Tlokoeng climate — normals and trends
Tlokoeng (South Africa) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 1,370 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is June (7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Tlokoeng averages 37 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 161 rainy days per year.
Tlokoeng has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 42 to 32 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 5 January 2016) and the coldest -12.3 °C (on 21 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
TlokoengEastern Cape
- coords
- -30.69°, 28.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.0°C
Average daily high
20.3°C
Average daily low
7.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,370mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
10.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
37 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
161 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.5 cm
Average feels-like high
19.7 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
35.6 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest day
-12.3 °C
21 June 1964
Wettest day
92 mm
21 January 1974
Windiest day
40.8 km/h
19 June 1942
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
18 June 1942
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-17.5 °C
21 June 1964
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
25 July 2011
Sunniest day
14.0 h
11 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 186 mm | -46 mm |
| Feb | 23.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 313 mm | +106 mm |
| Mar | 23.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 272 mm | +107 mm |
| Apr | 19.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 133 mm | +47 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 20 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 17.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 68 mm | +48 mm |
| Jul | 16.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 24 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 19.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 20 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 69 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 22.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 114 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 21.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 198 mm | +24 mm |
| Dec | 23.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 199 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tlokoeng?
Tlokoeng has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 1,370 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tlokoeng?
The hottest day measured in Tlokoeng between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2016, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tlokoeng?
The coldest day measured in Tlokoeng between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1964, at -12.3 °C.
Does it snow in Tlokoeng?
Yes. Tlokoeng gets on average 8.5 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.
Has the climate of Tlokoeng warmed?
Yes: Tlokoeng warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tlokoeng?
The wettest day measured in Tlokoeng between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1974, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tlokoeng?
The windiest day measured in Tlokoeng between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1942, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tlokoeng?
The warmest month in Tlokoeng is January (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is June (7.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Tlokoeng?
Tlokoeng receives on average 1,370 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tlokoeng?
Tlokoeng gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tlokoeng?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tlokoeng between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2011, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tlokoeng?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tlokoeng.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tlokoeng?
In Tlokoeng, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 5 January 2016, and the lowest was -17.5 °C on 21 June 1964.
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