Ugie climate — normals and trends
Ugie (South Africa) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 1,185 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is June (8.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Ugie averages 21 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Ugie 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 38.0 °C (on 5 January 2016) and the coldest -12.6 °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
UgieEastern Cape
- coords
- -31.20°, 28.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.6°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
8.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,185mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
9.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
21 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.1 cm
Average feels-like high
19.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
38.0 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest day
-12.6 °C
20 July 1969
Wettest day
77 mm
5 October 1976
Windiest day
43.1 km/h
27 May 1941
Strongest gust
95.0 km/h
22 August 1974
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-16.9 °C
20 July 1969
Snowiest day
24.8 cm
25 July 2011
Sunniest day
14.0 h
11 December 1940
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 | 25.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 127 mm | -58 mm |
| Feb | 23.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 222 mm | +48 mm |
| Mar | 23.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 229 mm | +86 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 110 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 19 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 17.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 89 mm | +68 mm |
| Jul | 16.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 20 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 20.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 21 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 20.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 64 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 22.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 107 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 21.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 173 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 23.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 179 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ugie?
Ugie has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 1,185 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ugie?
The hottest day measured in Ugie between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2016, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ugie?
The coldest day measured in Ugie between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1969, at -12.6 °C.
Does it snow in Ugie?
Yes. Ugie gets on average 4.1 cm of snow per year and has around 21 frost days.
Has the climate of Ugie warmed?
Yes: Ugie warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ugie?
The wettest day measured in Ugie between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1976, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ugie?
The windiest day measured in Ugie between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1941, with winds reaching 43.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ugie?
The warmest month in Ugie is January (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is June (8.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Ugie?
Ugie receives on average 1,185 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ugie?
Ugie gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ugie?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ugie between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2011, with 24.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ugie?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ugie.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ugie?
In Ugie, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 5 January 2016, and the lowest was -16.9 °C on 20 July 1969.
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