Alice climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Alice?

Alice has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 764 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Alice between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1966, reaching 41.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Alice?

The coldest day measured in Alice between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1944, at -1.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Alice?

Almost never: Alice sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Alice warmed?

Yes: Alice warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Alice?

The wettest day measured in Alice between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1968, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Alice?

The windiest day measured in Alice between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1991, with winds reaching 51.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Alice?

The warmest month in Alice is January (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Alice?

Alice receives on average 764 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Alice?

Alice gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Alice (South Africa) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 764 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 January (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Alice averages 1 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.

Alice has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 28 December 1966) and the coldest -1.6 °C (on 10 July 1944).

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

AliceEastern Cape

coords: -32.79°, 26.83°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

16.4°C

Average daily high

23.1°C

Average daily low

11.1°C

Annual rainfall

764mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

16.2km/h

Seasonal range

8.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

42 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

110 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

22.4 °C

Average feels-like low

9.7 °C

Average peak gust

37.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °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

41.9 °C

28 December 1966

Coldest day

-1.6 °C

10 July 1944

Wettest day

99 mm

2 September 1968

Windiest day

51.4 km/h

3 August 1991

Strongest gust

110.2 km/h

3 August 1991

Hottest feels-like

43.1 °C

15 January 1991

Coldest feels-like

-5.6 °C

30 July 1946

Snowiest day

7.4 cm

8 August 1992

Sunniest day

14.0 h

29 November 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.8 °C11 December 2025	0.7 °C28 July 2025	17.3 °C	726 mm	55	0
2024	40.8 °C29 January 2024	0.1 °C31 July 2024	17.6 °C	701 mm	77	0
2023	40.7 °C1 December 2023	0.9 °C6 July 2023	16.8 °C	857 mm	63	0
2022	36.8 °C11 October 2022	-0.5 °C1 August 2022	16.9 °C	940 mm	42	1
2021	39.6 °C23 January 2021	-1.6 °C24 July 2021	16.9 °C	765 mm	46	3
2020	38.4 °C5 February 2020	-1.4 °C31 August 2020	17.0 °C	795 mm	49	2
2019	40.3 °C6 March 2019	-1.2 °C21 July 2019	17.8 °C	447 mm	75	1
2018	40.5 °C29 October 2018	-0.3 °C4 July 2018	16.8 °C	597 mm	61	3
2017	38.6 °C22 January 2017	-1.1 °C9 June 2017	16.5 °C	741 mm	55	3
2016	39.9 °C1 February 2016	-0.6 °C3 July 2016	17.4 °C	536 mm	63	2
2015	39.4 °C28 December 2015	-0.5 °C14 July 2015	16.5 °C	779 mm	44	1
2014	39.0 °C4 January 2014	-1.1 °C7 July 2014	16.8 °C	823 mm	42	2
2013	37.5 °C21 March 2013	0.5 °C10 June 2013	16.5 °C	600 mm	50	0
2012	37.8 °C30 January 2012	0.5 °C5 July 2012	16.3 °C	867 mm	48	0
2011	39.1 °C19 January 2011	1.3 °C7 August 2011	16.2 °C	1,003 mm	48	0
2010	38.5 °C15 February 2010	0.4 °C13 July 2010	17.2 °C	698 mm	62	0
2009	37.8 °C21 December 2009	1.0 °C29 June 2009	16.9 °C	622 mm	48	0
2008	37.9 °C3 March 2008	0.5 °C12 July 2008	16.7 °C	633 mm	47	0
2007	39.1 °C8 February 2007	2.3 °C19 June 2007	16.9 °C	668 mm	55	0
2006	37.2 °C14 January 2006	1.4 °C23 July 2006	16.4 °C	926 mm	38	0
2005	38.0 °C3 February 2005	0.8 °C10 June 2005	16.7 °C	803 mm	42	0
2004	40.2 °C10 February 2004	1.8 °C6 July 2004	17.2 °C	842 mm	51	0
2003	40.6 °C12 March 2003	0.4 °C12 July 2003	16.9 °C	625 mm	67	0
2002	37.9 °C5 January 2002	0.7 °C31 July 2002	16.8 °C	881 mm	54	0
