Shirati climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Shirati?

Shirati has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,572 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Shirati between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1997, reaching 33.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Shirati?

The coldest day measured in Shirati between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1947, at 14.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Shirati?

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

Q: Has the climate of Shirati warmed?

Yes: Shirati warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Shirati?

The wettest day measured in Shirati between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 2010, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Shirati?

The windiest day measured in Shirati between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1941, with winds reaching 30.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Shirati?

The warmest month in Shirati is September (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Shirati?

Shirati receives on average 1,572 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 217 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Shirati?

Shirati gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Shirati (Tanzania) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,572 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 September (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is December (21.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Shirati averages 0 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 217 rainy days per year.

Shirati has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.2 °C (on 22 March 1997) and the coldest 14.1 °C (on 24 July 1947).

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

ShiratiMara

coords: -1.13°, 33.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthDecemberWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.3°C

Average daily high

26.5°C

Average daily low

19.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,572mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

13.9km/h

Seasonal range

0.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

11 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

217 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.7 °C

Average feels-like low

20.2 °C

Average peak gust

30.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

69 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

33.2 °C

22 March 1997

Coldest day

14.1 °C

24 July 1947

Wettest day

113 mm

3 May 2010

Windiest day

30.4 km/h

26 March 1941

Strongest gust

52.9 km/h

26 March 1941

Hottest feels-like

36.7 °C

5 March 1998

Coldest feels-like

12.1 °C

18 January 1965

Sunniest day

12.1 h

21 November 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.2 °C5 March 2025	17.5 °C17 August 2025	23.2 °C	1,347 mm	19
2024	31.4 °C4 October 2024	17.9 °C5 August 2024	23.6 °C	1,576 mm	29
2023	31.7 °C21 August 2023	18.2 °C3 February 2023	23.6 °C	1,763 mm	40
2022	30.7 °C9 April 2022	16.1 °C5 July 2022	23.0 °C	1,384 mm	14
2021	31.1 °C13 March 2021	17.0 °C23 July 2021	23.1 °C	1,056 mm	10
2020	30.7 °C7 March 2020	16.7 °C19 July 2020	23.0 °C	1,720 mm	3
2019	31.7 °C6 April 2019	17.1 °C24 July 2019	23.1 °C	1,798 mm	12
2018	32.4 °C15 February 2018	17.3 °C17 July 2018	23.0 °C	1,337 mm	25
2017	32.1 °C19 January 2017	16.4 °C10 July 2017	23.4 °C	1,379 mm	30
2016	31.3 °C6 March 2016	16.3 °C29 June 2016	23.6 °C	899 mm	28
2015	33.2 °C15 March 2015	17.0 °C19 January 2015	23.2 °C	1,408 mm	32
2014	31.3 °C2 March 2014	16.4 °C13 February 2014	22.7 °C	1,348 mm	5
2013	30.8 °C1 March 2013	15.0 °C16 July 2013	22.7 °C	1,308 mm	12
2012	32.3 °C29 March 2012	16.4 °C10 September 2012	22.5 °C	1,526 mm	14
2011	31.2 °C26 February 2011	17.6 °C14 July 2011	22.7 °C	1,770 mm	15
2010	30.9 °C20 April 2010	17.8 °C29 December 2010	23.1 °C	1,531 mm	19
2009	30.4 °C10 September 2009	16.4 °C6 July 2009	23.0 °C	1,560 mm	4
2008	30.4 °C3 April 2008	15.8 °C9 July 2008	22.7 °C	1,322 mm	3
2007	31.1 °C20 February 2007	16.2 °C21 June 2007	22.7 °C	1,364 mm	6
2006	32.7 °C10 February 2006	17.7 °C25 July 2006	23.0 °C	1,634 mm	33
2005	32.4 °C23 February 2005	17.3 °C30 August 2005	23.3 °C	1,074 mm	32
2004	31.1 °C25 March 2004	16.3 °C5 July 2004	23.0 °C	1,170 mm	15
