Thabazimbi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Thabazimbi?

Thabazimbi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 582 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Thabazimbi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 40.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Thabazimbi?

The coldest day measured in Thabazimbi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -1.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Thabazimbi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Thabazimbi warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Thabazimbi?

The wettest day measured in Thabazimbi between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1977, with 123 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Thabazimbi?

The windiest day measured in Thabazimbi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1973, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Thabazimbi?

The warmest month in Thabazimbi is January (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Thabazimbi?

Thabazimbi receives on average 582 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Thabazimbi?

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

Thabazimbi (South Africa) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 582 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Thabazimbi averages 0 frost days, 97 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.

Thabazimbi 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 40.8 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -1.9 °C (on 15 June 1968).

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

ThabazimbiLimpopo

coords: -24.59°, 27.41°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.0°C

Average daily high

26.7°C

Average daily low

14.1°C

Annual rainfall

582mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

55%

Average peak wind

13.0km/h

Seasonal range

11.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

97 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

80 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.8 °C

Average feels-like low

13.1 °C

Average peak gust

31.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

44 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 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

40.8 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest day

-1.9 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

123 mm

6 March 1977

Windiest day

37.2 km/h

28 September 1973

Strongest gust

82.8 km/h

28 September 2012

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

24 January 2001

Coldest feels-like

-5.6 °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	36.0 °C26 October 2025	-0.2 °C31 July 2025	19.9 °C	955 mm	94	2
2024	39.8 °C4 December 2024	-1.5 °C7 July 2024	21.6 °C	292 mm	151	2
2023	37.6 °C8 October 2023	1.4 °C12 July 2023	20.9 °C	434 mm	148	0
2022	38.2 °C4 October 2022	0.6 °C17 June 2022	20.1 °C	648 mm	99	0
2021	36.3 °C6 November 2021	0.3 °C22 July 2021	20.2 °C	728 mm	100	0
2020	37.7 °C20 October 2020	-1.0 °C13 June 2020	20.2 °C	535 mm	108	1
2019	39.0 °C26 October 2019	1.3 °C3 July 2019	21.8 °C	393 mm	165	0
2018	37.5 °C8 January 2018	3.2 °C17 July 2018	21.2 °C	430 mm	139	0
2017	37.4 °C7 November 2017	3.0 °C9 June 2017	20.6 °C	692 mm	109	0
2016	40.8 °C7 January 2016	2.7 °C5 August 2016	21.6 °C	459 mm	159	0
2015	39.7 °C12 November 2015	2.1 °C18 June 2015	22.0 °C	270 mm	177	0
2014	37.0 °C9 October 2014	-0.7 °C7 June 2014	20.0 °C	752 mm	105	2
2013	37.1 °C12 October 2013	3.1 °C16 June 2013	20.7 °C	409 mm	138	0
2012	37.0 °C6 November 2012	0.6 °C11 June 2012	20.4 °C	384 mm	129	0
2011	38.2 °C24 October 2011	1.5 °C2 June 2011	19.8 °C	585 mm	83	0
2010	37.6 °C12 October 2010	-0.3 °C17 June 2010	20.5 °C	520 mm	118	1
2009	36.8 °C18 December 2009	1.1 °C27 June 2009	19.7 °C	658 mm	98	0
2008	37.9 °C3 November 2008	1.7 °C7 July 2008	20.1 °C	526 mm	93	0
2007	36.6 °C22 February 2007	-1.1 °C24 May 2007	20.0 °C	473 mm	108	2
2006	37.2 °C25 October 2006	1.6 °C24 May 2006	19.5 °C	630 mm	75	0
2005	38.8 °C3 November 2005	4.2 °C8 July 2005	21.1 °C	430 mm	119	0
2004	36.3 °C15 January 2004	1.6 °C16 July 2004	19.8 °C	588 mm	86	0
2003	37.4 °C14 January 2003	2.6 °C21 August 2003	21.0 °C	298 mm	154	0
