Abim climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Abim?

Abim has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,306 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Abim between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 37.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Abim?

The coldest day measured in Abim between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 1940, at 12.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Abim?

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

Q: Has the climate of Abim warmed?

Yes: Abim warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Abim?

The wettest day measured in Abim between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2022, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Abim?

The windiest day measured in Abim between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1979, with winds reaching 30.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Abim?

The warmest month in Abim is February (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Abim?

Abim receives on average 1,306 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Abim?

Abim gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Abim (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,306 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 February (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Abim averages 0 frost days, 129 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 161 rainy days per year.

Abim has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 12.6 °C (on 29 November 1940).

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

AbimNorthern Region

coords: 2.70°, 33.68°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.1°C

Average daily high

29.0°C

Average daily low

18.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,306mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

12.4km/h

Seasonal range

4.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

129 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

161 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.8 °C

Average feels-like low

19.1 °C

Average peak gust

32.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

46 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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

37.4 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest day

12.6 °C

29 November 1940

Wettest day

113 mm

16 April 2022

Windiest day

30.6 km/h

28 February 1979

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

21 January 2006

Hottest feels-like

38.9 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

10.1 °C

5 February 1957

Sunniest day

11.9 h

7 August 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.3 °C6 March 2025	16.2 °C22 November 2025	24.0 °C	1,350 mm	161
2024	36.6 °C19 March 2024	14.2 °C30 December 2024	24.4 °C	1,143 mm	176
2023	36.6 °C9 March 2023	15.7 °C15 January 2023	24.7 °C	1,068 mm	217
2022	35.7 °C6 March 2022	15.9 °C3 June 2022	24.1 °C	1,105 mm	175
2021	34.6 °C14 March 2021	15.3 °C7 January 2021	23.9 °C	925 mm	164
2020	33.3 °C25 February 2020	15.1 °C15 December 2020	23.1 °C	1,477 mm	90
2019	36.4 °C8 April 2019	14.9 °C20 December 2019	24.0 °C	1,230 mm	139
2018	34.8 °C23 February 2018	15.8 °C24 June 2018	23.5 °C	1,235 mm	146
2017	36.8 °C24 March 2017	15.8 °C13 December 2017	24.1 °C	1,115 mm	165
2016	36.0 °C21 March 2016	16.5 °C16 August 2016	24.5 °C	846 mm	199
2015	35.8 °C20 March 2015	15.1 °C3 January 2015	23.9 °C	1,181 mm	167
2014	35.0 °C4 March 2014	15.3 °C26 January 2014	23.7 °C	1,155 mm	153
2013	35.3 °C1 March 2013	14.8 °C8 December 2013	23.1 °C	1,282 mm	111
2012	35.8 °C16 March 2012	14.2 °C23 January 2012	23.3 °C	1,390 mm	139
2011	35.3 °C20 February 2011	15.2 °C7 February 2011	23.3 °C	1,226 mm	133
2010	36.2 °C2 February 2010	16.4 °C3 August 2010	23.8 °C	1,447 mm	150
2009	35.1 °C5 March 2009	14.2 °C11 January 2009	24.3 °C	860 mm	232
2008	35.0 °C25 January 2008	15.0 °C17 December 2008	23.4 °C	1,217 mm	156
2007	34.8 °C13 March 2007	15.3 °C22 July 2007	23.5 °C	1,175 mm	154
2006	36.2 °C6 February 2006	15.3 °C27 August 2006	23.4 °C	1,359 mm	135
2005	37.4 °C25 February 2005	15.5 °C5 January 2005	24.1 °C	1,076 mm	195
2004	37.1 °C25 March 2004	15.1 °C4 July 2004	23.7 °C	1,096 mm	155
2003	36.5 °C6 March 2003	15.5 °C17 December 2003	24.1 °C	1,224 mm	188
