Lydenburg climate — normals and trends
Lydenburg (South Africa) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 860 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 (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is June (10.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Lydenburg averages 2 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Lydenburg has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 26 February 1992) and the coldest -3.5 °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
LydenburgMpumalanga
- coords
- -25.10°, 30.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.9°C
Average daily high
22.7°C
Average daily low
10.7°C
Annual rainfall
860mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
10.6km/h
Seasonal range
9.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.2 cm
Average feels-like high
22.7 °C
Average feels-like low
10.0 °C
Average peak gust
32.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °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
35.2 °C
26 February 1992
Coldest day
-3.5 °C
27 June 1964
Wettest day
129 mm
23 February 2004
Windiest day
33.3 km/h
23 September 1941
Strongest gust
84.6 km/h
28 January 1976
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
7 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-7.0 °C
27 June 1964
Snowiest day
2.9 cm
29 May 1997
Sunniest day
13.6 h
19 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 | 26.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 193 mm | +34 mm |
| Feb | 25.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 138 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 24.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 90 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 21.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 87 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 3 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 19.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 7 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 5 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 28 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 24.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 72 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 22.5 °C | -1.9 °C | 152 mm | +32 mm |
| Dec | 24.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 167 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lydenburg?
Lydenburg has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 860 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lydenburg?
The hottest day measured in Lydenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1992, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lydenburg?
The coldest day measured in Lydenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1964, at -3.5 °C.
Does it snow in Lydenburg?
Almost never: Lydenburg sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Lydenburg warmed?
Yes: Lydenburg warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lydenburg?
The wettest day measured in Lydenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2004, with 129 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lydenburg?
The windiest day measured in Lydenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 33.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lydenburg?
The warmest month in Lydenburg is January (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is June (10.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Lydenburg?
Lydenburg receives on average 860 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lydenburg?
Lydenburg gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lydenburg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lydenburg between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1997, with 2.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lydenburg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lydenburg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lydenburg?
In Lydenburg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -7.0 °C on 27 June 1964.
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