eMkhomazi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of eMkhomazi?

eMkhomazi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 1,002 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in eMkhomazi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1993, reaching 33.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in eMkhomazi?

The coldest day measured in eMkhomazi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1954, at 8.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in eMkhomazi?

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

Q: Has the climate of eMkhomazi warmed?

Yes: eMkhomazi warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in eMkhomazi?

The wettest day measured in eMkhomazi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1987, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in eMkhomazi?

The windiest day measured in eMkhomazi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1996, with winds reaching 63.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in eMkhomazi?

The warmest month in eMkhomazi is February (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in eMkhomazi?

eMkhomazi receives on average 1,002 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in eMkhomazi?

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

eMkhomazi (South Africa) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 1,002 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 February (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

eMkhomazi averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.

eMkhomazi has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 7 February 1993) and the coldest 8.3 °C (on 23 July 1954).

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

eMkhomaziKwaZulu-Natal

coords: -30.21°, 30.80°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

20.3°C

Average daily high

23.1°C

Average daily low

18.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,002mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

25.6km/h

Seasonal range

6.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

2 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

135 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.6 °C

Average feels-like low

17.2 °C

Average peak gust

42.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

107 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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

33.8 °C

7 February 1993

Coldest day

8.3 °C

23 July 1954

Wettest day

193 mm

28 September 1987

Windiest day

63.0 km/h

8 July 1996

Strongest gust

117.0 km/h

26 July 1994

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

20 February 2023

Coldest feels-like

3.0 °C

28 August 2021

Sunniest day

13.9 h

30 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.1 °C4 January 2025	11.2 °C28 July 2025	21.0 °C	1,203 mm	3
2024	31.7 °C4 August 2024	11.4 °C21 September 2024	21.1 °C	992 mm	4
2023	33.6 °C20 February 2023	12.3 °C10 July 2023	20.9 °C	1,042 mm	8
2022	29.7 °C3 February 2022	11.3 °C17 June 2022	20.9 °C	1,482 mm	0
2021	32.5 °C14 October 2021	9.6 °C28 August 2021	20.6 °C	1,078 mm	3
2020	33.5 °C25 September 2020	11.5 °C16 July 2020	20.9 °C	856 mm	4
2019	31.0 °C26 February 2019	11.5 °C22 July 2019	20.9 °C	1,199 mm	1
2018	30.2 °C18 December 2018	11.9 °C4 July 2018	20.6 °C	746 mm	1
2017	31.2 °C18 February 2017	12.2 °C18 July 2017	20.4 °C	1,396 mm	2
2016	30.5 °C29 April 2016	11.6 °C10 August 2016	20.8 °C	949 mm	1
2015	31.1 °C16 January 2015	11.6 °C1 August 2015	21.0 °C	776 mm	5
2014	33.5 °C25 December 2014	10.9 °C9 July 2014	20.8 °C	655 mm	3
2013	30.8 °C16 April 2013	11.6 °C11 June 2013	20.4 °C	977 mm	3
2012	32.7 °C25 August 2012	11.5 °C31 July 2012	20.7 °C	1,123 mm	4
2011	31.0 °C12 March 2011	11.2 °C13 July 2011	20.4 °C	1,035 mm	3
2010	31.5 °C14 September 2010	11.8 °C19 June 2010	21.0 °C	688 mm	6
2009	30.9 °C21 February 2009	11.9 °C25 July 2009	20.4 °C	1,014 mm	4
2008	31.9 °C3 February 2008	10.9 °C20 September 2008	20.6 °C	836 mm	2
2007	31.3 °C27 April 2007	10.8 °C27 June 2007	20.7 °C	890 mm	5
2006	31.5 °C19 February 2006	12.4 °C8 June 2006	20.5 °C	1,148 mm	4
2005	32.4 °C2 November 2005	13.1 °C17 June 2005	20.7 °C	859 mm	3
2004	31.3 °C2 March 2004	10.5 °C6 September 2004	20.8 °C	783 mm	4
