Modimolle climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Modimolle?

Modimolle has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 746 mm of precipitation per year.

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

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

Q: What is the coldest day in Modimolle?

The coldest day measured in Modimolle between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1964, at -1.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Modimolle?

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

Q: Has the climate of Modimolle warmed?

Yes: Modimolle warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Modimolle?

The wettest day measured in Modimolle between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1958, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Modimolle?

The windiest day measured in Modimolle between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 38.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Modimolle?

The warmest month in Modimolle is January (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Modimolle?

Modimolle receives on average 746 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Modimolle?

Modimolle gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Modimolle (South Africa) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 746 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is June (12.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Modimolle averages 0 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.

Modimolle has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °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 -1.5 °C (on 25 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

ModimolleLimpopo

coords: -24.70°, 28.40°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.8°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

13.3°C

Annual rainfall

746mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

59%

Average peak wind

13.7km/h

Seasonal range

10.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

95 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.5 °C

Average feels-like low

12.2 °C

Average peak gust

30.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

15 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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

-1.5 °C

25 June 1964

Wettest day

98 mm

1 December 1958

Windiest day

38.5 km/h

23 September 1941

Strongest gust

79.6 km/h

28 September 2012

Hottest feels-like

40.0 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-5.3 °C

25 June 1964

Sunniest day

13.5 h

16 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.9 °C15 October 2025	0.3 °C30 July 2025	18.9 °C	1,089 mm	51	0
2024	38.0 °C5 December 2024	-1.1 °C7 July 2024	20.7 °C	482 mm	127	2
2023	36.6 °C27 October 2023	2.0 °C10 July 2023	19.8 °C	659 mm	102	0
2022	37.3 °C4 October 2022	1.1 °C17 June 2022	19.1 °C	839 mm	54	0
2021	35.5 °C16 October 2021	-0.1 °C23 July 2021	19.2 °C	890 mm	73	1
2020	35.8 °C20 October 2020	0.0 °C13 June 2020	19.2 °C	716 mm	68	0
2019	38.0 °C28 October 2019	3.1 °C23 July 2019	20.8 °C	568 mm	136	0
2018	37.5 °C19 September 2018	1.8 °C3 July 2018	20.2 °C	473 mm	109	0
2017	35.8 °C7 November 2017	2.0 °C9 June 2017	19.4 °C	693 mm	74	0
2016	40.1 °C7 January 2016	3.1 °C5 August 2016	20.3 °C	609 mm	118	0
2015	38.7 °C11 November 2015	2.5 °C1 August 2015	20.8 °C	352 mm	131	0
2014	36.6 °C9 October 2014	1.1 °C9 July 2014	19.1 °C	830 mm	63	0
2013	36.1 °C12 October 2013	3.9 °C1 September 2013	19.5 °C	601 mm	102	0
2012	34.9 °C6 November 2012	1.8 °C12 June 2012	19.2 °C	608 mm	75	0
2011	37.0 °C24 October 2011	2.1 °C28 June 2011	18.6 °C	769 mm	51	0
2010	36.4 °C13 February 2010	-0.9 °C17 June 2010	19.2 °C	810 mm	72	1
2009	34.8 °C17 September 2009	1.3 °C24 July 2009	18.6 °C	802 mm	52	0
2008	36.6 °C3 November 2008	2.1 °C8 July 2008	19.0 °C	673 mm	62	0
2007	34.8 °C15 November 2007	1.4 °C24 May 2007	19.0 °C	525 mm	79	0
2006	34.8 °C25 October 2006	0.6 °C28 June 2006	18.3 °C	919 mm	34	0
2005	37.1 °C3 November 2005	3.7 °C5 July 2005	19.9 °C	554 mm	77	0
2004	36.2 °C15 January 2004	1.6 °C16 July 2004	18.7 °C	719 mm	56	0
2003	35.9 °C14 December 2003	0.9 °C21 August 2003	19.8 °C	424 mm	111	0
2002	35.7 °C19 October 2002	1.8 °C8 May 2002	19.0 °C	495 mm	68	0
