Whittlesea climate — normals and trends
Whittlesea (South Africa) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 695 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (8.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Whittlesea averages 16 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Whittlesea 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 39.9 °C (on 5 January 2016) and the coldest -6.8 °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
WhittleseaEastern Cape
- coords
- -32.18°, 26.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.9°C
Average daily high
21.0°C
Average daily low
8.4°C
Annual rainfall
695mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
10.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.3 cm
Average feels-like high
19.0 °C
Average feels-like low
6.5 °C
Average peak gust
40.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
39.9 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest day
-6.8 °C
20 July 1969
Wettest day
74 mm
25 March 1981
Windiest day
47.4 km/h
10 June 1979
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
10 June 1979
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
5 January 2016
Coldest feels-like
-10.1 °C
20 July 1969
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
25 July 2011
Sunniest day
13.9 h
15 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 79 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 26.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 96 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 24.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 140 mm | +49 mm |
| Apr | 20.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 90 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 12 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 16.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 52 mm | +35 mm |
| Jul | 15.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 25 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 19.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 24 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 31 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 24.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 31 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 25.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 55 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 26.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 121 mm | +35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Whittlesea?
Whittlesea has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 695 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Whittlesea?
The hottest day measured in Whittlesea between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2016, reaching 39.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Whittlesea?
The coldest day measured in Whittlesea between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1969, at -6.8 °C.
Does it snow in Whittlesea?
Yes. Whittlesea gets on average 3.3 cm of snow per year and has around 16 frost days.
Has the climate of Whittlesea warmed?
Yes: Whittlesea warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Whittlesea?
The wettest day measured in Whittlesea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1981, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Whittlesea?
The windiest day measured in Whittlesea between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1979, with winds reaching 47.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Whittlesea?
The warmest month in Whittlesea is January (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (8.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Whittlesea?
Whittlesea receives on average 695 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Whittlesea?
Whittlesea gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Whittlesea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Whittlesea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2011, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Whittlesea?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Whittlesea.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Whittlesea?
In Whittlesea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 5 January 2016, and the lowest was -10.1 °C on 20 July 1969.
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