Namwala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Namwala?

Namwala has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 869 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Namwala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 39.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Namwala?

The coldest day measured in Namwala between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 2.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Namwala?

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

Q: Has the climate of Namwala warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Namwala?

The wettest day measured in Namwala between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1957, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Namwala?

The windiest day measured in Namwala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2023, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Namwala?

The warmest month in Namwala is October (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Namwala?

Namwala receives on average 869 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Namwala?

Namwala gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Namwala (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 869 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Namwala averages 0 frost days, 106 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.

Namwala has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 13 October 1941) and the coldest 2.7 °C (on 1 July 1994).

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

NamwalaSouthern Province

coords: -15.75°, 26.44°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

28.3°C

Average daily low

16.3°C

Annual rainfall

869mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

15.9km/h

Seasonal range

9.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

106 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

101 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.0 °C

Average feels-like low

16.1 °C

Average peak gust

35.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

56 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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

39.6 °C

13 October 1941

Coldest day

2.7 °C

1 July 1994

Wettest day

82 mm

28 February 1957

Windiest day

36.1 km/h

13 September 2023

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

9 February 1977

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

8 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-1.7 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.8 h

15 January 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.2 °C28 September 2025	5.8 °C11 July 2025	22.5 °C	1,087 mm	126
2024	38.7 °C29 September 2024	6.2 °C11 July 2024	23.7 °C	428 mm	221
2023	37.7 °C9 October 2023	7.8 °C13 July 2023	23.0 °C	848 mm	146
2022	36.0 °C27 October 2022	7.9 °C30 July 2022	22.0 °C	931 mm	96
2021	38.2 °C10 October 2021	6.2 °C5 July 2021	22.1 °C	835 mm	117
2020	38.6 °C8 November 2020	7.3 °C6 July 2020	22.7 °C	846 mm	141
2019	38.8 °C23 October 2019	6.8 °C24 July 2019	23.1 °C	532 mm	178
2018	37.7 °C2 November 2018	7.9 °C9 June 2018	22.5 °C	864 mm	126
2017	38.8 °C18 October 2017	8.4 °C14 July 2017	21.8 °C	1,173 mm	73
2016	37.9 °C31 October 2016	6.8 °C11 June 2016	22.6 °C	865 mm	125
2015	37.2 °C14 November 2015	6.5 °C4 August 2015	22.3 °C	739 mm	130
2014	37.4 °C10 October 2014	7.2 °C14 July 2014	22.4 °C	863 mm	101
2013	38.2 °C28 September 2013	7.8 °C27 July 2013	22.2 °C	926 mm	111
2012	36.9 °C8 November 2012	4.3 °C20 July 2012	22.1 °C	919 mm	103
2011	38.8 °C26 October 2011	5.4 °C26 June 2011	21.8 °C	816 mm	85
2010	38.1 °C12 October 2010	7.0 °C22 June 2010	22.1 °C	1,004 mm	96
2009	36.3 °C26 October 2009	7.0 °C22 July 2009	21.4 °C	808 mm	76
2008	36.9 °C26 September 2008	5.4 °C1 July 2008	21.5 °C	1,050 mm	84
2007	36.5 °C7 October 2007	6.5 °C6 July 2007	21.8 °C	1,092 mm	96
2006	37.4 °C5 October 2006	6.6 °C7 July 2006	21.8 °C	895 mm	84
2005	37.6 °C3 November 2005	7.0 °C31 July 2005	22.8 °C	690 mm	164
2004	36.7 °C8 October 2004	7.0 °C11 July 2004	21.9 °C	759 mm	105
2003	38.4 °C15 October 2003	7.2 °C11 July 2003	22.2 °C	804 mm	117