2003	31.8 °C21 February 2003	16.9 °C10 July 2003	23.0 °C	1,036 mm	25
2002	31.9 °C26 September 2002	16.7 °C9 July 2002	23.1 °C	1,367 mm	38
2001	30.6 °C28 February 2001	16.9 °C20 July 2001	22.5 °C	1,223 mm	8
2000	31.5 °C13 September 2000	17.0 °C8 February 2000	22.7 °C	1,116 mm	12
1999	31.8 °C18 February 1999	17.2 °C1 July 1999	22.6 °C	1,120 mm	16
1998	31.5 °C14 September 1998	17.5 °C20 December 1998	23.2 °C	1,073 mm	12
1997	33.2 °C22 March 1997	17.0 °C21 May 1997	23.1 °C	1,745 mm	42
1996	30.7 °C26 September 1996	17.0 °C10 August 1996	22.6 °C	1,313 mm	1
1995	31.2 °C27 August 1995	16.6 °C26 August 1995	22.8 °C	1,353 mm	8
1994	31.3 °C2 October 1994	16.0 °C24 August 1994	22.6 °C	1,731 mm	8
1993	31.1 °C28 October 1993	16.4 °C22 January 1993	22.7 °C	1,102 mm	15
1992	32.5 °C13 March 1992	16.9 °C19 July 1992	22.5 °C	1,361 mm	12
1991	31.8 °C20 September 1991	16.7 °C9 July 1991	22.4 °C	1,618 mm	8
1990	30.3 °C23 August 1990	16.5 °C30 July 1990	22.6 °C	1,526 mm	6
1989	30.9 °C3 March 1989	16.3 °C22 June 1989	22.3 °C	1,490 mm	7
1988	31.6 °C29 February 1988	16.8 °C19 July 1988	22.6 °C	1,384 mm	7
1987	31.2 °C9 September 1987	17.1 °C3 July 1987	22.9 °C	1,539 mm	11
1986	31.2 °C30 September 1986	15.4 °C5 August 1986	22.2 °C	1,918 mm	10
1985	32.2 °C16 March 1985	16.3 °C7 July 1985	22.2 °C	1,592 mm	8
1984	30.9 °C21 March 1984	16.3 °C8 February 1984	22.3 °C	1,446 mm	4
1983	30.0 °C6 July 1983	16.9 °C9 January 1983	22.5 °C	1,506 mm	1
1982	31.7 °C12 September 1982	17.0 °C20 July 1982	22.3 °C	1,728 mm	5
1981	31.1 °C2 March 1981	15.8 °C14 June 1981	22.3 °C	1,421 mm	6
1980	32.1 °C18 March 1980	16.0 °C24 July 1980	22.4 °C	1,187 mm	13
1979	31.0 °C15 September 1979	17.0 °C24 July 1979	22.3 °C	1,632 mm	12
1978	31.2 °C14 October 1978	15.7 °C5 February 1978	22.0 °C	1,677 mm	7
1977	31.4 °C1 October 1977	15.6 °C11 August 1977	22.0 °C	2,038 mm	14
1976	30.6 °C29 October 1976	15.8 °C26 July 1976	21.7 °C	1,972 mm	6
1975	29.9 °C26 January 1975	15.6 °C5 August 1975	21.6 °C	1,856 mm	0
1974	32.2 °C16 March 1974	15.9 °C19 July 1974	21.7 °C	1,687 mm	5
1973	30.8 °C6 February 1973	14.4 °C4 July 1973	22.2 °C	1,551 mm	6
1972	31.1 °C11 October 1972	16.5 °C18 March 1972	21.7 °C	2,044 mm	4
1971	30.5 °C22 March 1971	15.2 °C10 July 1971	21.5 °C	1,817 mm	4
1970	30.3 °C23 September 1970	15.6 °C11 July 1970	21.9 °C	1,736 mm	1
1969	31.8 °C2 October 1969	15.8 °C6 August 1969	22.1 °C	1,541 mm	6
1968	30.7 °C6 October 1968	15.6 °C15 January 1968	21.6 °C	1,822 mm	2
1967	30.1 °C25 February 1967	15.4 °C28 July 1967	21.7 °C	1,831 mm	1
1966	30.4 °C15 October 1966	15.7 °C20 June 1966	22.0 °C	1,710 mm	3
1965	31.9 °C11 October 1965	14.7 °C18 January 1965	22.0 °C	1,593 mm	9
1964	29.8 °C1 September 1964	15.1 °C12 August 1964	21.5 °C	1,817 mm	0
1963	32.6 °C20 October 1963	15.1 °C28 July 1963	21.5 °C	2,143 mm	12
1962	27.9 °C16 February 1962	15.8 °C30 June 1962	21.1 °C	2,253 mm	0
1961	30.6 °C16 January 1961	15.8 °C8 September 1961	21.8 °C	2,699 mm	3
1960	31.5 °C23 October 1960	15.1 °C26 July 1960	22.3 °C	1,867 mm	8
1959	30.6 °C15 March 1959	15.3 °C14 July 1959	22.1 °C	1,942 mm	5
1958	31.9 °C30 October 1958	16.0 °C8 August 1958	22.1 °C	1,725 mm	12
1957	31.9 °C23 September 1957	15.9 °C12 August 1957	22.1 °C	2,093 mm	18
1956	28.8 °C9 March 1956	15.8 °C23 July 1956	21.2 °C	1,557 mm	0
1955	28.7 °C7 October 1955	15.6 °C15 August 1955	21.2 °C	1,842 mm	0
1954	28.6 °C21 October 1954	14.4 °C3 July 1954	21.3 °C	1,585 mm	0
1953	30.5 °C2 October 1953	15.2 °C22 July 1953	21.2 °C	3,060 mm	1
1952	29.1 °C8 October 1952	16.6 °C17 June 1952	21.6 °C	1,831 mm	0
1951	29.7 °C5 September 1951	15.9 °C17 July 1951	21.5 °C	2,028 mm	0
1950	29.7 °C28 February 1950	14.5 °C18 July 1950	21.1 °C	1,659 mm	0
1949	29.7 °C27 March 1949	14.7 °C31 July 1949	21.4 °C	1,626 mm	0
1948	29.1 °C3 October 1948	16.7 °C14 July 1948	21.5 °C	1,820 mm	0
1947	31.3 °C10 October 1947	14.1 °C24 July 1947	21.6 °C	1,737 mm	7
1946	31.8 °C2 April 1946	16.1 °C6 August 1946	21.8 °C	1,428 mm	15
1945	31.0 °C13 September 1945	16.1 °C9 June 1945	21.8 °C	1,006 mm	10
1944	31.7 °C19 October 1944	15.2 °C6 July 1944	22.5 °C	1,083 mm	44
1943	31.0 °C16 January 1943	14.7 °C29 May 1943	22.0 °C	837 mm	6
1942	30.6 °C9 October 1942	15.9 °C15 July 1942	21.9 °C	875 mm	9
1941	30.1 °C18 October 1941	16.2 °C26 November 1941	21.7 °C	1,248 mm	1
1940	27.9 °C17 April 1940	15.2 °C23 November 1940	21.0 °C	1,753 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.3 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

