Chisankane climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chisankane?

Chisankane has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 970 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Chisankane between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 38.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chisankane?

The coldest day measured in Chisankane between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1968, at 4.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chisankane?

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

Q: Has the climate of Chisankane warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Chisankane?

The wettest day measured in Chisankane between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1989, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chisankane?

The windiest day measured in Chisankane between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1974, with winds reaching 35.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chisankane?

The warmest month in Chisankane is October (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chisankane?

Chisankane receives on average 970 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chisankane?

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

Chisankane (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 970 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 October (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Chisankane averages 0 frost days, 62 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.

Chisankane 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 38.3 °C (on 18 October 2017) and the coldest 4.1 °C (on 17 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

ChisankaneLusaka Province

coords: -15.48°, 28.35°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.9°C

Average daily high

26.6°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

970mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

17.3km/h

Seasonal range

9.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

62 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

118 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.4 °C

Average peak gust

37.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

37 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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

38.3 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest day

4.1 °C

17 June 1968

Wettest day

114 mm

8 February 1989

Windiest day

35.3 km/h

4 September 1974

Strongest gust

70.6 km/h

13 September 2023

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

8 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

0.0 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

12.8 h

15 December 1950

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.7 °C2 November 2025	7.5 °C11 July 2025	21.8 °C	1,015 mm	81
2024	36.9 °C30 September 2024	8.7 °C15 June 2024	22.6 °C	590 mm	125
2023	36.5 °C14 October 2023	8.5 °C16 July 2023	22.3 °C	1,000 mm	100
2022	34.9 °C27 October 2022	8.0 °C24 May 2022	21.2 °C	1,109 mm	58
2021	36.7 °C10 October 2021	6.7 °C28 May 2021	21.4 °C	797 mm	80
2020	37.4 °C8 November 2020	8.3 °C7 July 2020	21.5 °C	815 mm	87
2019	37.6 °C28 October 2019	6.2 °C24 July 2019	22.0 °C	717 mm	96
2018	35.4 °C1 November 2018	6.8 °C9 June 2018	21.5 °C	995 mm	76
2017	38.3 °C18 October 2017	8.0 °C8 June 2017	21.0 °C	1,263 mm	52
2016	36.4 °C1 November 2016	7.5 °C15 June 2016	21.6 °C	975 mm	87
2015	36.7 °C14 November 2015	7.3 °C15 June 2015	21.5 °C	825 mm	84
2014	36.4 °C10 October 2014	7.6 °C13 July 2014	21.6 °C	860 mm	78
2013	36.4 °C28 September 2013	8.1 °C8 June 2013	21.4 °C	860 mm	78
2012	35.9 °C19 October 2012	6.0 °C21 July 2012	21.1 °C	1,023 mm	71
2011	37.4 °C26 October 2011	5.8 °C27 June 2011	20.9 °C	935 mm	52
2010	36.5 °C12 October 2010	6.5 °C27 June 2010	21.1 °C	1,210 mm	61
2009	34.7 °C9 October 2009	6.6 °C22 July 2009	20.4 °C	976 mm	50
2008	35.3 °C27 September 2008	6.5 °C29 June 2008	20.6 °C	1,009 mm	66
2007	34.4 °C7 October 2007	7.2 °C6 July 2007	20.9 °C	1,155 mm	51
2006	35.1 °C31 October 2006	6.8 °C30 June 2006	21.0 °C	932 mm	54
2005	35.5 °C21 October 2005	7.6 °C8 July 2005	21.6 °C	770 mm	68
