Marikana climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Marikana?

Marikana has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 639 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Marikana between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 40.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Marikana?

The coldest day measured in Marikana between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1964, at -3.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Marikana?

Almost never: Marikana sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Marikana warmed?

Yes: Marikana warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Marikana?

The wettest day measured in Marikana between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2000, with 123 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Marikana?

The windiest day measured in Marikana between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1945, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Marikana?

The warmest month in Marikana is January (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is June (11.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Marikana?

Marikana receives on average 639 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Marikana?

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

Marikana (South Africa) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 639 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is June (11.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Marikana averages 1 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.

Marikana has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -3.0 °C (on 28 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

MarikanaNorth West

coords: -25.70°, 27.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.3°C

Average daily high

25.1°C

Average daily low

12.6°C

Annual rainfall

639mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

14.1km/h

Seasonal range

11.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

58 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

93 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.6 °C

Average feels-like low

11.3 °C

Average peak gust

32.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

11 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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

40.1 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest day

-3.0 °C

28 June 1964

Wettest day

123 mm

9 February 2000

Windiest day

39.2 km/h

19 October 1945

Strongest gust

86.4 km/h

28 September 2012

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-6.8 °C

28 June 1964

Snowiest day

0.3 cm

18 July 1965

Sunniest day

13.6 h

17 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.9 °C15 October 2025	-0.2 °C28 June 2025	18.4 °C	1,133 mm	40	2
2024	37.8 °C4 December 2024	-1.9 °C9 July 2024	20.1 °C	370 mm	120	2
2023	35.2 °C28 January 2023	0.4 °C31 July 2023	19.3 °C	500 mm	93	0
2022	35.8 °C4 October 2022	0.8 °C17 June 2022	18.7 °C	748 mm	42	0
2021	34.6 °C16 November 2021	-0.1 °C23 July 2021	18.5 °C	728 mm	54	1
2020	35.3 °C8 November 2020	-0.4 °C15 June 2020	18.5 °C	554 mm	63	3
2019	36.4 °C21 October 2019	0.8 °C3 July 2019	20.0 °C	571 mm	123	0
2018	37.8 °C7 January 2018	1.6 °C3 July 2018	19.6 °C	494 mm	104	0
2017	36.5 °C7 November 2017	0.9 °C9 June 2017	19.0 °C	636 mm	70	0
2016	40.1 °C7 January 2016	0.8 °C28 July 2016	19.9 °C	534 mm	113	0
2015	38.0 °C10 November 2015	0.5 °C18 July 2015	20.3 °C	314 mm	133	0
2014	35.4 °C5 December 2014	-0.5 °C7 June 2014	18.7 °C	563 mm	68	3
2013	37.6 °C25 January 2013	2.4 °C22 June 2013	19.2 °C	449 mm	105	0
2012	35.3 °C4 March 2012	0.2 °C13 August 2012	18.7 °C	588 mm	67	0
2011	38.3 °C24 October 2011	-0.1 °C2 July 2011	18.3 °C	664 mm	50	1
2010	36.2 °C13 November 2010	-0.1 °C13 July 2010	18.9 °C	704 mm	78	1
2009	34.2 °C8 October 2009	0.6 °C27 June 2009	18.4 °C	638 mm	56	0
2008	34.7 °C14 October 2008	0.0 °C11 July 2008	18.3 °C	586 mm	51	0
2007	35.3 °C4 February 2007	-0.8 °C24 May 2007	18.7 °C	424 mm	80	1
2006	35.9 °C25 October 2006	-0.1 °C28 June 2006	17.7 °C	737 mm	31	1
2005	37.1 °C3 November 2005	2.1 °C8 July 2005	19.1 °C	495 mm	68	0
2004	34.5 °C10 November 2004	-0.2 °C29 July 2004	18.0 °C	650 mm	50	1
2003	36.1 °C15 December 2003	-1.1 °C21 August 2003	19.2 °C	387 mm	100	1
