Mvurwi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mvurwi?

Mvurwi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 956 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mvurwi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1994, reaching 36.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mvurwi?

The coldest day measured in Mvurwi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1964, at 1.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mvurwi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mvurwi warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mvurwi?

The wettest day measured in Mvurwi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1958, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mvurwi?

The windiest day measured in Mvurwi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mvurwi?

The warmest month in Mvurwi is October (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mvurwi?

Mvurwi receives on average 956 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mvurwi?

Mvurwi gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mvurwi (Zimbabwe) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 956 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Mvurwi averages 0 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.

Mvurwi has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 24 November 1994) and the coldest 1.9 °C (on 28 June 1964).

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

MvurwiMashonaland Central

coords: -17.03°, 30.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

19.2°C

Average daily high

24.9°C

Average daily low

14.2°C

Annual rainfall

956mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

14.9km/h

Seasonal range

8.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

26 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

107 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.4 °C

Average feels-like low

13.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

5 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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

36.1 °C

24 November 1994

Coldest day

1.9 °C

28 June 1964

Wettest day

138 mm

24 January 1958

Windiest day

46.5 km/h

13 March 1941

Strongest gust

88.2 km/h

14 March 1976

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

25 November 1976

Coldest feels-like

-2.2 °C

16 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.0 h

31 December 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.9 °C26 October 2025	5.2 °C11 July 2025	20.1 °C	1,165 mm	30
2024	35.6 °C30 September 2024	5.5 °C15 June 2024	21.1 °C	540 mm	77
2023	36.0 °C14 October 2023	5.8 °C19 July 2023	20.6 °C	922 mm	72
2022	32.9 °C27 October 2022	5.4 °C30 July 2022	19.6 °C	1,151 mm	21
2021	34.9 °C9 November 2021	5.7 °C27 May 2021	20.1 °C	774 mm	50
2020	35.2 °C8 November 2020	6.2 °C5 July 2020	20.1 °C	869 mm	40
2019	35.8 °C29 October 2019	4.4 °C28 July 2019	20.4 °C	674 mm	54
2018	34.8 °C22 November 2018	5.4 °C7 June 2018	20.0 °C	822 mm	41
2017	35.8 °C17 October 2017	6.8 °C16 July 2017	19.7 °C	1,114 mm	26
2016	34.7 °C17 October 2016	5.6 °C9 June 2016	20.2 °C	930 mm	58
2015	35.6 °C14 November 2015	5.1 °C5 August 2015	20.0 °C	845 mm	56
2014	33.8 °C10 October 2014	4.9 °C13 July 2014	19.8 °C	966 mm	49
2013	34.6 °C28 September 2013	5.3 °C20 June 2013	19.6 °C	985 mm	40
2012	34.0 °C19 October 2012	2.9 °C19 July 2012	19.5 °C	994 mm	34
2011	35.9 °C26 October 2011	4.9 °C28 June 2011	19.5 °C	923 mm	36
2010	34.9 °C12 October 2010	4.4 °C14 August 2010	19.8 °C	1,049 mm	34
2009	32.8 °C8 October 2009	4.8 °C30 July 2009	19.1 °C	988 mm	18
2008	33.2 °C27 September 2008	5.0 °C29 June 2008	19.3 °C	902 mm	41
2007	32.7 °C24 September 2007	5.4 °C15 June 2007	19.2 °C	1,110 mm	16
2006	34.5 °C3 November 2006	4.5 °C6 June 2006	19.4 °C	1,168 mm	33
2005	34.5 °C17 November 2005	6.0 °C21 June 2005	19.8 °C	736 mm	32
2004	33.3 °C8 October 2004	5.1 °C15 July 2004	19.1 °C	898 mm	10
2003	33.7 °C15 October 2003	4.8 °C16 July 2003	19.5 °C	893 mm	29
2002	32.6 °C19 October 2002	5.7 °C28 June 2002	19.7 °C	557 mm	26
