Hammanskraal climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Hammanskraal?

Hammanskraal has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 633 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Hammanskraal between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 39.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Hammanskraal?

The coldest day measured in Hammanskraal between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1963, at -2.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Hammanskraal?

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

Q: Has the climate of Hammanskraal warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Hammanskraal?

The wettest day measured in Hammanskraal between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 2025, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Hammanskraal?

The windiest day measured in Hammanskraal between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2012, with winds reaching 42.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Hammanskraal?

The warmest month in Hammanskraal is January (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Hammanskraal?

Hammanskraal receives on average 633 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Hammanskraal?

Hammanskraal gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Hammanskraal (South Africa) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 633 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is June (12.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Hammanskraal averages 0 frost days, 71 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.

Hammanskraal has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -2.1 °C (on 15 July 1963).

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

HammanskraalNorth West

coords: -25.41°, 28.29°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.8°C

Average daily high

25.7°C

Average daily low

13.4°C

Annual rainfall

633mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

15.7km/h

Seasonal range

11.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

90 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.2 °C

Average feels-like low

11.8 °C

Average peak gust

32.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

19 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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

39.7 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest day

-2.1 °C

15 July 1963

Wettest day

108 mm

19 February 2025

Windiest day

42.5 km/h

28 September 2012

Strongest gust

78.8 km/h

28 September 2012

Hottest feels-like

39.7 °C

29 February 1964

Coldest feels-like

-6.2 °C

9 July 2024

Sunniest day

13.6 h

23 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.0 °C15 October 2025	1.0 °C30 July 2025	18.9 °C	1,173 mm	50	0
2024	38.2 °C4 December 2024	-1.6 °C9 July 2024	20.5 °C	382 mm	134	1
2023	36.7 °C28 January 2023	1.3 °C10 July 2023	19.8 °C	506 mm	114	0
2022	37.0 °C4 October 2022	1.5 °C17 June 2022	19.3 °C	652 mm	72	0
2021	34.8 °C22 January 2021	0.6 °C23 July 2021	19.0 °C	748 mm	73	0
2020	35.9 °C20 October 2020	0.9 °C17 July 2020	19.0 °C	555 mm	75	0
2019	37.5 °C28 October 2019	1.5 °C25 June 2019	20.7 °C	526 mm	135	0
2018	37.7 °C7 January 2018	1.7 °C3 July 2018	20.0 °C	480 mm	110	0
2017	36.2 °C7 November 2017	3.5 °C9 June 2017	19.4 °C	700 mm	79	0
2016	39.7 °C7 January 2016	1.7 °C28 July 2016	20.2 °C	526 mm	116	0
2015	38.5 °C11 November 2015	2.4 °C19 June 2015	20.7 °C	336 mm	136	0
2014	35.9 °C9 October 2014	1.3 °C14 June 2014	19.0 °C	725 mm	74	0
2013	37.3 °C25 January 2013	2.4 °C13 August 2013	19.4 °C	467 mm	108	0
2012	35.9 °C4 March 2012	2.1 °C12 June 2012	19.1 °C	680 mm	80	0
2011	38.3 °C24 October 2011	1.1 °C3 June 2011	19.0 °C	613 mm	86	0
2010	36.7 °C13 February 2010	1.3 °C16 June 2010	19.4 °C	633 mm	93	0
2009	35.2 °C18 December 2009	1.8 °C26 July 2009	18.8 °C	661 mm	69	0
2008	35.8 °C3 November 2008	1.3 °C7 July 2008	19.0 °C	541 mm	78	0
2007	36.1 °C22 February 2007	1.1 °C24 May 2007	19.1 °C	494 mm	86	0
2006	36.1 °C25 October 2006	1.7 °C28 June 2006	18.6 °C	707 mm	46	0
2005	38.3 °C3 November 2005	3.7 °C11 July 2005	19.8 °C	487 mm	94	0
2004	35.4 °C15 January 2004	2.0 °C16 July 2004	18.7 °C	579 mm	70	0
2003	36.8 °C14 January 2003	1.1 °C21 August 2003	19.8 °C	434 mm	129	0
