Vaalwater climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Vaalwater?

Vaalwater has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 561 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Vaalwater between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 38.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Vaalwater?

The coldest day measured in Vaalwater between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -2.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Vaalwater?

Almost never: Vaalwater sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Vaalwater warmed?

Yes: Vaalwater warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Vaalwater?

The wettest day measured in Vaalwater between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1958, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Vaalwater?

The windiest day measured in Vaalwater between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2017, with winds reaching 37.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Vaalwater?

The warmest month in Vaalwater is January (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Vaalwater?

Vaalwater receives on average 561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 83 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Vaalwater?

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

Vaalwater (South Africa) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 561 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Vaalwater averages 1 frost days, 52 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 83 rainy days per year.

Vaalwater has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 7 January 2016) and the coldest -2.7 °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

VaalwaterLimpopo

coords: -24.30°, 28.11°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.4°C

Average daily high

25.1°C

Average daily low

12.7°C

Annual rainfall

561mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

59%

Average peak wind

13.8km/h

Seasonal range

10.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

52 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

83 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.9 °C

Average feels-like low

11.4 °C

Average peak gust

32.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

8 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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

38.6 °C

7 January 2016

Coldest day

-2.7 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

90 mm

3 December 1958

Windiest day

37.4 km/h

17 February 2017

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

28 September 1973

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

22 January 1973

Coldest feels-like

-6.7 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.5 h

16 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.7 °C26 October 2025	-0.2 °C30 July 2025	18.4 °C	877 mm	33	2
2024	37.3 °C5 December 2024	0.2 °C9 July 2024	20.0 °C	372 mm	113	0
2023	35.3 °C8 October 2023	0.7 °C12 July 2023	19.5 °C	402 mm	90	0
2022	36.5 °C4 October 2022	1.3 °C17 June 2022	18.8 °C	597 mm	53	0
2021	34.9 °C2 November 2021	-0.3 °C27 July 2021	18.6 °C	690 mm	54	3
2020	35.6 °C8 November 2020	-1.9 °C13 June 2020	18.6 °C	578 mm	52	3
2019	37.4 °C28 October 2019	0.6 °C3 July 2019	20.2 °C	398 mm	117	0
2018	35.5 °C19 September 2018	2.1 °C20 July 2018	19.4 °C	387 mm	90	0
2017	35.1 °C7 November 2017	2.9 °C9 June 2017	19.2 °C	551 mm	65	0
2016	38.6 °C7 January 2016	1.9 °C5 August 2016	19.9 °C	443 mm	107	0
2015	37.5 °C12 November 2015	1.3 °C18 June 2015	20.2 °C	255 mm	112	0
2014	35.2 °C9 October 2014	-1.5 °C7 June 2014	18.6 °C	695 mm	49	2
2013	35.0 °C18 November 2013	2.1 °C20 June 2013	19.0 °C	514 mm	77	0
2012	35.3 °C6 November 2012	-0.5 °C11 June 2012	18.8 °C	383 mm	60	1
2011	36.0 °C24 October 2011	1.6 °C30 July 2011	18.4 °C	564 mm	43	0
2010	35.7 °C11 October 2010	-1.0 °C17 June 2010	18.9 °C	528 mm	63	1
2009	34.7 °C8 October 2009	1.2 °C27 June 2009	18.2 °C	628 mm	43	0
2008	36.4 °C3 November 2008	2.4 °C7 July 2008	18.6 °C	531 mm	44	0
2007	34.4 °C22 February 2007	-1.8 °C24 May 2007	18.6 °C	441 mm	68	2
2006	34.2 °C25 October 2006	-0.4 °C28 June 2006	18.1 °C	584 mm	30	1
2005	36.4 °C3 November 2005	2.5 °C5 July 2005	19.5 °C	425 mm	63	0
2004	35.8 °C15 January 2004	1.2 °C15 July 2004	18.4 °C	491 mm	46	0
