Nyahuka climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nyahuka?

Nyahuka has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 2,681 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Nyahuka between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2005, reaching 35.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nyahuka?

The coldest day measured in Nyahuka between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1961, at 11.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nyahuka?

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

Q: Has the climate of Nyahuka warmed?

Yes: Nyahuka warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nyahuka?

The wettest day measured in Nyahuka between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 2008, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nyahuka?

The windiest day measured in Nyahuka between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1943, with winds reaching 17.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nyahuka?

The warmest month in Nyahuka is February (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (20.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nyahuka?

Nyahuka receives on average 2,681 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 264 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nyahuka?

Nyahuka gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Nyahuka (Uganda) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 2,681 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is August (20.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Nyahuka averages 0 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 264 rainy days per year.

Nyahuka has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 21 February 2005) and the coldest 11.8 °C (on 3 January 1961).

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

NyahukaWestern Region

coords: 0.68°, 29.99°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

26.7°C

Average daily low

16.5°C

Annual rainfall

2,681mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

6.6km/h

Seasonal range

2.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

264 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.9 °C

Average feels-like low

17.9 °C

Average peak gust

30.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °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

35.7 °C

21 February 2005

Coldest day

11.8 °C

3 January 1961

Wettest day

126 mm

7 June 2008

Windiest day

17.1 km/h

24 February 1943

Strongest gust

68.4 km/h

30 November 2012

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

10.7 °C

1 February 2012

Sunniest day

12.0 h

4 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.8 °C1 March 2025	14.6 °C31 July 2025	22.1 °C	2,183 mm	67
2024	33.9 °C18 March 2024	14.2 °C8 December 2024	22.3 °C	2,637 mm	63
2023	33.0 °C6 March 2023	15.0 °C8 January 2023	21.9 °C	2,631 mm	42
2022	33.6 °C5 March 2022	14.9 °C3 December 2022	21.7 °C	2,216 mm	53
2021	34.1 °C12 March 2021	15.1 °C23 August 2021	22.1 °C	2,183 mm	77
2020	34.6 °C7 March 2020	14.2 °C14 December 2020	22.0 °C	2,860 mm	89
2019	34.2 °C4 February 2019	14.4 °C21 December 2019	22.0 °C	2,888 mm	76
2018	34.0 °C15 February 2018	14.1 °C8 July 2018	21.7 °C	2,207 mm	48
2017	33.4 °C9 February 2017	14.3 °C13 December 2017	22.1 °C	2,290 mm	91
2016	34.1 °C17 February 2016	14.8 °C19 August 2016	22.4 °C	2,205 mm	92
2015	35.6 °C16 March 2015	14.3 °C12 January 2015	21.8 °C	2,487 mm	65
2014	33.0 °C22 February 2014	14.3 °C17 February 2014	21.6 °C	2,337 mm	61
2013	34.8 °C24 February 2013	14.3 °C15 July 2013	21.4 °C	2,496 mm	49
2012	34.1 °C15 March 2012	12.5 °C1 February 2012	21.4 °C	2,515 mm	69
2011	34.2 °C11 April 2011	14.2 °C14 July 2011	21.5 °C	2,342 mm	82
2010	33.8 °C2 February 2010	14.3 °C16 July 2010	21.8 °C	2,488 mm	76
2009	33.4 °C10 March 2009	13.9 °C14 July 2009	21.6 °C	2,206 mm	55
2008	31.7 °C23 December 2008	13.0 °C21 July 2008	20.9 °C	2,321 mm	28
2007	33.9 °C7 March 2007	12.8 °C18 December 2007	21.2 °C	2,547 mm	46
2006	34.0 °C9 February 2006	14.5 °C24 June 2006	21.2 °C	2,568 mm	45
2005	35.7 °C21 February 2005	12.8 °C14 July 2005	21.7 °C	2,521 mm	83
2004	33.9 °C25 March 2004	13.8 °C25 August 2004	21.6 °C	2,225 mm	66
2003	33.7 °C20 February 2003	14.5 °C28 December 2003	21.2 °C	2,506 mm	56