2001	33.0 °C19 October 2001	5.0 °C26 July 2001	19.4 °C	1,072 mm	26
2000	32.7 °C26 October 2000	6.4 °C18 July 2000	19.0 °C	1,194 mm	11
1999	33.1 °C23 October 1999	5.4 °C14 June 1999	18.9 °C	1,037 mm	13
1998	33.9 °C4 November 1998	5.4 °C16 July 1998	19.8 °C	894 mm	26
1997	33.7 °C12 November 1997	6.6 °C22 June 1997	19.2 °C	1,289 mm	16
1996	33.2 °C25 October 1996	3.1 °C2 July 1996	19.2 °C	1,190 mm	29
1995	33.0 °C20 October 1995	5.9 °C8 July 1995	20.1 °C	759 mm	38
1994	36.1 °C24 November 1994	4.5 °C13 July 1994	19.4 °C	748 mm	31
1993	32.5 °C1 November 1993	5.7 °C22 June 1993	19.4 °C	975 mm	6
1992	33.3 °C25 October 1992	6.0 °C7 July 1992	20.2 °C	607 mm	45
1991	32.6 °C31 October 1991	5.4 °C11 July 1991	19.3 °C	841 mm	16
1990	33.8 °C16 October 1990	5.2 °C4 July 1990	19.4 °C	885 mm	20
1989	33.4 °C10 November 1989	6.3 °C19 June 1989	19.0 °C	1,103 mm	18
1988	33.4 °C11 October 1988	5.7 °C17 July 1988	19.1 °C	1,001 mm	7
1987	34.1 °C20 November 1987	4.5 °C24 June 1987	19.7 °C	721 mm	28
1986	31.6 °C7 October 1986	5.0 °C27 June 1986	18.6 °C	844 mm	2
1985	30.0 °C5 November 1985	4.7 °C14 July 1985	18.6 °C	1,019 mm	1
1984	32.3 °C5 September 1984	5.0 °C18 June 1984	19.1 °C	812 mm	13
1983	32.2 °C14 September 1983	6.1 °C15 August 1983	20.0 °C	777 mm	31
1982	30.9 °C7 November 1982	5.3 °C12 July 1982	18.9 °C	818 mm	8
1981	32.7 °C8 November 1981	3.2 °C18 June 1981	18.4 °C	1,043 mm	19
1980	32.3 °C13 November 1980	3.6 °C21 June 1980	18.6 °C	903 mm	6
1979	33.4 °C24 September 1979	6.1 °C14 June 1979	18.8 °C	774 mm	24
1978	33.4 °C29 September 1978	4.6 °C16 June 1978	18.8 °C	1,124 mm	18
1977	32.2 °C14 October 1977	4.9 °C5 July 1977	19.0 °C	1,105 mm	19
1976	34.0 °C25 November 1976	4.0 °C18 July 1976	18.4 °C	1,063 mm	22
1975	33.4 °C5 November 1975	3.2 °C26 July 1975	18.5 °C	759 mm	16
1974	32.7 °C18 October 1974	5.2 °C27 July 1974	18.1 °C	1,089 mm	12
1973	32.5 °C15 September 1973	5.2 °C15 July 1973	18.8 °C	890 mm	16
1972	32.6 °C23 November 1972	5.5 °C3 July 1972	18.7 °C	818 mm	19
1971	31.5 °C5 October 1971	6.0 °C12 June 1971	18.7 °C	963 mm	4
1970	32.4 °C8 October 1970	6.4 °C10 June 1970	19.3 °C	711 mm	16
1969	33.6 °C27 November 1969	6.0 °C23 July 1969	18.8 °C	1,208 mm	23
1968	34.0 °C20 October 1968	2.0 °C16 June 1968	18.9 °C	789 mm	26
1967	33.2 °C2 October 1967	2.2 °C19 July 1967	18.9 °C	711 mm	21
1966	32.4 °C11 October 1966	4.0 °C27 July 1966	19.0 °C	799 mm	23
1965	31.2 °C1 November 1965	3.7 °C6 July 1965	18.3 °C	474 mm	10
1964	31.9 °C10 November 1964	1.9 °C28 June 1964	18.5 °C	731 mm	12
1963	32.5 °C7 October 1963	3.7 °C6 June 1963	18.5 °C	973 mm	14
1962	32.8 °C18 October 1962	5.9 °C24 July 1962	18.6 °C	1,148 mm	16
1961	33.1 °C15 October 1961	6.1 °C10 July 1961	18.8 °C	972 mm	18
1960	33.1 °C10 October 1960	5.2 °C7 July 1960	19.0 °C	788 mm	35
1959	32.9 °C4 October 1959	6.9 °C15 June 1959	19.0 °C	811 mm	11
1958	32.0 °C17 October 1958	5.6 °C22 June 1958	18.4 °C	1,527 mm	6
1957	34.5 °C25 November 1957	5.1 °C23 July 1957	19.0 °C	1,021 mm	40
1956	31.7 °C15 October 1956	5.6 °C25 July 1956	18.1 °C	1,320 mm	14
1955	32.9 °C14 November 1955	5.0 °C10 August 1955	18.3 °C	1,150 mm	23
1954	35.2 °C27 October 1954	5.1 °C23 June 1954	19.4 °C	684 mm	34
1953	33.3 °C31 October 1953	5.0 °C11 June 1953	18.3 °C	1,177 mm	19
1952	33.1 °C1 October 1952	5.7 °C4 July 1952	19.1 °C	1,120 mm	35
1951	35.3 °C28 November 1951	5.1 °C14 July 1951	19.9 °C	636 mm	53
1950	32.7 °C24 October 1950	5.2 °C10 June 1950	18.4 °C	1,136 mm	29
1949	34.5 °C3 November 1949	5.9 °C10 June 1949	19.0 °C	1,166 mm	28
1948	32.8 °C13 October 1948	5.1 °C15 July 1948	18.5 °C	1,367 mm	24
1947	32.9 °C8 October 1947	5.8 °C17 July 1947	18.6 °C	1,321 mm	33
1946	33.7 °C25 October 1946	4.9 °C9 July 1946	18.2 °C	1,420 mm	19
1945	32.8 °C14 October 1945	5.2 °C29 June 1945	18.9 °C	1,005 mm	37
1944	33.3 °C21 October 1944	5.6 °C12 June 1944	18.7 °C	1,023 mm	30
1943	33.7 °C16 November 1943	5.4 °C28 June 1943	18.6 °C	1,177 mm	38
1942	32.7 °C23 October 1942	5.7 °C2 August 1942	18.7 °C	1,145 mm	22
1941	35.6 °C12 October 1941	6.3 °C5 July 1941	19.8 °C	594 mm	55
1940	32.4 °C6 November 1940	4.9 °C15 July 1940	18.7 °C	1,030 mm	25

