Gokwe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gokwe?

Gokwe has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 909 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gokwe between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 2011, reaching 39.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gokwe?

The coldest day measured in Gokwe between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 1.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gokwe?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gokwe warmed?

Yes: Gokwe warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gokwe?

The wettest day measured in Gokwe between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 2023, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gokwe?

The windiest day measured in Gokwe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 40.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gokwe?

The warmest month in Gokwe is October (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gokwe?

Gokwe receives on average 909 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gokwe?

Gokwe gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gokwe (Zimbabwe) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 909 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Gokwe averages 0 frost days, 76 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 102 rainy days per year.

Gokwe has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 26 October 2011) and the coldest 1.1 °C (on 15 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

GokweMidlands Province

coords: -18.20°, 28.93°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.9°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

15.5°C

Annual rainfall

909mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

14.3km/h

Seasonal range

8.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

76 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

102 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.7 °C

Average feels-like low

14.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

26 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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

39.3 °C

26 October 2011

Coldest day

1.1 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

121 mm

28 December 2023

Windiest day

40.4 km/h

13 March 1941

Strongest gust

82.4 km/h

13 March 1941

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

8 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-3.8 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.1 h

19 December 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.8 °C16 October 2025	7.1 °C4 August 2025	21.9 °C	1,079 mm	105
2024	37.3 °C6 December 2024	8.1 °C11 July 2024	23.1 °C	488 mm	165
2023	37.2 °C20 November 2023	6.8 °C19 July 2023	22.3 °C	950 mm	116
2022	35.9 °C10 October 2022	6.8 °C30 July 2022	21.4 °C	930 mm	80
2021	36.8 °C8 November 2021	6.4 °C4 July 2021	21.5 °C	886 mm	86
2020	38.0 °C8 November 2020	7.6 °C17 July 2020	21.6 °C	984 mm	90
2019	38.8 °C29 October 2019	5.7 °C13 July 2019	22.3 °C	609 mm	156
2018	37.9 °C22 November 2018	6.6 °C8 June 2018	21.7 °C	790 mm	102
2017	38.1 °C18 October 2017	6.8 °C23 June 2017	21.1 °C	1,190 mm	70
2016	38.9 °C8 January 2016	6.4 °C22 July 2016	22.1 °C	810 mm	119
2015	37.9 °C13 November 2015	6.0 °C4 August 2015	21.9 °C	733 mm	121
2014	36.6 °C10 October 2014	6.0 °C18 July 2014	21.5 °C	920 mm	85
2013	36.9 °C28 September 2013	6.8 °C27 May 2013	21.5 °C	817 mm	96
2012	36.5 °C20 November 2012	4.6 °C20 July 2012	21.4 °C	832 mm	87
2011	39.3 °C26 October 2011	2.1 °C27 June 2011	21.3 °C	920 mm	75
2010	37.8 °C12 October 2010	5.8 °C14 August 2010	21.6 °C	970 mm	81
2009	35.4 °C8 October 2009	5.6 °C30 July 2009	20.7 °C	962 mm	55
2008	36.1 °C2 November 2008	5.9 °C29 June 2008	21.1 °C	1,021 mm	87
2007	35.7 °C8 October 2007	5.6 °C12 July 2007	21.3 °C	900 mm	90
2006	36.3 °C3 November 2006	5.2 °C5 June 2006	21.1 °C	1,017 mm	69
2005	37.6 °C21 October 2005	5.9 °C31 July 2005	21.9 °C	680 mm	95
2004	35.8 °C8 October 2004	6.0 °C15 July 2004	20.9 °C	1,087 mm	65
2003	37.0 °C15 October 2003	4.7 °C16 July 2003	21.5 °C	775 mm	110
