Louis Trichardt climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Louis Trichardt?

Louis Trichardt has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 538 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Louis Trichardt?

The hottest day measured in Louis Trichardt between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2019, reaching 42.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Louis Trichardt?

The coldest day measured in Louis Trichardt between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 1964, at 0.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Louis Trichardt?

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

Q: Has the climate of Louis Trichardt warmed?

Yes: Louis Trichardt warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Louis Trichardt?

The wettest day measured in Louis Trichardt between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1940, with 194 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Louis Trichardt?

The windiest day measured in Louis Trichardt between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 37.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Louis Trichardt?

The warmest month in Louis Trichardt is January (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Louis Trichardt?

Louis Trichardt receives on average 538 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 83 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Louis Trichardt?

Louis Trichardt gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Louis Trichardt (South Africa) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 538 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Louis Trichardt averages 0 frost days, 63 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 83 rainy days per year.

Louis Trichardt has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.2 °C (on 28 October 2019) and the coldest 0.4 °C (on 20 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

Louis TrichardtLimpopo

coords: -23.04°, 29.90°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.3°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

14.3°C

Annual rainfall

538mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

13.7km/h

Seasonal range

8.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

63 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

83 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.9 °C

Average feels-like low

13.6 °C

Average peak gust

36.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

18 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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

