Queensdale climate — normals and trends
Queensdale (South Africa) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 847 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (8.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Queensdale averages 15 frost days, 36 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Queensdale has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 5 January 2016) and the coldest -7.9 °C (on 20 July 1969).
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
QueensdaleEastern Cape
- coords
- -31.87°, 26.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.7°C
Average daily high
22.2°C
Average daily low
8.9°C
Annual rainfall
847mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
18.3km/h
Seasonal range
10.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
15 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
36 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.4 cm
Average feels-like high
20.4 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
42.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °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
41.6 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest day
-7.9 °C
20 July 1969
Wettest day
76 mm
21 February 1988
Windiest day
47.9 km/h
21 August 1954
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
10 June 1967
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-12.1 °C
20 July 1969
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
25 July 2011
Sunniest day
13.9 h
16 December 2025
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 | 28.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 99 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 26.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 126 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 25.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 203 mm | +92 mm |
| Apr | 20.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 82 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 10 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 17.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 63 mm | +47 mm |
| Jul | 17.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 21 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 18 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 22.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 39 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 25.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 48 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 25.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 136 mm | +40 mm |
| Dec | 26.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 191 mm | +72 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Queensdale?
Queensdale has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 847 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Queensdale?
The hottest day measured in Queensdale between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2016, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Queensdale?
The coldest day measured in Queensdale between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1969, at -7.9 °C.
Does it snow in Queensdale?
Yes. Queensdale gets on average 2.4 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.
Has the climate of Queensdale warmed?
Yes: Queensdale warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Queensdale?
The wettest day measured in Queensdale between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1988, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Queensdale?
The windiest day measured in Queensdale between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1954, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Queensdale?
The warmest month in Queensdale is January (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (8.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Queensdale?
Queensdale receives on average 847 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Queensdale?
Queensdale gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Queensdale?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Queensdale between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2011, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Queensdale?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Queensdale.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Queensdale?
In Queensdale, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 5 January 2016, and the lowest was -12.1 °C on 20 July 1969.
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