2002	34.8 °C19 October 2002	0.2 °C18 July 2002	18.5 °C	441 mm	69	0
2001	36.4 °C11 January 2001	-1.0 °C20 July 2001	17.9 °C	685 mm	39	1
2000	33.6 °C19 October 2000	-1.4 °C21 July 2000	17.2 °C	1,127 mm	24	2
1999	35.3 °C1 March 1999	1.7 °C20 June 1999	18.6 °C	512 mm	46	0
1998	35.7 °C8 February 1998	-0.8 °C5 July 1998	18.7 °C	594 mm	73	1
1997	34.9 °C7 November 1997	0.4 °C2 June 1997	17.7 °C	753 mm	56	0
1996	33.1 °C3 November 1996	-0.3 °C28 June 1996	17.6 °C	890 mm	31	1
1995	34.9 °C11 October 1995	-0.7 °C19 July 1995	18.2 °C	784 mm	59	1
1994	35.2 °C23 December 1994	-1.5 °C12 July 1994	17.6 °C	399 mm	43	6
1993	35.4 °C19 January 1993	1.1 °C17 June 1993	18.6 °C	533 mm	47	0
1992	37.9 °C27 February 1992	-0.5 °C24 June 1992	19.2 °C	371 mm	106	3
1991	33.4 °C7 October 1991	0.7 °C24 June 1991	18.2 °C	642 mm	51	0
1990	35.3 °C14 November 1990	-2.3 °C14 July 1990	18.2 °C	522 mm	69	2
1989	34.7 °C1 November 1989	-0.6 °C23 July 1989	17.8 °C	664 mm	34	1
1988	36.7 °C31 January 1988	-0.6 °C10 June 1988	18.2 °C	698 mm	48	1
1987	35.6 °C4 November 1987	1.1 °C21 June 1987	18.8 °C	647 mm	84	0
1986	33.9 °C13 January 1986	1.7 °C22 June 1986	18.3 °C	622 mm	41	0
1985	34.5 °C4 January 1985	-0.1 °C13 July 1985	18.5 °C	576 mm	48	1
1984	36.4 °C15 February 1984	0.9 °C4 July 1984	18.6 °C	500 mm	77	0
1983	35.6 °C27 February 1983	0.6 °C27 June 1983	18.8 °C	537 mm	69	0
1982	36.1 °C28 December 1982	-0.7 °C17 June 1982	18.0 °C	600 mm	56	1
1981	35.4 °C6 November 1981	-1.2 °C17 June 1981	17.2 °C	683 mm	35	1
1980	34.0 °C2 January 1980	-0.3 °C5 July 1980	17.5 °C	572 mm	26	2
1979	34.2 °C7 January 1979	-1.3 °C25 July 1979	18.1 °C	616 mm	58	1
1978	33.5 °C25 November 1978	-2.0 °C20 June 1978	17.7 °C	598 mm	28	3
1977	33.7 °C15 January 1977	0.5 °C27 June 1977	17.9 °C	658 mm	42	0
1976	31.6 °C17 September 1976	-1.8 °C21 June 1976	16.8 °C	727 mm	12	2
1975	33.7 °C9 November 1975	1.3 °C10 July 1975	17.2 °C	727 mm	31	0
1974	33.2 °C14 October 1974	-0.1 °C2 August 1974	17.2 °C	700 mm	14	1
1973	36.2 °C23 January 1973	0.6 °C16 July 1973	17.9 °C	883 mm	48	0
1972	36.1 °C3 December 1972	-1.6 °C2 August 1972	17.9 °C	684 mm	54	1
1971	34.2 °C25 December 1971	0.7 °C18 July 1971	17.7 °C	639 mm	35	0
1970	34.5 °C27 November 1970	1.2 °C9 June 1970	18.7 °C	669 mm	77	0
1969	36.1 °C13 January 1969	1.0 °C22 July 1969	18.2 °C	659 mm	58	0
1968	35.2 °C7 November 1968	-2.6 °C15 June 1968	17.6 °C	530 mm	70	6
1967	33.4 °C16 December 1967	-1.7 °C13 June 1967	17.2 °C	780 mm	32	2
1966	35.3 °C2 January 1966	1.7 °C15 July 1966	18.3 °C	623 mm	62	0
1965	35.7 °C25 February 1965	-1.0 °C22 June 1965	18.2 °C	362 mm	73	4
1964	36.7 °C23 February 1964	-3.0 °C28 June 1964	18.2 °C	519 mm	73	6
1963	36.9 °C29 December 1963	-1.3 °C15 July 1963	18.2 °C	561 mm	62	2
1962	35.7 °C12 November 1962	1.0 °C15 June 1962	18.6 °C	833 mm	80	0
1961	35.5 °C21 October 1961	1.5 °C4 August 1961	18.0 °C	817 mm	47	0
1960	34.0 °C2 November 1960	0.8 °C10 June 1960	17.7 °C	793 mm	53	0
1959	35.7 °C17 October 1959	2.6 °C27 May 1959	17.8 °C	722 mm	45	0
1958	33.3 °C23 November 1958	-0.1 °C17 June 1958	17.9 °C	970 mm	37	1
1957	35.6 °C21 December 1957	-1.4 °C20 June 1957	17.8 °C	737 mm	28	2
1956	34.1 °C2 February 1956	-0.3 °C30 August 1956	17.9 °C	847 mm	24	1
1955	32.9 °C9 October 1955	-2.7 °C29 June 1955	17.0 °C	714 mm	26	4
1954	35.9 °C25 October 1954	-0.7 °C18 July 1954	19.2 °C	243 mm	126	2
1953	37.2 °C31 October 1953	-0.9 °C30 July 1953	18.6 °C	570 mm	61	3
1952	36.6 °C20 November 1952	0.8 °C4 July 1952	18.6 °C	659 mm	60	0
1951	36.2 °C9 October 1951	0.9 °C15 July 1951	18.1 °C	702 mm	61	0
1950	34.9 °C30 December 1950	1.4 °C2 August 1950	17.9 °C	627 mm	52	0
1949	37.1 °C13 January 1949	2.0 °C16 July 1949	18.3 °C	616 mm	64	0
1948	34.7 °C1 December 1948	-0.3 °C23 July 1948	17.4 °C	784 mm	47	1
1947	37.0 °C8 October 1947	-0.2 °C13 July 1947	17.6 °C	839 mm	42	1
1946	35.6 °C29 October 1946	-0.1 °C7 July 1946	17.7 °C	789 mm	41	1
1945	35.1 °C7 November 1945	-0.2 °C12 June 1945	18.1 °C	662 mm	47	2
1944	34.8 °C26 September 1944	0.4 °C9 July 1944	17.7 °C	729 mm	27	0
1943	33.4 °C10 October 1943	1.2 °C21 July 1943	17.5 °C	815 mm	15	0
1942	33.5 °C9 January 1942	-0.3 °C21 July 1942	17.5 °C	942 mm	21	1
1941	36.8 °C16 October 1941	0.3 °C30 June 1941	19.7 °C	339 mm	103	0
1940	35.9 °C7 November 1940	-0.8 °C16 July 1940	19.1 °C	421 mm	89	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.8 °C