2002	35.0 °C26 February 2002	16.4 °C5 May 2002	24.3 °C	699 mm	220
2001	36.2 °C3 March 2001	15.5 °C11 September 2001	23.1 °C	1,470 mm	126
2000	36.0 °C14 March 2000	15.6 °C1 August 2000	23.7 °C	1,065 mm	173
1999	34.8 °C14 February 1999	15.7 °C24 January 1999	23.2 °C	1,039 mm	125
1998	36.5 °C31 March 1998	15.8 °C15 January 1998	24.0 °C	1,054 mm	158
1997	36.3 °C15 March 1997	15.5 °C8 July 1997	24.1 °C	1,149 mm	165
1996	35.9 °C10 March 1996	15.9 °C30 June 1996	23.8 °C	1,209 mm	173
1995	35.8 °C1 April 1995	15.6 °C21 December 1995	24.1 °C	1,041 mm	183
1994	35.9 °C21 February 1994	15.8 °C10 June 1994	23.8 °C	1,257 mm	167
1993	35.6 °C17 March 1993	15.9 °C8 August 1993	24.2 °C	853 mm	196
1992	36.8 °C27 March 1992	14.9 °C5 January 1992	23.4 °C	1,250 mm	129
1991	37.2 °C23 March 1991	15.4 °C14 October 1991	23.3 °C	1,838 mm	123
1990	34.3 °C27 December 1990	13.7 °C9 January 1990	23.3 °C	1,264 mm	130
1989	37.2 °C3 March 1989	15.4 °C9 August 1989	23.1 °C	1,182 mm	116
1988	36.1 °C2 March 1988	14.5 °C30 June 1988	23.2 °C	1,414 mm	127
1987	35.9 °C4 February 1987	14.9 °C3 February 1987	24.0 °C	1,157 mm	178
1986	35.0 °C2 February 1986	14.4 °C1 August 1986	23.2 °C	1,254 mm	126
1985	35.5 °C14 March 1985	14.6 °C9 July 1985	22.9 °C	1,420 mm	109
1984	35.4 °C11 March 1984	13.7 °C19 December 1984	23.2 °C	1,139 mm	134
1983	35.5 °C21 March 1983	13.9 °C10 January 1983	23.2 °C	1,466 mm	116
1982	37.3 °C26 March 1982	14.3 °C11 July 1982	23.1 °C	1,292 mm	109
1981	36.4 °C23 February 1981	15.0 °C4 February 1981	23.4 °C	1,344 mm	129
1980	36.1 °C18 March 1980	14.9 °C17 December 1980	23.8 °C	1,024 mm	168
1979	35.2 °C7 March 1979	15.5 °C15 June 1979	23.5 °C	1,177 mm	171
1978	34.9 °C7 February 1978	14.5 °C8 September 1978	22.6 °C	1,470 mm	101
1977	36.9 °C16 February 1977	13.6 °C15 August 1977	22.7 °C	1,699 mm	106
1976	36.1 °C22 March 1976	14.6 °C20 August 1976	23.1 °C	1,442 mm	162
1975	35.0 °C6 February 1975	14.8 °C14 January 1975	22.7 °C	1,624 mm	143
1974	35.1 °C14 February 1974	15.3 °C28 July 1974	22.9 °C	1,320 mm	146
1973	36.5 °C30 March 1973	15.4 °C11 August 1973	23.2 °C	1,342 mm	140
1972	35.7 °C1 April 1972	15.3 °C15 December 1972	22.8 °C	1,475 mm	124
1971	35.6 °C21 March 1971	14.6 °C16 August 1971	22.5 °C	1,749 mm	114
1970	37.1 °C28 February 1970	13.7 °C14 September 1970	22.7 °C	1,470 mm	113
1969	35.2 °C27 April 1969	15.2 °C1 January 1969	23.2 °C	1,094 mm	151
1968	33.3 °C28 January 1968	14.4 °C17 January 1968	22.3 °C	1,316 mm	94
1967	37.1 °C10 March 1967	12.8 °C8 December 1967	22.3 °C	1,734 mm	102
1966	34.6 °C26 December 1966	14.1 °C20 June 1966	22.7 °C	1,510 mm	113
1965	35.9 °C9 March 1965	13.4 °C21 December 1965	22.9 °C	1,235 mm	122
1964	35.0 °C30 March 1964	14.5 °C31 August 1964	22.1 °C	1,733 mm	81
1963	32.1 °C22 October 1963	14.3 °C18 January 1963	21.7 °C	1,778 mm	35
1962	33.1 °C26 February 1962	13.6 °C5 January 1962	21.4 °C	1,881 mm	27
1961	35.5 °C12 March 1961	14.0 °C27 December 1961	22.6 °C	1,935 mm	104
1960	34.3 °C13 March 1960	15.2 °C15 July 1960	22.8 °C	1,564 mm	96
1959	34.9 °C16 March 1959	14.8 °C4 March 1959	22.8 °C	1,766 mm	122
1958	36.9 °C4 March 1958	12.7 °C17 February 1958	23.2 °C	1,516 mm	144
1957	34.8 °C18 January 1957	13.2 °C5 February 1957	23.0 °C	1,271 mm	168
1956	33.5 °C10 March 1956	14.7 °C21 July 1956	22.0 °C	1,304 mm	94
1955	33.3 °C3 March 1955	14.8 °C25 July 1955	21.7 °C	1,429 mm	49
1954	32.8 °C2 February 1954	14.5 °C18 December 1954	21.6 °C	1,594 mm	52
1953	32.8 °C15 March 1953	14.6 °C22 September 1953	21.5 °C	1,758 mm	34
1952	32.1 °C9 February 1952	14.8 °C1 January 1952	21.9 °C	1,559 mm	58
1951	32.7 °C1 March 1951	14.4 °C25 June 1951	21.5 °C	1,673 mm	37
1950	33.3 °C3 March 1950	12.8 °C11 August 1950	21.2 °C	1,882 mm	54
1949	34.4 °C5 March 1949	13.8 °C22 July 1949	21.8 °C	1,559 mm	70
1948	32.7 °C14 April 1948	14.4 °C20 September 1948	22.1 °C	1,242 mm	50
1947	31.6 °C26 October 1947	14.7 °C20 June 1947	21.7 °C	1,445 mm	24
1946	35.9 °C26 February 1946	14.0 °C15 July 1946	22.8 °C	1,074 mm	103
1945	34.5 °C23 February 1945	14.4 °C18 July 1945	23.3 °C	692 mm	172
1944	34.8 °C17 March 1944	14.3 °C10 January 1944	23.7 °C	579 mm	185
1943	34.7 °C1 March 1943	14.4 °C29 September 1943	23.0 °C	894 mm	140
1942	33.1 °C9 February 1942	13.7 °C17 July 1942	22.9 °C	814 mm	157
1941	36.2 °C27 March 1941	13.6 °C8 December 1941	22.4 °C	971 mm	79
1940	31.0 °C2 January 1940	12.6 °C29 November 1940	21.1 °C	1,645 mm	10

