Kwaggafontein climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kwaggafontein?

Kwaggafontein has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 689 mm of precipitation per year.

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

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

Q: What is the coldest day in Kwaggafontein?

The coldest day measured in Kwaggafontein between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1964, at -2.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kwaggafontein?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kwaggafontein warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Kwaggafontein?

The wettest day measured in Kwaggafontein between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1949, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kwaggafontein?

The windiest day measured in Kwaggafontein between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 38.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kwaggafontein?

The warmest month in Kwaggafontein is January (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kwaggafontein?

Kwaggafontein receives on average 689 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kwaggafontein?

Kwaggafontein gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kwaggafontein (South Africa) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 689 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 (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is June (12.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Kwaggafontein averages 0 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.

Kwaggafontein has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °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 -2.9 °C (on 28 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

KwaggafonteinMpumalanga

coords: -25.33°, 28.94°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.9°C

Average daily high

25.8°C

Average daily low

13.4°C

Annual rainfall

689mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

12.7km/h

Seasonal range

11.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

72 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

94 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.9 °C

Average feels-like low

12.5 °C

Average peak gust

29.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

19 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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

-2.9 °C

28 June 1964

Wettest day

116 mm

2 March 1949

Windiest day

38.4 km/h

23 September 1941

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

10 September 1981

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

11 January 2001

Coldest feels-like

-6.6 °C

28 June 1964

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

7 July 1996

Sunniest day

13.6 h

11 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.5 °C15 October 2025	1.2 °C31 July 2025	19.3 °C	1,171 mm	67	0
2024	38.2 °C4 December 2024	-0.6 °C7 July 2024	20.6 °C	420 mm	136	2
2023	36.5 °C28 January 2023	2.5 °C21 June 2023	19.9 °C	550 mm	117	0
2022	37.1 °C4 October 2022	2.4 °C14 June 2022	19.7 °C	745 mm	83	0
2021	35.8 °C16 October 2021	0.8 °C25 July 2021	19.4 °C	699 mm	86	0
2020	35.0 °C8 November 2020	-0.5 °C16 July 2020	19.3 °C	615 mm	78	1
2019	38.0 °C28 October 2019	2.1 °C3 July 2019	20.7 °C	524 mm	135	0
2018	37.2 °C19 September 2018	3.4 °C3 July 2018	20.0 °C	479 mm	104	0
2017	35.5 °C7 November 2017	1.9 °C9 June 2017	19.4 °C	673 mm	83	0
2016	39.7 °C7 January 2016	2.5 °C6 August 2016	20.1 °C	603 mm	107	0
2015	38.1 °C11 November 2015	1.7 °C18 July 2015	20.5 °C	450 mm	131	0
2014	36.7 °C9 October 2014	0.9 °C7 June 2014	19.2 °C	740 mm	77	0
2013	36.2 °C12 October 2013	3.7 °C20 June 2013	19.4 °C	602 mm	106	0
2012	35.5 °C4 March 2012	1.5 °C13 August 2012	19.2 °C	656 mm	82	0
2011	37.0 °C24 October 2011	1.8 °C2 July 2011	18.8 °C	738 mm	76	0
2010	36.4 °C11 October 2010	1.4 °C17 June 2010	19.4 °C	717 mm	87	0
2009	36.0 °C8 October 2009	2.2 °C26 July 2009	18.8 °C	724 mm	69	0
2008	36.2 °C3 November 2008	1.8 °C11 July 2008	19.0 °C	677 mm	72	0
2007	35.1 °C21 February 2007	0.4 °C24 May 2007	19.1 °C	467 mm	89	0
2006	35.1 °C24 October 2006	1.0 °C6 August 2006	18.7 °C	827 mm	48	0
2005	37.4 °C3 November 2005	3.9 °C7 July 2005	19.8 °C	536 mm	91	0
2004	36.8 °C15 January 2004	1.9 °C16 July 2004	19.0 °C	637 mm	68	0
