Richards Bay climate: monthly averages: annual mean temperature 22.5 C; warmest month Feb (25.6 C); coldest month Jul (19.3 C).
Annual mean temperature: 22.5 C
Warmest month: Feb (25.6 C)
Coldest month: Jul (19.3 C)
Wettest month: Nov (2.90 mm/day)
All-time record high: 38.6 C
All-time record low: 9.3 C
If you only need Richards Bay climate: monthly averages, the figures and table here are the whole story. Richards runs from 19.3 C in Jul to 25.6 C in Feb, a swing of 6.3 C. Rain is spread through the year, with Nov the wettest month at 2.90 mm/day and Jun the driest at 0.73 mm/day. Taken together that is roughly 681 mm of rain a year for the grid cell. The build runs on a schedule and caches the last good response, so the numbers stay put even when the upstream API is having a bad day. The table underneath carries the per-month breakdown; the related pages cover the same dataset nearby.
Annual mean temperature 22.5 C
Warmest month Feb (25.6 C)
Coldest month Jul (19.3 C)
Wettest month Nov (2.90 mm/day)
All-time record high 38.6 C
All-time record low 9.3 C
Annual precipitation 679 mm / year
Coordinates -28.78301, 32.03768
Population 252,968
Average monthly temperature and rainfall in Richards Bay
Month
Mean temp (C)
Rain (mm/day)
Record high (C)
Record low (C)
Jan
25.3
2.74
36.8
19.6
Feb
25.6
2.64
38.6
19.9
Mar
25.0
2.32
35.4
18.9
Apr
23.4
1.66
35.1
17.2
May
21.8
0.95
34.4
12.8
Jun
19.9
0.73
31.5
9.3
Jul
19.3
0.88
31.3
12.1
Aug
19.9
0.90
33.9
11.5
Sep
20.9
1.61
36.1
13.6
Oct
21.7
2.34
37.6
14.9
Nov
22.8
2.90
36.3
16.1
Dec
24.3
2.74
38.3
17.5
What the Richards Bay climate table shows
Values are multi-decadal climatological averages for the -28.78301, 32.03768 grid cell, not a single year. Rain is the daily mean, so a value of 2.00 mm/day is about 60 mm across a 30-day month. Averages smooth over extremes, so use them for planning rather than for what to pack for next Tuesday.
Frequently asked questions
How much rain is 2.90 mm/day in a month?
Rain is recorded as a daily mean, so 2.90 mm/day is roughly 88 mm across a 30-day month.
Does Richards get the same every year?
Close to it. Averaging decades smooths variation, so treat these as typical rather than guaranteed.