in Buulobarde between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2007, with winds reaching 41.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Buulobarde?

The warmest month in Buulobarde is March (29.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Buulobarde?

Buulobarde receives on average 284 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 52 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Buulobarde?

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

Are there tropical nights in Buulobarde?

Yes: Buulobarde has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Buulobarde?

In Buulobarde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 16 April 1973, and the lowest was 16.9 °C on 16 January 1960.

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