Nakaloke climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nakaloke?

Nakaloke has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 4,196 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Nakaloke between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 33.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nakaloke?

The coldest day measured in Nakaloke between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1966, at 9.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nakaloke?

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

Q: Has the climate of Nakaloke warmed?

Yes: Nakaloke warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nakaloke?

The wettest day measured in Nakaloke between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2002, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nakaloke?

The windiest day measured in Nakaloke between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1943, with winds reaching 18.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nakaloke?

The warmest month in Nakaloke is February (21.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nakaloke?

Nakaloke receives on average 4,196 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 291 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nakaloke?

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

Nakaloke (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 4,196 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 (21.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.

Nakaloke averages 0 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 291 rainy days per year.

Nakaloke has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 9.8 °C (on 24 December 1966).

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

NakalokeEastern Region

coords: 1.15°, 34.15°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthMayDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.0°C

Average daily high

24.7°C

Average daily low

15.8°C

Annual rainfall

4,196mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

7.5km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

8 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

291 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.3 °C

Average feels-like low

16.4 °C

Average peak gust

24.7 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

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °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

33.7 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest day

9.8 °C

24 December 1966

Wettest day

217 mm

30 April 2002

Windiest day

18.6 km/h

27 May 1943

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

26 April 1995

Hottest feels-like

35.1 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

7.8 °C

24 December 1966

Sunniest day

11.9 h

5 March 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.4 °C27 February 2025	13.1 °C16 January 2025	21.3 °C	3,557 mm	31
2024	31.1 °C19 March 2024	12.6 °C29 December 2024	21.5 °C	3,355 mm	9
2023	33.1 °C8 March 2023	13.4 °C2 December 2023	21.3 °C	4,444 mm	22
2022	32.3 °C6 March 2022	14.1 °C14 January 2022	21.0 °C	3,286 mm	15
2021	30.8 °C2 March 2021	13.4 °C1 February 2021	20.8 °C	3,054 mm	6
2020	29.1 °C20 January 2020	13.4 °C15 December 2020	20.4 °C	5,095 mm	0
2019	32.1 °C3 February 2019	13.2 °C12 January 2019	21.0 °C	4,785 mm	30
2018	32.7 °C3 February 2018	13.6 °C7 July 2018	20.8 °C	4,017 mm	23
2017	32.4 °C12 February 2017	13.6 °C13 January 2017	21.3 °C	3,168 mm	27
2016	32.6 °C5 March 2016	13.1 °C7 December 2016	21.4 °C	2,428 mm	21
2015	33.4 °C11 March 2015	12.8 °C2 January 2015	21.0 °C	4,456 mm	38
2014	31.6 °C23 February 2014	12.3 °C10 April 2014	20.8 °C	3,910 mm	13
2013	31.2 °C27 February 2013	13.8 °C23 January 2013	20.6 °C	3,621 mm	16
2012	31.8 °C30 March 2012	10.9 °C3 January 2012	20.6 °C	4,036 mm	29
2011	32.1 °C12 April 2011	11.4 °C27 January 2011	20.5 °C	4,088 mm	19
2010	31.7 °C2 February 2010	13.2 °C20 December 2010	20.6 °C	4,394 mm	8
2009	30.9 °C21 March 2009	11.8 °C11 January 2009	20.9 °C	3,589 mm	8
2008	30.9 °C10 March 2008	12.8 °C14 December 2008	20.4 °C	3,799 mm	7
2007	31.1 °C6 March 2007	13.4 °C16 December 2007	20.6 °C	3,739 mm	6
2006	32.2 °C27 January 2006	13.3 °C23 January 2006	20.6 °C	4,769 mm	20
2005	33.7 °C25 February 2005	11.6 °C3 January 2005	21.1 °C	3,192 mm	20
2004	31.1 °C5 March 2004	13.4 °C28 January 2004	20.7 °C	3,918 mm	9
