Mporokoso climate — normals and trends
Mporokoso has a tropical savanna climate, averaging 20.9 °C annually with 1,218 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
MporokosoNorthern Province
- coords
- -9.37°, 30.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
20.9°C
Average daily high
26.7°C
Average daily low
16.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,218mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
13.6km/h
Seasonal range
4.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
41 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.3 °C
Average feels-like low
15.8 °C
Average peak gust
33.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
35.0 °C
9 October 2023
Coldest day
8.4 °C
26 July 2024
Wettest day
120 mm
4 March 1957
Windiest day
31.4 km/h
14 August 1993
Strongest gust
66.2 km/h
9 September 1989
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
14 October 2023
Coldest feels-like
4.8 °C
26 July 2021
Sunniest day
12.4 h
17 November 2014
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 219 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 27.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 140 mm | -69 mm |
| Mar | 27.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 199 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 27.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 97 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 26.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 27 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 28.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 31.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 31.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 10 mm | -36 mm |
| Nov | 28.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 171 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 26.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 249 mm | +11 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Mporokoso (Zambia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,218 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Mporokoso averages 0 frost days, 41 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Mporokoso has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.0 °C (on 9 October 2023) and the coldest 8.4 °C (on 26 July 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mporokoso?
Mporokoso has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,218 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mporokoso?
The hottest day measured in Mporokoso between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2023, reaching 35.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mporokoso?
The coldest day measured in Mporokoso between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2024, at 8.4 °C.
Does it snow in Mporokoso?
Almost never: Mporokoso sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Mporokoso warmed?
Yes: Mporokoso warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mporokoso?
The wettest day measured in Mporokoso between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1957, with 120 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mporokoso?
The windiest day measured in Mporokoso between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1993, with winds reaching 31.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mporokoso?
The warmest month in Mporokoso is October (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Mporokoso?
Mporokoso receives on average 1,218 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mporokoso?
Mporokoso gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Mporokoso?
Yes: Mporokoso has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mporokoso?
In Mporokoso, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 14 October 2023, and the lowest was 4.8 °C on 26 July 2021.
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