Leer climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Leer?

Leer has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,144 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Leer between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2005, reaching 44.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Leer?

The coldest day measured in Leer between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1962, at 14.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Leer?

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

Q: Has the climate of Leer warmed?

Yes: Leer warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Leer?

The wettest day measured in Leer between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 1948, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Leer?

The windiest day measured in Leer between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1995, with winds reaching 29.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Leer?

The warmest month in Leer is March (31.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Leer?

Leer receives on average 1,144 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Leer?

Leer gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Leer (South Sudan) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,144 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 March (31.0 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Leer averages 0 frost days, 299 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.

Leer has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.3 °C (on 26 February 2005) and the coldest 14.7 °C (on 4 January 1962).

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

LeerUnity

coords: 8.30°, 30.14°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.6°C

Average daily high

33.3°C

Average daily low

23.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,144mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

12.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

299 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

164 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.3 °C

Average feels-like low

25.0 °C

Average peak gust

30.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

351 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.0 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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

44.3 °C

26 February 2005

Coldest day

14.7 °C

4 January 1962

Wettest day

99 mm

13 June 1948

Windiest day

29.4 km/h

19 March 1995

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

22 August 2024

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

28 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

10.8 °C

5 February 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.6 °C27 March 2025	17.3 °C17 December 2025	28.5 °C	686 mm	317
2024	43.4 °C14 March 2024	21.6 °C2 August 2024	30.2 °C	721 mm	332
2023	41.6 °C14 May 2023	22.0 °C16 February 2023	30.3 °C	490 mm	357
2022	42.3 °C22 March 2022	20.6 °C29 August 2022	29.1 °C	697 mm	308
2021	41.8 °C10 March 2021	20.6 °C7 February 2021	29.3 °C	699 mm	324
2020	42.4 °C7 March 2020	18.4 °C12 January 2020	29.0 °C	792 mm	322
2019	42.8 °C21 March 2019	20.2 °C29 December 2019	29.1 °C	949 mm	321
2018	41.6 °C10 February 2018	21.5 °C6 January 2018	29.4 °C	650 mm	344
2017	42.6 °C14 March 2017	21.0 °C25 June 2017	29.8 °C	655 mm	343
2016	43.4 °C21 March 2016	18.7 °C28 January 2016	29.6 °C	720 mm	342
2015	42.7 °C10 March 2015	16.7 °C11 January 2015	29.2 °C	670 mm	349
2014	41.3 °C27 March 2014	21.2 °C16 March 2014	28.5 °C	904 mm	327
2013	42.3 °C4 March 2013	18.9 °C15 December 2013	29.1 °C	813 mm	321
2012	41.6 °C5 April 2012	20.7 °C23 January 2012	28.5 °C	870 mm	306
2011	40.7 °C8 May 2011	17.9 °C1 December 2011	28.5 °C	852 mm	325
2010	41.9 °C2 February 2010	21.7 °C27 July 2010	29.0 °C	887 mm	331
2009	41.2 °C19 May 2009	21.4 °C23 January 2009	29.4 °C	704 mm	353
2008	41.3 °C22 March 2008	20.2 °C1 February 2008	28.4 °C	975 mm	326
2007	41.1 °C2 April 2007	18.7 °C1 January 2007	28.4 °C	1,012 mm	316
2006	41.5 °C28 February 2006	18.2 °C30 December 2006	28.5 °C	874 mm	322
2005	44.3 °C26 February 2005	19.0 °C12 January 2005	28.9 °C	1,100 mm	326
2004	42.0 °C5 March 2004	19.3 °C7 February 2004	28.7 °C	760 mm	344
2003	41.8 °C7 March 2003	18.7 °C8 December 2003	28.4 °C	1,120 mm	324