2001	40.5 °C12 January 2001	0.7 °C7 July 2001	17.0 °C	895 mm	45	0
2000	33.9 °C21 January 2000	1.2 °C24 June 2000	16.3 °C	972 mm	38	0
1999	39.8 °C12 November 1999	1.3 °C19 July 1999	17.7 °C	728 mm	63	0
1998	38.1 °C4 January 1998	-1.4 °C9 June 1998	16.7 °C	806 mm	46	2
1997	39.2 °C20 December 1997	-0.3 °C26 July 1997	16.2 °C	677 mm	44	1
1996	37.1 °C4 January 1996	-1.1 °C17 July 1996	16.2 °C	882 mm	36	2
1995	37.7 °C5 January 1995	0.6 °C7 June 1995	16.2 °C	858 mm	38	0
1994	40.1 °C8 December 1994	0.7 °C1 July 1994	16.7 °C	741 mm	59	0
1993	41.1 °C5 January 1993	2.2 °C18 June 1993	17.3 °C	680 mm	66	0
1992	38.3 °C11 February 1992	-0.7 °C11 August 1992	16.8 °C	542 mm	49	1
1991	40.8 °C15 January 1991	-0.4 °C28 July 1991	17.0 °C	768 mm	52	2
1990	39.5 °C31 January 1990	-1.5 °C24 June 1990	16.5 °C	644 mm	54	3
1989	39.6 °C23 December 1989	0.2 °C7 July 1989	16.3 °C	899 mm	36	0
1988	36.5 °C1 January 1988	0.2 °C14 July 1988	16.4 °C	1,072 mm	29	0
1987	39.3 °C1 February 1987	1.5 °C20 June 1987	17.0 °C	686 mm	44	0
1986	37.2 °C19 February 1986	1.5 °C16 July 1986	16.6 °C	830 mm	28	0
1985	36.3 °C17 November 1985	1.5 °C4 August 1985	17.1 °C	929 mm	55	0
1984	39.6 °C7 February 1984	-0.2 °C26 August 1984	16.6 °C	620 mm	48	1
1983	37.7 °C7 January 1983	0.5 °C7 July 1983	17.1 °C	663 mm	55	0
1982	37.7 °C23 January 1982	-1.0 °C19 June 1982	16.5 °C	611 mm	45	2
1981	37.3 °C2 November 1981	-0.3 °C21 July 1981	15.7 °C	1,171 mm	31	1
1980	38.8 °C17 January 1980	2.1 °C2 July 1980	17.0 °C	561 mm	57	0
1979	41.1 °C15 January 1979	0.9 °C14 June 1979	16.5 °C	680 mm	47	0
1978	37.4 °C10 November 1978	1.8 °C30 June 1978	16.2 °C	701 mm	37	0
1977	37.4 °C11 February 1977	-0.9 °C27 June 1977	16.4 °C	790 mm	39	1
1976	34.7 °C24 December 1976	-0.7 °C16 July 1976	15.8 °C	1,109 mm	26	1
1975	35.8 °C29 October 1975	0.9 °C3 August 1975	16.0 °C	867 mm	28	0
1974	35.3 °C9 December 1974	0.1 °C31 August 1974	15.9 °C	1,077 mm	23	0
1973	36.4 °C17 February 1973	0.4 °C7 July 1973	16.2 °C	729 mm	36	0
1972	39.3 °C5 January 1972	1.4 °C14 August 1972	16.4 °C	746 mm	53	0
1971	35.0 °C13 February 1971	-0.5 °C18 June 1971	15.5 °C	949 mm	31	2
1970	39.7 °C8 January 1970	-1.4 °C23 July 1970	16.0 °C	697 mm	52	1
1969	36.6 °C12 December 1969	-0.1 °C20 July 1969	15.8 °C	627 mm	50	1
1968	36.5 °C6 February 1968	-1.2 °C6 July 1968	15.0 °C	530 mm	32	2
1967	40.4 °C27 January 1967	-0.2 °C7 August 1967	16.3 °C	899 mm	47	1
1966	41.9 °C28 December 1966	1.0 °C20 August 1966	16.6 °C	593 mm	54	0
1965	40.2 °C12 December 1965	1.4 °C14 May 1965	16.2 °C	759 mm	55	0
1964	39.2 °C23 January 1964	-0.3 °C26 June 1964	15.9 °C	698 mm	36	2
1963	38.9 °C28 December 1963	0.4 °C24 June 1963	16.4 °C	933 mm	46	0
1962	37.3 °C22 December 1962	-1.4 °C15 June 1962	16.6 °C	752 mm	41	1
1961	37.7 °C8 December 1961	1.0 °C7 August 1961	15.9 °C	842 mm	31	0
1960	36.3 °C1 November 1960	2.3 °C27 May 1960	16.3 °C	849 mm	48	0
1959	37.2 °C26 October 1959	-0.4 °C8 August 1959	16.2 °C	728 mm	40	1
1958	38.0 °C21 November 1958	0.2 °C10 August 1958	16.2 °C	685 mm	40	0
1957	37.2 °C27 December 1957	0.1 °C24 June 1957	16.4 °C	592 mm	45	0
1956	38.8 °C25 January 1956	-0.6 °C11 June 1956	15.0 °C	706 mm	28	3
1955	39.3 °C25 January 1955	0.4 °C10 July 1955	15.1 °C	656 mm	25	0
1954	34.4 °C11 October 1954	-0.5 °C13 July 1954	14.1 °C	413 mm	13	1
1953	34.9 °C23 September 1953	-0.8 °C3 July 1953	16.3 °C	617 mm	31	1
1952	40.4 °C20 October 1952	2.0 °C28 July 1952	15.9 °C	937 mm	23	0
1951	35.8 °C9 November 1951	0.8 °C27 July 1951	15.9 °C	558 mm	31	0
1950	36.5 °C31 January 1950	1.7 °C28 July 1950	16.2 °C	801 mm	40	0
1949	36.2 °C10 December 1949	1.2 °C26 May 1949	16.1 °C	436 mm	30	0
1948	34.3 °C8 January 1948	-1.6 °C16 August 1948	14.8 °C	847 mm	16	3
1947	34.5 °C6 February 1947	-1.6 °C23 July 1947	14.3 °C	790 mm	11	4
1946	37.9 °C18 December 1946	-0.6 °C30 July 1946	15.2 °C	810 mm	10	2
1945	34.3 °C10 February 1945	-0.1 °C10 July 1945	15.6 °C	814 mm	25	1
1944	34.8 °C26 November 1944	-1.6 °C10 July 1944	14.7 °C	837 mm	7	3
1943	34.9 °C5 January 1943	-0.4 °C12 August 1943	15.2 °C	1,018 mm	18	1
1942	34.0 °C26 November 1942	0.1 °C20 July 1942	15.5 °C	716 mm	25	0
1941	38.9 °C4 January 1941	-0.2 °C30 June 1941	16.3 °C	878 mm	37	1
1940	36.0 °C9 January 1940	1.8 °C26 September 1940	15.9 °C	905 mm	30	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.3 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

