Letlhabile climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Letlhabile?

Letlhabile has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 628 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Letlhabile between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 41.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Letlhabile?

The coldest day measured in Letlhabile between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1964, at -2.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Letlhabile?

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

Q: Has the climate of Letlhabile warmed?

Yes: Letlhabile warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Letlhabile?

The wettest day measured in Letlhabile between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1951, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Letlhabile?

The windiest day measured in Letlhabile between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2012, with winds reaching 39.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Letlhabile?

The warmest month in Letlhabile is January (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Letlhabile?

Letlhabile receives on average 628 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Letlhabile?

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

Letlhabile (South Africa) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 628 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is June (12.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Letlhabile averages 0 frost days, 85 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.

Letlhabile has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -2.1 °C (on 27 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

LetlhabileNorth West

coords: -25.48°, 27.84°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.2°C

Average daily high

26.2°C

Average daily low

13.6°C

Annual rainfall

628mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

14.1km/h

Seasonal range

11.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

85 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

87 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.0 °C

Average feels-like low

12.4 °C

Average peak gust

30.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

30 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · 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

41.1 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest day

-2.1 °C

27 June 1964

Wettest day

105 mm

29 October 1951

Windiest day

39.6 km/h

28 September 2012

Strongest gust

83.2 km/h

28 September 2012

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-5.6 °C

27 June 1964

Sunniest day

13.6 h

9 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.6 °C15 October 2025	0.8 °C11 July 2025	19.2 °C	1,135 mm	69	0
2024	39.2 °C4 December 2024	-0.9 °C9 July 2024	21.0 °C	334 mm	151	3
2023	36.9 °C28 January 2023	0.9 °C31 July 2023	20.2 °C	487 mm	129	0
2022	37.1 °C4 October 2022	0.5 °C17 June 2022	19.6 °C	700 mm	86	0
2021	35.5 °C22 January 2021	0.5 °C23 July 2021	19.5 °C	779 mm	85	0
2020	36.7 °C19 October 2020	0.4 °C17 July 2020	19.5 °C	568 mm	90	0
2019	38.1 °C28 October 2019	1.4 °C3 July 2019	21.0 °C	498 mm	146	0
2018	38.5 °C7 January 2018	1.1 °C3 July 2018	20.5 °C	477 mm	131	0
2017	37.2 °C7 November 2017	2.2 °C9 June 2017	19.8 °C	706 mm	99	0
2016	41.1 °C7 January 2016	1.0 °C28 July 2016	20.9 °C	476 mm	147	0
2015	39.3 °C11 November 2015	1.7 °C18 July 2015	21.3 °C	319 mm	163	0
2014	36.4 °C9 October 2014	0.9 °C7 June 2014	19.6 °C	653 mm	94	0
2013	38.8 °C25 January 2013	2.9 °C13 August 2013	20.1 °C	436 mm	130	0
2012	36.3 °C4 March 2012	1.4 °C13 August 2012	19.6 °C	620 mm	105	0
2011	39.2 °C24 October 2011	0.8 °C2 July 2011	19.3 °C	622 mm	93	0
2010	37.7 °C13 February 2010	1.2 °C17 June 2010	20.0 °C	650 mm	123	0
2009	34.7 °C18 December 2009	1.7 °C27 June 2009	19.2 °C	657 mm	88	0
2008	36.1 °C3 November 2008	1.5 °C11 July 2008	19.3 °C	521 mm	89	0
2007	36.7 °C4 February 2007	0.0 °C24 May 2007	19.5 °C	436 mm	106	0
2006	36.7 °C25 October 2006	1.1 °C6 August 2006	18.7 °C	724 mm	52	0
2005	38.0 °C3 November 2005	3.5 °C18 July 2005	20.0 °C	472 mm	108	0
2004	35.9 °C15 January 2004	1.3 °C17 July 2004	19.0 °C	625 mm	84	0
2003	37.9 °C16 January 2003	1.1 °C21 August 2003	20.3 °C	391 mm	149	0