2002	34.1 °C26 February 2002	14.5 °C15 June 2002	21.2 °C	2,243 mm	37
2001	33.1 °C3 March 2001	14.3 °C28 January 2001	20.9 °C	2,388 mm	32
2000	33.1 °C23 March 2000	13.4 °C27 January 2000	21.0 °C	2,065 mm	45
1999	33.7 °C16 February 1999	14.3 °C21 August 1999	21.1 °C	2,404 mm	59
1998	33.7 °C14 March 1998	14.8 °C22 August 1998	21.7 °C	2,238 mm	65
1997	32.6 °C7 March 1997	14.3 °C8 February 1997	21.2 °C	2,363 mm	32
1996	31.2 °C18 January 1996	12.9 °C8 August 1996	20.8 °C	2,909 mm	21
1995	31.6 °C15 March 1995	13.9 °C20 July 1995	21.0 °C	2,655 mm	18
1994	33.7 °C2 April 1994	13.4 °C1 September 1994	20.9 °C	3,003 mm	40
1993	31.9 °C4 March 1993	14.5 °C17 January 1993	21.0 °C	2,498 mm	7
1992	34.4 °C12 March 1992	13.6 °C20 August 1992	21.0 °C	2,682 mm	43
1991	31.3 °C19 February 1991	13.6 °C9 July 1991	20.7 °C	3,065 mm	18
1990	32.7 °C29 January 1990	14.0 °C31 July 1990	21.2 °C	2,541 mm	25
1989	32.8 °C1 March 1989	13.2 °C23 January 1989	21.0 °C	2,445 mm	24
1988	33.1 °C2 March 1988	14.5 °C6 December 1988	21.2 °C	2,996 mm	39
1987	32.8 °C3 February 1987	14.3 °C27 October 1987	21.6 °C	2,654 mm	47
1986	32.2 °C24 February 1986	13.3 °C21 July 1986	20.7 °C	3,025 mm	8
1985	34.2 °C13 March 1985	14.3 °C17 August 1985	20.7 °C	2,914 mm	32
1984	32.6 °C23 March 1984	13.7 °C20 December 1984	20.9 °C	2,257 mm	22
1983	32.8 °C26 February 1983	13.8 °C1 January 1983	21.3 °C	2,795 mm	48
1982	34.5 °C21 February 1982	14.1 °C5 December 1982	20.8 °C	2,720 mm	31
1981	32.6 °C22 February 1981	14.3 °C12 January 1981	20.8 °C	2,981 mm	21
1980	33.8 °C18 March 1980	14.1 °C26 July 1980	20.9 °C	2,874 mm	25
1979	31.9 °C23 March 1979	14.4 °C29 December 1979	20.7 °C	2,630 mm	4
1978	32.2 °C5 February 1978	13.2 °C30 November 1978	20.4 °C	2,949 mm	23
1977	31.2 °C16 February 1977	13.4 °C14 July 1977	20.5 °C	2,938 mm	14
1976	32.0 °C27 January 1976	13.3 °C25 June 1976	20.0 °C	3,022 mm	12
1975	32.3 °C22 February 1975	13.2 °C21 December 1975	20.2 °C	3,520 mm	28
1974	34.0 °C11 February 1974	13.0 °C13 September 1974	20.3 °C	3,035 mm	32
1973	34.1 °C9 February 1973	13.6 °C17 December 1973	20.9 °C	2,804 mm	63
1972	34.5 °C31 March 1972	13.0 °C1 July 1972	20.5 °C	3,110 mm	30
1971	34.9 °C5 March 1971	13.4 °C19 September 1971	20.3 °C	3,049 mm	39
1970	32.5 °C28 February 1970	12.4 °C30 July 1970	20.5 °C	2,657 mm	15
1969	30.5 °C16 February 1969	12.7 °C31 January 1969	20.6 °C	2,837 mm	5
1968	30.9 °C13 April 1968	13.4 °C21 September 1968	20.3 °C	2,682 mm	7
1967	31.6 °C2 March 1967	12.3 °C12 December 1967	20.0 °C	2,939 mm	7
1966	31.4 °C18 May 1966	13.7 °C1 July 1966	20.6 °C	2,315 mm	11
1965	30.4 °C28 May 1965	13.0 °C5 July 1965	20.3 °C	2,225 mm	4
1964	30.7 °C6 March 1964	13.0 °C10 December 1964	20.1 °C	2,475 mm	4
1963	30.8 °C23 March 1963	13.5 °C22 July 1963	19.9 °C	2,762 mm	4
1962	30.7 °C5 February 1962	13.8 °C5 August 1962	19.6 °C	3,368 mm	3
1961	32.3 °C10 March 1961	11.8 °C3 January 1961	20.0 °C	3,579 mm	19
1960	30.1 °C25 April 1960	12.8 °C30 January 1960	20.3 °C	2,999 mm	1
1959	33.2 °C15 March 1959	12.7 °C16 July 1959	20.5 °C	2,621 mm	13
1958	32.4 °C27 February 1958	12.7 °C17 February 1958	20.6 °C	3,173 mm	30
1957	30.4 °C15 February 1957	12.2 °C6 February 1957	20.4 °C	2,387 mm	3
1956	32.0 °C8 March 1956	13.4 °C2 July 1956	19.9 °C	2,834 mm	13
1955	29.6 °C18 March 1955	13.7 °C14 June 1955	19.8 °C	2,761 mm	0
1954	31.0 °C8 February 1954	13.6 °C11 January 1954	19.8 °C	3,208 mm	6
1953	29.1 °C2 October 1953	12.1 °C24 July 1953	19.5 °C	4,245 mm	0
1952	29.4 °C29 January 1952	13.5 °C4 October 1952	19.8 °C	3,707 mm	0
1951	31.0 °C1 March 1951	11.9 °C4 July 1951	20.0 °C	3,130 mm	4
1950	31.5 °C28 February 1950	12.0 °C18 July 1950	19.6 °C	3,482 mm	5
1949	30.7 °C2 March 1949	13.4 °C28 July 1949	19.9 °C	3,125 mm	5
1948	29.6 °C3 April 1948	13.7 °C3 January 1948	19.9 °C	3,272 mm	0
1947	30.0 °C9 March 1947	13.5 °C23 July 1947	20.1 °C	2,795 mm	1
1946	33.0 °C13 February 1946	13.8 °C14 July 1946	20.4 °C	2,622 mm	60
1945	32.5 °C22 February 1945	12.4 °C9 June 1945	20.4 °C	2,098 mm	18
1944	32.7 °C15 April 1944	12.2 °C13 July 1944	20.9 °C	1,839 mm	51
1943	33.1 °C14 March 1943	12.5 °C27 September 1943	20.6 °C	2,058 mm	59
1942	32.5 °C7 February 1942	12.8 °C17 July 1942	20.3 °C	2,127 mm	24
1941	32.5 °C26 March 1941	13.0 °C9 December 1941	20.9 °C	1,798 mm	41
1940	30.6 °C23 February 1940	12.9 °C29 December 1940	19.8 °C	2,827 mm	2

