Kasama climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kasama?

Kasama has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,319 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kasama between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2023, reaching 36.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kasama?

The coldest day measured in Kasama between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 2024, at 4.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kasama?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kasama warmed?

Yes: Kasama warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kasama?

The wettest day measured in Kasama between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2020, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kasama?

The windiest day measured in Kasama between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kasama?

The warmest month in Kasama is October (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kasama?

Kasama receives on average 1,319 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kasama?

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

Kasama (Zambia) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,319 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kasama averages 0 frost days, 53 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.

Kasama has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 14 October 2023) and the coldest 4.7 °C (on 15 June 2024).

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

KasamaNorthern Province

coords: -10.21°, 31.18°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.5°C

Average daily high

26.6°C

Average daily low

15.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,319mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

12.9km/h

Seasonal range

6.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

53 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

148 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.0 °C

Average feels-like low

15.1 °C

Average peak gust

32.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

36.3 °C

14 October 2023

Coldest day

4.7 °C

15 June 2024

Wettest day

135 mm

23 January 2020

Windiest day

28.9 km/h

28 August 2023

Strongest gust

70.2 km/h

5 February 1957

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

12 November 2019

Coldest feels-like

2.0 °C

15 June 2024

Sunniest day

12.5 h

3 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.7 °C29 September 2025	6.8 °C31 July 2025	20.5 °C	1,302 mm	65
2024	34.6 °C26 October 2024	4.7 °C15 June 2024	20.9 °C	1,226 mm	67
2023	36.3 °C14 October 2023	9.6 °C2 July 2023	21.7 °C	1,394 mm	86
2022	34.7 °C26 October 2022	9.6 °C22 June 2022	21.0 °C	1,597 mm	62
2021	35.5 °C9 November 2021	7.4 °C26 July 2021	21.4 °C	1,102 mm	96
2020	34.8 °C10 November 2020	8.1 °C25 July 2020	21.3 °C	1,529 mm	72
2019	35.3 °C12 November 2019	8.6 °C22 June 2019	21.6 °C	1,344 mm	79
2018	33.9 °C7 November 2018	9.6 °C8 June 2018	21.3 °C	1,302 mm	73
2017	35.8 °C18 October 2017	9.6 °C17 July 2017	21.1 °C	1,347 mm	69
2016	34.6 °C9 October 2016	9.3 °C13 July 2016	21.4 °C	1,379 mm	82
2015	34.0 °C13 October 2015	9.4 °C14 June 2015	21.4 °C	1,287 mm	70
2014	35.5 °C10 October 2014	8.8 °C12 July 2014	21.3 °C	1,319 mm	71
2013	35.0 °C1 November 2013	9.2 °C10 July 2013	21.5 °C	1,237 mm	79
2012	35.2 °C18 October 2012	7.5 °C20 July 2012	21.0 °C	1,215 mm	74
2011	34.7 °C25 October 2011	8.1 °C6 July 2011	20.7 °C	1,227 mm	38
2010	34.6 °C6 November 2010	8.8 °C9 July 2010	21.2 °C	1,183 mm	65
2009	33.5 °C18 September 2009	7.9 °C22 July 2009	20.8 °C	1,215 mm	58
2008	34.6 °C30 October 2008	8.0 °C2 July 2008	20.7 °C	1,152 mm	63
2007	33.7 °C24 September 2007	8.4 °C18 June 2007	21.1 °C	1,015 mm	71
2006	34.0 °C4 October 2006	8.5 °C29 June 2006	20.8 °C	1,255 mm	58
2005	34.3 °C22 October 2005	9.2 °C7 July 2005	21.5 °C	860 mm	84
2004	34.7 °C9 October 2004	7.2 °C9 July 2004	20.6 °C	1,341 mm	60
2003	34.1 °C15 October 2003	7.5 °C10 July 2003	20.7 °C	1,103 mm	71
2002	34.0 °C29 October 2002	9.1 °C19 June 2002	20.7 °C	1,425 mm	55
