Lady Frere climate — normals and trends
Lady Frere (South Africa) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 908 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (9.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Lady Frere averages 11 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Lady Frere has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 5 January 2016) and the coldest -7.1 °C (on 20 July 1969).
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
Lady FrereEastern Cape
- coords
- -31.70°, 27.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.7°C
Average daily high
22.0°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
908mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
10.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
11 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
30 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.4 cm
Average feels-like high
20.5 °C
Average feels-like low
7.3 °C
Average peak gust
42.1 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
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
41.6 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest day
-7.1 °C
20 July 1969
Wettest day
77 mm
21 February 1988
Windiest day
44.8 km/h
27 May 1941
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
25 June 2009
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-11.2 °C
20 July 1969
Snowiest day
18.4 cm
25 July 2011
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 December 1941
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 | 27.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 91 mm | -48 mm |
| Feb | 25.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 140 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 25.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 213 mm | +95 mm |
| Apr | 20.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 93 mm | +26 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 10 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 17.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 73 mm | +57 mm |
| Jul | 17.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 23 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 19 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 43 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 25.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 50 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 24.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 153 mm | +47 mm |
| Dec | 25.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 189 mm | +61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lady Frere?
Lady Frere has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 908 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lady Frere?
The hottest day measured in Lady Frere between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2016, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lady Frere?
The coldest day measured in Lady Frere between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1969, at -7.1 °C.
Does it snow in Lady Frere?
Yes. Lady Frere gets on average 2.4 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.
Has the climate of Lady Frere warmed?
Yes: Lady Frere warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lady Frere?
The wettest day measured in Lady Frere between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1988, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lady Frere?
The windiest day measured in Lady Frere between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1941, with winds reaching 44.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lady Frere?
The warmest month in Lady Frere is January (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (9.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Lady Frere?
Lady Frere receives on average 908 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lady Frere?
Lady Frere gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lady Frere?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lady Frere between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2011, with 18.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lady Frere?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lady Frere.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lady Frere?
In Lady Frere, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 5 January 2016, and the lowest was -11.2 °C on 20 July 1969.
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