2001	37.4 °C11 January 2001	2.2 °C24 July 2001	18.6 °C	778 mm	47	0
2000	33.6 °C17 October 2000	-0.4 °C17 July 2000	17.8 °C	1,037 mm	34	2
1999	35.9 °C1 March 1999	3.2 °C1 July 1999	18.8 °C	723 mm	45	0
1998	34.9 °C3 February 1998	2.8 °C5 July 1998	19.3 °C	687 mm	78	0
1997	36.3 °C9 November 1997	2.1 °C30 May 1997	18.5 °C	770 mm	69	0
1996	33.7 °C4 November 1996	1.7 °C19 July 1996	18.5 °C	806 mm	50	0
1995	36.9 °C12 October 1995	0.8 °C7 August 1995	19.0 °C	649 mm	70	0
1994	34.3 °C9 November 1994	-0.2 °C12 July 1994	18.3 °C	569 mm	51	1
1993	37.4 °C31 October 1993	2.2 °C13 June 1993	19.3 °C	602 mm	56	0
1992	37.1 °C26 February 1992	0.6 °C26 June 1992	19.8 °C	499 mm	102	0
1991	34.2 °C8 October 1991	1.6 °C10 July 1991	18.7 °C	752 mm	55	0
1990	36.3 °C14 November 1990	1.1 °C2 July 1990	18.9 °C	572 mm	58	0
1989	34.7 °C1 November 1989	1.1 °C23 July 1989	18.7 °C	626 mm	49	0
1988	34.6 °C31 January 1988	1.2 °C9 June 1988	18.8 °C	656 mm	56	0
1987	35.0 °C20 February 1987	0.4 °C22 July 1987	19.1 °C	769 mm	67	0
1986	34.2 °C4 November 1986	3.9 °C30 June 1986	19.1 °C	606 mm	58	0
1985	35.1 °C4 January 1985	0.1 °C13 July 1985	18.9 °C	769 mm	57	0
1984	35.8 °C29 December 1984	2.9 °C18 June 1984	19.1 °C	543 mm	69	0
1983	37.0 °C11 January 1983	2.3 °C26 June 1983	19.7 °C	735 mm	81	0
1982	35.2 °C26 November 1982	-0.8 °C17 June 1982	19.1 °C	569 mm	74	1
1981	37.0 °C6 November 1981	-0.2 °C17 June 1981	18.0 °C	740 mm	47	1
1980	34.6 °C16 October 1980	-0.4 °C24 June 1980	17.9 °C	855 mm	34	1
1979	34.6 °C1 October 1979	0.2 °C5 July 1979	18.5 °C	752 mm	66	0
1978	34.7 °C29 September 1978	0.5 °C14 June 1978	18.2 °C	804 mm	29	0
1977	35.4 °C15 January 1977	2.1 °C4 July 1977	18.5 °C	829 mm	55	0
1976	33.0 °C24 November 1976	0.0 °C21 June 1976	17.5 °C	867 mm	27	0
1975	33.8 °C16 October 1975	1.9 °C25 July 1975	17.8 °C	944 mm	34	0
1974	34.1 °C14 October 1974	2.2 °C1 August 1974	17.8 °C	943 mm	22	0
1973	35.7 °C23 January 1973	2.6 °C12 August 1973	18.4 °C	843 mm	61	0
1972	35.4 °C30 December 1972	-0.4 °C2 August 1972	18.3 °C	725 mm	60	1
1971	32.9 °C26 December 1971	2.4 °C18 July 1971	17.9 °C	865 mm	19	0
1970	35.2 °C14 December 1970	1.3 °C10 June 1970	19.0 °C	798 mm	72	0
1969	36.5 °C13 January 1969	1.5 °C20 July 1969	18.3 °C	966 mm	45	0
1968	36.6 °C5 January 1968	-1.3 °C15 June 1968	18.0 °C	751 mm	60	2
1967	33.4 °C16 November 1967	-0.6 °C12 June 1967	17.6 °C	847 mm	33	1
1966	34.3 °C26 December 1966	3.3 °C27 July 1966	18.6 °C	730 mm	55	0
1965	35.8 °C31 October 1965	1.0 °C23 June 1965	18.3 °C	376 mm	59	0
1964	34.3 °C29 February 1964	-1.5 °C25 June 1964	18.1 °C	847 mm	46	2
1963	34.9 °C29 December 1963	0.9 °C16 August 1963	18.2 °C	714 mm	55	0
1962	36.7 °C17 October 1962	2.4 °C29 August 1962	19.0 °C	860 mm	76	0
1961	37.2 °C24 October 1961	2.8 °C9 August 1961	18.4 °C	827 mm	59	0
1960	33.8 °C2 November 1960	1.6 °C25 July 1960	17.8 °C	921 mm	42	0
1959	34.9 °C17 October 1959	4.1 °C26 May 1959	18.0 °C	785 mm	36	0
1958	33.5 °C27 September 1958	3.0 °C21 June 1958	18.3 °C	1,295 mm	36	0
1957	32.9 °C21 December 1957	1.0 °C20 June 1957	18.2 °C	941 mm	21	0
1956	33.5 °C15 October 1956	1.6 °C11 June 1956	18.4 °C	843 mm	27	0
1955	33.7 °C9 October 1955	-0.5 °C30 June 1955	17.3 °C	870 mm	20	2
1954	36.3 °C26 October 1954	1.8 °C28 July 1954	19.5 °C	311 mm	121	0
1953	36.1 °C22 January 1953	0.5 °C30 July 1953	18.6 °C	712 mm	42	0
1952	37.4 °C20 November 1952	2.4 °C3 July 1952	18.7 °C	809 mm	52	0
1951	36.6 °C9 October 1951	2.1 °C30 June 1951	18.6 °C	915 mm	67	0
1950	35.2 °C24 October 1950	3.9 °C29 May 1950	18.6 °C	644 mm	58	0
1949	34.7 °C13 January 1949	3.7 °C7 June 1949	18.2 °C	783 mm	46	0
1948	34.1 °C24 November 1948	3.2 °C23 July 1948	17.8 °C	1,027 mm	36	0
1947	36.2 °C8 October 1947	2.6 °C17 July 1947	17.9 °C	1,039 mm	40	0
1946	35.4 °C29 October 1946	2.6 °C15 August 1946	18.0 °C	998 mm	33	0
1945	34.4 °C5 October 1945	1.6 °C30 June 1945	18.0 °C	786 mm	40	0
1944	35.4 °C27 September 1944	3.1 °C26 July 1944	17.9 °C	1,041 mm	24	0
1943	35.0 °C10 October 1943	2.7 °C21 July 1943	17.9 °C	864 mm	23	0
1942	33.1 °C23 October 1942	2.0 °C20 July 1942	17.9 °C	999 mm	15	0
1941	37.6 °C15 October 1941	2.3 °C5 July 1941	20.0 °C	413 mm	93	0
1940	37.6 °C14 November 1940	2.1 °C2 July 1940	19.6 °C	462 mm	90	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.4 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