2002	36.9 °C19 October 2002	0.7 °C19 July 2002	20.1 °C	384 mm	112	0
2001	38.1 °C11 January 2001	-0.3 °C25 July 2001	19.7 °C	584 mm	85	1
2000	34.8 °C17 October 2000	-1.2 °C17 July 2000	18.9 °C	909 mm	59	2
1999	35.8 °C1 March 1999	3.6 °C20 June 1999	19.9 °C	503 mm	79	0
1998	36.8 °C3 February 1998	0.3 °C5 July 1998	20.3 °C	568 mm	108	0
1997	36.7 °C9 November 1997	1.5 °C17 June 1997	19.4 °C	663 mm	87	0
1996	36.8 °C3 November 1996	-0.4 °C8 July 1996	19.4 °C	778 mm	78	1
1995	37.8 °C11 October 1995	0.9 °C7 August 1995	20.3 °C	584 mm	106	0
1994	38.0 °C23 December 1994	0.1 °C30 June 1994	19.4 °C	429 mm	79	0
1993	37.7 °C31 October 1993	1.7 °C21 June 1993	20.5 °C	443 mm	96	0
1992	38.9 °C27 February 1992	2.1 °C26 June 1992	21.1 °C	326 mm	152	0
1991	34.6 °C8 October 1991	1.6 °C8 July 1991	19.8 °C	592 mm	90	0
1990	37.8 °C14 November 1990	1.7 °C14 July 1990	20.1 °C	401 mm	101	0
1989	36.2 °C1 November 1989	-0.8 °C20 July 1989	19.6 °C	562 mm	73	1
1988	36.7 °C31 January 1988	0.0 °C10 June 1988	19.9 °C	520 mm	95	0
1987	36.5 °C4 November 1987	0.9 °C22 July 1987	20.6 °C	522 mm	120	0
1986	35.4 °C11 January 1986	3.4 °C30 June 1986	20.4 °C	500 mm	98	0
1985	36.1 °C4 January 1985	-0.4 °C13 July 1985	20.3 °C	552 mm	110	1
1984	37.7 °C29 December 1984	3.0 °C20 June 1984	20.5 °C	448 mm	116	0
1983	38.3 °C11 January 1983	1.4 °C27 June 1983	20.9 °C	482 mm	133	0
1982	38.1 °C28 December 1982	0.4 °C17 June 1982	20.2 °C	447 mm	116	0
1981	37.7 °C6 November 1981	-1.0 °C17 June 1981	19.0 °C	651 mm	65	1
1980	35.5 °C17 October 1980	-0.2 °C24 June 1980	19.1 °C	586 mm	64	1
1979	35.9 °C1 October 1979	-0.2 °C25 July 1979	19.8 °C	569 mm	104	1
1978	35.9 °C29 September 1978	1.2 °C14 June 1978	19.2 °C	760 mm	53	0
1977	36.4 °C15 January 1977	1.6 °C1 July 1977	19.4 °C	834 mm	76	0
1976	34.4 °C19 November 1976	-0.5 °C21 June 1976	18.6 °C	730 mm	42	1
1975	36.2 °C16 October 1975	2.2 °C25 July 1975	19.0 °C	721 mm	61	0
1974	34.7 °C5 November 1974	1.1 °C2 August 1974	18.6 °C	648 mm	39	0
1973	37.0 °C19 January 1973	2.8 °C12 August 1973	19.8 °C	656 mm	100	0
1972	37.2 °C3 December 1972	-0.8 °C2 August 1972	19.6 °C	593 mm	92	1
1971	35.0 °C25 December 1971	0.8 °C18 July 1971	19.3 °C	688 mm	72	0
1970	36.4 °C14 December 1970	2.1 °C10 June 1970	20.2 °C	646 mm	115	0
1969	37.1 °C14 January 1969	1.3 °C20 July 1969	19.7 °C	627 mm	90	0
1968	37.0 °C5 January 1968	-1.9 °C15 June 1968	19.4 °C	460 mm	108	4
1967	35.1 °C23 October 1967	-0.3 °C13 June 1967	18.8 °C	689 mm	63	1
1966	36.5 °C29 November 1966	3.4 °C22 May 1966	19.9 °C	639 mm	87	0
1965	36.7 °C31 October 1965	-0.5 °C26 June 1965	19.7 °C	272 mm	105	1
1964	35.9 °C9 November 1964	-0.9 °C27 June 1964	19.8 °C	464 mm	113	5
1963	35.3 °C29 December 1963	0.3 °C16 July 1963	19.4 °C	548 mm	90	0
1962	37.7 °C17 October 1962	3.4 °C28 August 1962	20.3 °C	719 mm	118	0
1961	37.7 °C24 October 1961	4.5 °C12 June 1961	19.8 °C	684 mm	94	0
1960	36.1 °C11 January 1960	1.6 °C20 July 1960	19.4 °C	690 mm	91	0
1959	36.6 °C16 December 1959	3.5 °C19 July 1959	19.5 °C	524 mm	89	0
1958	35.4 °C23 November 1958	2.3 °C15 June 1958	19.5 °C	964 mm	59	0
1957	36.2 °C12 November 1957	1.1 °C20 June 1957	19.4 °C	755 mm	58	0
1956	35.0 °C2 February 1956	1.2 °C30 August 1956	19.3 °C	709 mm	51	0
1955	34.2 °C9 October 1955	-1.3 °C29 June 1955	18.5 °C	709 mm	40	1
1954	38.4 °C25 October 1954	0.3 °C28 July 1954	21.0 °C	202 mm	160	0
1953	37.6 °C22 January 1953	-0.4 °C30 July 1953	19.8 °C	611 mm	84	1
1952	38.6 °C20 November 1952	2.2 °C27 July 1952	20.1 °C	561 mm	99	0
1951	37.6 °C12 January 1951	1.9 °C29 June 1951	19.9 °C	725 mm	101	0
1950	36.5 °C30 December 1950	3.0 °C27 May 1950	19.8 °C	572 mm	84	0
1949	38.2 °C13 January 1949	3.7 °C16 July 1949	19.9 °C	566 mm	105	0
1948	35.9 °C24 November 1948	3.2 °C3 June 1948	19.2 °C	705 mm	67	0
1947	37.2 °C8 October 1947	0.5 °C17 July 1947	19.1 °C	898 mm	63	0
1946	37.8 °C29 October 1946	2.4 °C2 July 1946	19.4 °C	823 mm	75	0
1945	36.0 °C7 November 1945	1.3 °C29 June 1945	19.6 °C	636 mm	62	0
1944	37.0 °C27 September 1944	3.3 °C24 July 1944	19.4 °C	732 mm	60	0
1943	35.9 °C10 October 1943	2.0 °C6 August 1943	19.2 °C	685 mm	42	0
1942	34.6 °C23 October 1942	0.6 °C20 July 1942	19.2 °C	745 mm	44	0
1941	38.3 °C16 October 1941	2.4 °C23 June 1941	21.1 °C	374 mm	135	0
1940	37.7 °C12 November 1940	1.0 °C3 July 1940	20.9 °C	361 mm	132	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.5 °C