2002	35.7 °C19 October 2002	7.4 °C24 June 2002	21.6 °C	482 mm	111
2001	36.2 °C19 October 2001	6.3 °C26 July 2001	21.0 °C	1,063 mm	86
2000	34.3 °C10 October 2000	7.1 °C18 July 2000	20.6 °C	1,201 mm	60
1999	35.5 °C5 November 1999	6.1 °C30 June 1999	20.7 °C	926 mm	53
1998	36.8 °C4 November 1998	6.1 °C16 July 1998	21.4 °C	955 mm	78
1997	36.3 °C10 November 1997	7.1 °C28 May 1997	20.8 °C	1,056 mm	60
1996	36.4 °C25 October 1996	5.0 °C2 July 1996	21.0 °C	1,063 mm	73
1995	36.6 °C13 October 1995	6.6 °C18 July 1995	22.2 °C	608 mm	121
1994	37.5 °C23 November 1994	3.1 °C30 June 1994	21.2 °C	702 mm	110
1993	36.4 °C1 November 1993	7.3 °C15 August 1993	21.3 °C	911 mm	71
1992	35.8 °C21 October 1992	6.7 °C5 July 1992	22.0 °C	653 mm	127
1991	34.9 °C9 October 1991	6.6 °C22 July 1991	21.2 °C	811 mm	83
1990	36.8 °C6 November 1990	7.2 °C26 July 1990	21.3 °C	784 mm	73
1989	35.5 °C4 October 1989	6.6 °C18 June 1989	20.8 °C	894 mm	75
1988	35.3 °C10 October 1988	6.4 °C14 June 1988	20.9 °C	938 mm	71
1987	37.0 °C20 November 1987	5.5 °C22 July 1987	21.8 °C	547 mm	127
1986	34.1 °C7 October 1986	5.5 °C1 July 1986	20.2 °C	989 mm	48
1985	34.0 °C24 November 1985	4.9 °C13 July 1985	20.4 °C	917 mm	48
1984	35.0 °C22 November 1984	6.7 °C3 July 1984	21.1 °C	729 mm	80
1983	34.4 °C6 November 1983	6.3 °C11 August 1983	21.6 °C	715 mm	102
1982	34.0 °C7 November 1982	5.9 °C13 July 1982	20.8 °C	656 mm	77
1981	34.8 °C6 November 1981	4.1 °C18 June 1981	19.9 °C	893 mm	58
1980	34.0 °C17 October 1980	5.4 °C13 July 1980	20.5 °C	732 mm	55
1979	35.1 °C24 September 1979	6.6 °C27 July 1979	20.3 °C	744 mm	64
1978	35.6 °C30 September 1978	4.7 °C12 July 1978	20.1 °C	1,126 mm	50
1977	35.4 °C19 November 1977	6.0 °C5 July 1977	20.5 °C	1,222 mm	62
1976	34.6 °C25 October 1976	5.5 °C5 August 1976	19.8 °C	933 mm	45
1975	35.2 °C5 November 1975	3.7 °C26 July 1975	20.0 °C	889 mm	60
1974	34.8 °C18 October 1974	7.0 °C27 July 1974	19.6 °C	965 mm	44
1973	34.5 °C26 October 1973	6.2 °C15 July 1973	20.6 °C	891 mm	68
1972	35.8 °C24 November 1972	6.9 °C18 June 1972	20.4 °C	832 mm	75
1971	34.7 °C2 November 1971	7.0 °C12 June 1971	20.9 °C	737 mm	67
1970	36.0 °C8 October 1970	6.4 °C4 July 1970	21.2 °C	672 mm	71
1969	35.3 °C24 November 1969	5.5 °C19 June 1969	20.3 °C	1,226 mm	43
1968	36.4 °C20 October 1968	1.1 °C15 June 1968	20.5 °C	906 mm	51
1967	35.0 °C18 November 1967	5.0 °C18 July 1967	20.4 °C	749 mm	53
1966	36.0 °C31 October 1966	2.3 °C28 July 1966	20.8 °C	903 mm	71
1965	35.4 °C1 November 1965	4.2 °C26 June 1965	20.4 °C	375 mm	48
1964	34.4 °C16 October 1964	2.5 °C27 June 1964	20.6 °C	775 mm	76
1963	34.6 °C6 October 1963	5.2 °C16 July 1963	20.2 °C	838 mm	47
1962	36.1 °C17 October 1962	5.7 °C29 August 1962	20.3 °C	1,174 mm	48
1961	36.6 °C15 October 1961	7.1 °C15 July 1961	20.6 °C	946 mm	52
1960	36.0 °C10 October 1960	6.0 °C3 July 1960	20.7 °C	632 mm	63
1959	34.7 °C18 October 1959	7.9 °C16 June 1959	20.6 °C	767 mm	56
1958	33.6 °C11 October 1958	5.7 °C19 July 1958	19.8 °C	1,666 mm	27
1957	35.8 °C29 November 1957	5.5 °C23 June 1957	20.5 °C	1,004 mm	65
1956	34.5 °C16 October 1956	4.8 °C24 July 1956	19.6 °C	1,176 mm	35
1955	36.0 °C14 November 1955	5.9 °C12 August 1955	19.7 °C	1,299 mm	49
1954	37.6 °C27 October 1954	6.2 °C26 July 1954	21.6 °C	454 mm	142
1953	36.5 °C31 October 1953	5.1 °C1 July 1953	19.8 °C	1,161 mm	47
1952	35.4 °C1 October 1952	5.9 °C4 July 1952	20.7 °C	1,114 mm	66
1951	36.7 °C27 November 1951	5.6 °C14 July 1951	21.9 °C	541 mm	133
1950	36.1 °C26 December 1950	7.0 °C26 July 1950	20.2 °C	951 mm	73
1949	37.2 °C3 November 1949	6.6 °C9 August 1949	20.4 °C	1,066 mm	78
1948	34.8 °C13 October 1948	6.2 °C16 July 1948	19.9 °C	1,578 mm	57
1947	35.6 °C9 October 1947	5.9 °C17 July 1947	20.1 °C	1,155 mm	56
1946	35.8 °C25 October 1946	5.4 °C10 July 1946	19.8 °C	1,568 mm	49
1945	35.2 °C14 October 1945	5.8 °C30 June 1945	20.6 °C	981 mm	70
1944	36.6 °C27 September 1944	6.7 °C14 July 1944	20.4 °C	1,112 mm	61
1943	35.9 °C26 October 1943	5.5 °C2 July 1943	20.3 °C	881 mm	63
1942	35.8 °C23 October 1942	6.2 °C2 August 1942	20.3 °C	995 mm	50
1941	37.6 °C12 October 1941	6.1 °C24 June 1941	21.3 °C	800 mm	101
1940	35.2 °C6 November 1940	6.5 °C1 July 1940	20.6 °C	826 mm	67