42.2 °C

28 October 2019

Coldest day

0.4 °C

20 June 1964

Wettest day

194 mm

21 December 1940

Windiest day

37.4 km/h

13 March 1941

Strongest gust

92.2 km/h

13 March 1941

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-3.5 °C

20 June 1964

Sunniest day

13.4 h

24 December 2023

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.3 °C26 October 2025	1.7 °C29 July 2025	19.9 °C	833 mm	75
2024	41.3 °C13 December 2024	4.5 °C9 July 2024	20.9 °C	334 mm	123
2023	38.8 °C29 November 2023	4.7 °C31 July 2023	20.3 °C	679 mm	103
2022	37.2 °C4 October 2022	4.7 °C17 June 2022	19.8 °C	558 mm	75
2021	39.3 °C2 November 2021	4.0 °C23 July 2021	19.5 °C	654 mm	72
2020	37.4 °C26 September 2020	3.3 °C16 July 2020	19.5 °C	506 mm	79
2019	42.2 °C28 October 2019	3.9 °C22 July 2019	20.4 °C	558 mm	104
2018	38.3 °C18 September 2018	4.8 °C6 June 2018	20.1 °C	373 mm	94
2017	40.4 °C16 October 2017	5.8 °C21 August 2017	19.5 °C	436 mm	70
2016	38.8 °C7 January 2016	5.1 °C28 July 2016	20.4 °C	424 mm	105
2015	37.9 °C2 November 2015	3.9 °C2 August 2015	20.6 °C	275 mm	110
2014	36.7 °C10 November 2014	2.2 °C11 July 2014	19.5 °C	623 mm	61
2013	38.6 °C27 September 2013	6.0 °C19 June 2013	19.4 °C	600 mm	81
2012	37.0 °C4 October 2012	3.5 °C11 June 2012	19.6 °C	474 mm	81
2011	38.1 °C13 November 2011	3.9 °C26 June 2011	19.3 °C	452 mm	59
2010	39.7 °C11 October 2010	1.7 °C17 June 2010	19.6 °C	710 mm	78
2009	38.3 °C8 October 2009	2.9 °C26 July 2009	19.2 °C	511 mm	62
2008	37.3 °C3 November 2008	5.2 °C7 July 2008	19.5 °C	423 mm	63
2007	36.3 °C23 September 2007	1.2 °C23 May 2007	19.4 °C	529 mm	81
2006	36.6 °C3 November 2006	4.4 °C6 June 2006	19.3 °C	602 mm	57
2005	36.9 °C2 November 2005	5.0 °C6 July 2005	20.3 °C	305 mm	93
2004	37.7 °C7 October 2004	4.1 °C4 June 2004	19.6 °C	416 mm	68
2003	36.5 °C6 October 2003	5.0 °C15 July 2003	19.7 °C	433 mm	95
2002	37.2 °C4 November 2002	4.7 °C8 May 2002	19.3 °C	227 mm	63
2001	36.4 °C11 September 2001	1.8 °C22 July 2001	18.9 °C	628 mm	47
2000	35.0 °C10 October 2000	2.5 °C17 July 2000	18.4 °C	890 mm	41
1999	35.8 °C25 September 1999	5.9 °C10 June 1999	19.0 °C	575 mm	40
1998	36.0 °C6 October 1998	5.9 °C20 June 1998	19.6 °C	611 mm	74
1997	37.7 °C9 November 1997	3.2 °C3 June 1997	19.1 °C	417 mm	59
1996	35.0 °C4 November 1996	2.3 °C10 July 1996	18.7 °C	812 mm	50
1995	37.7 °C12 October 1995	3.5 °C7 August 1995	19.5 °C	460 mm	73
1994	36.5 °C9 November 1994	0.5 °C30 June 1994	18.9 °C	250 mm	66
1993	36.6 °C31 October 1993	4.3 °C15 August 1993	19.6 °C	425 mm	52
1992	39.3 °C26 February 1992	3.2 °C13 August 1992	20.3 °C	400 mm	99
1991	36.0 °C30 October 1991	3.9 °C18 July 1991	19.6 °C	394 mm	72
1990	38.5 °C14 November 1990	4.6 °C16 August 1990	19.4 °C	417 mm	70
1989	36.7 °C20 December 1989	3.2 °C23 July 1989	19.3 °C	345 mm	57
1988	34.6 °C9 October 1988	3.0 °C9 June 1988	18.9 °C	468 mm	42
1987	35.0 °C4 April 1987	2.1 °C22 July 1987	19.6 °C	523 mm	75
1986	35.0 °C23 February 1986	4.7 °C14 June 1986	19.3 °C	387 mm	64
1985	35.0 °C2 March 1985	0.4 °C13 July 1985	18.8 °C	581 mm	44
1984	36.0 °C8 February 1984	5.5 °C18 June 1984	18.9 °C	530 mm	51
1983	36.9 °C11 January 1983	4.6 °C11 August 1983	20.0 °C	334 mm	79
1982	36.2 °C23 December 1982	4.0 °C21 June 1982	19.1 °C	321 mm	58
1981	39.4 °C8 November 1981	2.3 °C10 June 1981	18.3 °C	716 mm	44
1980	35.9 °C4 January 1980	2.0 °C23 June 1980	18.6 °C	679 mm	47
1979	37.9 °C2 October 1979	1.5 °C26 July 1979	18.7 °C	495 mm	62
1978	34.7 °C28 September 1978	4.1 °C8 July 1978	18.7 °C	702 mm	40
1977	37.0 °C19 November 1977	4.6 °C4 July 1977	19.2 °C	840 mm	69
1976	38.2 °C24 November 1976	4.1 °C5 August 1976	18.5 °C	572 mm	43
1975	36.2 °C19 November 1975	3.5 °C25 July 1975	18.4 °C	639 mm	41
1974	35.7 °C17 October 1974	4.8 °C4 September 1974	18.4 °C	704 mm	27
1973	36.0 °C22 September 1973	4.8 °C10 July 1973	18.8 °C	643 mm	68
1972	36.8 °C30 December 1972	2.7 °C2 August 1972	18.7 °C	688 mm	48
1971	34.8 °C4 October 1971	4.1 °C1 August 1971	19.0 °C	474 mm	46
1970	38.7 °C12 January 1970	5.6 °C25 July 1970	19.6 °C	443 mm	78
1969	35.5 °C8 February 1969	4.1 °C18 June 1969	18.9 °C	668 mm	60
1968	36.0 °C12 January 1968	0.7 °C15 June 1968	18.5 °C	433 mm	71
1967	35.0 °C16 November 1967	2.3 °C7 June 1967	18.7 °C	417 mm	41
1966	36.9 °C29 November 1966	3.6 °C22 August 1966	19.1 °C	741 mm	50
1965	35.4 °C28 October 1965	1.2 °C24 June 1965	18.9 °C	225 mm	60
1964	35.9 °C1 October 1964	0.4 °C20 June 1964	18.8 °C	531 mm	52
1963	35.2 °C21 December 1963	1.5 °C12 July 1963	18.7 °C	402 mm	49
1962	37.1 °C17 October 1962	3.5 °C29 August 1962	19.6 °C	558 mm	61
1961	36.7 °C24 October 1961	5.8 °C8 August 1961	19.0 °C	642 mm	55
1960	37.6 °C9 October 1960	4.2 °C21 July 1960	18.6 °C	469 mm	50
1959	37.3 °C31 October 1959	6.2 °C19 July 1959	19.0 °C	411 mm	60
1958	36.7 °C19 November 1958	4.6 °C21 June 1958	19.1 °C	821 mm	50
1957	35.6 °C21 December 1957	4.6 °C21 June 1957	19.3 °C	649 mm	47
1956	35.9 °C15 October 1956	4.0 °C12 June 1956	19.0 °C	619 mm	32
1955	35.5 °C9 October 1955	4.7 °C29 June 1955	17.8 °C	732 mm	27
1954	38.7 °C26 October 1954	3.8 °C19 July 1954	19.2 °C	373 mm	86
1953	36.8 °C16 October 1953	3.9 °C31 July 1953	19.0 °C	605 mm	41
1952	37.1 °C20 November 1952	5.0 °C4 July 1952	19.2 °C	664 mm	52
1951	38.1 °C25 November 1951	4.2 °C12 July 1951	19.9 °C	403 mm	99
1950	36.5 °C7 December 1950	5.2 °C29 July 1950	19.3 °C	442 mm	63
1949	35.3 °C12 January 1949	5.5 °C8 June 1949	18.6 °C	626 mm	47
1948	35.6 °C21 September 1948	5.3 °C23 July 1948	18.7 °C	658 mm	42
1947	38.3 °C8 October 1947	4.2 °C17 July 1947	18.8 °C	752 mm	52
1946	38.3 °C23 October 1946	4.7 °C15 August 1946	18.9 °C	618 mm	48
1945	36.8 °C26 October 1945	4.4 °C27 June 1945	18.7 °C	650 mm	41
1944	38.2 °C27 September 1944	4.9 °C18 May 1944	19.0 °C	725 mm	41
1943	36.3 °C10 October 1943	4.4 °C21 July 1943	18.3 °C	485 mm	31
1942	33.9 °C23 October 1942	4.8 °C25 July 1942	18.8 °C	770 mm	31
1941	38.4 °C8 October 1941	4.9 °C5 July 1941	20.0 °C	341 mm	95
1940	38.1 °C12 November 1940	4.1 °C3 July 1940	20.3 °C	570 mm	106

