Lwakyomba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lwakyomba?

Lwakyomba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,399 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Lwakyomba between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2005, reaching 37.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lwakyomba?

The coldest day measured in Lwakyomba between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1953, at 12.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lwakyomba?

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

Q: Has the climate of Lwakyomba warmed?

Yes: Lwakyomba warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lwakyomba?

The wettest day measured in Lwakyomba between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1992, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lwakyomba?

The windiest day measured in Lwakyomba between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1965, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lwakyomba?

The warmest month in Lwakyomba is February (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lwakyomba?

Lwakyomba receives on average 1,399 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 222 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lwakyomba?

Lwakyomba gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lwakyomba (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,399 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Lwakyomba averages 0 frost days, 46 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 222 rainy days per year.

Lwakyomba has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 21 February 2005) and the coldest 12.5 °C (on 23 July 1953).

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

LwakyombaWestern Region

coords: 1.12°, 31.40°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

21.7°C

Average daily high

27.5°C

Average daily low

17.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,399mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

10.4km/h

Seasonal range

2.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

46 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

222 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.5 °C

Average feels-like low

18.8 °C

Average peak gust

27.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

14 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · 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

37.2 °C

21 February 2005

Coldest day

12.5 °C

23 July 1953

Wettest day

74 mm

27 April 1992

Windiest day

23.0 km/h

19 February 1965

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

15 February 2012

Hottest feels-like

39.1 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

11.4 °C

17 February 1958

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.9 °C27 February 2025	15.0 °C21 September 2025	23.5 °C	1,066 mm	122
2024	34.1 °C20 February 2024	16.0 °C8 December 2024	23.9 °C	1,099 mm	149
2023	35.2 °C13 February 2023	16.3 °C13 January 2023	23.6 °C	1,219 mm	126
2022	36.1 °C5 March 2022	16.1 °C26 September 2022	23.3 °C	1,050 mm	113
2021	34.4 °C1 February 2021	15.0 °C25 August 2021	23.6 °C	736 mm	136
2020	33.1 °C24 February 2020	15.9 °C26 November 2020	22.9 °C	1,248 mm	68
2019	36.4 °C24 March 2019	15.2 °C1 September 2019	23.0 °C	1,329 mm	94
2018	36.1 °C16 February 2018	15.7 °C10 June 2018	23.0 °C	1,202 mm	93
2017	36.2 °C17 January 2017	16.1 °C4 August 2017	23.5 °C	1,016 mm	130
2016	37.2 °C29 March 2016	15.3 °C19 August 2016	23.8 °C	907 mm	154
2015	37.2 °C9 March 2015	14.9 °C13 July 2015	23.1 °C	1,143 mm	114
2014	35.9 °C3 March 2014	15.5 °C10 September 2014	23.0 °C	1,139 mm	101
2013	35.0 °C28 February 2013	15.4 °C5 July 2013	22.7 °C	1,045 mm	97
2012	36.7 °C15 February 2012	13.8 °C22 August 2012	22.6 °C	1,218 mm	93
2011	35.5 °C26 February 2011	15.1 °C23 June 2011	22.5 °C	1,246 mm	86
2010	35.8 °C2 February 2010	15.8 °C1 October 2010	22.5 °C	1,375 mm	59
2009	34.8 °C21 March 2009	15.2 °C6 June 2009	23.0 °C	1,061 mm	118
2008	33.5 °C3 March 2008	14.5 °C8 July 2008	22.0 °C	1,137 mm	63
2007	35.0 °C7 March 2007	14.6 °C18 December 2007	22.3 °C	1,208 mm	64
2006	35.6 °C27 January 2006	14.1 °C5 September 2006	22.3 °C	1,282 mm	68
2005	37.2 °C21 February 2005	13.8 °C14 July 2005	22.9 °C	1,178 mm	110
2004	35.0 °C14 February 2004	15.0 °C10 June 2004	22.4 °C	1,153 mm	56
2003	35.0 °C21 February 2003	15.0 °C15 December 2003	22.5 °C	1,073 mm	79
