Mookgophong climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mookgophong?

Mookgophong has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 629 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mookgophong between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 39.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mookgophong?

The coldest day measured in Mookgophong between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2024, at -1.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mookgophong?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mookgophong warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mookgophong?

The wettest day measured in Mookgophong between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1940, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mookgophong?

The windiest day measured in Mookgophong between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2017, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mookgophong?

The warmest month in Mookgophong is January (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mookgophong?

Mookgophong receives on average 629 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mookgophong?

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

Mookgophong (South Africa) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 629 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is June (12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Mookgophong averages 0 frost days, 74 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.

Mookgophong 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 39.9 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -1.1 °C (on 7 July 2024).

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

MookgophongLimpopo

coords: -24.52°, 28.72°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.1°C

Average daily high

26.0°C

Average daily low

13.5°C

Annual rainfall

629mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

58%

Average peak wind

13.3km/h

Seasonal range

10.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

74 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

86 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.9 °C

Average feels-like low

12.4 °C

Average peak gust

30.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

17 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 = 0.35 · 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

39.9 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest day

-1.1 °C

7 July 2024

Wettest day

150 mm

20 December 1940

Windiest day

37.5 km/h

17 February 2017

Strongest gust

73.8 km/h

28 September 2012

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-5.1 °C

7 July 2024

Sunniest day

13.5 h

16 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.2 °C15 October 2025	1.2 °C30 July 2025	19.2 °C	946 mm	61	0
2024	38.4 °C6 March 2024	-1.1 °C7 July 2024	20.9 °C	414 mm	139	1
2023	37.0 °C25 November 2023	2.9 °C10 July 2023	20.0 °C	549 mm	121	0
2022	37.9 °C4 October 2022	1.9 °C17 June 2022	19.5 °C	709 mm	73	0
2021	37.0 °C2 November 2021	1.1 °C23 July 2021	19.5 °C	692 mm	84	0
2020	37.2 °C20 October 2020	1.8 °C14 June 2020	19.6 °C	580 mm	92	0
2019	38.3 °C28 October 2019	2.7 °C23 July 2019	21.0 °C	478 mm	144	0
2018	37.4 °C19 September 2018	3.9 °C3 July 2018	20.3 °C	397 mm	123	0
2017	35.8 °C7 November 2017	3.7 °C9 June 2017	19.7 °C	567 mm	88	0
2016	39.9 °C7 January 2016	3.2 °C28 July 2016	20.5 °C	521 mm	128	0
2015	38.9 °C11 November 2015	2.8 °C2 August 2015	20.8 °C	318 mm	135	0
2014	36.6 °C9 October 2014	1.8 °C7 June 2014	19.3 °C	735 mm	80	0
2013	36.4 °C12 October 2013	3.8 °C19 June 2013	19.7 °C	551 mm	109	0
2012	36.4 °C6 November 2012	2.1 °C13 August 2012	19.6 °C	459 mm	104	0
2011	37.5 °C24 October 2011	1.8 °C28 June 2011	18.9 °C	692 mm	66	0
2010	37.8 °C13 February 2010	0.4 °C17 June 2010	19.5 °C	721 mm	97	0
2009	36.1 °C8 October 2009	2.8 °C27 June 2009	18.9 °C	754 mm	68	0
2008	37.0 °C3 November 2008	2.3 °C8 July 2008	19.3 °C	631 mm	74	0
2007	35.5 °C22 February 2007	1.8 °C25 May 2007	19.3 °C	476 mm	95	0
2006	34.9 °C25 October 2006	1.4 °C28 June 2006	18.7 °C	757 mm	48	0
2005	37.3 °C3 November 2005	4.5 °C5 July 2005	20.2 °C	502 mm	97	0
2004	35.9 °C15 January 2004	2.5 °C16 July 2004	19.0 °C	608 mm	59	0