2003	32.1 °C21 February 2003	11.7 °C30 December 2003	20.7 °C	3,586 mm	20
2002	32.8 °C27 February 2002	13.7 °C9 July 2002	20.8 °C	3,629 mm	14
2001	30.9 °C27 February 2001	13.0 °C3 March 2001	20.3 °C	3,567 mm	7
2000	31.6 °C7 March 2000	12.1 °C27 January 2000	20.6 °C	2,778 mm	12
1999	31.6 °C8 February 1999	12.3 °C4 February 1999	20.1 °C	4,060 mm	14
1998	29.9 °C30 March 1998	13.6 °C3 December 1998	20.7 °C	3,431 mm	0
1997	33.0 °C13 March 1997	14.3 °C13 January 1997	20.7 °C	5,479 mm	28
1996	30.8 °C4 January 1996	13.9 °C12 October 1996	20.4 °C	3,676 mm	1
1995	30.6 °C22 February 1995	12.4 °C20 January 1995	20.7 °C	3,929 mm	3
1994	31.8 °C21 February 1994	13.6 °C13 December 1994	20.6 °C	4,219 mm	17
1993	30.9 °C16 March 1993	13.6 °C21 February 1993	20.6 °C	3,218 mm	2
1992	30.8 °C13 March 1992	13.6 °C1 January 1992	20.4 °C	3,370 mm	6
1991	29.9 °C26 February 1991	13.2 °C28 November 1991	20.0 °C	4,400 mm	0
1990	28.8 °C28 January 1990	12.6 °C9 January 1990	20.0 °C	4,282 mm	0
1989	30.5 °C3 March 1989	12.3 °C20 February 1989	19.8 °C	3,975 mm	2
1988	31.6 °C1 March 1988	12.1 °C5 December 1988	20.1 °C	3,909 mm	5
1987	30.5 °C30 December 1987	12.5 °C3 February 1987	20.4 °C	3,986 mm	6
1986	29.8 °C26 January 1986	12.6 °C5 August 1986	19.8 °C	4,685 mm	0
1985	31.9 °C16 March 1985	12.2 °C15 January 1985	19.6 °C	5,240 mm	6
1984	32.5 °C21 February 1984	11.3 °C19 December 1984	20.0 °C	3,777 mm	17
1983	30.8 °C1 April 1983	12.7 °C7 July 1983	20.2 °C	3,894 mm	3
1982	31.4 °C26 March 1982	12.9 °C11 July 1982	19.8 °C	4,863 mm	5
1981	33.0 °C1 March 1981	12.4 °C11 January 1981	20.2 °C	3,435 mm	20
1980	31.1 °C11 March 1980	12.2 °C1 October 1980	20.1 °C	3,492 mm	6
1979	29.2 °C2 March 1979	12.8 °C23 July 1979	19.7 °C	4,980 mm	0
1978	31.7 °C7 February 1978	11.9 °C30 November 1978	19.7 °C	4,259 mm	6
1977	31.2 °C16 February 1977	11.6 °C30 September 1977	19.7 °C	4,873 mm	1
1976	30.4 °C15 March 1976	11.0 °C16 January 1976	19.4 °C	4,316 mm	3
1975	30.3 °C4 February 1975	11.5 °C19 December 1975	19.3 °C	4,902 mm	1
1974	30.5 °C10 February 1974	12.5 °C30 July 1974	19.5 °C	4,011 mm	3
1973	31.5 °C15 March 1973	12.8 °C6 December 1973	19.9 °C	4,017 mm	3
1972	29.9 °C31 March 1972	12.2 °C2 January 1972	19.3 °C	5,941 mm	0
1971	32.0 °C7 March 1971	12.6 °C30 January 1971	19.3 °C	4,000 mm	16
1970	31.0 °C15 February 1970	11.7 °C25 July 1970	19.4 °C	4,556 mm	2
1969	28.9 °C18 December 1969	12.5 °C18 August 1969	19.5 °C	4,074 mm	0
1968	28.3 °C26 January 1968	10.8 °C15 January 1968	19.1 °C	4,872 mm	0
1967	31.2 °C10 March 1967	10.6 °C9 December 1967	19.1 °C	5,623 mm	4
1966	29.0 °C24 December 1966	9.8 °C24 December 1966	19.7 °C	4,313 mm	0
1965	30.4 °C11 March 1965	11.5 °C14 January 1965	19.6 °C	4,027 mm	1
1964	27.7 °C6 March 1964	11.9 °C20 November 1964	19.1 °C	4,267 mm	0
1963	28.4 °C14 September 1963	12.8 °C17 June 1963	18.9 °C	6,244 mm	0
1962	28.4 °C14 February 1962	12.9 °C2 July 1962	18.5 °C	6,098 mm	0
1961	30.6 °C23 February 1961	11.1 °C3 January 1961	19.7 °C	5,948 mm	6
1960	29.3 °C10 February 1960	12.3 °C30 December 1960	19.7 °C	4,893 mm	0
1959	31.7 °C17 March 1959	12.3 °C22 December 1959	19.9 °C	5,016 mm	6
1958	31.7 °C4 March 1958	12.4 °C23 September 1958	20.0 °C	3,830 mm	11
1957	29.5 °C17 February 1957	12.4 °C16 February 1957	19.6 °C	4,864 mm	0
1956	29.6 °C13 March 1956	12.3 °C24 August 1956	18.8 °C	3,747 mm	0
1955	29.3 °C3 March 1955	12.8 °C15 August 1955	18.9 °C	3,802 mm	0
1954	27.1 °C7 February 1954	12.1 °C11 January 1954	18.9 °C	3,054 mm	0
1953	25.9 °C11 January 1953	11.3 °C13 August 1953	18.5 °C	9,506 mm	0
1952	26.3 °C25 January 1952	13.3 °C26 September 1952	18.8 °C	5,927 mm	0
1951	27.5 °C23 February 1951	12.9 °C17 July 1951	18.8 °C	7,277 mm	0
1950	28.0 °C22 February 1950	11.9 °C19 July 1950	18.5 °C	4,778 mm	0
1949	28.6 °C5 March 1949	11.9 °C22 July 1949	19.0 °C	3,867 mm	0
1948	27.4 °C25 January 1948	12.2 °C3 January 1948	19.1 °C	4,769 mm	0
1947	27.0 °C28 October 1947	11.4 °C26 July 1947	18.8 °C	5,744 mm	0
1946	33.0 °C30 March 1946	13.0 °C28 December 1946	19.9 °C	3,276 mm	32
1945	29.9 °C23 February 1945	12.5 °C10 December 1945	19.5 °C	2,405 mm	0
1944	29.4 °C3 March 1944	11.6 °C10 January 1944	19.7 °C	2,779 mm	0
1943	31.5 °C19 February 1943	12.2 °C14 January 1943	19.9 °C	1,714 mm	15
1942	29.5 °C8 February 1942	12.1 °C3 January 1942	19.4 °C	2,476 mm	0
1941	31.4 °C26 March 1941	12.1 °C13 December 1941	19.5 °C	2,479 mm	6
1940	26.9 °C2 January 1940	11.8 °C27 December 1940	18.7 °C	3,730 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

