Le Roux climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Le Roux?

Le Roux has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 670 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Le Roux?

The hottest day measured in Le Roux between 1940 and 2025 was 12 November 1972, reaching 39.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Le Roux?

The coldest day measured in Le Roux between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1975, at -1.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Le Roux?

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

Q: Has the climate of Le Roux warmed?

Yes: Le Roux warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Le Roux?

The wettest day measured in Le Roux between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 2005, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Le Roux?

The windiest day measured in Le Roux between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1943, with winds reaching 48.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Le Roux?

The warmest month in Le Roux is February (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Le Roux?

Le Roux receives on average 670 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Le Roux?

Le Roux gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Le Roux (South Africa) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 670 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 February (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Le Roux averages 0 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.

Le Roux has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 12 November 1972) and the coldest -1.6 °C (on 2 August 1975).

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

Le RouxWestern Cape

coords: -33.89°, 19.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsbWarm-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

15.4°C

Average daily high

21.1°C

Average daily low

10.9°C

Annual rainfall

670mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

15.1km/h

Seasonal range

10.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

24 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

89 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

20.8 °C

Average feels-like low

9.5 °C

Average peak gust

41.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

39.4 °C

12 November 1972

Coldest day

-1.6 °C

2 August 1975

Wettest day

84 mm

11 April 2005

Windiest day

48.4 km/h

2 December 1943

Strongest gust

142.2 km/h

15 May 1984

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

12 November 1972

Coldest feels-like

-5.0 °C

2 August 1975

Snowiest day

0.7 cm

20 August 2003

Sunniest day

14.2 h

10 December 1996

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.1 °C19 March 2025	1.1 °C13 July 2025	16.3 °C	553 mm	34	0
2024	36.8 °C19 January 2024	1.0 °C1 August 2024	16.1 °C	902 mm	31	0
2023	35.9 °C11 February 2023	0.3 °C25 July 2023	15.7 °C	923 mm	21	0
2022	37.4 °C22 January 2022	0.7 °C15 August 2022	16.3 °C	553 mm	38	0
2021	35.0 °C18 April 2021	1.0 °C23 July 2021	15.8 °C	786 mm	28	0
2020	36.8 °C25 February 2020	1.6 °C7 August 2020	16.0 °C	732 mm	29	0
2019	36.4 °C14 February 2019	1.4 °C14 June 2019	16.3 °C	632 mm	25	0
2018	37.4 °C11 January 2018	0.8 °C18 August 2018	16.2 °C	693 mm	39	0
2017	36.9 °C21 March 2017	1.6 °C12 July 2017	16.0 °C	534 mm	43	0
2016	35.7 °C17 January 2016	-0.4 °C3 July 2016	16.4 °C	634 mm	41	2
2015	39.2 °C30 December 2015	0.3 °C15 July 2015	16.3 °C	548 mm	27	0
2014	35.2 °C16 February 2014	0.6 °C7 July 2014	16.0 °C	745 mm	30	0
2013	36.6 °C4 March 2013	1.8 °C23 August 2013	15.4 °C	1,096 mm	22	0
2012	36.5 °C16 January 2012	1.0 °C5 July 2012	15.5 °C	802 mm	37	0
2011	36.6 °C5 January 2011	1.8 °C6 August 2011	15.6 °C	679 mm	33	0
2010	38.1 °C8 March 2010	1.6 °C7 July 2010	15.5 °C	650 mm	22	0
2009	36.3 °C5 March 2009	2.3 °C25 July 2009	15.7 °C	796 mm	25	0
2008	35.6 °C7 December 2008	2.3 °C13 July 2008	15.5 °C	875 mm	22	0
2007	37.4 °C25 January 2007	1.6 °C14 June 2007	15.5 °C	846 mm	22	0
2006	36.4 °C6 March 2006	2.3 °C9 August 2006	15.7 °C	648 mm	23	0
2005	35.2 °C6 February 2005	1.7 °C10 June 2005	15.8 °C	753 mm	21	0
2004	36.1 °C4 January 2004	0.5 °C28 June 2004	16.0 °C	633 mm	24	0
2003	37.8 °C10 February 2003	0.3 °C21 August 2003	15.5 °C	614 mm	28	0