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.1 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

75 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

833 mm

+295 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.0 °C	+0.6 °C	269 mm	+164 mm
Feb	27.0 °C	-0.1 °C	208 mm	+114 mm
Mar	27.5 °C	+1.0 °C	19 mm	-37 mm
Apr	25.7 °C	+0.5 °C	33 mm	+8 mm
May	24.2 °C	+0.5 °C	3 mm	-8 mm
Jun	23.0 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Jul	22.4 °C	+1.1 °C	7 mm	+3 mm
Aug	26.7 °C	+3.1 °C	4 mm	-1 mm
Sep	28.5 °C	+2.2 °C	9 mm	-5 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+1.0 °C	27 mm	-3 mm
Nov	25.6 °C	-2.0 °C	121 mm	+47 mm
Dec	26.8 °C	-0.8 °C	131 mm	+15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.3 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

1.7 °C

29 Jul 2025

Wettest day

64.9 mm

14 Feb 2025

Windiest day

25.5 km/h

25 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

64.1 km/h

16 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.7 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.6 °C

29 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Louis Trichardt?

Louis Trichardt has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 538 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Louis Trichardt?

The hottest day measured in Louis Trichardt between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 2019, reaching 42.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Louis Trichardt?

The coldest day measured in Louis Trichardt between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 1964, at 0.4 °C.

Does it snow in Louis Trichardt?

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

Has the climate of Louis Trichardt warmed?

Yes: Louis Trichardt warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Louis Trichardt?

The wettest day measured in Louis Trichardt between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1940, with 194 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Louis Trichardt?

The windiest day measured in Louis Trichardt between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 37.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Louis Trichardt?

The warmest month in Louis Trichardt is January (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Louis Trichardt?

Louis Trichardt receives on average 538 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 83 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Louis Trichardt?

Louis Trichardt gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Louis Trichardt?

Yes: Louis Trichardt has on average 18 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Louis Trichardt?

In Louis Trichardt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -3.5 °C on 20 June 1964.

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