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.8 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

161 d/yr

+32

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1350 mm

+44 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.8 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-17 mm
Feb	33.8 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-29 mm
Mar	32.3 °C	+0.9 °C	70 mm	-13 mm
Apr	30.5 °C	+1.1 °C	309 mm	+143 mm
May	28.7 °C	+0.9 °C	180 mm	-29 mm
Jun	28.1 °C	+1.1 °C	34 mm	-131 mm
Jul	27.2 °C	+0.8 °C	213 mm	+31 mm
Aug	27.2 °C	+0.3 °C	241 mm	+67 mm
Sep	29.2 °C	+1.0 °C	131 mm	+21 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	-0.3 °C	160 mm	+73 mm
Nov	30.2 °C	+1.1 °C	5 mm	-54 mm
Dec	30.2 °C	+0.1 °C	7 mm	-19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.3 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest day

16.2 °C

22 Nov 2025

Wettest day

96.2 mm

13 Apr 2025

Windiest day

26.3 km/h

23 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

59.4 km/h

23 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

11 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.7 °C

22 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

7 Aug 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Abim?

Abim has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,306 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abim?

The hottest day measured in Abim between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 37.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Abim?

The coldest day measured in Abim between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 1940, at 12.6 °C.

Does it snow in Abim?

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

Has the climate of Abim warmed?

Yes: Abim warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Abim?

The wettest day measured in Abim between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2022, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Abim?

The windiest day measured in Abim between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1979, with winds reaching 30.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Abim?

The warmest month in Abim is February (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Abim?

Abim receives on average 1,306 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 161 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Abim?

Abim gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Abim?

Yes: Abim has on average 46 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Abim?

In Abim, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 10.1 °C on 5 February 1957.

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