19 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1347 mm

-225 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.8 °C	+0.6 °C	78 mm	-57 mm
Feb	29.3 °C	+2.4 °C	13 mm	-113 mm
Mar	28.0 °C	+1.2 °C	223 mm	+23 mm
Apr	27.1 °C	+0.8 °C	219 mm	-0 mm
May	27.2 °C	+0.8 °C	140 mm	+2 mm
Jun	27.3 °C	+0.8 °C	27 mm	-25 mm
Jul	27.1 °C	+0.5 °C	37 mm	-2 mm
Aug	26.8 °C	-0.1 °C	79 mm	+19 mm
Sep	27.4 °C	+0.1 °C	93 mm	+17 mm
Oct	26.5 °C	-0.6 °C	148 mm	+17 mm
Nov	27.3 °C	+1.5 °C	76 mm	-123 mm
Dec	26.8 °C	+1.2 °C	215 mm	+19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.2 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest day

17.5 °C

17 Aug 2025

Wettest day

72.0 mm

20 Mar 2025

Windiest day

24.0 km/h

27 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

46.4 km/h

27 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.3 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.2 °C

30 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

21 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Shirati?

Shirati has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 1,572 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shirati?

The hottest day measured in Shirati between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1997, reaching 33.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Shirati?

The coldest day measured in Shirati between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1947, at 14.1 °C.

Does it snow in Shirati?

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

Has the climate of Shirati warmed?

Yes: Shirati warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Shirati?

The wettest day measured in Shirati between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 2010, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Shirati?

The windiest day measured in Shirati between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1941, with winds reaching 30.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Shirati?

The warmest month in Shirati is September (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Shirati?

Shirati receives on average 1,572 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 217 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Shirati?

Shirati gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Shirati?

Yes: Shirati has on average 69 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shirati?

In Shirati, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 5 March 1998, and the lowest was 12.1 °C on 18 January 1965.

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