Carletonville climate — normals and trends
Carletonville (South Africa) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 775 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 (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is June (9.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Carletonville averages 6 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Carletonville has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -5.3 °C (on 14 July 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
CarletonvilleGauteng
- coords
- -26.36°, 27.40°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.1°C
Average daily high
22.8°C
Average daily low
10.9°C
Annual rainfall
775mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
10.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
21.8 °C
Average feels-like low
8.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · p = < 0.001
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
37.0 °C
7 January 2016
Coldest day
-5.3 °C
14 July 1990
Wettest day
188 mm
9 February 2000
Windiest day
45.4 km/h
23 September 1941
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
23 October 1995
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
7 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-9.9 °C
14 July 1990
Snowiest day
3.5 cm
10 September 1981
Sunniest day
13.7 h
21 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 190 mm | +58 mm |
| Feb | 25.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 265 mm | +141 mm |
| Mar | 24.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 154 mm | +63 mm |
| Apr | 21.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 101 mm | +46 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 8 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 18.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 4 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 18.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 12 mm | +8 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 4 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 33 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 25.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 74 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 23.2 °C | -2.3 °C | 143 mm | +40 mm |
| Dec | 24.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 192 mm | +53 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Carletonville?
Carletonville has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 775 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Carletonville?
The hottest day measured in Carletonville between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Carletonville?
The coldest day measured in Carletonville between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1990, at -5.3 °C.
Does it snow in Carletonville?
Almost never: Carletonville sees virtually no snow, with about 6 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Carletonville warmed?
Yes: Carletonville warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Carletonville?
The wettest day measured in Carletonville between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2000, with 188 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Carletonville?
The windiest day measured in Carletonville between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 45.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Carletonville?
The warmest month in Carletonville is January (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is June (9.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Carletonville?
Carletonville receives on average 775 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Carletonville?
Carletonville gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Carletonville?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Carletonville between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1981, with 3.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Carletonville?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Carletonville.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Carletonville?
In Carletonville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -9.9 °C on 14 July 1990.
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