2001	33.2 °C28 October 2001	9.4 °C28 July 2001	20.6 °C	1,220 mm	58
2000	34.5 °C27 October 2000	9.1 °C7 July 2000	20.6 °C	1,327 mm	51
1999	34.8 °C23 October 1999	8.4 °C24 June 1999	20.7 °C	1,106 mm	51
1998	34.7 °C5 November 1998	8.7 °C14 June 1998	21.2 °C	1,283 mm	76
1997	34.0 °C25 September 1997	8.7 °C16 July 1997	20.9 °C	1,398 mm	60
1996	33.7 °C21 November 1996	8.3 °C1 July 1996	20.9 °C	1,100 mm	73
1995	34.0 °C20 October 1995	7.7 °C3 July 1995	21.1 °C	1,060 mm	74
1994	33.8 °C19 November 1994	6.6 °C15 July 1994	20.7 °C	1,149 mm	55
1993	32.9 °C29 October 1993	8.1 °C17 August 1993	20.7 °C	1,142 mm	52
1992	35.4 °C9 November 1992	8.0 °C29 July 1992	20.8 °C	1,042 mm	48
1991	32.7 °C7 October 1991	7.3 °C21 July 1991	20.4 °C	1,269 mm	33
1990	33.7 °C21 November 1990	8.1 °C18 July 1990	20.7 °C	1,093 mm	53
1989	34.2 °C10 November 1989	7.8 °C17 June 1989	20.3 °C	1,196 mm	49
1988	32.8 °C3 November 1988	9.7 °C17 July 1988	20.8 °C	1,166 mm	36
1987	33.7 °C20 November 1987	8.0 °C2 July 1987	21.0 °C	1,230 mm	61
1986	32.7 °C8 October 1986	7.1 °C23 July 1986	20.2 °C	1,409 mm	24
1985	32.8 °C1 November 1985	7.4 °C2 August 1985	20.1 °C	1,443 mm	36
1984	33.7 °C15 October 1984	9.2 °C21 August 1984	20.3 °C	1,304 mm	47
1983	34.3 °C14 November 1983	8.1 °C15 August 1983	20.9 °C	1,269 mm	48
1982	33.1 °C18 October 1982	6.7 °C19 July 1982	20.1 °C	1,536 mm	22
1981	33.5 °C8 November 1981	7.0 °C27 June 1981	20.6 °C	906 mm	59
1980	32.3 °C8 September 1980	7.4 °C22 June 1980	20.2 °C	1,249 mm	30
1979	33.1 °C30 October 1979	7.3 °C24 June 1979	20.0 °C	1,620 mm	50
1978	33.7 °C16 October 1978	6.6 °C17 June 1978	20.2 °C	1,760 mm	47
1977	33.5 °C20 October 1977	7.6 °C11 July 1977	20.4 °C	1,504 mm	41
1976	33.8 °C27 October 1976	5.5 °C28 June 1976	19.9 °C	1,372 mm	45
1975	33.1 °C4 November 1975	6.6 °C26 July 1975	20.2 °C	1,205 mm	28
1974	34.0 °C14 November 1974	7.4 °C28 July 1974	19.8 °C	1,518 mm	39
1973	33.0 °C3 November 1973	6.8 °C17 July 1973	20.2 °C	1,140 mm	40
1972	32.4 °C15 October 1972	8.1 °C29 June 1972	20.0 °C	1,583 mm	35
1971	32.2 °C2 November 1971	8.0 °C7 June 1971	19.7 °C	1,380 mm	27
1970	33.3 °C27 September 1970	7.8 °C6 July 1970	20.1 °C	1,463 mm	36
1969	32.8 °C30 October 1969	7.2 °C25 July 1969	20.3 °C	1,307 mm	51
1968	33.9 °C4 October 1968	6.7 °C24 June 1968	19.9 °C	1,264 mm	34
1967	33.4 °C6 October 1967	6.7 °C12 July 1967	20.0 °C	1,324 mm	30
1966	33.4 °C15 October 1966	7.0 °C28 July 1966	20.3 °C	1,300 mm	51
1965	32.5 °C21 November 1965	7.2 °C15 July 1965	19.9 °C	1,265 mm	40
1964	32.1 °C26 October 1964	6.3 °C11 July 1964	20.0 °C	1,331 mm	33
1963	33.2 °C21 October 1963	6.9 °C7 June 1963	20.0 °C	1,672 mm	39
1962	32.7 °C5 November 1962	8.1 °C27 June 1962	20.1 °C	1,543 mm	48
1961	33.0 °C15 October 1961	7.8 °C13 August 1961	19.8 °C	1,773 mm	31
1960	32.0 °C10 October 1960	7.9 °C3 July 1960	19.9 °C	1,306 mm	47
1959	32.1 °C18 October 1959	9.6 °C14 June 1959	19.9 °C	1,771 mm	19
1958	33.5 °C4 November 1958	6.3 °C21 July 1958	20.2 °C	1,567 mm	45
1957	33.7 °C25 November 1957	7.6 °C28 May 1957	19.9 °C	2,017 mm	69
1956	33.1 °C16 October 1956	7.0 °C28 July 1956	19.7 °C	1,460 mm	45
1955	33.8 °C21 October 1955	6.2 °C11 August 1955	19.6 °C	1,588 mm	43
1954	33.9 °C24 October 1954	6.6 °C22 June 1954	20.3 °C	900 mm	51
1953	33.1 °C11 October 1953	6.3 °C11 June 1953	19.8 °C	1,839 mm	51
1952	33.4 °C2 October 1952	8.5 °C26 May 1952	20.1 °C	1,442 mm	57
1951	34.5 °C17 October 1951	8.2 °C14 June 1951	20.4 °C	1,284 mm	63
1950	32.3 °C1 October 1950	8.0 °C24 May 1950	19.7 °C	1,247 mm	37
1949	33.2 °C31 October 1949	8.0 °C6 June 1949	20.4 °C	1,165 mm	65
1948	33.8 °C13 October 1948	8.3 °C15 July 1948	20.4 °C	1,435 mm	62
1947	34.0 °C20 October 1947	7.6 °C13 August 1947	20.0 °C	1,432 mm	53
1946	33.7 °C11 October 1946	7.3 °C15 August 1946	20.2 °C	1,322 mm	52
1945	33.2 °C12 October 1945	7.7 °C15 June 1945	20.0 °C	1,097 mm	65
1944	34.0 °C23 October 1944	7.6 °C11 July 1944	20.2 °C	1,263 mm	54
1943	34.5 °C30 November 1943	6.8 °C27 July 1943	20.4 °C	852 mm	81
1942	33.2 °C13 October 1942	8.1 °C29 July 1942	20.2 °C	1,096 mm	59
1941	35.0 °C20 October 1941	9.1 °C22 June 1941	20.0 °C	1,379 mm	42
1940	32.2 °C5 October 1940	7.8 °C17 July 1940	19.6 °C	1,401 mm	26