2003	37.0 °C14 December 2003	2.0 °C21 August 2003	20.0 °C	428 mm	135	0
2002	36.5 °C19 October 2002	2.1 °C11 July 2002	19.4 °C	486 mm	92	0
2001	38.2 °C11 January 2001	0.8 °C20 July 2001	19.1 °C	652 mm	76	0
2000	35.0 °C19 October 2000	-0.8 °C17 July 2000	18.1 °C	971 mm	41	2
1999	37.1 °C1 March 1999	2.1 °C1 July 1999	19.1 °C	665 mm	71	0
1998	36.0 °C3 February 1998	1.8 °C6 July 1998	19.4 °C	572 mm	90	0
1997	37.1 °C29 September 1997	1.4 °C17 June 1997	18.6 °C	719 mm	78	0
1996	35.1 °C15 October 1996	1.1 °C28 June 1996	18.6 °C	797 mm	61	0
1995	36.9 °C12 October 1995	1.0 °C17 June 1995	18.7 °C	651 mm	74	0
1994	33.9 °C9 November 1994	-0.5 °C6 July 1994	18.3 °C	548 mm	62	4
1993	37.5 °C8 January 1993	1.2 °C22 June 1993	19.4 °C	571 mm	77	0
1992	37.8 °C26 February 1992	0.4 °C28 June 1992	20.0 °C	383 mm	138	0
1991	34.9 °C29 October 1991	1.4 °C10 July 1991	19.2 °C	597 mm	92	0
1990	36.3 °C14 November 1990	0.3 °C14 July 1990	19.0 °C	533 mm	85	0
1989	35.9 °C1 November 1989	0.9 °C22 July 1989	18.9 °C	637 mm	61	0
1988	34.9 °C30 January 1988	0.2 °C11 June 1988	19.1 °C	626 mm	79	0
1987	35.1 °C16 November 1987	1.1 °C25 June 1987	19.2 °C	784 mm	94	0
1986	34.5 °C13 January 1986	2.9 °C30 June 1986	19.3 °C	615 mm	89	0
1985	36.2 °C4 January 1985	1.5 °C13 July 1985	19.0 °C	626 mm	78	0
1984	35.5 °C3 March 1984	2.2 °C20 June 1984	19.1 °C	565 mm	81	0
1983	37.7 °C11 January 1983	1.9 °C27 June 1983	19.5 °C	728 mm	94	0
1982	35.7 °C26 November 1982	-0.7 °C17 June 1982	19.2 °C	505 mm	92	1
1981	37.2 °C6 November 1981	-0.2 °C17 June 1981	18.2 °C	698 mm	51	1
1980	34.8 °C16 October 1980	0.4 °C30 June 1980	18.0 °C	745 mm	40	0
1979	34.2 °C1 October 1979	0.3 °C25 July 1979	18.7 °C	762 mm	76	0
1978	34.7 °C28 September 1978	0.5 °C14 June 1978	18.8 °C	628 mm	45	0
1977	35.7 °C15 January 1977	2.4 °C5 July 1977	18.8 °C	722 mm	79	0
1976	34.7 °C24 November 1976	-0.1 °C22 June 1976	17.8 °C	796 mm	34	1
1975	34.3 °C30 December 1975	1.4 °C10 July 1975	17.9 °C	788 mm	44	0
1974	35.1 °C5 November 1974	-0.4 °C2 August 1974	18.0 °C	768 mm	35	1
1973	35.8 °C23 January 1973	2.4 °C12 August 1973	18.5 °C	883 mm	79	0
1972	36.2 °C30 December 1972	-1.0 °C2 August 1972	18.5 °C	588 mm	67	1
1971	34.1 °C26 December 1971	-0.3 °C18 July 1971	17.8 °C	917 mm	22	1
1970	35.6 °C1 March 1970	2.0 °C7 July 1970	19.0 °C	707 mm	81	0
1969	37.1 °C13 January 1969	0.7 °C24 July 1969	18.4 °C	888 mm	61	0
1968	37.2 °C5 January 1968	-1.8 °C15 June 1968	17.9 °C	717 mm	72	1
1967	34.0 °C21 October 1967	-0.6 °C13 June 1967	17.9 °C	689 mm	54	1
1966	35.2 °C29 November 1966	1.4 °C16 July 1966	18.9 °C	658 mm	73	0
1965	36.0 °C31 October 1965	-0.9 °C26 June 1965	18.3 °C	416 mm	71	1
1964	36.2 °C29 February 1964	-2.9 °C28 June 1964	18.4 °C	758 mm	69	5
1963	35.5 °C29 December 1963	-0.9 °C16 July 1963	18.1 °C	679 mm	64	3
1962	36.5 °C17 October 1962	2.5 °C1 July 1962	19.1 °C	823 mm	90	0
1961	38.0 °C24 October 1961	3.6 °C16 June 1961	18.9 °C	780 mm	81	0
1960	34.9 °C28 October 1960	1.0 °C25 July 1960	18.1 °C	902 mm	58	0
1959	35.4 °C17 October 1959	3.3 °C20 June 1959	18.4 °C	793 mm	67	0
1958	33.7 °C16 November 1958	1.1 °C17 June 1958	18.5 °C	1,072 mm	47	0
1957	33.7 °C21 December 1957	0.2 °C20 June 1957	18.6 °C	814 mm	49	0
1956	33.8 °C15 October 1956	1.3 °C15 June 1956	18.2 °C	793 mm	32	0
1955	33.9 °C9 October 1955	-1.3 °C29 June 1955	17.4 °C	795 mm	23	2
1954	36.8 °C25 October 1954	0.8 °C18 July 1954	19.2 °C	307 mm	114	0
1953	36.5 °C23 January 1953	-0.5 °C1 July 1953	18.8 °C	557 mm	56	1
1952	36.7 °C20 November 1952	1.0 °C4 July 1952	18.7 °C	742 mm	63	0
1951	36.7 °C9 October 1951	1.5 °C29 June 1951	18.5 °C	817 mm	66	0
1950	35.4 °C30 December 1950	3.2 °C27 May 1950	18.8 °C	551 mm	64	0
1949	34.4 °C10 February 1949	2.1 °C5 July 1949	17.9 °C	944 mm	41	0
1948	34.6 °C24 November 1948	1.8 °C23 July 1948	17.9 °C	848 mm	35	0
1947	37.3 °C8 October 1947	0.5 °C17 July 1947	18.0 °C	890 mm	41	0
1946	34.6 °C29 October 1946	1.4 °C30 June 1946	18.2 °C	789 mm	38	0
1945	35.3 °C7 November 1945	0.4 °C29 June 1945	18.1 °C	671 mm	35	0
1944	35.2 °C27 September 1944	2.0 °C24 July 1944	18.0 °C	946 mm	22	0
1943	35.1 °C10 October 1943	0.9 °C21 July 1943	17.8 °C	794 mm	21	0
1942	32.7 °C11 September 1942	0.0 °C21 July 1942	17.7 °C	977 mm	17	0
1941	37.5 °C16 October 1941	0.8 °C5 July 1941	19.9 °C	368 mm	101	0
1940	37.4 °C14 November 1940	-1.0 °C15 July 1940	19.4 °C	540 mm	88	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.9 °C