26.1 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

31 d/yr

+23

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3557 mm

-639 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.7 °C	+1.5 °C	13 mm	-101 mm
Feb	30.7 °C	+3.8 °C	13 mm	-116 mm
Mar	27.7 °C	+1.6 °C	308 mm	-29 mm
Apr	25.3 °C	+0.9 °C	633 mm	+101 mm
May	24.9 °C	+1.2 °C	509 mm	-117 mm
Jun	24.9 °C	+1.2 °C	185 mm	-137 mm
Jul	24.3 °C	+0.9 °C	415 mm	+159 mm
Aug	24.4 °C	+0.5 °C	190 mm	-74 mm
Sep	26.4 °C	+1.9 °C	324 mm	-36 mm
Oct	25.2 °C	+0.9 °C	584 mm	+60 mm
Nov	25.9 °C	+1.8 °C	192 mm	-294 mm
Dec	26.4 °C	+1.4 °C	190 mm	-54 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.4 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.1 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

147.2 mm

16 Apr 2025

Windiest day

14.7 km/h

25 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

40.3 km/h

3 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.1 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.1 °C

16 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

5 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nakaloke?

Nakaloke has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 4,196 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nakaloke?

The hottest day measured in Nakaloke between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 33.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nakaloke?

The coldest day measured in Nakaloke between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1966, at 9.8 °C.

Does it snow in Nakaloke?

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

Has the climate of Nakaloke warmed?

Yes: Nakaloke warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nakaloke?

The wettest day measured in Nakaloke between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 2002, with 217 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nakaloke?

The windiest day measured in Nakaloke between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1943, with winds reaching 18.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nakaloke?

The warmest month in Nakaloke is February (21.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Nakaloke?

Nakaloke receives on average 4,196 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 291 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nakaloke?

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

Are there tropical nights in Nakaloke?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nakaloke.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nakaloke?

In Nakaloke, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.1 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 7.8 °C on 24 December 1966.

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