2003	35.4 °C14 January 2003	0.5 °C9 July 2003	19.4 °C	334 mm	101	0
2002	35.0 °C19 October 2002	-0.1 °C19 July 2002	18.6 °C	357 mm	63	1
2001	36.2 °C11 January 2001	-1.6 °C25 July 2001	18.2 °C	537 mm	38	1
2000	33.5 °C17 October 2000	-1.8 °C17 July 2000	17.5 °C	823 mm	27	2
1999	34.4 °C1 March 1999	3.4 °C20 June 1999	18.3 °C	518 mm	31	0
1998	33.9 °C4 February 1998	0.8 °C5 July 1998	18.6 °C	595 mm	50	0
1997	35.2 °C29 September 1997	1.0 °C3 June 1997	18.0 °C	619 mm	52	0
1996	34.6 °C3 November 1996	-0.6 °C8 July 1996	17.9 °C	734 mm	41	3
1995	36.0 °C12 October 1995	0.7 °C7 August 1995	18.8 °C	491 mm	68	0
1994	34.1 °C9 November 1994	-0.6 °C30 June 1994	17.8 °C	456 mm	40	3
1993	36.2 °C31 October 1993	0.9 °C13 June 1993	19.0 °C	414 mm	41	0
1992	37.1 °C26 February 1992	1.1 °C4 July 1992	19.5 °C	327 mm	93	0
1991	33.4 °C7 October 1991	0.9 °C28 July 1991	18.5 °C	494 mm	51	0
1990	35.7 °C14 November 1990	0.8 °C14 July 1990	18.5 °C	423 mm	45	0
1989	33.8 °C20 December 1989	-1.1 °C20 July 1989	18.2 °C	511 mm	31	1
1988	34.0 °C30 January 1988	0.2 °C10 June 1988	18.3 °C	525 mm	39	0
1987	34.5 °C20 November 1987	-0.6 °C22 July 1987	18.8 °C	519 mm	56	1
1986	33.5 °C11 January 1986	2.9 °C25 July 1986	18.8 °C	495 mm	52	0
1985	34.2 °C24 November 1985	-0.8 °C13 July 1985	18.6 °C	570 mm	51	1
1984	35.3 °C8 February 1984	1.7 °C22 July 1984	18.9 °C	436 mm	73	0
1983	37.1 °C11 January 1983	1.7 °C27 June 1983	19.3 °C	480 mm	74	0
1982	35.7 °C28 December 1982	-0.1 °C16 June 1982	18.6 °C	428 mm	62	1
1981	36.9 °C6 November 1981	-1.2 °C17 June 1981	17.5 °C	614 mm	36	1
1980	34.1 °C2 January 1980	-0.1 °C30 June 1980	17.7 °C	647 mm	30	1
1979	34.2 °C2 October 1979	-1.2 °C25 July 1979	18.3 °C	545 mm	48	2
1978	34.3 °C29 September 1978	0.8 °C15 June 1978	17.8 °C	605 mm	20	0
1977	34.6 °C15 January 1977	1.1 °C4 July 1977	18.0 °C	809 mm	47	0
1976	33.1 °C18 December 1976	-1.2 °C21 June 1976	17.3 °C	653 mm	32	1
1975	34.2 °C16 October 1975	0.9 °C12 July 1975	17.4 °C	774 mm	29	0
1974	33.5 °C5 November 1974	0.1 °C2 August 1974	17.3 °C	636 mm	14	0
1973	35.7 °C23 January 1973	2.4 °C9 July 1973	18.3 °C	611 mm	66	0
1972	35.1 °C3 December 1972	-1.5 °C2 August 1972	18.0 °C	542 mm	52	1
1971	32.6 °C23 October 1971	-0.2 °C18 July 1971	17.7 °C	709 mm	21	1
1970	35.8 °C14 December 1970	2.6 °C25 June 1970	18.6 °C	663 mm	61	0
1969	35.8 °C14 January 1969	0.1 °C20 July 1969	18.2 °C	675 mm	46	0
1968	36.8 °C5 January 1968	-2.7 °C15 June 1968	17.9 °C	452 mm	66	5
1967	33.6 °C16 November 1967	-1.3 °C13 June 1967	17.3 °C	651 mm	31	2
1966	34.2 °C6 January 1966	2.1 °C27 July 1966	18.4 °C	561 mm	48	0
1965	35.0 °C31 October 1965	-1.5 °C24 June 1965	17.9 °C	314 mm	49	3
1964	34.2 °C29 February 1964	-2.0 °C27 June 1964	18.1 °C	483 mm	60	6
1963	34.3 °C29 December 1963	-0.9 °C16 July 1963	17.9 °C	530 mm	47	3
1962	35.6 °C30 October 1962	2.2 °C28 August 1962	18.7 °C	675 mm	63	0
1961	36.0 °C24 October 1961	2.5 °C10 August 1961	18.2 °C	650 mm	51	0
1960	34.1 °C11 January 1960	0.4 °C20 July 1960	17.7 °C	707 mm	44	0
1959	35.0 °C17 October 1959	3.5 °C19 July 1959	18.0 °C	549 mm	40	0
1958	34.4 °C20 November 1958	1.7 °C15 June 1958	18.1 °C	946 mm	39	0
1957	32.9 °C12 November 1957	-0.6 °C20 June 1957	18.0 °C	665 mm	20	1
1956	32.9 °C2 February 1956	0.8 °C11 June 1956	17.8 °C	657 mm	22	0
1955	33.0 °C14 October 1955	-2.2 °C29 June 1955	17.0 °C	700 mm	18	1
1954	36.3 °C25 October 1954	-0.2 °C27 July 1954	19.2 °C	201 mm	113	1
1953	35.7 °C23 January 1953	-1.1 °C30 July 1953	18.1 °C	585 mm	37	2
1952	36.8 °C20 November 1952	1.5 °C3 July 1952	18.6 °C	502 mm	50	0
1951	35.6 °C9 October 1951	0.8 °C29 June 1951	18.5 °C	629 mm	66	0
1950	34.5 °C30 December 1950	2.1 °C1 August 1950	18.3 °C	497 mm	57	0
1949	35.2 °C9 January 1949	3.1 °C8 June 1949	18.1 °C	563 mm	50	0
1948	34.4 °C24 November 1948	2.2 °C4 July 1948	17.7 °C	732 mm	42	0
1947	36.0 °C8 October 1947	1.0 °C16 July 1947	17.7 °C	833 mm	36	0
1946	36.1 °C29 October 1946	1.3 °C15 August 1946	17.9 °C	717 mm	38	0
1945	34.2 °C7 November 1945	0.6 °C12 June 1945	17.8 °C	585 mm	38	0
1944	35.7 °C27 September 1944	2.3 °C18 May 1944	17.7 °C	740 mm	23	0
1943	34.3 °C10 October 1943	1.7 °C6 August 1943	17.7 °C	614 mm	19	0
1942	32.5 °C23 October 1942	0.3 °C20 July 1942	17.6 °C	775 mm	10	0
1941	36.2 °C15 October 1941	1.1 °C4 July 1941	19.4 °C	404 mm	77	0
1940	36.0 °C14 November 1940	0.5 °C3 July 1940	19.3 °C	417 mm	82	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.9 °C

