Chavuma climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chavuma?

Chavuma has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,390 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Chavuma between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chavuma?

The coldest day measured in Chavuma between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1968, at 4.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chavuma?

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

Q: Has the climate of Chavuma warmed?

Yes: Chavuma warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chavuma?

The wettest day measured in Chavuma between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2007, with 163 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chavuma?

The windiest day measured in Chavuma between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1940, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chavuma?

The warmest month in Chavuma is September (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chavuma?

Chavuma receives on average 1,390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chavuma?

Chavuma gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chavuma (Zambia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,390 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is June (18.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Chavuma averages 0 frost days, 92 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.

Chavuma has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 28 September 2008) and the coldest 4.1 °C (on 16 June 1968).

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

ChavumaNorth-Western

coords: -13.07°, 22.68°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.7°C

Average daily high

28.3°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,390mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

12.5km/h

Seasonal range

6.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

92 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

156 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.0 °C

Average feels-like low

16.4 °C

Average peak gust

32.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

14 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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

38.1 °C

28 September 2008

Coldest day

4.1 °C

16 June 1968

Wettest day

163 mm

5 February 2007

Windiest day

28.9 km/h

28 January 1940

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

29 January 2022

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

15 October 2015

Coldest feels-like

0.1 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.8 h

10 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.1 °C24 September 2025	7.7 °C9 August 2025	21.8 °C	1,374 mm	111
2024	37.9 °C28 September 2024	5.8 °C10 July 2024	22.7 °C	933 mm	194
2023	36.9 °C9 October 2023	8.9 °C12 July 2023	22.4 °C	1,306 mm	129
2022	35.3 °C3 October 2022	9.5 °C19 July 2022	21.9 °C	1,645 mm	80
2021	35.5 °C10 October 2021	7.6 °C15 June 2021	21.8 °C	1,203 mm	99
2020	37.0 °C4 October 2020	8.5 °C8 July 2020	22.0 °C	1,558 mm	91
2019	35.9 °C4 November 2019	8.5 °C23 June 2019	22.5 °C	1,207 mm	113
2018	36.2 °C2 November 2018	8.4 °C10 June 2018	22.5 °C	1,201 mm	121
2017	36.7 °C17 October 2017	9.3 °C15 July 2017	22.2 °C	1,379 mm	82
2016	37.7 °C16 October 2016	8.2 °C23 July 2016	22.6 °C	1,353 mm	126
2015	36.3 °C19 September 2015	8.7 °C23 June 2015	22.2 °C	1,233 mm	108
2014	36.6 °C12 October 2014	8.3 °C18 July 2014	22.1 °C	1,266 mm	94
2013	37.2 °C28 September 2013	9.3 °C14 July 2013	22.0 °C	1,378 mm	103
2012	35.7 °C6 October 2012	7.2 °C22 July 2012	22.0 °C	1,257 mm	102
2011	35.8 °C25 October 2011	7.5 °C27 June 2011	21.8 °C	1,386 mm	96
2010	36.5 °C4 October 2010	9.4 °C14 July 2010	22.2 °C	1,284 mm	99
2009	36.2 °C28 September 2009	9.5 °C27 June 2009	22.1 °C	1,243 mm	106
2008	38.1 °C28 September 2008	9.1 °C29 June 2008	22.0 °C	1,299 mm	102
2007	34.8 °C10 September 2007	8.5 °C26 June 2007	22.0 °C	1,458 mm	110
2006	35.4 °C10 October 2006	8.6 °C4 August 2006	21.9 °C	1,305 mm	92
2005	35.7 °C25 September 2005	10.6 °C21 July 2005	22.5 °C	1,103 mm	117
2004	36.0 °C5 October 2004	9.2 °C13 July 2004	22.0 °C	1,298 mm	96