2002	36.5 °C19 October 2002	1.3 °C18 July 2002	19.7 °C	398 mm	112	0
2001	37.4 °C11 January 2001	0.6 °C20 July 2001	19.0 °C	650 mm	76	0
2000	35.2 °C19 October 2000	-1.0 °C17 July 2000	18.1 °C	1,009 mm	37	2
1999	36.9 °C1 March 1999	2.5 °C1 July 1999	19.5 °C	510 mm	81	0
1998	37.4 °C8 February 1998	0.3 °C5 July 1998	19.6 °C	578 mm	103	0
1997	36.1 °C9 November 1997	0.7 °C17 June 1997	18.7 °C	737 mm	81	0
1996	35.1 °C3 November 1996	0.9 °C28 June 1996	18.6 °C	812 mm	54	0
1995	36.8 °C12 October 1995	0.9 °C19 July 1995	19.1 °C	816 mm	84	0
1994	37.0 °C23 December 1994	-0.2 °C8 July 1994	18.5 °C	368 mm	72	1
1993	36.9 °C19 January 1993	1.0 °C17 June 1993	19.6 °C	494 mm	81	0
1992	39.0 °C27 February 1992	-0.1 °C26 June 1992	20.2 °C	385 mm	137	1
1991	34.5 °C8 October 1991	1.3 °C24 June 1991	19.1 °C	600 mm	92	0
1990	36.9 °C14 November 1990	-0.9 °C14 July 1990	19.3 °C	446 mm	100	1
1989	35.5 °C1 November 1989	0.2 °C19 July 1989	18.8 °C	637 mm	58	0
1988	38.4 °C31 January 1988	0.9 °C10 June 1988	19.2 °C	633 mm	87	0
1987	36.3 °C4 November 1987	1.6 °C23 June 1987	19.6 °C	637 mm	108	0
1986	35.8 °C13 January 1986	2.7 °C25 June 1986	19.4 °C	623 mm	82	0
1985	35.9 °C24 November 1985	0.5 °C13 July 1985	19.5 °C	569 mm	85	0
1984	36.7 °C15 February 1984	2.2 °C19 June 1984	19.4 °C	517 mm	97	0
1983	36.7 °C11 January 1983	1.2 °C27 June 1983	19.8 °C	529 mm	102	0
1982	37.7 °C28 December 1982	-1.0 °C17 June 1982	19.0 °C	560 mm	87	1
1981	37.1 °C6 November 1981	0.1 °C17 June 1981	18.2 °C	690 mm	56	0
1980	35.0 °C2 January 1980	0.2 °C24 June 1980	18.4 °C	553 mm	55	0
1979	35.1 °C20 March 1979	0.2 °C25 July 1979	19.0 °C	597 mm	92	0
1978	34.6 °C25 November 1978	-0.2 °C21 June 1978	18.6 °C	586 mm	42	1
1977	35.4 °C15 January 1977	1.2 °C5 July 1977	18.8 °C	628 mm	72	0
1976	33.1 °C18 September 1976	-0.6 °C21 June 1976	17.6 °C	800 mm	29	1
1975	35.6 °C16 October 1975	1.5 °C26 July 1975	18.1 °C	712 mm	55	0
1974	35.0 °C5 November 1974	0.6 °C2 August 1974	18.2 °C	665 mm	40	0
1973	37.7 °C19 January 1973	1.8 °C5 July 1973	19.0 °C	798 mm	89	0
1972	37.3 °C1 December 1972	-1.6 °C2 August 1972	19.0 °C	587 mm	80	1
1971	35.0 °C25 December 1971	1.4 °C18 July 1971	18.5 °C	673 mm	53	0
1970	35.9 °C1 March 1970	1.8 °C10 June 1970	19.6 °C	638 mm	104	0
1969	38.0 °C8 February 1969	0.6 °C19 June 1969	19.0 °C	730 mm	76	0
1968	36.3 °C7 November 1968	-2.1 °C15 June 1968	18.5 °C	534 mm	94	2
1967	34.9 °C16 November 1967	-0.6 °C13 June 1967	18.1 °C	783 mm	52	2
1966	37.4 °C2 January 1966	3.3 °C15 July 1966	19.3 °C	646 mm	80	0
1965	36.6 °C30 October 1965	-0.3 °C25 June 1965	19.2 °C	303 mm	109	2
1964	37.1 °C23 February 1964	-2.1 °C27 June 1964	19.2 °C	553 mm	105	4
1963	38.0 °C29 December 1963	-1.6 °C15 July 1963	19.0 °C	547 mm	90	1
1962	37.3 °C30 October 1962	1.6 °C15 June 1962	19.4 °C	884 mm	102	0
1961	37.2 °C24 October 1961	2.3 °C4 August 1961	19.1 °C	875 mm	77	0
1960	35.3 °C11 January 1960	1.9 °C25 July 1960	18.7 °C	785 mm	82	0
1959	36.8 °C17 October 1959	3.6 °C27 May 1959	18.7 °C	642 mm	73	0
1958	34.1 °C2 January 1958	1.2 °C17 June 1958	18.7 °C	1,004 mm	52	0
1957	37.1 °C21 December 1957	-0.8 °C20 June 1957	18.7 °C	728 mm	40	1
1956	35.0 °C2 February 1956	0.8 °C14 June 1956	18.6 °C	870 mm	39	0
1955	34.1 °C9 October 1955	-1.5 °C29 June 1955	17.8 °C	689 mm	36	1
1954	37.3 °C19 February 1954	0.9 °C27 July 1954	20.2 °C	242 mm	152	0
1953	38.4 °C22 January 1953	0.0 °C1 July 1953	19.4 °C	583 mm	82	0
1952	38.1 °C20 November 1952	1.3 °C4 July 1952	19.5 °C	606 mm	89	0
1951	37.2 °C9 October 1951	1.0 °C14 July 1951	19.0 °C	685 mm	84	0
1950	36.6 °C30 December 1950	2.0 °C3 August 1950	18.9 °C	654 mm	72	0
1949	38.3 °C13 January 1949	2.1 °C16 July 1949	19.2 °C	669 mm	90	0
1948	35.3 °C24 November 1948	0.8 °C23 July 1948	18.2 °C	765 mm	56	0
1947	37.4 °C8 October 1947	0.3 °C13 July 1947	18.4 °C	914 mm	52	0
1946	36.5 °C29 October 1946	0.9 °C7 July 1946	18.5 °C	778 mm	51	0
1945	36.1 °C7 November 1945	0.5 °C9 July 1945	19.0 °C	675 mm	57	0
1944	36.7 °C26 September 1944	2.3 °C9 July 1944	18.7 °C	750 mm	48	0
1943	34.8 °C10 October 1943	2.7 °C4 June 1943	18.5 °C	734 mm	29	0
1942	33.5 °C7 January 1942	0.5 °C21 July 1942	18.3 °C	926 mm	36	0
1941	38.0 °C16 October 1941	1.6 °C5 July 1941	20.6 °C	335 mm	127	0
1940	37.1 °C12 November 1940	0.1 °C3 July 1940	20.1 °C	398 mm	112	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.8 °C

