Khowa climate — normals and trends
Khowa (South Africa) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 1,047 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Khowa averages 39 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Khowa has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 5 January 2016) and the coldest -14.3 °C (on 15 June 1984).
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
KhowaEastern Cape
- coords
- -31.33°, 27.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
19.4°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,047mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
10.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
39 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.9 cm
Average feels-like high
17.5 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
44.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
36.6 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest day
-14.3 °C
15 June 1984
Wettest day
83 mm
27 January 2021
Windiest day
48.2 km/h
16 May 1984
Strongest gust
122.0 km/h
16 May 1984
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-18.9 °C
26 June 1964
Snowiest day
26.5 cm
25 July 2011
Sunniest day
14.0 h
6 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 | 25.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 119 mm | -51 mm |
| Feb | 23.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 214 mm | +55 mm |
| Mar | 22.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 196 mm | +69 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 84 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 15 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 13.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 83 mm | +64 mm |
| Jul | 13.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 21 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 18.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 14 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 48 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 22.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 81 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 21.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 206 mm | +76 mm |
| Dec | 22.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 209 mm | +47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khowa?
Khowa has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 1,047 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khowa?
The hottest day measured in Khowa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2016, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khowa?
The coldest day measured in Khowa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1984, at -14.3 °C.
Does it snow in Khowa?
Yes. Khowa gets on average 14.9 cm of snow per year and has around 39 frost days.
Has the climate of Khowa warmed?
Yes: Khowa warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khowa?
The wettest day measured in Khowa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2021, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khowa?
The windiest day measured in Khowa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 May 1984, with winds reaching 48.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khowa?
The warmest month in Khowa is January (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Khowa?
Khowa receives on average 1,047 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khowa?
Khowa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Khowa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Khowa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2011, with 26.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Khowa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Khowa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khowa?
In Khowa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 5 January 2016, and the lowest was -18.9 °C on 26 June 1964.
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