-0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

40 d/yr

-18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1133 mm

+494 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.4 °C	0.0 °C	193 mm	+88 mm
Feb	27.6 °C	-0.3 °C	304 mm	+203 mm
Mar	26.0 °C	-0.7 °C	107 mm	+35 mm
Apr	22.6 °C	-1.7 °C	126 mm	+77 mm
May	21.7 °C	-0.4 °C	4 mm	-12 mm
Jun	20.0 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Jul	19.9 °C	+0.3 °C	4 mm	+0 mm
Aug	24.6 °C	+2.0 °C	2 mm	-4 mm
Sep	27.8 °C	+1.4 °C	25 mm	+7 mm
Oct	27.5 °C	-0.4 °C	55 mm	+1 mm
Nov	24.8 °C	-3.0 °C	139 mm	+47 mm
Dec	26.3 °C	-1.7 °C	175 mm	+56 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.9 °C

15 Oct 2025

Coldest day

-0.2 °C

28 Jun 2025

Wettest day

96.5 mm

19 Feb 2025

Windiest day

27.0 km/h

21 May 2025

Strongest gust

57.6 km/h

16 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.6 °C

23 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.8 °C

28 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

13.6 h

15 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Marikana?

Marikana has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.3 °C and it receives 639 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Marikana?

The hottest day measured in Marikana between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 40.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Marikana?

The coldest day measured in Marikana between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1964, at -3.0 °C.

Does it snow in Marikana?

Almost never: Marikana sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Marikana warmed?

Yes: Marikana warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Marikana?

The wettest day measured in Marikana between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2000, with 123 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Marikana?

The windiest day measured in Marikana between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1945, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Marikana?

The warmest month in Marikana is January (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is June (11.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Marikana?

Marikana receives on average 639 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Marikana?

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

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Marikana?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Marikana between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1965, with 0.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Marikana?

Yes: Marikana has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Marikana?

In Marikana, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -6.8 °C on 28 June 1964.

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