2003	37.5 °C15 October 2003	9.2 °C19 July 2003	22.1 °C	1,357 mm	101
2002	35.9 °C30 September 2002	8.1 °C27 June 2002	22.1 °C	1,205 mm	106
2001	36.2 °C7 September 2001	9.2 °C24 July 2001	22.0 °C	1,503 mm	82
2000	36.1 °C11 October 2000	10.8 °C8 July 2000	22.0 °C	1,344 mm	88
1999	35.3 °C22 September 1999	9.6 °C14 June 1999	21.8 °C	1,352 mm	88
1998	36.5 °C8 October 1998	8.7 °C15 June 1998	22.5 °C	1,403 mm	118
1997	36.7 °C25 September 1997	9.9 °C2 July 1997	22.2 °C	1,285 mm	105
1996	35.8 °C24 September 1996	5.8 °C3 July 1996	22.2 °C	1,210 mm	127
1995	35.8 °C4 October 1995	4.7 °C19 June 1995	22.3 °C	1,063 mm	131
1994	36.4 °C28 September 1994	4.9 °C1 July 1994	21.7 °C	1,278 mm	122
1993	35.2 °C26 October 1993	8.1 °C11 June 1993	21.5 °C	1,438 mm	68
1992	34.7 °C1 October 1992	7.6 °C21 June 1992	21.8 °C	1,137 mm	90
1991	35.2 °C8 October 1991	6.2 °C4 July 1991	21.6 °C	1,385 mm	67
1990	34.8 °C11 November 1990	6.1 °C18 July 1990	21.7 °C	1,315 mm	83
1989	35.0 °C21 September 1989	7.2 °C20 June 1989	21.5 °C	1,368 mm	93
1988	34.7 °C4 October 1988	6.1 °C18 July 1988	21.6 °C	1,358 mm	70
1987	35.0 °C23 September 1987	6.2 °C11 July 1987	22.1 °C	1,167 mm	131
1986	34.6 °C17 September 1986	7.4 °C18 June 1986	21.1 °C	1,535 mm	58
1985	34.4 °C21 September 1985	6.2 °C13 June 1985	21.3 °C	1,217 mm	74
1984	35.1 °C14 September 1984	6.4 °C4 July 1984	21.4 °C	1,573 mm	70
1983	36.1 °C19 September 1983	6.3 °C20 June 1983	22.0 °C	1,270 mm	99
1982	34.1 °C18 September 1982	8.3 °C11 June 1982	21.4 °C	1,437 mm	63
1981	34.9 °C16 September 1981	5.5 °C27 June 1981	21.3 °C	1,297 mm	85
1980	36.2 °C19 September 1980	7.6 °C27 June 1980	21.7 °C	1,033 mm	80
1979	35.6 °C3 October 1979	6.1 °C7 July 1979	21.1 °C	1,505 mm	64
1978	35.8 °C1 October 1978	7.8 °C18 June 1978	21.3 °C	1,651 mm	67
1977	35.2 °C11 October 1977	7.6 °C8 July 1977	21.7 °C	1,421 mm	87
1976	34.1 °C25 October 1976	7.1 °C1 July 1976	20.5 °C	1,631 mm	41
1975	33.6 °C14 October 1975	8.0 °C29 July 1975	21.1 °C	1,317 mm	78
1974	34.0 °C1 October 1974	5.6 °C17 June 1974	20.7 °C	1,470 mm	68
1973	35.6 °C23 September 1973	8.3 °C15 July 1973	21.5 °C	1,088 mm	84
1972	34.6 °C21 September 1972	7.5 °C20 June 1972	21.0 °C	1,483 mm	65
1971	35.2 °C1 October 1971	7.4 °C14 June 1971	21.1 °C	1,317 mm	71
1970	33.9 °C11 September 1970	7.1 °C9 July 1970	21.4 °C	1,236 mm	71
1969	35.0 °C9 October 1969	8.8 °C25 June 1969	21.2 °C	2,046 mm	50
1968	35.4 °C31 October 1968	4.1 °C16 June 1968	21.0 °C	1,315 mm	81
1967	35.1 °C3 October 1967	6.9 °C20 July 1967	21.1 °C	1,594 mm	57
1966	35.4 °C6 October 1966	9.4 °C27 May 1966	21.8 °C	1,325 mm	78
1965	34.4 °C21 September 1965	7.1 °C11 July 1965	21.1 °C	1,303 mm	75
1964	34.7 °C30 September 1964	7.4 °C3 July 1964	21.1 °C	1,269 mm	73
1963	34.9 °C11 September 1963	8.3 °C8 June 1963	21.3 °C	1,663 mm	63
1962	35.0 °C2 October 1962	7.7 °C29 June 1962	21.3 °C	1,468 mm	69
1961	35.0 °C20 October 1961	8.6 °C12 August 1961	21.2 °C	1,765 mm	63
1960	36.0 °C28 October 1960	8.3 °C11 July 1960	21.2 °C	1,381 mm	76
1959	35.5 °C13 October 1959	6.8 °C19 June 1959	21.6 °C	1,717 mm	90
1958	35.2 °C9 September 1958	7.6 °C17 August 1958	21.3 °C	1,836 mm	55
1957	33.8 °C19 September 1957	8.2 °C31 May 1957	21.4 °C	2,045 mm	90
1956	35.8 °C16 October 1956	7.0 °C20 June 1956	21.2 °C	1,271 mm	77
1955	36.4 °C6 October 1955	7.1 °C27 June 1955	21.3 °C	1,368 mm	76
1954	36.6 °C22 October 1954	5.4 °C24 June 1954	22.7 °C	735 mm	208
1953	36.2 °C28 October 1953	6.6 °C21 June 1953	21.3 °C	1,975 mm	81
1952	36.4 °C4 October 1952	5.9 °C6 August 1952	21.9 °C	1,432 mm	109
1951	37.2 °C30 September 1951	5.3 °C15 July 1951	21.5 °C	1,573 mm	86
1950	36.0 °C11 October 1950	9.1 °C11 July 1950	21.0 °C	1,653 mm	62
1949	37.0 °C5 October 1949	8.1 °C9 June 1949	21.6 °C	1,439 mm	82
1948	36.3 °C12 September 1948	8.5 °C28 July 1948	21.1 °C	1,991 mm	63
1947	37.1 °C9 October 1947	6.5 °C8 July 1947	21.7 °C	1,550 mm	99
1946	35.0 °C17 September 1946	6.4 °C11 July 1946	21.6 °C	1,101 mm	111
1945	36.0 °C22 September 1945	6.8 °C20 June 1945	21.8 °C	1,556 mm	118
1944	37.7 °C20 September 1944	8.7 °C14 July 1944	21.8 °C	1,403 mm	106
1943	36.2 °C6 October 1943	6.7 °C4 July 1943	21.5 °C	1,263 mm	86
1942	36.4 °C16 September 1942	6.2 °C14 July 1942	21.6 °C	1,381 mm	114
1941	37.8 °C12 October 1941	6.4 °C22 June 1941	22.0 °C	1,183 mm	159
1940	34.9 °C14 October 1940	7.8 °C17 July 1940	20.9 °C	1,596 mm	90