-0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

-19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Annual rainfall

877 mm

+316 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.5 °C	-0.4 °C	214 mm	+111 mm
Feb	26.9 °C	-0.6 °C	279 mm	+187 mm
Mar	26.1 °C	-0.5 °C	26 mm	-40 mm
Apr	23.5 °C	-1.0 °C	62 mm	+22 mm
May	22.1 °C	-0.4 °C	9 mm	-4 mm
Jun	20.5 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Jul	20.5 °C	+0.5 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Aug	24.6 °C	+1.8 °C	17 mm	+14 mm
Sep	28.2 °C	+1.8 °C	25 mm	+11 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	-0.4 °C	36 mm	-4 mm
Nov	24.8 °C	-2.9 °C	132 mm	+53 mm
Dec	26.5 °C	-1.1 °C	75 mm	-30 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.7 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

-0.2 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

54.3 mm

14 Feb 2025

Windiest day

27.3 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

59.8 km/h

7 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

5 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.5 °C

30 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Vaalwater?

Vaalwater has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 561 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vaalwater?

The hottest day measured in Vaalwater between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2016, reaching 38.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Vaalwater?

The coldest day measured in Vaalwater between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at -2.7 °C.

Does it snow in Vaalwater?

Almost never: Vaalwater sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Vaalwater warmed?

Yes: Vaalwater warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Vaalwater?

The wettest day measured in Vaalwater between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1958, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Vaalwater?

The windiest day measured in Vaalwater between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2017, with winds reaching 37.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Vaalwater?

The warmest month in Vaalwater is January (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Vaalwater?

Vaalwater receives on average 561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 83 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Vaalwater?

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

Are there tropical nights in Vaalwater?

Yes: Vaalwater has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vaalwater?

In Vaalwater, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 22 January 1973, and the lowest was -6.7 °C on 15 June 1968.

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