2002	41.6 °C8 April 2002	17.8 °C13 January 2002	28.3 °C	883 mm	333
2001	40.2 °C1 March 2001	17.3 °C26 January 2001	27.8 °C	1,131 mm	335
2000	42.2 °C22 March 2000	17.7 °C29 January 2000	27.8 °C	1,051 mm	321
1999	40.9 °C7 February 1999	19.3 °C10 January 1999	27.7 °C	1,103 mm	310
1998	42.8 °C3 April 1998	18.0 °C15 January 1998	28.2 °C	1,233 mm	318
1997	40.8 °C23 March 1997	18.8 °C25 January 1997	27.4 °C	1,127 mm	321
1996	40.6 °C13 March 1996	18.9 °C28 March 1996	27.2 °C	1,319 mm	282
1995	40.8 °C10 April 1995	19.7 °C13 November 1995	27.6 °C	1,016 mm	305
1994	40.6 °C9 March 1994	18.8 °C26 November 1994	27.6 °C	1,282 mm	295
1993	41.0 °C4 March 1993	17.2 °C7 February 1993	27.5 °C	1,097 mm	323
1992	41.5 °C28 March 1992	16.1 °C4 January 1992	27.4 °C	1,157 mm	316
1991	40.8 °C18 March 1991	19.3 °C17 December 1991	27.4 °C	1,301 mm	310
1990	41.8 °C11 April 1990	20.2 °C15 September 1990	28.1 °C	1,181 mm	328
1989	40.6 °C3 March 1989	17.3 °C20 January 1989	27.1 °C	1,147 mm	315
1988	42.1 °C1 April 1988	19.3 °C28 December 1988	28.0 °C	1,136 mm	310
1987	41.1 °C23 March 1987	17.9 °C4 January 1987	27.8 °C	1,060 mm	330
1986	38.8 °C24 February 1986	17.0 °C7 December 1986	26.9 °C	1,277 mm	286
1985	41.2 °C14 March 1985	18.7 °C21 November 1985	26.5 °C	1,469 mm	250
1984	41.1 °C11 March 1984	18.0 °C27 November 1984	27.1 °C	1,236 mm	300
1983	41.4 °C29 March 1983	14.8 °C28 December 1983	27.4 °C	1,238 mm	312
1982	40.9 °C19 March 1982	17.1 °C10 February 1982	27.1 °C	1,104 mm	302
1981	40.3 °C1 March 1981	18.9 °C11 February 1981	27.5 °C	1,143 mm	309
1980	41.0 °C24 March 1980	18.0 °C14 December 1980	27.0 °C	1,357 mm	300
1979	41.0 °C20 April 1979	18.2 °C3 December 1979	27.0 °C	1,521 mm	317
1978	40.4 °C6 February 1978	16.7 °C15 December 1978	26.6 °C	1,450 mm	260
1977	39.4 °C23 March 1977	17.9 °C26 October 1977	26.8 °C	1,234 mm	283
1976	38.8 °C11 March 1976	16.9 °C1 January 1976	26.6 °C	1,479 mm	268
1975	39.6 °C13 March 1975	17.4 °C8 December 1975	26.5 °C	1,372 mm	243
1974	40.3 °C13 March 1974	18.2 °C28 December 1974	26.6 °C	1,582 mm	254
1973	40.7 °C15 March 1973	17.9 °C5 November 1973	27.2 °C	1,265 mm	292
1972	40.1 °C30 March 1972	18.4 °C5 November 1972	27.0 °C	1,462 mm	290
1971	40.5 °C7 March 1971	15.2 °C25 December 1971	26.8 °C	1,139 mm	251
1970	40.2 °C16 February 1970	17.7 °C6 November 1970	27.1 °C	1,188 mm	289
1969	40.5 °C8 April 1969	18.2 °C31 January 1969	27.4 °C	1,287 mm	314
1968	39.6 °C27 March 1968	15.4 °C10 December 1968	27.1 °C	1,079 mm	299
1967	38.2 °C11 March 1967	17.8 °C21 November 1967	26.9 °C	1,095 mm	305
1966	40.8 °C2 May 1966	17.5 °C2 March 1966	28.2 °C	993 mm	291
1965	40.3 °C28 May 1965	17.8 °C12 January 1965	27.8 °C	988 mm	277
1964	41.1 °C11 April 1964	18.9 °C20 January 1964	27.5 °C	1,162 mm	234
1963	39.6 °C24 March 1963	18.5 °C27 December 1963	26.7 °C	1,392 mm	252
1962	39.9 °C17 March 1962	14.7 °C4 January 1962	26.6 °C	1,397 mm	311
1961	40.1 °C8 March 1961	15.6 °C28 December 1961	26.8 °C	1,173 mm	292
1960	41.1 °C22 March 1960	18.8 °C24 January 1960	27.3 °C	1,308 mm	326
1959	42.3 °C16 March 1959	16.9 °C1 December 1959	26.9 °C	1,147 mm	316
1958	41.4 °C2 March 1958	17.1 °C17 February 1958	27.1 °C	1,499 mm	300
1957	38.8 °C4 May 1957	14.9 °C6 February 1957	26.7 °C	1,285 mm	302
1956	39.8 °C16 March 1956	16.2 °C18 January 1956	26.5 °C	1,340 mm	283
1955	39.7 °C17 March 1955	16.9 °C14 December 1955	26.3 °C	1,507 mm	271
1954	41.1 °C6 March 1954	17.2 °C9 December 1954	26.4 °C	1,208 mm	219
1953	41.1 °C17 March 1953	15.5 °C20 December 1953	26.3 °C	1,480 mm	292
1952	39.8 °C29 March 1952	18.3 °C1 January 1952	26.6 °C	1,545 mm	285
1951	40.0 °C6 March 1951	16.4 °C25 December 1951	26.6 °C	1,379 mm	302
1950	38.5 °C26 February 1950	17.5 °C5 December 1950	25.8 °C	1,899 mm	255
1949	40.9 °C24 March 1949	17.2 °C11 February 1949	26.3 °C	1,654 mm	272
1948	40.2 °C1 April 1948	17.4 °C26 December 1948	26.6 °C	1,473 mm	243
1947	38.7 °C17 April 1947	17.3 °C5 December 1947	26.7 °C	1,239 mm	247
1946	42.0 °C30 March 1946	16.0 °C11 December 1946	27.1 °C	1,161 mm	238
1945	39.4 °C8 April 1945	17.2 °C20 November 1945	26.7 °C	1,162 mm	279
1944	40.6 °C15 April 1944	18.3 °C1 December 1944	27.2 °C	989 mm	284
1943	40.7 °C22 April 1943	17.6 °C11 December 1943	26.6 °C	1,695 mm	210
1942	39.7 °C5 February 1942	17.6 °C14 December 1942	27.0 °C	1,128 mm	271
1941	41.7 °C31 March 1941	16.8 °C22 November 1941	27.3 °C	1,014 mm	297
1940	38.8 °C10 March 1940	16.8 °C16 November 1940	26.5 °C	1,355 mm	243