2002	34.4 °C23 February 2002	15.1 °C29 May 2002	22.3 °C	1,113 mm	57
2001	34.8 °C3 March 2001	14.5 °C31 May 2001	21.8 °C	1,088 mm	36
2000	33.3 °C21 February 2000	14.5 °C5 August 2000	21.8 °C	1,043 mm	40
1999	34.8 °C26 February 1999	13.1 °C16 July 1999	21.5 °C	1,320 mm	43
1998	33.5 °C25 February 1998	15.3 °C4 December 1998	22.4 °C	1,027 mm	61
1997	34.3 °C13 March 1997	14.8 °C14 August 1997	22.2 °C	1,422 mm	67
1996	31.7 °C11 February 1996	15.0 °C10 December 1996	21.7 °C	1,421 mm	18
1995	32.3 °C3 February 1995	13.8 °C25 August 1995	22.1 °C	1,254 mm	35
1994	33.1 °C18 February 1994	13.5 °C1 September 1994	21.8 °C	1,430 mm	38
1993	31.9 °C20 February 1993	14.6 °C1 July 1993	21.9 °C	1,359 mm	19
1992	33.7 °C5 March 1992	14.5 °C19 September 1992	21.8 °C	1,374 mm	54
1991	32.0 °C5 February 1991	14.1 °C9 July 1991	21.6 °C	1,470 mm	21
1990	32.0 °C29 January 1990	14.3 °C1 October 1990	21.7 °C	1,479 mm	8
1989	34.1 °C3 March 1989	13.7 °C13 September 1989	21.7 °C	1,308 mm	34
1988	33.4 °C1 March 1988	14.5 °C24 June 1988	21.8 °C	1,382 mm	22
1987	32.7 °C30 December 1987	14.9 °C9 July 1987	21.9 °C	1,544 mm	28
1986	32.1 °C24 February 1986	14.8 °C3 August 1986	21.4 °C	1,621 mm	15
1985	34.6 °C16 March 1985	13.1 °C8 July 1985	21.2 °C	1,549 mm	31
1984	34.3 °C16 February 1984	14.3 °C25 June 1984	21.4 °C	1,280 mm	35
1983	33.8 °C13 February 1983	14.6 °C6 July 1983	21.9 °C	1,374 mm	55
1982	33.5 °C21 February 1982	13.6 °C11 July 1982	21.5 °C	1,446 mm	23
1981	34.4 °C1 March 1981	13.2 °C15 June 1981	21.7 °C	1,597 mm	37
1980	34.2 °C24 February 1980	14.4 °C21 July 1980	21.7 °C	1,239 mm	35
1979	31.0 °C24 March 1979	14.4 °C23 July 1979	21.4 °C	1,432 mm	13
1978	34.1 °C7 February 1978	13.3 °C18 July 1978	21.3 °C	1,618 mm	26
1977	31.6 °C22 March 1977	12.9 °C15 August 1977	21.4 °C	1,545 mm	19
1976	33.8 °C31 January 1976	13.4 °C25 June 1976	21.0 °C	1,695 mm	23
1975	34.6 °C22 February 1975	13.4 °C30 July 1975	21.0 °C	1,791 mm	39
1974	32.8 °C25 February 1974	14.3 °C19 July 1974	21.0 °C	1,674 mm	29
1973	32.7 °C2 February 1973	13.7 °C1 July 1973	21.5 °C	1,336 mm	47
1972	31.0 °C3 April 1972	13.0 °C31 July 1972	21.1 °C	1,693 mm	18
1971	34.7 °C7 March 1971	12.8 °C24 June 1971	20.8 °C	1,700 mm	31
1970	31.2 °C8 February 1970	13.6 °C11 July 1970	20.9 °C	1,560 mm	12
1969	31.1 °C5 April 1969	13.3 °C12 August 1969	21.2 °C	1,229 mm	8
1968	31.5 °C21 January 1968	13.3 °C30 June 1968	20.8 °C	1,652 mm	3
1967	33.3 °C14 February 1967	13.0 °C12 December 1967	21.0 °C	1,740 mm	44
1966	32.0 °C20 January 1966	14.0 °C28 June 1966	21.2 °C	1,628 mm	8
1965	33.1 °C14 February 1965	12.5 °C18 September 1965	21.1 °C	1,615 mm	20
1964	30.8 °C19 March 1964	12.8 °C31 August 1964	20.8 °C	1,598 mm	10
1963	30.0 °C28 March 1963	13.5 °C24 June 1963	20.5 °C	2,048 mm	1
1962	32.0 °C15 February 1962	14.3 °C4 June 1962	20.4 °C	1,990 mm	10
1961	33.7 °C21 January 1961	12.9 °C16 July 1961	21.1 °C	1,880 mm	31
1960	31.1 °C9 February 1960	13.6 °C26 September 1960	21.2 °C	1,652 mm	6
1959	34.8 °C14 March 1959	12.6 °C10 July 1959	21.6 °C	1,818 mm	49
1958	34.5 °C28 February 1958	12.9 °C2 October 1958	21.8 °C	1,484 mm	58
1957	31.7 °C4 October 1957	13.7 °C5 September 1957	21.3 °C	1,477 mm	16
1956	30.4 °C2 March 1956	13.8 °C30 June 1956	20.5 °C	1,507 mm	3
1955	30.4 °C21 February 1955	13.8 °C18 June 1955	20.5 °C	1,588 mm	1
1954	30.7 °C7 February 1954	13.4 °C25 June 1954	20.6 °C	1,477 mm	3
1953	29.0 °C30 September 1953	12.5 °C23 July 1953	20.3 °C	2,213 mm	0
1952	29.7 °C22 February 1952	14.0 °C15 June 1952	20.6 °C	1,971 mm	0
1951	29.5 °C26 February 1951	12.7 °C6 July 1951	20.5 °C	2,047 mm	0
1950	30.1 °C5 March 1950	13.1 °C18 July 1950	20.3 °C	1,715 mm	2
1949	29.9 °C27 February 1949	14.1 °C26 June 1949	20.6 °C	1,518 mm	0
1948	28.8 °C20 January 1948	14.4 °C27 July 1948	20.6 °C	1,628 mm	0
1947	29.2 °C23 February 1947	14.1 °C21 June 1947	20.6 °C	1,551 mm	0
1946	36.2 °C25 February 1946	14.1 °C15 July 1946	21.7 °C	1,202 mm	82
1945	33.3 °C22 February 1945	13.6 °C7 June 1945	21.4 °C	945 mm	18
1944	34.1 °C4 March 1944	13.2 °C9 August 1944	21.7 °C	1,086 mm	52
1943	34.5 °C18 February 1943	14.2 °C27 July 1943	21.9 °C	936 mm	77
1942	34.0 °C9 February 1942	13.0 °C28 July 1942	21.3 °C	994 mm	32
1941	33.8 °C7 February 1941	14.0 °C13 December 1941	21.4 °C	1,150 mm	32
1940	29.0 °C22 January 1940	13.9 °C29 December 1940	20.4 °C	1,621 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.3 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