-0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

94 d/yr

-3

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Annual rainfall

955 mm

+373 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.9 °C	-0.9 °C	283 mm	+172 mm
Feb	28.3 °C	-0.9 °C	283 mm	+183 mm
Mar	27.6 °C	-0.5 °C	42 mm	-33 mm
Apr	24.8 °C	-1.2 °C	81 mm	+40 mm
May	23.2 °C	-0.5 °C	16 mm	+4 mm
Jun	21.5 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Jul	21.6 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Aug	26.5 °C	+2.2 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+2.0 °C	13 mm	+1 mm
Oct	30.1 °C	+0.1 °C	22 mm	-15 mm
Nov	27.0 °C	-2.6 °C	108 mm	+32 mm
Dec	28.6 °C	-1.0 °C	104 mm	-2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.0 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

-0.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

43.2 mm

16 Nov 2025

Windiest day

24.8 km/h

26 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

7 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.2 °C

3 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Thabazimbi?

Thabazimbi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 582 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Thabazimbi?

The hottest day measured in Thabazimbi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 40.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Thabazimbi?

The coldest day measured in Thabazimbi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -1.9 °C.

Does it snow in Thabazimbi?

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

Has the climate of Thabazimbi warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Thabazimbi?

The wettest day measured in Thabazimbi between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1977, with 123 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Thabazimbi?

The windiest day measured in Thabazimbi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1973, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Thabazimbi?

The warmest month in Thabazimbi is January (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Thabazimbi?

Thabazimbi receives on average 582 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Thabazimbi?

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

Are there tropical nights in Thabazimbi?

Yes: Thabazimbi has on average 44 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Thabazimbi?

In Thabazimbi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 24 January 2001, and the lowest was -5.6 °C on 7 July 2024.

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