Eshowe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Eshowe?

Eshowe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 872 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Eshowe between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 2015, reaching 43.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Eshowe?

The coldest day measured in Eshowe between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1964, at 5.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Eshowe?

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

Q: Has the climate of Eshowe warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Eshowe?

The wettest day measured in Eshowe between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1944, with 260 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Eshowe?

The windiest day measured in Eshowe between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1954, with winds reaching 45.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Eshowe?

The warmest month in Eshowe is January (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Eshowe?

Eshowe receives on average 872 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Eshowe?

Eshowe gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Eshowe (South Africa) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 872 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Eshowe averages 0 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.

Eshowe 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 43.4 °C (on 24 December 2015) and the coldest 5.5 °C (on 27 June 1964).

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

EshoweKwaZulu-Natal

coords: -28.89°, 31.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

20.7°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

872mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

18.4km/h

Seasonal range

7.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

74 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

124 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.1 °C

Average feels-like low

17.0 °C

Average peak gust

39.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

86 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

43.4 °C

24 December 2015

Coldest day

5.5 °C

27 June 1964

Wettest day

260 mm

10 April 1944

Windiest day

45.6 km/h

16 March 1954

Strongest gust

98.6 km/h

27 June 2007

Hottest feels-like

47.9 °C

24 December 2015

Coldest feels-like

2.5 °C

23 July 1954

Sunniest day

13.8 h

30 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.8 °C4 January 2025	6.6 °C29 July 2025	21.4 °C	1,046 mm	66
2024	40.8 °C5 March 2024	7.9 °C7 July 2024	21.8 °C	719 mm	91
2023	40.3 °C24 November 2023	8.8 °C28 August 2023	21.1 °C	1,024 mm	74
2022	36.6 °C3 February 2022	6.2 °C17 June 2022	21.3 °C	1,138 mm	75
2021	40.0 °C14 October 2021	7.3 °C15 July 2021	20.8 °C	1,014 mm	65
2020	39.7 °C27 December 2020	6.2 °C17 July 2020	21.3 °C	721 mm	91
2019	39.0 °C10 January 2019	8.9 °C3 July 2019	21.6 °C	830 mm	94
2018	38.8 °C27 November 2018	7.9 °C4 July 2018	20.9 °C	803 mm	87
2017	40.1 °C13 September 2017	8.3 °C18 July 2017	21.0 °C	1,029 mm	83
2016	39.4 °C23 December 2016	6.8 °C10 August 2016	21.5 °C	805 mm	94
2015	43.4 °C24 December 2015	7.7 °C2 August 2015	22.0 °C	604 mm	114
2014	41.6 °C25 December 2014	7.5 °C13 June 2014	21.4 °C	558 mm	100
2013	38.7 °C20 November 2013	7.7 °C1 September 2013	21.0 °C	785 mm	84
2012	40.4 °C25 August 2012	8.0 °C31 July 2012	21.3 °C	920 mm	87
2011	38.4 °C12 March 2011	6.5 °C2 July 2011	20.8 °C	937 mm	69
2010	40.1 °C14 September 2010	8.2 °C22 June 2010	21.7 °C	624 mm	101
2009	39.1 °C26 December 2009	9.1 °C1 July 2009	20.9 °C	713 mm	67
2008	42.5 °C22 December 2008	8.7 °C10 June 2008	20.9 °C	626 mm	84
2007	38.6 °C20 February 2007	7.4 °C30 July 2007	21.0 °C	621 mm	91
2006	39.2 °C19 February 2006	7.2 °C7 June 2006	21.0 °C	772 mm	84
2005	39.4 °C16 December 2005	7.5 °C17 June 2005	21.1 °C	779 mm	73
2004	37.9 °C6 October 2004	7.0 °C18 July 2004	21.1 °C	885 mm	84
2003	40.1 °C5 October 2003	6.7 °C21 August 2003	21.3 °C	613 mm	96