2003	36.2 °C6 October 2003	2.1 °C21 August 2003	20.1 °C	375 mm	133	0
2002	36.3 °C19 October 2002	3.4 °C20 July 2002	19.3 °C	379 mm	79	0
2001	37.3 °C11 January 2001	2.3 °C20 July 2001	19.0 °C	620 mm	59	0
2000	33.9 °C19 October 2000	0.8 °C17 July 2000	18.0 °C	952 mm	37	0
1999	37.0 °C1 March 1999	4.0 °C13 June 1999	19.2 °C	600 mm	65	0
1998	34.1 °C19 January 1998	2.9 °C5 July 1998	19.5 °C	646 mm	88	0
1997	37.2 °C9 November 1997	2.5 °C30 May 1997	18.9 °C	590 mm	81	0
1996	34.6 °C15 October 1996	1.8 °C9 July 1996	18.7 °C	721 mm	63	0
1995	37.4 °C12 October 1995	2.3 °C19 July 1995	19.3 °C	509 mm	92	0
1994	35.1 °C9 November 1994	-0.2 °C1 July 1994	18.6 °C	522 mm	60	1
1993	38.1 °C31 October 1993	3.3 °C13 June 1993	19.6 °C	454 mm	74	0
1992	39.1 °C26 February 1992	1.6 °C6 July 1992	20.2 °C	391 mm	123	0
1991	34.8 °C8 October 1991	2.0 °C8 July 1991	19.2 °C	584 mm	73	0
1990	37.5 °C14 November 1990	1.1 °C2 July 1990	19.5 °C	464 mm	91	0
1989	35.3 °C1 November 1989	1.8 °C20 July 1989	19.4 °C	497 mm	71	0
1988	35.4 °C30 January 1988	2.2 °C9 June 1988	19.3 °C	514 mm	78	0
1987	35.7 °C4 April 1987	1.5 °C22 July 1987	19.7 °C	661 mm	100	0
1986	35.2 °C4 November 1986	3.7 °C2 July 1986	19.6 °C	542 mm	86	0
1985	35.1 °C4 January 1985	1.8 °C13 July 1985	19.4 °C	565 mm	86	0
1984	36.3 °C15 February 1984	3.3 °C19 June 1984	19.5 °C	518 mm	97	0
1983	37.9 °C11 January 1983	3.5 °C26 June 1983	20.0 °C	575 mm	105	0
1982	36.1 °C26 November 1982	-0.4 °C17 June 1982	19.5 °C	464 mm	96	1
1981	37.8 °C6 November 1981	0.1 °C17 June 1981	18.4 °C	648 mm	49	0
1980	35.6 °C16 October 1980	0.2 °C24 June 1980	18.5 °C	708 mm	48	0
1979	35.9 °C1 October 1979	0.6 °C26 July 1979	19.0 °C	643 mm	88	0
1978	35.5 °C29 September 1978	0.9 °C14 June 1978	18.7 °C	605 mm	43	0
1977	35.7 °C22 January 1977	2.4 °C4 July 1977	18.7 °C	726 mm	62	0
1976	33.5 °C24 November 1976	0.7 °C21 June 1976	17.8 °C	740 mm	32	0
1975	34.7 °C16 October 1975	2.2 °C25 July 1975	18.2 °C	755 mm	41	0
1974	35.4 °C5 November 1974	3.6 °C24 June 1974	18.1 °C	698 mm	30	0
1973	36.4 °C23 January 1973	3.3 °C10 July 1973	18.8 °C	748 mm	77	0
1972	35.7 °C30 December 1972	1.1 °C2 August 1972	18.6 °C	666 mm	65	0
1971	33.8 °C26 December 1971	2.8 °C18 July 1971	18.2 °C	757 mm	36	0
1970	36.4 °C14 December 1970	2.5 °C10 June 1970	19.4 °C	682 mm	95	0
1969	37.4 °C13 January 1969	2.3 °C18 June 1969	18.6 °C	802 mm	58	0
1968	37.5 °C5 January 1968	0.1 °C16 June 1968	18.5 °C	491 mm	82	0
1967	34.2 °C16 November 1967	0.7 °C13 June 1967	18.0 °C	688 mm	47	0
1966	36.0 °C29 November 1966	3.2 °C27 July 1966	19.1 °C	590 mm	69	0
1965	36.1 °C31 October 1965	1.3 °C5 July 1965	18.6 °C	321 mm	72	0
1964	35.7 °C29 February 1964	-1.0 °C25 June 1964	18.6 °C	611 mm	71	2
1963	34.6 °C29 December 1963	0.6 °C15 July 1963	18.4 °C	584 mm	67	0
1962	36.9 °C17 October 1962	3.8 °C29 August 1962	19.4 °C	700 mm	94	0
1961	37.8 °C24 October 1961	3.2 °C8 August 1961	18.9 °C	658 mm	79	0
1960	34.8 °C10 October 1960	2.1 °C23 July 1960	18.3 °C	809 mm	58	0
1959	35.2 °C17 October 1959	5.0 °C19 July 1959	18.3 °C	604 mm	43	0
1958	34.0 °C5 October 1958	3.4 °C10 August 1958	18.7 °C	987 mm	46	0
1957	33.6 °C21 November 1957	1.9 °C20 June 1957	18.7 °C	786 mm	38	0
1956	34.4 °C15 October 1956	2.2 °C12 June 1956	18.7 °C	705 mm	39	0
1955	34.4 °C9 October 1955	0.2 °C30 June 1955	17.7 °C	753 mm	28	0
1954	36.8 °C26 October 1954	1.8 °C18 July 1954	19.6 °C	260 mm	125	0
1953	36.8 °C23 January 1953	1.1 °C30 July 1953	18.9 °C	580 mm	61	0
1952	37.6 °C20 November 1952	3.2 °C4 July 1952	19.0 °C	676 mm	65	0
1951	36.9 °C9 October 1951	1.8 °C24 June 1951	18.8 °C	787 mm	77	0
1950	35.6 °C24 October 1950	4.3 °C27 May 1950	18.9 °C	515 mm	63	0
1949	34.8 °C26 October 1949	3.5 °C7 July 1949	18.3 °C	715 mm	51	0
1948	34.4 °C24 November 1948	3.4 °C5 July 1948	18.2 °C	889 mm	45	0
1947	37.0 °C8 October 1947	0.7 °C17 July 1947	18.3 °C	876 mm	45	0
1946	35.9 °C29 October 1946	2.9 °C6 July 1946	18.4 °C	830 mm	45	0
1945	35.2 °C5 October 1945	2.4 °C30 June 1945	18.3 °C	673 mm	44	0
1944	35.8 °C27 September 1944	4.2 °C24 July 1944	18.2 °C	973 mm	28	0
1943	35.3 °C10 October 1943	3.4 °C21 July 1943	18.3 °C	705 mm	34	0
1942	33.2 °C10 September 1942	3.2 °C9 July 1942	17.9 °C	932 mm	15	0
1941	37.9 °C16 October 1941	1.5 °C5 July 1941	19.9 °C	430 mm	96	0
1940	37.4 °C14 November 1940	1.4 °C15 July 1940	19.9 °C	587 mm	102	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.8 °C