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.7 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

30 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1165 mm

+209 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.2 °C	+1.1 °C	336 mm	+84 mm
Feb	26.8 °C	+1.7 °C	224 mm	+19 mm
Mar	26.9 °C	+1.7 °C	47 mm	-67 mm
Apr	25.6 °C	+1.0 °C	96 mm	+66 mm
May	23.7 °C	+0.5 °C	8 mm	+2 mm
Jun	22.6 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jul	21.7 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	25.3 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	29.3 °C	+2.2 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Oct	29.7 °C	+0.8 °C	2 mm	-17 mm
Nov	26.2 °C	-1.5 °C	150 mm	+49 mm
Dec	25.1 °C	-0.6 °C	296 mm	+74 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.9 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

5.2 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

42.0 mm

20 Feb 2025

Windiest day

30.6 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.7 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.6 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

30 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mvurwi?

Mvurwi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 956 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mvurwi?

The hottest day measured in Mvurwi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1994, reaching 36.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mvurwi?

The coldest day measured in Mvurwi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1964, at 1.9 °C.

Does it snow in Mvurwi?

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

Has the climate of Mvurwi warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mvurwi?

The wettest day measured in Mvurwi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1958, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mvurwi?

The windiest day measured in Mvurwi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mvurwi?

The warmest month in Mvurwi is October (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Mvurwi?

Mvurwi receives on average 956 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mvurwi?

Mvurwi gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mvurwi?

Yes: Mvurwi has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mvurwi?

In Mvurwi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 25 November 1976, and the lowest was -2.2 °C on 16 June 1968.

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