2004	35.0 °C8 October 2004	6.5 °C9 July 2004	20.6 °C	936 mm	43
2003	36.4 °C15 October 2003	7.0 °C10 July 2003	21.0 °C	965 mm	73
2002	34.5 °C30 September 2002	7.2 °C19 June 2002	21.3 °C	677 mm	62
2001	35.8 °C19 October 2001	7.4 °C27 July 2001	21.0 °C	1,155 mm	65
2000	34.7 °C26 October 2000	8.0 °C5 July 2000	20.8 °C	1,107 mm	46
1999	35.6 °C23 October 1999	7.6 °C22 July 1999	20.9 °C	793 mm	49
1998	37.3 °C4 November 1998	8.3 °C3 July 1998	21.9 °C	899 mm	77
1997	37.0 °C12 November 1997	8.1 °C17 July 1997	21.2 °C	867 mm	46
1996	35.9 °C21 October 1996	5.2 °C3 July 1996	21.4 °C	1,008 mm	69
1995	36.0 °C11 October 1995	7.2 °C10 June 1995	21.9 °C	741 mm	92
1994	36.6 °C22 November 1994	5.0 °C1 July 1994	21.3 °C	700 mm	82
1993	35.7 °C4 November 1993	7.2 °C11 June 1993	21.1 °C	1,027 mm	50
1992	36.0 °C18 October 1992	7.8 °C21 June 1992	21.9 °C	790 mm	85
1991	34.0 °C9 October 1991	7.2 °C13 June 1991	21.0 °C	818 mm	56
1990	36.2 °C6 November 1990	7.3 °C7 July 1990	21.1 °C	774 mm	56
1989	35.3 °C2 November 1989	5.6 °C19 June 1989	20.8 °C	1,192 mm	61
1988	34.7 °C10 October 1988	7.2 °C14 June 1988	21.0 °C	822 mm	48
1987	37.2 °C20 November 1987	6.7 °C24 June 1987	21.7 °C	653 mm	92
1986	34.1 °C7 October 1986	6.3 °C27 June 1986	20.1 °C	1,010 mm	34
1985	32.3 °C16 October 1985	5.7 °C14 July 1985	20.3 °C	943 mm	34
1984	35.1 °C5 September 1984	6.5 °C18 June 1984	20.9 °C	860 mm	52
1983	34.2 °C31 October 1983	8.0 °C22 July 1983	21.5 °C	876 mm	80
1982	33.6 °C7 November 1982	6.6 °C18 July 1982	20.6 °C	912 mm	39
1981	34.9 °C8 November 1981	6.2 °C18 June 1981	20.3 °C	1,041 mm	66
1980	33.6 °C19 September 1980	6.4 °C21 June 1980	20.5 °C	902 mm	44
1979	34.7 °C3 October 1979	6.4 °C6 July 1979	20.1 °C	854 mm	53
1978	35.6 °C30 September 1978	6.4 °C16 June 1978	20.3 °C	1,347 mm	50
1977	35.5 °C19 October 1977	7.1 °C20 June 1977	21.0 °C	994 mm	65
1976	34.7 °C26 October 1976	7.3 °C4 July 1976	19.9 °C	1,106 mm	46
1975	35.7 °C26 October 1975	7.3 °C26 July 1975	20.1 °C	878 mm	53
1974	35.6 °C18 October 1974	6.7 °C15 June 1974	19.7 °C	1,234 mm	47
1973	34.9 °C27 October 1973	6.8 °C10 July 1973	20.7 °C	881 mm	47
1972	34.5 °C23 November 1972	7.7 °C24 July 1972	20.6 °C	804 mm	65
1971	33.6 °C24 October 1971	8.7 °C7 June 1971	20.4 °C	902 mm	32
1970	35.6 °C8 October 1970	9.0 °C7 June 1970	21.0 °C	824 mm	45
1969	35.0 °C3 October 1969	7.8 °C25 July 1969	20.7 °C	1,223 mm	46
1968	36.2 °C28 October 1968	4.1 °C17 June 1968	21.0 °C	754 mm	58
1967	35.4 °C6 October 1967	5.4 °C13 July 1967	20.5 °C	863 mm	48
1966	35.7 °C31 October 1966	5.2 °C28 July 1966	21.2 °C	759 mm	64
1965	34.8 °C31 October 1965	6.3 °C4 July 1965	20.4 °C	499 mm	41
1964	35.1 °C26 October 1964	5.1 °C29 June 1964	20.7 °C	872 mm	56
1963	34.8 °C7 October 1963	6.8 °C22 May 1963	20.5 °C	1,027 mm	35
1962	35.3 °C18 October 1962	8.7 °C28 June 1962	20.5 °C	1,178 mm	48
1961	36.4 °C15 October 1961	8.8 °C11 August 1961	20.4 °C	1,145 mm	47
1960	35.0 °C10 October 1960	7.2 °C3 July 1960	20.5 °C	729 mm	60
1959	34.6 °C4 October 1959	8.6 °C23 July 1959	20.5 °C	1,056 mm	56
1958	34.2 °C17 October 1958	8.2 °C28 July 1958	20.4 °C	1,521 mm	35
1957	36.4 °C25 November 1957	8.5 °C17 June 1957	20.9 °C	1,254 mm	79
1956	34.6 °C16 October 1956	8.2 °C17 June 1956	20.0 °C	1,421 mm	40
1955	36.0 °C14 November 1955	8.2 °C22 July 1955	20.2 °C	1,334 mm	48
1954	37.2 °C27 October 1954	7.8 °C23 June 1954	21.6 °C	558 mm	89
1953	35.7 °C31 October 1953	6.6 °C12 June 1953	20.1 °C	1,234 mm	52
1952	36.1 °C2 October 1952	9.5 °C6 August 1952	21.1 °C	1,046 mm	65
1951	36.7 °C28 November 1951	7.8 °C21 July 1951	22.1 °C	622 mm	111
1950	35.4 °C24 October 1950	8.4 °C11 June 1950	20.3 °C	1,087 mm	57
1949	36.8 °C3 November 1949	8.5 °C19 July 1949	21.0 °C	1,175 mm	77
1948	35.7 °C13 October 1948	8.8 °C5 July 1948	20.5 °C	1,316 mm	59
1947	35.5 °C14 October 1947	8.4 °C7 July 1947	20.7 °C	1,161 mm	58
1946	36.6 °C25 October 1946	6.5 °C10 July 1946	20.3 °C	1,453 mm	52
1945	35.4 °C14 October 1945	7.8 °C20 June 1945	20.9 °C	959 mm	64
1944	35.9 °C27 September 1944	9.0 °C13 July 1944	20.7 °C	1,007 mm	59
1943	36.6 °C25 November 1943	6.6 °C28 June 1943	20.8 °C	1,025 mm	68
1942	35.9 °C13 October 1942	9.4 °C11 July 1942	20.8 °C	1,109 mm	57
1941	37.6 °C12 October 1941	9.0 °C5 July 1941	21.8 °C	793 mm	87
1940	34.3 °C7 October 1940	7.8 °C17 July 1940	20.3 °C	1,083 mm	55