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.3 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

317 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

686 mm

-458 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	37.4 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Feb	39.7 °C	+3.1 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Mar	38.9 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-20 mm
Apr	37.3 °C	+0.9 °C	11 mm	-45 mm
May	35.6 °C	+1.8 °C	29 mm	-87 mm
Jun	33.6 °C	+2.0 °C	35 mm	-117 mm
Jul	30.1 °C	-0.1 °C	199 mm	+1 mm
Aug	29.4 °C	-0.5 °C	213 mm	+8 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+0.1 °C	99 mm	-76 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+0.6 °C	97 mm	-63 mm
Nov	34.2 °C	+1.7 °C	3 mm	-43 mm
Dec	34.0 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.6 °C

27 Mar 2025

Coldest day

17.3 °C

17 Dec 2025

Wettest day

26.8 mm

12 Jul 2025

Windiest day

22.5 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

24 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

27 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.0 °C

31 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

28 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Leer?

Leer has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,144 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Leer?

The hottest day measured in Leer between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2005, reaching 44.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Leer?

The coldest day measured in Leer between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1962, at 14.7 °C.

Does it snow in Leer?

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

Has the climate of Leer warmed?

Yes: Leer warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Leer?

The wettest day measured in Leer between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 1948, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Leer?

The windiest day measured in Leer between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1995, with winds reaching 29.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Leer?

The warmest month in Leer is March (31.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Leer?

Leer receives on average 1,144 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Leer?

Leer gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Leer?

Yes: Leer has on average 351 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Leer?

In Leer, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 28 March 2016, and the lowest was 10.8 °C on 5 February 1957.

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