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.8 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

67 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2183 mm

-498 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.2 °C	+2.1 °C	1 mm	-34 mm
Feb	31.4 °C	+2.4 °C	4 mm	-53 mm
Mar	29.7 °C	+1.2 °C	114 mm	-33 mm
Apr	27.8 °C	+0.4 °C	260 mm	+16 mm
May	27.9 °C	+1.1 °C	265 mm	-42 mm
Jun	27.8 °C	+1.5 °C	109 mm	-159 mm
Jul	26.4 °C	+0.8 °C	295 mm	+1 mm
Aug	25.2 °C	-0.3 °C	349 mm	-13 mm
Sep	27.0 °C	+1.2 °C	323 mm	-1 mm
Oct	26.4 °C	+0.7 °C	292 mm	-35 mm
Nov	27.3 °C	+1.8 °C	123 mm	-110 mm
Dec	27.2 °C	+0.7 °C	49 mm	-34 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.6 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

44.4 mm

9 Aug 2025

Windiest day

15.2 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

61.9 km/h

18 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.8 °C

11 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.6 °C

4 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

4 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nyahuka?

Nyahuka has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 2,681 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nyahuka?

The hottest day measured in Nyahuka between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2005, reaching 35.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nyahuka?

The coldest day measured in Nyahuka between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1961, at 11.8 °C.

Does it snow in Nyahuka?

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

Has the climate of Nyahuka warmed?

Yes: Nyahuka warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nyahuka?

The wettest day measured in Nyahuka between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 2008, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nyahuka?

The windiest day measured in Nyahuka between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1943, with winds reaching 17.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nyahuka?

The warmest month in Nyahuka is February (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (20.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Nyahuka?

Nyahuka receives on average 2,681 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 264 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nyahuka?

Nyahuka gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Nyahuka?

Yes: Nyahuka has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nyahuka?

In Nyahuka, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 10.7 °C on 1 February 2012.

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