2002	35.9 °C19 October 2002	2.3 °C23 July 2002	19.2 °C	437 mm	87	0
2001	37.8 °C11 January 2001	0.5 °C20 July 2001	18.7 °C	572 mm	62	0
2000	34.9 °C19 October 2000	-0.2 °C17 July 2000	17.7 °C	949 mm	31	1
1999	37.2 °C1 March 1999	1.9 °C1 July 1999	19.0 °C	594 mm	67	0
1998	37.0 °C7 February 1998	0.4 °C5 July 1998	19.3 °C	490 mm	97	0
1997	36.6 °C29 September 1997	0.6 °C17 June 1997	18.4 °C	734 mm	73	0
1996	35.4 °C3 November 1996	1.1 °C9 July 1996	18.2 °C	763 mm	51	0
1995	36.1 °C12 October 1995	0.9 °C17 June 1995	18.6 °C	792 mm	72	0
1994	34.7 °C22 December 1994	-0.3 °C8 July 1994	18.2 °C	415 mm	61	2
1993	36.2 °C31 October 1993	0.6 °C17 June 1993	19.3 °C	482 mm	74	0
1992	37.1 °C26 February 1992	0.3 °C26 June 1992	19.9 °C	397 mm	122	0
1991	34.0 °C28 October 1991	0.7 °C24 June 1991	18.8 °C	589 mm	72	0
1990	36.1 °C14 November 1990	1.4 °C14 July 1990	19.0 °C	423 mm	87	0
1989	35.7 °C1 November 1989	0.4 °C19 July 1989	18.6 °C	645 mm	51	0
1988	37.1 °C31 January 1988	0.5 °C9 June 1988	18.9 °C	621 mm	76	0
1987	35.0 °C20 February 1987	0.7 °C23 June 1987	19.1 °C	698 mm	80	0
1986	34.0 °C14 January 1986	3.0 °C30 June 1986	19.0 °C	626 mm	67	0
1985	35.9 °C4 January 1985	0.9 °C13 July 1985	19.0 °C	615 mm	64	0
1984	36.6 °C29 December 1984	2.7 °C19 June 1984	19.2 °C	488 mm	90	0
1983	36.7 °C11 January 1983	1.4 °C26 June 1983	19.5 °C	559 mm	89	0
1982	35.8 °C28 December 1982	0.0 °C17 June 1982	18.8 °C	473 mm	73	0
1981	36.8 °C6 November 1981	0.5 °C18 June 1981	17.8 °C	707 mm	49	0
1980	34.2 °C2 January 1980	0.5 °C30 June 1980	18.0 °C	566 mm	41	0
1979	34.3 °C1 October 1979	0.7 °C5 July 1979	18.6 °C	623 mm	73	0
1978	34.7 °C29 September 1978	1.0 °C21 June 1978	18.5 °C	557 mm	35	0
1977	35.3 °C15 January 1977	1.3 °C4 July 1977	18.7 °C	559 mm	67	0
1976	33.2 °C18 September 1976	0.6 °C21 June 1976	17.4 °C	769 mm	26	0
1975	34.7 °C16 October 1975	1.8 °C25 July 1975	17.8 °C	685 mm	39	0
1974	34.2 °C5 November 1974	2.8 °C2 August 1974	17.9 °C	683 mm	29	0
1973	37.0 °C19 January 1973	3.0 °C5 July 1973	18.6 °C	763 mm	76	0
1972	36.2 °C3 December 1972	-0.8 °C2 August 1972	18.8 °C	544 mm	75	1
1971	33.6 °C25 December 1971	2.3 °C21 July 1971	18.0 °C	757 mm	38	0
1970	35.6 °C1 March 1970	2.9 °C7 July 1970	19.1 °C	622 mm	89	0
1969	36.9 °C8 February 1969	0.7 °C22 July 1969	18.4 °C	777 mm	63	0
1968	36.0 °C5 January 1968	-1.3 °C15 June 1968	18.0 °C	552 mm	75	2
1967	33.9 °C8 January 1967	-0.3 °C12 June 1967	17.7 °C	767 mm	41	1
1966	36.6 °C2 January 1966	2.8 °C5 September 1966	18.9 °C	679 mm	73	0
1965	36.7 °C31 October 1965	-0.5 °C26 June 1965	18.8 °C	318 mm	93	1
1964	36.3 °C29 February 1964	-1.6 °C27 June 1964	18.5 °C	687 mm	82	3
1963	37.2 °C29 December 1963	-2.1 °C15 July 1963	18.4 °C	654 mm	71	1
1962	36.9 °C30 October 1962	2.9 °C14 June 1962	19.0 °C	838 mm	93	0
1961	36.8 °C24 October 1961	2.7 °C4 August 1961	18.7 °C	819 mm	69	0
1960	35.3 °C28 October 1960	1.5 °C25 July 1960	18.2 °C	802 mm	64	0
1959	36.1 °C17 October 1959	4.1 °C27 May 1959	18.3 °C	673 mm	62	0
1958	33.8 °C27 September 1958	2.8 °C17 June 1958	18.4 °C	989 mm	36	0
1957	35.8 °C21 December 1957	0.3 °C20 June 1957	18.4 °C	708 mm	35	0
1956	32.7 °C2 February 1956	1.3 °C12 June 1956	18.0 °C	866 mm	25	0
1955	33.5 °C9 October 1955	-0.2 °C29 June 1955	17.3 °C	713 mm	29	1
1954	36.7 °C19 February 1954	0.3 °C18 July 1954	19.5 °C	243 mm	127	0
1953	37.3 °C22 January 1953	0.2 °C1 July 1953	18.8 °C	580 mm	60	0
1952	37.3 °C20 November 1952	1.9 °C4 July 1952	19.0 °C	630 mm	78	0
1951	36.6 °C9 October 1951	1.6 °C24 June 1951	18.7 °C	683 mm	79	0
1950	36.0 °C30 December 1950	3.9 °C1 August 1950	18.5 °C	630 mm	60	0
1949	36.8 °C13 January 1949	3.1 °C5 July 1949	18.5 °C	733 mm	64	0
1948	34.8 °C24 November 1948	2.3 °C23 July 1948	17.7 °C	775 mm	39	0
1947	37.0 °C8 October 1947	0.9 °C13 July 1947	17.9 °C	872 mm	45	0
1946	35.9 °C29 October 1946	1.4 °C6 June 1946	18.1 °C	758 mm	40	0
1945	35.1 °C7 November 1945	0.6 °C12 June 1945	18.4 °C	703 mm	48	0
1944	36.2 °C26 September 1944	2.9 °C24 July 1944	18.1 °C	778 mm	29	0
1943	34.4 °C10 October 1943	2.3 °C21 July 1943	17.9 °C	732 mm	23	0
1942	32.7 °C24 October 1942	2.4 °C21 July 1942	17.8 °C	875 mm	18	0
1941	37.2 °C16 October 1941	1.4 °C5 July 1941	20.0 °C	347 mm	106	0
1940	36.6 °C12 November 1940	-0.5 °C18 July 1940	19.6 °C	429 mm	92	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.4 °C

