Giohar climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Giohar?

Giohar has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 462 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Giohar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1984, reaching 39.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Giohar?

The coldest day measured in Giohar between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 19.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Giohar?

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

Q: Has the climate of Giohar warmed?

Yes: Giohar warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Giohar?

The wettest day measured in Giohar between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2009, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Giohar?

The windiest day measured in Giohar between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1955, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Giohar?

The warmest month in Giohar is March (28.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Giohar?

Giohar receives on average 462 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Giohar?

Giohar gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Giohar (Somalia) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 462 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 (28.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Giohar averages 0 frost days, 324 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.

Giohar has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 9 April 1984) and the coldest 19.0 °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

GioharMiddle Shabele

coords: 2.78°, 45.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

26.9°C

Average daily high

32.5°C

Average daily low

23.3°C

Annual rainfall

462mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

21.2km/h

Seasonal range

2.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

324 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

91 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.6 °C

Average feels-like low

26.0 °C

Average peak gust

42.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

39.4 °C

9 April 1984

Coldest day

19.0 °C

17 December 1967

Wettest day

61 mm

28 October 2009

Windiest day

37.8 km/h

8 August 1955

Strongest gust

72.7 km/h

8 August 1955

Hottest feels-like

43.6 °C

8 April 1983

Coldest feels-like

18.8 °C

1 February 1962

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.1 °C14 March 2025	21.2 °C6 January 2025	27.6 °C	275 mm	358
2024	37.6 °C25 February 2024	22.2 °C5 January 2024	28.0 °C	325 mm	356
2023	36.5 °C10 March 2023	21.4 °C28 January 2023	27.6 °C	534 mm	354
2022	37.5 °C12 April 2022	21.5 °C28 July 2022	27.5 °C	256 mm	347
2021	37.5 °C27 March 2021	21.2 °C9 January 2021	27.4 °C	173 mm	351
2020	38.3 °C6 March 2020	21.8 °C17 January 2020	27.7 °C	444 mm	350
2019	38.4 °C1 March 2019	22.0 °C4 February 2019	27.8 °C	415 mm	360
2018	37.3 °C16 March 2018	20.8 °C8 February 2018	27.2 °C	436 mm	353
2017	37.5 °C4 March 2017	21.3 °C2 November 2017	27.6 °C	363 mm	360
2016	38.6 °C18 March 2016	20.7 °C29 August 2016	27.5 °C	256 mm	337
2015	37.4 °C25 February 2015	20.9 °C25 January 2015	27.4 °C	542 mm	354
2014	38.5 °C29 March 2014	21.1 °C23 January 2014	27.3 °C	329 mm	350
2013	38.5 °C5 March 2013	20.7 °C19 January 2013	26.9 °C	521 mm	327
2012	37.4 °C10 March 2012	21.2 °C2 January 2012	27.1 °C	510 mm	348
2011	37.4 °C22 March 2011	20.6 °C9 February 2011	27.2 °C	377 mm	348
2010	38.0 °C14 March 2010	21.3 °C15 December 2010	27.5 °C	187 mm	355
2009	37.4 °C16 March 2009	21.2 °C3 January 2009	27.3 °C	453 mm	352
2008	37.4 °C15 March 2008	20.9 °C29 February 2008	27.0 °C	299 mm	309
2007	39.1 °C24 February 2007	20.7 °C6 January 2007	27.5 °C	251 mm	355
2006	38.2 °C3 March 2006	21.7 °C2 December 2006	27.1 °C	459 mm	336
2005	38.1 °C28 March 2005	20.6 °C4 January 2005	27.0 °C	307 mm	339
2004	37.7 °C26 February 2004	21.0 °C31 December 2004	26.9 °C	502 mm	327
2003	38.0 °C5 April 2003	20.9 °C29 January 2003	27.0 °C	398 mm	330
2002	38.4 °C11 March 2002	21.5 °C17 July 2002	27.0 °C	445 mm	350
2001	37.8 °C24 March 2001	21.1 °C6 December 2001	27.0 °C	436 mm	336