2002	35.8 °C6 December 2002	0.3 °C31 July 2002	15.5 °C	805 mm	31	0
2001	36.0 °C28 February 2001	1.6 °C6 July 2001	15.9 °C	860 mm	28	0
2000	39.3 °C19 January 2000	1.9 °C16 July 2000	16.0 °C	558 mm	22	0
1999	36.0 °C28 March 1999	1.8 °C19 July 1999	16.5 °C	624 mm	46	0
1998	37.9 °C3 January 1998	0.7 °C23 July 1998	15.4 °C	739 mm	22	0
1997	33.1 °C30 December 1997	1.3 °C26 July 1997	15.2 °C	595 mm	13	0
1996	35.0 °C5 February 1996	0.3 °C17 July 1996	14.6 °C	1,044 mm	24	0
1995	36.6 °C25 February 1995	-0.1 °C23 July 1995	15.2 °C	721 mm	25	1
1994	37.7 °C25 February 1994	1.1 °C28 July 1994	15.7 °C	734 mm	36	0
1993	37.5 °C4 January 1993	0.4 °C19 July 1993	15.8 °C	839 mm	32	0
1992	37.8 °C4 January 1992	0.7 °C9 August 1992	15.0 °C	874 mm	18	0
1991	35.2 °C29 March 1991	1.1 °C28 July 1991	15.4 °C	817 mm	16	0
1990	36.1 °C7 February 1990	0.7 °C23 June 1990	15.3 °C	748 mm	27	0
1989	35.6 °C17 December 1989	-0.9 °C17 August 1989	15.3 °C	809 mm	20	1
1988	36.9 °C10 February 1988	-0.2 °C17 June 1988	15.4 °C	674 mm	23	1
1987	32.8 °C7 February 1987	2.2 °C19 June 1987	15.2 °C	793 mm	9	0
1986	36.8 °C18 February 1986	0.4 °C3 July 1986	15.6 °C	785 mm	22	0
1985	35.5 °C19 November 1985	1.3 °C7 July 1985	15.6 °C	839 mm	22	0
1984	35.6 °C10 February 1984	1.1 °C26 August 1984	15.5 °C	826 mm	30	0
1983	33.6 °C7 January 1983	0.3 °C8 August 1983	15.0 °C	894 mm	15	0
1982	33.8 °C9 March 1982	-0.5 °C30 July 1982	14.9 °C	621 mm	15	1
1981	34.0 °C6 March 1981	0.2 °C16 June 1981	15.0 °C	772 mm	15	0
1980	33.9 °C4 February 1980	0.0 °C2 July 1980	15.6 °C	722 mm	22	0
1979	38.2 °C23 January 1979	1.6 °C13 June 1979	15.3 °C	704 mm	24	0
1978	34.3 °C23 February 1978	1.2 °C21 June 1978	15.4 °C	573 mm	27	0
1977	36.1 °C26 February 1977	1.6 °C30 July 1977	15.3 °C	1,008 mm	22	0
1976	36.1 °C31 January 1976	0.6 °C16 July 1976	15.2 °C	851 mm	24	0
1975	38.4 °C17 February 1975	-1.6 °C2 August 1975	15.1 °C	690 mm	34	1
1974	37.5 °C11 February 1974	0.9 °C8 September 1974	15.5 °C	798 mm	34	0
1973	33.5 °C8 February 1973	1.0 °C28 July 1973	15.5 °C	575 mm	28	0
1972	39.4 °C12 November 1972	0.5 °C26 June 1972	15.6 °C	479 mm	34	0
1971	35.2 °C9 February 1971	-0.1 °C7 September 1971	14.7 °C	561 mm	24	1
1970	34.9 °C7 January 1970	-1.2 °C10 August 1970	14.6 °C	646 mm	21	4
1969	37.0 °C22 March 1969	0.4 °C20 July 1969	14.6 °C	645 mm	15	0
1968	36.9 °C5 February 1968	-0.8 °C9 August 1968	14.4 °C	729 mm	11	1
1967	34.6 °C27 December 1967	-0.5 °C21 July 1967	14.7 °C	550 mm	19	2
1966	37.2 °C29 January 1966	1.5 °C7 July 1966	14.7 °C	488 mm	18	0
1965	36.5 °C27 January 1965	0.0 °C20 June 1965	14.3 °C	666 mm	12	0
1964	35.1 °C10 March 1964	-0.2 °C25 July 1964	14.4 °C	603 mm	16	1
1963	36.5 °C1 January 1963	2.3 °C13 July 1963	15.4 °C	588 mm	21	0
1962	35.8 °C6 April 1962	1.1 °C14 June 1962	14.6 °C	766 mm	10	0
1961	35.3 °C25 January 1961	-0.1 °C6 August 1961	14.6 °C	632 mm	16	1
1960	37.7 °C13 December 1960	1.3 °C16 August 1960	14.9 °C	490 mm	24	0
1959	35.0 °C15 March 1959	0.9 °C13 September 1959	14.6 °C	528 mm	15	0
1958	34.4 °C30 December 1958	1.1 °C30 August 1958	14.7 °C	455 mm	16	0
1957	33.9 °C26 December 1957	-0.7 °C3 August 1957	14.3 °C	805 mm	14	1
1956	36.3 °C5 January 1956	1.0 °C29 August 1956	14.5 °C	569 mm	24	0
1955	37.0 °C17 January 1955	0.6 °C7 August 1955	14.5 °C	584 mm	28	0
1954	35.3 °C27 January 1954	0.9 °C30 June 1954	14.3 °C	682 mm	27	0
1953	35.7 °C11 December 1953	0.3 °C14 August 1953	15.6 °C	334 mm	27	0
1952	36.9 °C14 February 1952	1.8 °C23 June 1952	15.1 °C	534 mm	15	0
1951	36.6 °C31 January 1951	1.5 °C26 July 1951	15.1 °C	435 mm	14	0
1950	34.5 °C30 January 1950	3.1 °C15 June 1950	15.6 °C	343 mm	21	0
1949	36.6 °C15 March 1949	1.9 °C29 July 1949	15.6 °C	330 mm	34	0
1948	38.8 °C18 January 1948	-0.3 °C16 August 1948	14.7 °C	414 mm	25	1
1947	32.5 °C11 March 1947	0.4 °C29 July 1947	14.3 °C	416 mm	11	0
1946	35.8 °C10 March 1946	-0.3 °C29 July 1946	15.1 °C	366 mm	28	1
1945	37.3 °C25 February 1945	1.0 °C19 July 1945	15.5 °C	429 mm	35	0
1944	34.7 °C14 January 1944	0.2 °C13 June 1944	14.3 °C	712 mm	8	0
1943	33.7 °C15 February 1943	0.2 °C20 July 1943	14.5 °C	581 mm	18	0
1942	35.8 °C14 March 1942	-1.2 °C5 August 1942	14.9 °C	527 mm	23	1
1941	36.8 °C30 January 1941	2.3 °C5 September 1941	15.2 °C	536 mm	27	0
1940	36.1 °C16 March 1940	2.8 °C13 August 1940	15.1 °C	632 mm	25	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.2 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

