Fouriesburg climate — normals and trends
Fouriesburg (South Africa) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 991 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Fouriesburg averages 44 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Fouriesburg has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 6 January 2016) and the coldest -10.3 °C (on 10 July 1996).
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
FouriesburgFree State
- coords
- -28.62°, 28.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.2°C
Average daily high
20.5°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
991mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
15.9km/h
Seasonal range
12.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
44 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.7 cm
Average feels-like high
19.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
38.0 °C
6 January 2016
Coldest day
-10.3 °C
10 July 1996
Wettest day
91 mm
2 November 1942
Windiest day
44.9 km/h
23 September 1941
Strongest gust
85.3 km/h
29 November 1995
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
6 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-14.1 °C
10 July 1996
Snowiest day
9.8 cm
2 August 2006
Sunniest day
13.8 h
20 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 115 mm | -41 mm |
| Feb | 24.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 151 mm | +30 mm |
| Mar | 23.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 115 mm | +7 mm |
| Apr | 19.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 240 mm | +170 mm |
| May | 19.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 5 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 15.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 31 mm | +16 mm |
| Jul | 15.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 24 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 15 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 95 mm | +56 mm |
| Oct | 22.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 88 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 21.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 228 mm | +79 mm |
| Dec | 23.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 151 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fouriesburg?
Fouriesburg has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 991 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fouriesburg?
The hottest day measured in Fouriesburg between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2016, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fouriesburg?
The coldest day measured in Fouriesburg between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1996, at -10.3 °C.
Does it snow in Fouriesburg?
Yes. Fouriesburg gets on average 1.7 cm of snow per year and has around 44 frost days.
Has the climate of Fouriesburg warmed?
Yes: Fouriesburg warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fouriesburg?
The wettest day measured in Fouriesburg between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1942, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fouriesburg?
The windiest day measured in Fouriesburg between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 44.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fouriesburg?
The warmest month in Fouriesburg is January (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Fouriesburg?
Fouriesburg receives on average 991 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fouriesburg?
Fouriesburg 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 Fouriesburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fouriesburg between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2006, with 9.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Fouriesburg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Fouriesburg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fouriesburg?
In Fouriesburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 6 January 2016, and the lowest was -14.1 °C on 10 July 1996.
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