51 d/yr

-9

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1089 mm

+343 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.2 °C	+0.1 °C	249 mm	+122 mm
Feb	27.5 °C	-0.3 °C	209 mm	+106 mm
Mar	26.7 °C	-0.1 °C	67 mm	-23 mm
Apr	23.9 °C	-0.9 °C	80 mm	+25 mm
May	22.9 °C	+0.2 °C	4 mm	-14 mm
Jun	21.3 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Jul	21.3 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
Aug	25.2 °C	+1.7 °C	34 mm	+28 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+1.7 °C	41 mm	+21 mm
Oct	27.5 °C	-0.9 °C	77 mm	+15 mm
Nov	24.8 °C	-3.0 °C	227 mm	+114 mm
Dec	26.9 °C	-0.9 °C	99 mm	-41 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.9 °C

15 Oct 2025

Coldest day

0.3 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

58.6 mm

24 Nov 2025

Windiest day

27.9 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

57.6 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.4 °C

13 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.7 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Modimolle?

Modimolle has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 746 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Modimolle?

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

What is the coldest day in Modimolle?

The coldest day measured in Modimolle between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1964, at -1.5 °C.

Does it snow in Modimolle?

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

Has the climate of Modimolle warmed?

Yes: Modimolle warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Modimolle?

The wettest day measured in Modimolle between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1958, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Modimolle?

The windiest day measured in Modimolle between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1941, with winds reaching 38.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Modimolle?

The warmest month in Modimolle is January (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Modimolle?

Modimolle receives on average 746 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Modimolle?

Modimolle gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Modimolle?

Yes: Modimolle has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Modimolle?

In Modimolle, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -5.3 °C on 25 June 1964.

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