2002	41.6 °C17 January 2002	8.2 °C6 July 2002	21.2 °C	840 mm	95
2001	38.2 °C5 October 2001	9.7 °C20 July 2001	21.2 °C	867 mm	61
2000	36.9 °C7 December 2000	7.5 °C21 July 2000	20.6 °C	1,038 mm	53
1999	38.8 °C18 November 1999	8.6 °C12 September 1999	21.6 °C	937 mm	83
1998	37.1 °C28 January 1998	8.1 °C5 July 1998	21.2 °C	696 mm	78
1997	38.9 °C16 December 1997	7.9 °C4 July 1997	20.3 °C	1,049 mm	64
1996	39.3 °C17 December 1996	7.0 °C5 June 1996	20.3 °C	1,191 mm	61
1995	41.1 °C7 February 1995	6.7 °C20 July 1995	20.3 °C	1,012 mm	63
1994	39.2 °C8 November 1994	6.7 °C29 June 1994	20.7 °C	652 mm	96
1993	41.6 °C7 February 1993	7.9 °C23 June 1993	21.3 °C	649 mm	101
1992	39.4 °C7 February 1992	6.6 °C27 June 1992	21.6 °C	525 mm	123
1991	41.5 °C16 January 1991	6.7 °C29 July 1991	21.1 °C	769 mm	97
1990	39.8 °C6 January 1990	6.6 °C25 June 1990	20.4 °C	929 mm	66
1989	38.1 °C25 August 1989	7.8 °C5 August 1989	20.8 °C	976 mm	88
1988	40.5 °C26 September 1988	8.1 °C6 July 1988	20.9 °C	885 mm	89
1987	42.0 °C19 February 1987	6.5 °C21 June 1987	20.9 °C	1,192 mm	84
1986	38.6 °C26 August 1986	7.6 °C23 June 1986	21.1 °C	817 mm	95
1985	42.1 °C3 January 1985	8.9 °C21 July 1985	21.3 °C	940 mm	94
1984	40.3 °C28 December 1984	7.3 °C5 July 1984	20.3 °C	995 mm	58
1983	40.2 °C10 January 1983	8.0 °C7 July 1983	21.3 °C	699 mm	99
1982	39.6 °C25 December 1982	8.0 °C10 June 1982	20.8 °C	634 mm	79
1981	39.9 °C5 November 1981	7.4 °C10 June 1981	20.5 °C	710 mm	80
1980	40.2 °C11 November 1980	5.9 °C30 June 1980	21.0 °C	567 mm	96
1979	40.3 °C1 October 1979	7.8 °C28 July 1979	20.9 °C	744 mm	100
1978	38.0 °C7 December 1978	7.3 °C20 June 1978	20.5 °C	921 mm	81
1977	40.3 °C21 December 1977	7.3 °C9 July 1977	21.1 °C	1,060 mm	80
1976	40.1 °C19 September 1976	7.0 °C17 July 1976	20.3 °C	1,155 mm	69
1975	37.6 °C15 October 1975	6.8 °C13 July 1975	20.1 °C	1,191 mm	44
1974	40.6 °C13 October 1974	8.5 °C4 August 1974	21.0 °C	872 mm	93
1973	38.6 °C27 November 1973	7.0 °C13 August 1973	20.2 °C	1,154 mm	64
1972	39.6 °C9 December 1972	6.9 °C3 August 1972	20.4 °C	989 mm	69
1971	36.8 °C25 March 1971	6.7 °C18 June 1971	20.3 °C	1,000 mm	75
1970	38.8 °C13 December 1970	6.7 °C24 July 1970	20.7 °C	1,011 mm	94
1969	41.7 °C16 October 1969	6.5 °C23 July 1969	20.5 °C	906 mm	79
1968	38.2 °C17 December 1968	6.8 °C25 June 1968	19.4 °C	943 mm	54
1967	39.7 °C30 January 1967	6.8 °C10 July 1967	20.5 °C	784 mm	63
1966	39.5 °C25 November 1966	7.9 °C22 July 1966	20.7 °C	748 mm	74
1965	39.5 °C10 February 1965	7.4 °C26 June 1965	20.7 °C	613 mm	107
1964	39.5 °C10 October 1964	5.5 °C27 June 1964	20.6 °C	871 mm	90
1963	37.6 °C20 December 1963	8.3 °C26 June 1963	20.5 °C	940 mm	77
1962	37.3 °C26 August 1962	8.6 °C16 June 1962	20.9 °C	876 mm	76
1961	41.2 °C2 February 1961	7.2 °C8 August 1961	20.6 °C	870 mm	68
1960	38.4 °C4 November 1960	8.3 °C12 June 1960	20.7 °C	1,048 mm	86
1959	37.8 °C5 February 1959	6.5 °C22 June 1959	20.4 °C	815 mm	83
1958	41.3 °C4 October 1958	7.2 °C17 June 1958	20.7 °C	944 mm	70
1957	37.6 °C20 November 1957	8.0 °C4 August 1957	20.5 °C	1,154 mm	54
1956	36.5 °C1 February 1956	7.1 °C14 June 1956	20.1 °C	1,010 mm	66
1955	37.6 °C8 October 1955	6.1 °C9 August 1955	19.3 °C	767 mm	40
1954	36.2 °C21 December 1954	6.2 °C24 July 1954	18.3 °C	847 mm	24
1953	36.4 °C15 December 1953	7.4 °C1 August 1953	20.4 °C	687 mm	50
1952	37.3 °C14 January 1952	10.0 °C2 August 1952	20.8 °C	858 mm	55
1951	38.8 °C24 November 1951	7.9 °C11 July 1951	20.0 °C	663 mm	53
1950	38.3 °C29 September 1950	8.2 °C29 July 1950	20.3 °C	981 mm	51
1949	35.5 °C8 December 1949	8.9 °C5 July 1949	19.6 °C	676 mm	28
1948	38.0 °C29 September 1948	8.6 °C5 August 1948	19.9 °C	845 mm	46
1947	39.6 °C20 November 1947	7.1 °C27 July 1947	19.6 °C	742 mm	49
1946	39.5 °C11 December 1946	7.7 °C17 June 1946	19.8 °C	856 mm	53
1945	37.4 °C25 December 1945	7.7 °C13 June 1945	19.9 °C	869 mm	40
1944	36.2 °C29 December 1944	7.6 °C10 July 1944	19.3 °C	1,370 mm	27
1943	33.5 °C27 January 1943	7.7 °C23 July 1943	19.3 °C	1,032 mm	26
1942	39.0 °C3 January 1942	6.9 °C25 July 1942	19.6 °C	1,362 mm	38
1941	39.8 °C22 January 1941	7.7 °C5 July 1941	20.7 °C	664 mm	93
1940	39.4 °C20 November 1940	7.7 °C14 July 1940	20.2 °C	1,030 mm	55