+13

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

726 mm

-38 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.2 °C	+1.2 °C	66 mm	-23 mm
Feb	27.4 °C	+0.7 °C	99 mm	-1 mm
Mar	26.6 °C	+1.1 °C	102 mm	+9 mm
Apr	22.7 °C	-0.5 °C	96 mm	+32 mm
May	23.3 °C	+2.0 °C	15 mm	-21 mm
Jun	20.1 °C	+0.8 °C	87 mm	+62 mm
Jul	19.9 °C	+0.5 °C	25 mm	-0 mm
Aug	21.1 °C	+0.7 °C	26 mm	-10 mm
Sep	22.2 °C	+0.5 °C	44 mm	-7 mm
Oct	24.8 °C	+2.1 °C	34 mm	-42 mm
Nov	27.0 °C	+2.9 °C	51 mm	-36 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+2.5 °C	82 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.8 °C

11 Dec 2025

Coldest day

0.7 °C

28 Jul 2025

Wettest day

44.7 mm

9 Jun 2025

Windiest day

37.7 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

82.1 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

30 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.0 °C

8 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

1 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Alice?

Alice has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 764 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alice?

The hottest day measured in Alice between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1966, reaching 41.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Alice?

The coldest day measured in Alice between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1944, at -1.6 °C.

Does it snow in Alice?

Almost never: Alice sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Alice warmed?

Yes: Alice warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Alice?

The wettest day measured in Alice between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1968, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Alice?

The windiest day measured in Alice between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1991, with winds reaching 51.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Alice?

The warmest month in Alice is January (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Alice?

Alice receives on average 764 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Alice?

Alice gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alice?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alice between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1992, with 7.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Alice?

Yes: Alice has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alice?

In Alice, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 15 January 1991, and the lowest was -5.6 °C on 30 July 1946.

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