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.9 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

105 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1079 mm

+170 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.6 °C	+0.6 °C	360 mm	+129 mm
Feb	28.8 °C	+1.8 °C	245 mm	+53 mm
Mar	29.0 °C	+1.7 °C	32 mm	-66 mm
Apr	27.7 °C	+0.9 °C	55 mm	+26 mm
May	26.0 °C	+0.8 °C	5 mm	+1 mm
Jun	24.2 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jul	23.7 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	32.4 °C	+2.6 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Oct	32.6 °C	+1.0 °C	13 mm	-11 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	-2.3 °C	136 mm	+33 mm
Dec	27.7 °C	+0.1 °C	232 mm	+11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.8 °C

16 Oct 2025

Coldest day

7.1 °C

4 Aug 2025

Wettest day

58.1 mm

17 Jan 2025

Windiest day

31.0 km/h

2 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

2 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.6 °C

1 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.7 °C

1 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

11 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gokwe?

Gokwe has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 909 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gokwe?

The hottest day measured in Gokwe between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 2011, reaching 39.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gokwe?

The coldest day measured in Gokwe between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 1.1 °C.

Does it snow in Gokwe?

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

Has the climate of Gokwe warmed?

Yes: Gokwe warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gokwe?

The wettest day measured in Gokwe between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 2023, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gokwe?

The windiest day measured in Gokwe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 40.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gokwe?

The warmest month in Gokwe is October (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Gokwe?

Gokwe receives on average 909 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 102 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gokwe?

Gokwe gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gokwe?

Yes: Gokwe has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gokwe?

In Gokwe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 8 January 2016, and the lowest was -3.8 °C on 15 June 1968.

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