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.2 °C

+0.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

66 d/yr

-8

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1046 mm

+174 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	+0.4 °C	227 mm	+114 mm
Feb	28.2 °C	-0.6 °C	118 mm	-3 mm
Mar	28.7 °C	+0.5 °C	103 mm	+3 mm
Apr	25.0 °C	-1.4 °C	187 mm	+112 mm
May	25.5 °C	+0.6 °C	22 mm	-19 mm
Jun	24.4 °C	+1.1 °C	14 mm	-11 mm
Jul	23.6 °C	+0.4 °C	33 mm	+5 mm
Aug	25.5 °C	+1.2 °C	5 mm	-29 mm
Sep	25.1 °C	+0.1 °C	85 mm	+29 mm
Oct	25.3 °C	-0.2 °C	51 mm	-30 mm
Nov	26.5 °C	0.0 °C	102 mm	+7 mm
Dec	27.7 °C	-0.3 °C	100 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.8 °C

4 Jan 2025

Coldest day

6.6 °C

29 Jul 2025

Wettest day

97.1 mm

6 Jan 2025

Windiest day

41.2 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

78.1 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

4 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.3 °C

29 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

30 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Eshowe?

Eshowe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 872 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eshowe?

The hottest day measured in Eshowe between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 2015, reaching 43.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Eshowe?

The coldest day measured in Eshowe between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1964, at 5.5 °C.

Does it snow in Eshowe?

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

Has the climate of Eshowe warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Eshowe?

The wettest day measured in Eshowe between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1944, with 260 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Eshowe?

The windiest day measured in Eshowe between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1954, with winds reaching 45.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Eshowe?

The warmest month in Eshowe is January (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Eshowe?

Eshowe receives on average 872 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Eshowe?

Eshowe gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Eshowe?

Yes: Eshowe has on average 86 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eshowe?

In Eshowe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.9 °C on 24 December 2015, and the lowest was 2.5 °C on 23 July 1954.

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