2002	37.1 °C30 September 2002	8.4 °C25 June 2002	22.7 °C	509 mm	145
2001	36.4 °C19 October 2001	6.5 °C27 July 2001	21.9 °C	790 mm	106
2000	35.6 °C10 October 2000	7.9 °C19 July 2000	21.8 °C	960 mm	82
1999	37.5 °C23 October 1999	7.0 °C11 June 1999	22.1 °C	647 mm	93
1998	38.6 °C4 November 1998	6.9 °C17 July 1998	23.2 °C	722 mm	159
1997	37.5 °C12 November 1997	8.0 °C22 June 1997	22.2 °C	747 mm	97
1996	37.9 °C21 October 1996	5.4 °C3 July 1996	22.5 °C	910 mm	108
1995	37.8 °C14 October 1995	4.3 °C19 June 1995	23.1 °C	555 mm	161
1994	37.4 °C21 November 1994	2.7 °C1 July 1994	22.0 °C	690 mm	133
1993	36.4 °C4 November 1993	5.6 °C11 June 1993	21.9 °C	878 mm	90
1992	38.0 °C21 October 1992	7.2 °C6 July 1992	22.9 °C	630 mm	171
1991	35.6 °C9 October 1991	7.1 °C3 July 1991	22.1 °C	713 mm	97
1990	38.2 °C6 November 1990	5.1 °C26 July 1990	22.2 °C	752 mm	111
1989	36.9 °C2 November 1989	4.0 °C19 June 1989	21.8 °C	780 mm	106
1988	36.4 °C10 October 1988	5.5 °C16 June 1988	21.9 °C	672 mm	104
1987	39.2 °C20 November 1987	6.2 °C23 July 1987	22.9 °C	678 mm	178
1986	35.7 °C7 October 1986	5.5 °C27 June 1986	21.1 °C	844 mm	85
1985	35.3 °C24 November 1985	3.9 °C14 July 1985	21.6 °C	846 mm	89
1984	37.1 °C15 October 1984	7.8 °C18 June 1984	22.6 °C	589 mm	156
1983	36.9 °C4 October 1983	6.8 °C14 August 1983	22.9 °C	789 mm	161
1982	36.6 °C5 November 1982	5.9 °C18 July 1982	21.9 °C	618 mm	121
1981	36.5 °C7 November 1981	5.6 °C17 June 1981	21.1 °C	1,010 mm	89
1980	35.4 °C8 September 1980	6.9 °C10 July 1980	21.6 °C	749 mm	87
1979	36.4 °C3 October 1979	6.9 °C5 July 1979	21.3 °C	696 mm	86
1978	36.5 °C30 September 1978	6.6 °C28 June 1978	21.0 °C	1,249 mm	70
1977	37.3 °C2 November 1977	7.0 °C20 June 1977	22.1 °C	957 mm	105
1976	35.9 °C25 October 1976	6.7 °C6 July 1976	20.7 °C	931 mm	77
1975	36.2 °C26 October 1975	5.7 °C26 July 1975	20.8 °C	897 mm	73
1974	36.1 °C18 October 1974	6.3 °C29 July 1974	20.6 °C	1,174 mm	76
1973	37.6 °C16 October 1973	7.5 °C10 July 1973	22.2 °C	678 mm	133
1972	36.9 °C20 October 1972	7.2 °C3 July 1972	21.7 °C	799 mm	107
1971	35.6 °C2 November 1971	7.3 °C14 June 1971	21.6 °C	691 mm	90
1970	36.4 °C2 November 1970	7.9 °C8 July 1970	21.9 °C	600 mm	101
1969	36.7 °C3 October 1969	7.2 °C25 July 1969	21.4 °C	1,301 mm	68
1968	38.3 °C28 October 1968	4.6 °C17 June 1968	22.6 °C	632 mm	149
1967	37.3 °C6 October 1967	5.9 °C19 July 1967	22.3 °C	600 mm	99
1966	38.1 °C31 October 1966	5.9 °C28 July 1966	22.7 °C	710 mm	122
1965	37.3 °C31 October 1965	5.5 °C26 June 1965	21.9 °C	377 mm	113
1964	37.5 °C26 October 1964	4.8 °C21 June 1964	22.0 °C	794 mm	109
1963	36.4 °C8 October 1963	7.3 °C9 July 1963	21.6 °C	883 mm	66
1962	37.5 °C18 October 1962	7.5 °C27 June 1962	21.6 °C	1,176 mm	66
1961	37.7 °C15 October 1961	8.1 °C12 August 1961	21.5 °C	903 mm	65
1960	36.3 °C10 October 1960	6.9 °C3 July 1960	21.4 °C	668 mm	85
1959	35.9 °C4 October 1959	8.7 °C15 June 1959	21.4 °C	910 mm	71
1958	35.8 °C17 October 1958	6.7 °C16 June 1958	21.0 °C	1,727 mm	51
1957	37.6 °C26 November 1957	8.0 °C23 June 1957	21.5 °C	1,370 mm	86
1956	36.1 °C16 October 1956	6.8 °C30 July 1956	20.7 °C	1,164 mm	57
1955	36.7 °C14 October 1955	7.4 °C10 August 1955	21.0 °C	1,400 mm	69
1954	38.5 °C25 October 1954	7.8 °C24 June 1954	22.9 °C	441 mm	186
1953	37.6 °C31 October 1953	6.4 °C2 July 1953	20.9 °C	1,186 mm	65
1952	37.5 °C29 October 1952	8.5 °C13 June 1952	22.0 °C	1,092 mm	91
1951	38.6 °C10 October 1951	7.8 °C21 July 1951	23.1 °C	564 mm	167
1950	35.9 °C24 October 1950	8.1 °C23 May 1950	21.2 °C	851 mm	88
1949	38.1 °C3 November 1949	8.3 °C8 June 1949	22.0 °C	946 mm	107
1948	36.8 °C14 October 1948	7.8 °C17 July 1948	21.2 °C	1,564 mm	72
1947	36.9 °C14 October 1947	7.3 °C13 August 1947	21.5 °C	1,267 mm	65
1946	37.9 °C25 October 1946	6.0 °C10 July 1946	21.2 °C	1,237 mm	72
1945	36.7 °C4 October 1945	7.8 °C6 July 1945	21.7 °C	924 mm	85
1944	38.4 °C27 September 1944	8.7 °C14 July 1944	22.0 °C	1,012 mm	85
1943	37.2 °C26 October 1943	7.6 °C29 June 1943	21.6 °C	919 mm	87
1942	37.4 °C23 October 1942	7.8 °C12 July 1942	21.8 °C	934 mm	83
1941	39.6 °C13 October 1941	8.7 °C23 June 1941	22.7 °C	744 mm	146
1940	36.0 °C7 October 1940	6.9 °C16 July 1940	21.3 °C	910 mm	85

