Glencoe climate — normals and trends
Glencoe (South Africa) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 976 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 (20.0 °C on average) and the coldest is June (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Glencoe averages 2 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Glencoe has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 6 January 2016) and the coldest -9.0 °C (on 13 June 1956).
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
GlencoeKwaZulu-Natal
- coords
- -28.18°, 30.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
23.4°C
Average daily low
10.8°C
Annual rainfall
976mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
15.7km/h
Seasonal range
9.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
35 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.9 cm
Average feels-like high
22.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
39.2 °C
6 January 2016
Coldest day
-9.0 °C
13 June 1956
Wettest day
97 mm
30 January 1984
Windiest day
42.9 km/h
11 September 1948
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
11 September 1948
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
6 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-13.6 °C
13 June 1956
Snowiest day
17.8 cm
7 July 1996
Sunniest day
13.8 h
11 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 202 mm | +38 mm |
| Feb | 25.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 164 mm | +24 mm |
| Mar | 25.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 210 mm | +104 mm |
| Apr | 21.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 161 mm | +103 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 8 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 8 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 19.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 13 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 23.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 9 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 87 mm | +44 mm |
| Oct | 24.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 70 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 23.8 °C | -1.4 °C | 175 mm | +38 mm |
| Dec | 25.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 219 mm | +53 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Glencoe?
Glencoe has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 976 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Glencoe?
The hottest day measured in Glencoe between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2016, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Glencoe?
The coldest day measured in Glencoe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 1956, at -9.0 °C.
Does it snow in Glencoe?
Yes. Glencoe gets on average 1.9 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Glencoe warmed?
Yes: Glencoe warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Glencoe?
The wettest day measured in Glencoe between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1984, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Glencoe?
The windiest day measured in Glencoe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1948, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Glencoe?
The warmest month in Glencoe is January (20.0 °C on average); the coldest is June (10.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Glencoe?
Glencoe receives on average 976 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Glencoe?
Glencoe gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Glencoe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Glencoe between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1996, with 17.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Glencoe?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Glencoe.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Glencoe?
In Glencoe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 6 January 2016, and the lowest was -13.6 °C on 13 June 1956.
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