Bhisho climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bhisho?

Bhisho has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 925 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bhisho between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1991, reaching 40.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bhisho?

The coldest day measured in Bhisho between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1990, at -2.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bhisho?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bhisho warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Bhisho?

The wettest day measured in Bhisho between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1968, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bhisho?

The windiest day measured in Bhisho between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1991, with winds reaching 57.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bhisho?

The warmest month in Bhisho is January (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bhisho?

Bhisho receives on average 925 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bhisho?

Bhisho gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bhisho (South Africa) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 925 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 (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is June (12.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Bhisho averages 0 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.

Bhisho 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 40.7 °C (on 15 January 1991) and the coldest -2.0 °C (on 24 June 1990).

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

BhishoEastern Cape

coords: -32.85°, 27.44°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJuneWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

16.1°C

Average daily high

22.6°C

Average daily low

11.4°C

Annual rainfall

925mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

17.7km/h

Seasonal range

7.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

30 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

120 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

22.1 °C

Average feels-like low

9.9 °C

Average peak gust

38.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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

40.7 °C

15 January 1991

Coldest day

-2.0 °C

24 June 1990

Wettest day

108 mm

2 September 1968

Windiest day

57.5 km/h

3 August 1991

Strongest gust

121.7 km/h

3 August 1991

Hottest feels-like

44.1 °C

27 January 1967

Coldest feels-like

-5.9 °C

10 July 1944

Snowiest day

2.6 cm

8 August 1992

Sunniest day

14.0 h

2 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.8 °C23 October 2025	0.6 °C8 July 2025	16.9 °C	889 mm	35	0
2024	39.3 °C15 December 2024	0.5 °C1 August 2024	17.1 °C	929 mm	49	0
2023	38.5 °C1 December 2023	0.7 °C6 July 2023	16.5 °C	1,078 mm	44	0
2022	37.0 °C13 October 2022	0.4 °C28 June 2022	16.8 °C	1,112 mm	35	0
2021	38.8 °C13 March 2021	-0.8 °C24 July 2021	16.5 °C	848 mm	33	2
2020	36.8 °C5 February 2020	0.5 °C16 July 2020	16.7 °C	956 mm	37	0
2019	39.9 °C20 September 2019	1.0 °C21 July 2019	17.2 °C	668 mm	44	0
2018	39.6 °C29 October 2018	-0.5 °C5 July 2018	16.5 °C	688 mm	40	1
2017	38.5 °C2 January 2017	0.2 °C9 June 2017	16.3 °C	876 mm	39	0
2016	37.9 °C5 March 2016	1.0 °C3 July 2016	17.0 °C	640 mm	55	0
2015	36.9 °C28 December 2015	1.2 °C6 August 2015	16.3 °C	932 mm	32	0
2014	36.9 °C15 January 2014	-0.2 °C11 June 2014	16.5 °C	1,074 mm	32	1
2013	37.8 °C5 March 2013	0.4 °C10 June 2013	16.4 °C	699 mm	42	0
2012	38.2 °C30 January 2012	0.6 °C30 July 2012	16.2 °C	1,059 mm	31	0
2011	36.5 °C2 March 2011	1.4 °C22 July 2011	15.9 °C	1,237 mm	29	0
2010	39.2 °C15 February 2010	1.1 °C13 July 2010	17.0 °C	920 mm	54	0
2009	36.5 °C18 February 2009	2.1 °C29 June 2009	16.6 °C	763 mm	32	0
2008	37.6 °C3 March 2008	0.8 °C1 July 2008	16.3 °C	895 mm	32	0
2007	36.5 °C19 September 2007	2.4 °C21 June 2007	16.8 °C	741 mm	41	0
2006	36.7 °C14 January 2006	1.2 °C23 July 2006	16.1 °C	1,175 mm	28	0
2005	37.2 °C2 November 2005	0.3 °C11 June 2005	16.5 °C	834 mm	33	0
2004	39.4 °C17 November 2004	2.1 °C7 July 2004	16.9 °C	1,060 mm	33	0
2003	39.3 °C12 March 2003	2.3 °C12 July 2003	16.7 °C	646 mm	59	0