2003	31.9 °C2 January 2003	9.5 °C21 August 2003	20.7 °C	738 mm	8
2002	31.9 °C2 April 2002	12.0 °C18 July 2002	20.7 °C	799 mm	4
2001	30.2 °C10 March 2001	11.2 °C24 July 2001	20.7 °C	910 mm	1
2000	29.4 °C16 March 2000	10.6 °C21 July 2000	20.4 °C	1,330 mm	0
1999	30.6 °C21 April 1999	13.1 °C20 July 1999	21.1 °C	1,085 mm	2
1998	32.2 °C28 January 1998	10.7 °C23 August 1998	20.6 °C	852 mm	4
1997	31.3 °C16 December 1997	11.7 °C14 July 1997	20.0 °C	1,283 mm	4
1996	31.6 °C13 February 1996	9.9 °C18 July 1996	19.9 °C	1,100 mm	3
1995	32.8 °C12 October 1995	10.1 °C19 July 1995	19.9 °C	1,218 mm	2
1994	30.1 °C8 November 1994	10.5 °C28 June 1994	20.1 °C	735 mm	3
1993	33.8 °C7 February 1993	11.6 °C22 August 1993	20.6 °C	784 mm	2
1992	31.9 °C11 March 1992	10.4 °C11 August 1992	20.7 °C	496 mm	3
1991	30.8 °C15 January 1991	10.8 °C29 July 1991	20.4 °C	906 mm	3
1990	30.7 °C6 January 1990	10.5 °C2 July 1990	19.9 °C	1,139 mm	1
1989	29.6 °C27 December 1989	11.3 °C5 August 1989	20.2 °C	1,089 mm	0
1988	29.0 °C22 March 1988	10.4 °C10 July 1988	20.2 °C	1,144 mm	0
1987	30.2 °C11 January 1987	10.8 °C21 June 1987	20.2 °C	1,541 mm	1
1986	29.8 °C30 March 1986	11.5 °C23 June 1986	20.3 °C	969 mm	0
1985	31.5 °C2 March 1985	12.4 °C12 July 1985	20.6 °C	1,072 mm	4
1984	29.1 °C16 May 1984	11.0 °C13 June 1984	20.0 °C	976 mm	0
1983	30.7 °C30 September 1983	10.5 °C26 June 1983	20.6 °C	888 mm	2
1982	31.3 °C19 March 1982	11.7 °C9 June 1982	20.2 °C	717 mm	3
1981	30.4 °C7 April 1981	10.3 °C18 August 1981	20.0 °C	748 mm	3
1980	30.2 °C9 April 1980	11.4 °C2 July 1980	20.3 °C	642 mm	1
1979	30.8 °C12 January 1979	10.8 °C2 September 1979	20.3 °C	751 mm	5
1978	29.7 °C25 March 1978	11.1 °C20 June 1978	20.2 °C	1,221 mm	0
1977	31.7 °C28 December 1977	11.3 °C24 August 1977	20.5 °C	1,085 mm	4
1976	30.0 °C2 February 1976	10.4 °C17 July 1976	20.1 °C	1,240 mm	1
1975	30.2 °C27 August 1975	10.2 °C25 July 1975	20.0 °C	1,223 mm	2
1974	30.7 °C17 September 1974	11.0 °C12 August 1974	20.3 °C	983 mm	2
1973	30.5 °C13 February 1973	10.6 °C12 August 1973	20.0 °C	960 mm	2
1972	30.5 °C9 January 1972	10.5 °C27 June 1972	20.0 °C	960 mm	2
1971	29.3 °C14 March 1971	10.0 °C18 June 1971	19.8 °C	1,088 mm	0
1970	30.9 °C6 October 1970	10.5 °C24 July 1970	20.0 °C	1,223 mm	1
1969	30.4 °C8 March 1969	10.3 °C22 August 1969	19.9 °C	1,057 mm	3
1968	31.5 °C23 December 1968	9.9 °C7 July 1968	19.0 °C	959 mm	1
1967	30.4 °C29 January 1967	10.6 °C10 July 1967	20.2 °C	816 mm	1
1966	31.3 °C25 November 1966	10.4 °C21 July 1966	20.3 °C	697 mm	5
1965	32.4 °C1 March 1965	10.7 °C22 June 1965	20.1 °C	794 mm	5
1964	32.0 °C21 March 1964	11.0 °C8 July 1964	20.1 °C	924 mm	2
1963	30.1 °C20 December 1963	10.9 °C25 June 1963	20.2 °C	962 mm	2
1962	30.5 °C26 August 1962	11.4 °C15 June 1962	20.5 °C	872 mm	2
1961	31.2 °C24 February 1961	10.5 °C8 August 1961	20.2 °C	989 mm	3
1960	30.2 °C2 February 1960	11.5 °C19 July 1960	20.2 °C	1,121 mm	1
1959	30.5 °C5 February 1959	11.7 °C13 September 1959	20.0 °C	755 mm	1
1958	30.8 °C4 October 1958	11.1 °C16 June 1958	20.2 °C	887 mm	1
1957	30.5 °C8 January 1957	11.5 °C25 June 1957	20.2 °C	942 mm	2
1956	30.9 °C17 March 1956	10.4 °C9 June 1956	19.6 °C	1,343 mm	1
1955	30.1 °C28 December 1955	9.7 °C8 August 1955	19.1 °C	826 mm	1
1954	29.6 °C15 December 1954	8.3 °C23 July 1954	18.2 °C	1,375 mm	0
1953	29.8 °C7 October 1953	10.9 °C31 July 1953	20.0 °C	996 mm	0
1952	29.9 °C21 October 1952	12.4 °C29 July 1952	20.3 °C	921 mm	0
1951	28.3 °C6 November 1951	11.9 °C9 July 1951	19.7 °C	690 mm	0
1950	28.6 °C29 September 1950	10.6 °C28 July 1950	20.0 °C	978 mm	0
1949	30.6 °C8 December 1949	11.3 °C13 July 1949	19.5 °C	852 mm	1
1948	28.6 °C29 September 1948	10.9 °C16 August 1948	19.6 °C	980 mm	0
1947	29.8 °C7 January 1947	10.1 °C16 July 1947	19.3 °C	905 mm	0
1946	29.8 °C5 January 1946	10.0 °C29 July 1946	19.6 °C	1,152 mm	0
1945	29.9 °C25 December 1945	9.2 °C13 June 1945	19.6 °C	965 mm	0
1944	30.5 °C5 October 1944	10.0 °C10 July 1944	19.1 °C	2,560 mm	2
1943	29.1 °C20 January 1943	9.7 °C5 August 1943	19.4 °C	1,038 mm	0
1942	30.0 °C3 January 1942	9.8 °C5 August 1942	19.6 °C	1,484 mm	1
1941	32.1 °C10 November 1941	8.7 °C30 June 1941	20.3 °C	799 mm	9
1940	30.1 °C9 February 1940	11.0 °C8 July 1940	19.9 °C	919 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.7 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