2000	37.6 °C22 February 2000	20.1 °C22 February 2000	26.8 °C	355 mm	335
1999	37.3 °C19 March 1999	20.7 °C3 February 1999	26.7 °C	300 mm	320
1998	38.2 °C28 March 1998	20.9 °C6 September 1998	27.0 °C	382 mm	326
1997	37.1 °C13 March 1997	20.7 °C9 December 1997	26.7 °C	1,052 mm	304
1996	37.3 °C19 March 1996	20.6 °C5 September 1996	26.8 °C	356 mm	311
1995	36.6 °C10 February 1995	20.7 °C6 January 1995	26.9 °C	432 mm	325
1994	37.8 °C15 February 1994	21.1 °C29 December 1994	26.6 °C	675 mm	309
1993	37.5 °C10 March 1993	21.0 °C6 September 1993	26.9 °C	350 mm	315
1992	37.5 °C5 April 1992	21.3 °C3 January 1992	27.0 °C	277 mm	340
1991	37.6 °C19 March 1991	20.6 °C28 December 1991	26.9 °C	394 mm	331
1990	37.1 °C24 February 1990	20.5 °C20 December 1990	27.1 °C	482 mm	332
1989	36.7 °C30 March 1989	21.3 °C26 January 1989	26.9 °C	570 mm	330
1988	39.1 °C21 March 1988	21.3 °C27 August 1988	27.2 °C	404 mm	338
1987	37.7 °C14 March 1987	21.1 °C14 December 1987	27.3 °C	439 mm	330
1986	37.7 °C13 March 1986	20.4 °C15 January 1986	27.1 °C	342 mm	310
1985	38.3 °C16 February 1985	20.6 °C21 February 1985	26.7 °C	518 mm	312
1984	39.4 °C9 April 1984	19.0 °C19 August 1984	26.8 °C	328 mm	310
1983	38.3 °C15 April 1983	20.4 °C8 January 1983	27.5 °C	339 mm	355
1982	37.4 °C29 March 1982	21.1 °C2 January 1982	27.1 °C	598 mm	323
1981	36.8 °C24 February 1981	21.0 °C10 August 1981	26.9 °C	483 mm	312
1980	37.1 °C29 February 1980	20.9 °C21 August 1980	27.0 °C	344 mm	313
1979	36.6 °C20 March 1979	20.4 °C3 September 1979	26.8 °C	580 mm	291
1978	37.5 °C18 March 1978	20.0 °C10 January 1978	26.9 °C	445 mm	338
1977	38.3 °C8 March 1977	20.4 °C21 February 1977	26.8 °C	586 mm	336
1976	37.5 °C22 March 1976	20.3 °C19 January 1976	26.7 °C	460 mm	321
1975	37.0 °C17 March 1975	20.6 °C3 February 1975	26.7 °C	361 mm	326
1974	36.7 °C27 February 1974	20.7 °C2 February 1974	26.8 °C	301 mm	341
1973	38.0 °C2 March 1973	20.3 °C16 September 1973	27.0 °C	277 mm	334
1972	36.8 °C11 February 1972	20.1 °C6 August 1972	26.9 °C	614 mm	337
1971	36.8 °C8 March 1971	20.1 °C22 December 1971	26.6 °C	368 mm	311
1970	37.6 °C26 February 1970	20.5 °C27 August 1970	27.0 °C	402 mm	335
1969	37.9 °C20 April 1969	20.8 °C2 November 1969	27.0 °C	312 mm	341
1968	36.3 °C21 March 1968	19.8 °C30 January 1968	26.1 °C	700 mm	285
1967	37.0 °C10 March 1967	19.0 °C17 December 1967	26.4 °C	690 mm	306
1966	37.0 °C1 March 1966	20.5 °C12 January 1966	26.8 °C	510 mm	332
1965	37.0 °C26 March 1965	19.5 °C7 January 1965	26.4 °C	467 mm	325
1964	38.1 °C28 February 1964	20.8 °C6 November 1964	26.4 °C	467 mm	291
1963	36.6 °C9 March 1963	19.8 °C23 October 1963	26.3 °C	705 mm	286
1962	36.5 °C23 February 1962	19.9 °C31 January 1962	26.4 °C	520 mm	309
1961	36.0 °C1 May 1961	19.6 °C5 January 1961	26.7 °C	614 mm	308
1960	36.1 °C3 March 1960	20.1 °C19 January 1960	26.2 °C	646 mm	281
1959	36.9 °C21 March 1959	20.9 °C11 February 1959	26.9 °C	348 mm	345
1958	37.2 °C25 February 1958	21.1 °C17 October 1958	27.0 °C	334 mm	333
1957	36.6 °C15 March 1957	19.9 °C19 February 1957	26.5 °C	693 mm	307
1956	37.1 °C2 March 1956	20.1 °C18 September 1956	26.4 °C	478 mm	321
1955	36.7 °C3 March 1955	21.0 °C28 February 1955	26.6 °C	379 mm	319
1954	37.3 °C27 January 1954	20.0 °C2 February 1954	26.3 °C	490 mm	308
1953	34.9 °C31 January 1953	20.8 °C2 July 1953	25.8 °C	1,055 mm	219
1952	35.6 °C23 March 1952	20.9 °C11 August 1952	26.2 °C	651 mm	286
1951	36.2 °C23 February 1951	20.1 °C4 December 1951	25.8 °C	1,191 mm	209
1950	36.5 °C17 January 1950	20.5 °C25 August 1950	26.1 °C	659 mm	257
1949	35.9 °C8 February 1949	20.0 °C4 January 1949	26.4 °C	534 mm	322
1948	35.2 °C16 January 1948	20.1 °C20 February 1948	26.3 °C	616 mm	297
1947	36.1 °C2 February 1947	20.1 °C22 September 1947	25.9 °C	864 mm	238
1946	37.4 °C3 March 1946	20.2 °C20 February 1946	26.9 °C	345 mm	344
1945	36.6 °C11 March 1945	19.9 °C25 January 1945	26.6 °C	318 mm	322
1944	37.5 °C23 March 1944	20.2 °C7 January 1944	26.6 °C	351 mm	331
1943	36.8 °C15 April 1943	20.2 °C20 March 1943	26.6 °C	175 mm	323
1942	37.8 °C1 April 1942	19.1 °C16 August 1942	26.7 °C	315 mm	333
1941	38.5 °C20 March 1941	20.0 °C17 January 1941	26.9 °C	410 mm	356
1940	36.5 °C18 February 1940	20.4 °C9 January 1940	26.6 °C	590 mm	342