34 d/yr

+10

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

553 mm

-117 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.1 °C	-0.6 °C	13 mm	-10 mm
Feb	27.5 °C	+0.6 °C	5 mm	-18 mm
Mar	26.8 °C	+1.3 °C	20 mm	-9 mm
Apr	24.0 °C	+1.7 °C	41 mm	-9 mm
May	20.0 °C	+1.2 °C	84 mm	+1 mm
Jun	16.1 °C	-0.2 °C	123 mm	+15 mm
Jul	15.2 °C	-0.3 °C	111 mm	+16 mm
Aug	16.2 °C	+0.3 °C	85 mm	-5 mm
Sep	19.4 °C	+1.8 °C	26 mm	-34 mm
Oct	21.3 °C	+1.2 °C	24 mm	-23 mm
Nov	26.5 °C	+3.8 °C	7 mm	-29 mm
Dec	27.4 °C	+2.4 °C	15 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.1 °C

19 Mar 2025

Coldest day

1.1 °C

13 Jul 2025

Wettest day

35.5 mm

7 Jun 2025

Windiest day

29.6 km/h

12 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

81.4 km/h

9 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.3 °C

22 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.8 °C

13 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

19 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Le Roux?

Le Roux has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 670 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Le Roux?

The hottest day measured in Le Roux between 1940 and 2025 was 12 November 1972, reaching 39.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Le Roux?

The coldest day measured in Le Roux between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1975, at -1.6 °C.

Does it snow in Le Roux?

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

Has the climate of Le Roux warmed?

Yes: Le Roux warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Le Roux?

The wettest day measured in Le Roux between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 2005, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Le Roux?

The windiest day measured in Le Roux between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1943, with winds reaching 48.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Le Roux?

The warmest month in Le Roux is February (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Le Roux?

Le Roux receives on average 670 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Le Roux?

Le Roux gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Le Roux?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Le Roux between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 2003, with 0.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Le Roux?

Yes: Le Roux has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Le Roux?

In Le Roux, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 12 November 1972, and the lowest was -5.0 °C on 2 August 1975.

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