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.1 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

65 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1302 mm

-17 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.1 °C	+0.8 °C	207 mm	-76 mm
Feb	27.1 °C	+1.5 °C	188 mm	-54 mm
Mar	26.8 °C	+1.2 °C	203 mm	-34 mm
Apr	26.8 °C	+1.6 °C	128 mm	+28 mm
May	24.8 °C	-0.4 °C	45 mm	+33 mm
Jun	25.6 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	24.5 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	26.9 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	30.8 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+0.7 °C	1 mm	-19 mm
Nov	28.4 °C	-0.6 °C	279 mm	+135 mm
Dec	26.2 °C	0.0 °C	250 mm	-27 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.7 °C

29 Sep 2025

Coldest day

6.8 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

37.6 mm

15 Mar 2025

Windiest day

23.7 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.4 °C

29 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.3 °C

3 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

3 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kasama?

Kasama has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,319 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kasama?

The hottest day measured in Kasama between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2023, reaching 36.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kasama?

The coldest day measured in Kasama between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 2024, at 4.7 °C.

Does it snow in Kasama?

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

Has the climate of Kasama warmed?

Yes: Kasama warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kasama?

The wettest day measured in Kasama between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2020, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kasama?

The windiest day measured in Kasama between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kasama?

The warmest month in Kasama is October (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Kasama?

Kasama receives on average 1,319 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kasama?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kasama?

Yes: Kasama has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kasama?

In Kasama, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 12 November 2019, and the lowest was 2.0 °C on 15 June 2024.

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