2002	36.8 °C17 March 2002	1.7 °C29 June 2002	16.5 °C	1,052 mm	42	0
2001	38.8 °C12 January 2001	1.9 °C7 July 2001	16.8 °C	1,020 mm	35	0
2000	33.9 °C27 December 2000	2.5 °C24 June 2000	16.1 °C	1,028 mm	27	0
1999	39.5 °C12 November 1999	2.4 °C10 August 1999	17.4 °C	836 mm	57	0
1998	38.1 °C13 November 1998	-0.7 °C9 June 1998	16.4 °C	1,133 mm	33	1
1997	38.5 °C4 October 1997	1.0 °C18 June 1997	16.0 °C	845 mm	35	0
1996	36.6 °C11 March 1996	0.7 °C17 July 1996	16.0 °C	955 mm	33	0
1995	38.3 °C5 January 1995	0.9 °C7 June 1995	16.2 °C	869 mm	34	0
1994	39.7 °C8 December 1994	0.7 °C29 July 1994	16.4 °C	772 mm	37	0
1993	39.5 °C5 January 1993	2.7 °C18 June 1993	17.1 °C	833 mm	51	0
1992	37.4 °C11 February 1992	1.0 °C29 May 1992	16.6 °C	665 mm	33	0
1991	40.7 °C15 January 1991	0.9 °C12 August 1991	16.8 °C	916 mm	42	0
1990	39.3 °C31 January 1990	-2.0 °C24 June 1990	16.1 °C	733 mm	37	2
1989	37.9 °C23 December 1989	1.3 °C6 June 1989	16.0 °C	1,154 mm	20	0
1988	34.7 °C28 March 1988	0.2 °C14 July 1988	16.1 °C	1,330 mm	20	0
1987	37.0 °C8 February 1987	1.2 °C14 July 1987	16.5 °C	825 mm	23	0
1986	35.4 °C19 February 1986	1.2 °C16 July 1986	16.2 °C	1,126 mm	16	0
1985	38.2 °C3 January 1985	0.9 °C4 August 1985	16.8 °C	1,239 mm	44	0
1984	37.9 °C7 February 1984	0.9 °C5 July 1984	16.2 °C	726 mm	29	0
1983	37.9 °C7 March 1983	1.2 °C7 July 1983	17.0 °C	772 mm	48	0
1982	36.9 °C6 October 1982	-1.0 °C19 June 1982	16.2 °C	679 mm	33	1
1981	37.3 °C2 November 1981	0.7 °C21 July 1981	15.7 °C	1,221 mm	24	0
1980	38.6 °C11 October 1980	0.4 °C3 July 1980	16.7 °C	697 mm	42	0
1979	40.2 °C15 January 1979	1.6 °C26 July 1979	16.2 °C	774 mm	36	0
1978	36.3 °C10 November 1978	1.9 °C5 August 1978	15.8 °C	959 mm	25	0
1977	37.5 °C11 February 1977	0.2 °C27 June 1977	16.2 °C	1,002 mm	26	0
1976	33.3 °C24 December 1976	0.2 °C30 July 1976	15.8 °C	1,229 mm	18	0
1975	35.1 °C29 October 1975	1.8 °C4 August 1975	15.9 °C	1,112 mm	14	0
1974	34.7 °C21 September 1974	1.2 °C31 August 1974	16.0 °C	1,197 mm	18	0
1973	35.7 °C17 February 1973	0.3 °C12 July 1973	16.0 °C	982 mm	24	0
1972	39.4 °C5 January 1972	2.3 °C5 September 1972	16.2 °C	802 mm	46	0
1971	34.0 °C13 February 1971	-1.1 °C18 June 1971	15.5 °C	1,023 mm	24	1
1970	38.9 °C4 January 1970	-0.4 °C23 July 1970	15.9 °C	802 mm	37	1
1969	36.3 °C13 February 1969	0.6 °C20 July 1969	15.8 °C	659 mm	37	0
1968	36.3 °C7 October 1968	0.6 °C7 July 1968	14.8 °C	650 mm	20	0
1967	39.3 °C27 January 1967	1.0 °C2 July 1967	16.2 °C	1,000 mm	33	0
1966	39.4 °C28 December 1966	1.4 °C20 August 1966	16.2 °C	808 mm	36	0
1965	40.5 °C12 December 1965	0.5 °C25 June 1965	16.0 °C	904 mm	42	0
1964	36.4 °C26 December 1964	-1.4 °C27 June 1964	15.7 °C	837 mm	16	2
1963	36.7 °C28 December 1963	1.9 °C2 July 1963	16.1 °C	1,339 mm	25	0
1962	36.3 °C22 December 1962	1.2 °C3 July 1962	16.3 °C	952 mm	23	0
1961	35.6 °C8 December 1961	1.3 °C6 July 1961	15.8 °C	941 mm	16	0
1960	35.5 °C1 November 1960	3.0 °C27 May 1960	15.9 °C	1,115 mm	30	0
1959	35.3 °C27 January 1959	1.2 °C14 September 1959	16.0 °C	939 mm	27	0
1958	36.1 °C7 October 1958	0.1 °C10 August 1958	15.7 °C	845 mm	23	0
1957	34.4 °C1 December 1957	0.0 °C4 July 1957	15.8 °C	932 mm	13	0
1956	37.5 °C25 January 1956	-0.5 °C12 June 1956	14.8 °C	1,103 mm	16	1
1955	39.2 °C25 January 1955	0.7 °C8 August 1955	15.0 °C	798 mm	19	0
1954	33.6 °C11 October 1954	-0.5 °C18 July 1954	13.7 °C	593 mm	5	3
1953	34.6 °C23 September 1953	-0.6 °C3 July 1953	15.9 °C	719 mm	16	1
1952	39.1 °C20 October 1952	1.5 °C2 July 1952	15.9 °C	1,140 mm	18	0
1951	35.2 °C1 February 1951	0.1 °C17 July 1951	15.8 °C	597 mm	29	0
1950	37.3 °C31 January 1950	0.9 °C28 July 1950	16.1 °C	759 mm	29	0
1949	34.0 °C10 December 1949	2.7 °C17 July 1949	15.9 °C	575 mm	25	0
1948	33.7 °C14 February 1948	-1.1 °C16 August 1948	14.8 °C	969 mm	10	1
1947	33.8 °C29 January 1947	-1.2 °C29 July 1947	14.3 °C	998 mm	6	2
1946	35.0 °C18 December 1946	-0.1 °C30 July 1946	15.2 °C	893 mm	10	1
1945	33.9 °C10 February 1945	0.1 °C21 July 1945	15.4 °C	979 mm	14	0
1944	33.6 °C26 November 1944	-1.9 °C10 July 1944	14.4 °C	1,434 mm	4	2
1943	34.4 °C5 January 1943	-0.4 °C12 August 1943	15.1 °C	1,212 mm	14	1
1942	33.4 °C26 November 1942	1.0 °C27 June 1942	15.3 °C	889 mm	14	0
1941	39.2 °C4 January 1941	-0.7 °C30 June 1941	16.2 °C	1,085 mm	32	1
1940	36.2 °C3 February 1940	0.4 °C14 July 1940	15.9 °C	889 mm	24	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.4 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