-0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

61 d/yr

-13

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

946 mm

+317 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.4 °C	-0.2 °C	225 mm	+116 mm
Feb	27.8 °C	-0.6 °C	213 mm	+124 mm
Mar	27.1 °C	-0.3 °C	31 mm	-43 mm
Apr	24.4 °C	-1.0 °C	71 mm	+26 mm
May	23.7 °C	+0.4 °C	6 mm	-9 mm
Jun	21.9 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Jul	21.8 °C	+0.9 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Aug	25.7 °C	+1.8 °C	30 mm	+24 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.6 °C	43 mm	+25 mm
Oct	27.8 °C	-1.0 °C	76 mm	+26 mm
Nov	25.1 °C	-3.2 °C	173 mm	+77 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	-1.1 °C	75 mm	-45 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.2 °C

15 Oct 2025

Coldest day

1.2 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

40.5 mm

13 Jan 2025

Windiest day

29.0 km/h

6 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

61.9 km/h

7 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.9 °C

31 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.1 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mookgophong?

Mookgophong has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 629 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mookgophong?

The hottest day measured in Mookgophong between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 39.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mookgophong?

The coldest day measured in Mookgophong between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2024, at -1.1 °C.

Does it snow in Mookgophong?

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

Has the climate of Mookgophong warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mookgophong?

The wettest day measured in Mookgophong between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1940, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mookgophong?

The windiest day measured in Mookgophong between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2017, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mookgophong?

The warmest month in Mookgophong is January (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is June (12.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Mookgophong?

Mookgophong receives on average 629 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mookgophong?

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

Are there tropical nights in Mookgophong?

Yes: Mookgophong has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mookgophong?

In Mookgophong, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 7 January 2016, and the lowest was -5.1 °C on 7 July 2024.

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