122 d/yr

+76

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1066 mm

-333 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.4 °C	+2.5 °C	2 mm	-38 mm
Feb	33.3 °C	+3.5 °C	8 mm	-50 mm
Mar	31.3 °C	+2.4 °C	100 mm	-26 mm
Apr	28.2 °C	+0.8 °C	205 mm	+43 mm
May	28.1 °C	+1.3 °C	114 mm	-27 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	+1.5 °C	40 mm	-39 mm
Jul	28.6 °C	+1.8 °C	43 mm	-30 mm
Aug	27.5 °C	+0.6 °C	207 mm	+85 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.9 °C	80 mm	-75 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+0.8 °C	173 mm	-30 mm
Nov	28.6 °C	+2.1 °C	61 mm	-105 mm
Dec	29.4 °C	+2.1 °C	33 mm	-42 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.9 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.0 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

45.6 mm

25 Aug 2025

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

44.6 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.8 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

22 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lwakyomba?

Lwakyomba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,399 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lwakyomba?

The hottest day measured in Lwakyomba between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2005, reaching 37.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lwakyomba?

The coldest day measured in Lwakyomba between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1953, at 12.5 °C.

Does it snow in Lwakyomba?

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

Has the climate of Lwakyomba warmed?

Yes: Lwakyomba warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lwakyomba?

The wettest day measured in Lwakyomba between 1940 and 2025 was 27 April 1992, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lwakyomba?

The windiest day measured in Lwakyomba between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1965, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lwakyomba?

The warmest month in Lwakyomba is February (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Lwakyomba?

Lwakyomba receives on average 1,399 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 222 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lwakyomba?

Lwakyomba gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Lwakyomba?

Yes: Lwakyomba has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lwakyomba?

In Lwakyomba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 11.4 °C on 17 February 1958.

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