35 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

889 mm

-36 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.2 °C	+0.5 °C	107 mm	-5 mm
Feb	25.0 °C	-0.5 °C	127 mm	+2 mm
Mar	25.8 °C	+1.2 °C	154 mm	+35 mm
Apr	22.0 °C	-0.7 °C	127 mm	+45 mm
May	22.9 °C	+1.7 °C	9 mm	-31 mm
Jun	20.1 °C	+0.6 °C	82 mm	+56 mm
Jul	20.1 °C	+0.3 °C	32 mm	+6 mm
Aug	21.4 °C	+0.8 °C	24 mm	-15 mm
Sep	21.3 °C	-0.2 °C	58 mm	-4 mm
Oct	23.7 °C	+1.8 °C	34 mm	-59 mm
Nov	25.6 °C	+2.5 °C	49 mm	-53 mm
Dec	26.8 °C	+2.1 °C	88 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.8 °C

23 Oct 2025

Coldest day

0.6 °C

8 Jul 2025

Wettest day

43.6 mm

9 Jun 2025

Windiest day

37.6 km/h

10 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

81.0 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

12 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.4 °C

8 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

1 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bhisho?

Bhisho has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 925 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bhisho?

The hottest day measured in Bhisho between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1991, reaching 40.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bhisho?

The coldest day measured in Bhisho between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1990, at -2.0 °C.

Does it snow in Bhisho?

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

Has the climate of Bhisho warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Bhisho?

The wettest day measured in Bhisho between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1968, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bhisho?

The windiest day measured in Bhisho between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1991, with winds reaching 57.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bhisho?

The warmest month in Bhisho is January (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Bhisho?

Bhisho receives on average 925 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bhisho?

Bhisho gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bhisho?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bhisho between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1992, with 2.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Bhisho?

Yes: Bhisho has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bhisho?

In Bhisho, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 27 January 1967, and the lowest was -5.9 °C on 10 July 1944.

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