+0.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

67 d/yr

-5

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1171 mm

+482 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	+0.4 °C	256 mm	+143 mm
Feb	28.6 °C	0.0 °C	264 mm	+173 mm
Mar	27.4 °C	-0.2 °C	55 mm	-24 mm
Apr	24.1 °C	-1.3 °C	88 mm	+38 mm
May	23.7 °C	+0.6 °C	4 mm	-13 mm
Jun	21.8 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Jul	21.6 °C	+1.0 °C	3 mm	-0 mm
Aug	25.5 °C	+2.0 °C	28 mm	+20 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+1.7 °C	45 mm	+23 mm
Oct	27.9 °C	-0.4 °C	60 mm	-3 mm
Nov	25.5 °C	-2.5 °C	225 mm	+115 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	-1.1 °C	142 mm	+16 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.5 °C

15 Oct 2025

Coldest day

1.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

112.9 mm

19 Feb 2025

Windiest day

29.1 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

64.4 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.1 °C

20 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.9 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.6 h

15 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kwaggafontein?

Kwaggafontein has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 689 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kwaggafontein?

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

What is the coldest day in Kwaggafontein?

The coldest day measured in Kwaggafontein between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1964, at -2.9 °C.

Does it snow in Kwaggafontein?

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

Has the climate of Kwaggafontein warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kwaggafontein?

The wettest day measured in Kwaggafontein between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1949, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kwaggafontein?

The windiest day measured in Kwaggafontein between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 38.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kwaggafontein?

The warmest month in Kwaggafontein is January (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Kwaggafontein?

Kwaggafontein receives on average 689 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kwaggafontein?

Kwaggafontein gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kwaggafontein?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kwaggafontein between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1996, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Kwaggafontein?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kwaggafontein?

In Kwaggafontein, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 11 January 2001, and the lowest was -6.6 °C on 28 June 1964.

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