-0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

-21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1173 mm

+540 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.6 °C	-0.3 °C	212 mm	+109 mm
Feb	28.0 °C	-0.5 °C	315 mm	+223 mm
Mar	26.6 °C	-0.8 °C	100 mm	+28 mm
Apr	23.2 °C	-1.8 °C	113 mm	+65 mm
May	22.6 °C	-0.3 °C	4 mm	-12 mm
Jun	21.0 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Jul	20.9 °C	+0.5 °C	3 mm	-0 mm
Aug	25.1 °C	+1.7 °C	19 mm	+13 mm
Sep	28.7 °C	+1.6 °C	32 mm	+13 mm
Oct	28.0 °C	-0.5 °C	63 mm	+5 mm
Nov	25.1 °C	-2.9 °C	167 mm	+69 mm
Dec	26.7 °C	-1.6 °C	147 mm	+34 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.0 °C

15 Oct 2025

Coldest day

1.0 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

107.7 mm

19 Feb 2025

Windiest day

35.7 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

67.7 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.7 °C

20 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.4 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.6 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Hammanskraal?

Hammanskraal has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 633 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hammanskraal?

The hottest day measured in Hammanskraal between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 39.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Hammanskraal?

The coldest day measured in Hammanskraal between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1963, at -2.1 °C.

Does it snow in Hammanskraal?

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

Has the climate of Hammanskraal warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Hammanskraal?

The wettest day measured in Hammanskraal between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 2025, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Hammanskraal?

The windiest day measured in Hammanskraal between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2012, with winds reaching 42.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Hammanskraal?

The warmest month in Hammanskraal is January (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Hammanskraal?

Hammanskraal receives on average 633 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Hammanskraal?

Hammanskraal gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Hammanskraal?

Yes: Hammanskraal has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hammanskraal?

In Hammanskraal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 29 February 1964, and the lowest was -6.2 °C on 9 July 2024.

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