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.9 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

358 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

275 mm

-187 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.6 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Feb	34.3 °C	-0.8 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Mar	35.0 °C	-0.3 °C	27 mm	+4 mm
Apr	33.6 °C	-0.3 °C	121 mm	+31 mm
May	32.7 °C	+0.9 °C	52 mm	-34 mm
Jun	31.7 °C	+0.9 °C	15 mm	-2 mm
Jul	31.2 °C	+1.0 °C	5 mm	-8 mm
Aug	30.9 °C	+0.3 °C	10 mm	-2 mm
Sep	32.1 °C	+0.3 °C	7 mm	-7 mm
Oct	32.8 °C	+0.8 °C	21 mm	-62 mm
Nov	34.0 °C	+2.3 °C	12 mm	-69 mm
Dec	33.6 °C	+0.8 °C	4 mm	-28 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.1 °C

14 Mar 2025

Coldest day

21.2 °C

6 Jan 2025

Wettest day

17.3 mm

16 Apr 2025

Windiest day

32.8 km/h

20 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

63.7 km/h

20 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

2 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.8 °C

1 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Giohar?

Giohar has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.9 °C and it receives 462 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Giohar?

The hottest day measured in Giohar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1984, reaching 39.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Giohar?

The coldest day measured in Giohar between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 19.0 °C.

Does it snow in Giohar?

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

Has the climate of Giohar warmed?

Yes: Giohar warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Giohar?

The wettest day measured in Giohar between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2009, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Giohar?

The windiest day measured in Giohar between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1955, with winds reaching 37.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Giohar?

The warmest month in Giohar is March (28.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Giohar?

Giohar receives on average 462 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Giohar?

Giohar gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Giohar?

Yes: Giohar has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Giohar?

In Giohar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 8 April 1983, and the lowest was 18.8 °C on 1 February 1962.

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