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.5 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1015 mm

+45 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.8 °C	+0.8 °C	290 mm	+45 mm
Feb	27.4 °C	+1.3 °C	200 mm	-6 mm
Mar	27.9 °C	+1.6 °C	76 mm	-49 mm
Apr	27.1 °C	+0.9 °C	52 mm	+25 mm
May	25.3 °C	+0.2 °C	6 mm	+2 mm
Jun	24.5 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	23.2 °C	+0.2 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	32.1 °C	+2.5 °C	2 mm	+0 mm
Oct	32.8 °C	+1.2 °C	2 mm	-14 mm
Nov	28.7 °C	-0.8 °C	168 mm	+57 mm
Dec	26.6 °C	-0.3 °C	218 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.7 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest day

7.5 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

32.4 mm

21 Jan 2025

Windiest day

34.5 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

68.8 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.1 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.9 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

13 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chisankane?

Chisankane has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 970 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chisankane?

The hottest day measured in Chisankane between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 38.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chisankane?

The coldest day measured in Chisankane between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1968, at 4.1 °C.

Does it snow in Chisankane?

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

Has the climate of Chisankane warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Chisankane?

The wettest day measured in Chisankane between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1989, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chisankane?

The windiest day measured in Chisankane between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1974, with winds reaching 35.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chisankane?

The warmest month in Chisankane is October (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Chisankane?

Chisankane receives on average 970 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chisankane?

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

Are there tropical nights in Chisankane?

Yes: Chisankane has on average 37 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chisankane?

In Chisankane, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 8 January 2016, and the lowest was 0.0 °C on 15 June 1968.

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