-0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

69 d/yr

-16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1135 mm

+507 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.1 °C	-0.4 °C	225 mm	+122 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	-0.6 °C	303 mm	+211 mm
Mar	27.1 °C	-0.8 °C	110 mm	+39 mm
Apr	23.6 °C	-1.9 °C	124 mm	+76 mm
May	22.7 °C	-0.5 °C	3 mm	-13 mm
Jun	21.0 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Jul	21.0 °C	+0.3 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Aug	25.7 °C	+2.0 °C	4 mm	-1 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.5 °C	24 mm	+6 mm
Oct	28.6 °C	-0.5 °C	51 mm	-4 mm
Nov	25.8 °C	-3.0 °C	135 mm	+41 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	-1.7 °C	153 mm	+38 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.6 °C

15 Oct 2025

Coldest day

0.8 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

99.8 mm

19 Feb 2025

Windiest day

28.8 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

57.6 km/h

16 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.7 °C

23 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.2 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.6 h

15 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Letlhabile?

Letlhabile has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 628 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Letlhabile?

The hottest day measured in Letlhabile between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 41.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Letlhabile?

The coldest day measured in Letlhabile between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1964, at -2.1 °C.

Does it snow in Letlhabile?

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

Has the climate of Letlhabile warmed?

Yes: Letlhabile warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Letlhabile?

The wettest day measured in Letlhabile between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1951, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Letlhabile?

The windiest day measured in Letlhabile between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2012, with winds reaching 39.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Letlhabile?

The warmest month in Letlhabile is January (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Letlhabile?

Letlhabile receives on average 628 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Letlhabile?

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

Are there tropical nights in Letlhabile?

Yes: Letlhabile has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Letlhabile?

In Letlhabile, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -5.6 °C on 27 June 1964.

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