3 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1203 mm

+201 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.6 °C	+1.3 °C	112 mm	+5 mm
Feb	26.4 °C	+0.7 °C	159 mm	+43 mm
Mar	26.0 °C	+0.7 °C	216 mm	+104 mm
Apr	23.6 °C	-0.3 °C	215 mm	+122 mm
May	23.6 °C	+0.8 °C	35 mm	-18 mm
Jun	22.3 °C	+0.9 °C	50 mm	+17 mm
Jul	21.4 °C	+0.4 °C	53 mm	+17 mm
Aug	21.8 °C	+0.5 °C	12 mm	-38 mm
Sep	22.2 °C	+0.7 °C	85 mm	+6 mm
Oct	22.5 °C	+0.6 °C	67 mm	-39 mm
Nov	23.2 °C	+0.2 °C	93 mm	-17 mm
Dec	24.8 °C	+0.5 °C	107 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.1 °C

4 Jan 2025

Coldest day

11.2 °C

28 Jul 2025

Wettest day

71.8 mm

16 Apr 2025

Windiest day

60.3 km/h

10 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

100.4 km/h

10 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.8 °C

4 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.6 °C

10 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

30 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of eMkhomazi?

eMkhomazi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 1,002 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in eMkhomazi?

The hottest day measured in eMkhomazi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1993, reaching 33.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in eMkhomazi?

The coldest day measured in eMkhomazi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1954, at 8.3 °C.

Does it snow in eMkhomazi?

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

Has the climate of eMkhomazi warmed?

Yes: eMkhomazi warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in eMkhomazi?

The wettest day measured in eMkhomazi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1987, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in eMkhomazi?

The windiest day measured in eMkhomazi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1996, with winds reaching 63.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in eMkhomazi?

The warmest month in eMkhomazi is February (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.1 °C).

How much does it rain in eMkhomazi?

eMkhomazi receives on average 1,002 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Is it sunny in eMkhomazi?

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

Are there tropical nights in eMkhomazi?

Yes: eMkhomazi has on average 107 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in eMkhomazi?

In eMkhomazi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 20 February 2023, and the lowest was 3.0 °C on 28 August 2021.

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