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.0 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

126 d/yr

+20

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1087 mm

+218 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	+0.5 °C	393 mm	+166 mm
Feb	28.8 °C	+1.3 °C	188 mm	+3 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	+1.8 °C	19 mm	-77 mm
Apr	29.2 °C	+1.2 °C	31 mm	+11 mm
May	27.2 °C	+0.5 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
Jun	25.6 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	25.0 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	29.2 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	33.6 °C	+1.9 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Oct	34.6 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-15 mm
Nov	29.5 °C	-1.5 °C	145 mm	+42 mm
Dec	28.2 °C	-0.1 °C	307 mm	+89 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.2 °C

28 Sep 2025

Coldest day

5.8 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

81.4 mm

9 Dec 2025

Windiest day

33.0 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

27 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.0 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

15 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Namwala?

Namwala has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 869 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Namwala?

The hottest day measured in Namwala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 39.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Namwala?

The coldest day measured in Namwala between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 2.7 °C.

Does it snow in Namwala?

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

Has the climate of Namwala warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Namwala?

The wettest day measured in Namwala between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1957, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Namwala?

The windiest day measured in Namwala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2023, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Namwala?

The warmest month in Namwala is October (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Namwala?

Namwala receives on average 869 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Namwala?

Namwala gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Namwala?

Yes: Namwala has on average 56 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Namwala?

In Namwala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 8 January 2016, and the lowest was -1.7 °C on 1 July 1994.

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