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

111 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1374 mm

-16 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.6 °C	+0.3 °C	285 mm	+14 mm
Feb	27.9 °C	+1.3 °C	264 mm	+11 mm
Mar	28.3 °C	+1.3 °C	217 mm	-6 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	-0.4 °C	160 mm	+94 mm
May	27.7 °C	-0.7 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Jun	26.8 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	26.5 °C	-0.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	30.4 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	33.8 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-8 mm
Oct	33.8 °C	+2.0 °C	32 mm	-42 mm
Nov	29.0 °C	+1.1 °C	199 mm	-15 mm
Dec	27.6 °C	+1.1 °C	215 mm	-62 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.1 °C

24 Sep 2025

Coldest day

7.7 °C

9 Aug 2025

Wettest day

63.6 mm

15 Mar 2025

Windiest day

21.6 km/h

30 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

2 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

29 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.4 °C

9 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

22 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chavuma?

Chavuma has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,390 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chavuma?

The hottest day measured in Chavuma between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chavuma?

The coldest day measured in Chavuma between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1968, at 4.1 °C.

Does it snow in Chavuma?

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

Has the climate of Chavuma warmed?

Yes: Chavuma warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chavuma?

The wettest day measured in Chavuma between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2007, with 163 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chavuma?

The windiest day measured in Chavuma between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1940, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chavuma?

The warmest month in Chavuma is September (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Chavuma?

Chavuma receives on average 1,390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chavuma?

Chavuma gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chavuma?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chavuma?

In Chavuma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 15 October 2015, and the lowest was 0.1 °C on 1 July 1994.

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