Climate Trends in Ethiopia

• In Ethiopia, the longest run of hot days in a row in the data is 55 days, at Metehara (Ethiopia), from 18 March 1984 to 11 May 1984.
• In Ethiopia, the longest run of frost days in a row in the data is 3 days, at Jimma (Ethiopia), from 24 December 1959 to 26 December 1959.
• In Ethiopia, the longest run of dry days in a row in the data is 213 days, at Metehara (Ethiopia), in 1953.
• In Ethiopia, the longest run of wet days in a row in the data is 58 days, at Debremarcos (Ethiopia), in 1976.

Longest run of days at or above 35 C

Consecutive days with a daily maximum at or above 35 C (95 F).

Longest run of frost days (minimum at or below 0 C)

Consecutive days with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F).

Longest dry spell (days under 1 mm of rain), within one year

Consecutive days with less than 1 mm (0.04 in) of rain, the longest run within a year. The dates are not kept, so the list gives the year (within the year).

Longest wet spell (days with 1 mm or more of rain), within one year

Consecutive days with 1 mm (0.04 in) or more of rain, the longest run within a year. The dates are not kept, so the list gives the year (within the year).

A run belongs to the year it started in, even when it ran on into the next year. A station appears once per list, with its longest run in a complete year. Dry and wet spells are the longest run within a year. Lists use complete years only, so a long run in a year with gaps in the record is not counted.

• In Ethiopia, the largest reported one day rise in the daily maximum is 15.2 C (27.4 F), at Debremarcos (Ethiopia) on 21 April 1984.
• In Ethiopia, the largest reported one day drop in the daily maximum is 13.7 C (24.7 F), at Debremarcos (Ethiopia) on 20 April 1984.
• In Ethiopia, the largest reported one day rise in the daily minimum is 16.2 C (29.2 F), at Jiggiga (Ethiopia) on 27 November 1956.
• In Ethiopia, the largest reported one day drop in the daily minimum is 18.2 C (32.8 F), at Jiggiga (Ethiopia) on 26 November 1956.
• In Ethiopia, the largest reported widest range between the high and the low of one day is 33.2 C (59.8 F), at Jimma (Ethiopia) on 9 February 1953.
• In Ethiopia, the smallest reported narrowest range between the high and the low of one day is 0.0 C (0.0 F), at Combolcha (Ethiopia) on 14 January 1959.

Caveat.Single readings can still be instrument errors that quality control missed. A station with one faulty value can top a list, so read each entry as a reported value, not as a confirmed event.

Biggest one day rise in the daily maximum

The largest increase in the daily maximum temperature from one day to the next. Values are in degrees Celsius with Fahrenheit beside them.

Biggest one day drop in the daily maximum

The largest decrease in the daily maximum temperature from one day to the next. Values are in degrees Celsius with Fahrenheit beside them.

Biggest one day rise in the daily minimum

The largest increase in the daily minimum temperature from one day to the next. Values are in degrees Celsius with Fahrenheit beside them.

Biggest one day drop in the daily minimum

The largest decrease in the daily minimum temperature from one day to the next. Values are in degrees Celsius with Fahrenheit beside them.

Widest range between the high and the low of one day

The largest difference between the highest and the lowest temperature of the same day. Values are in degrees Celsius with Fahrenheit beside them.

Narrowest range between the high and the low of one day

The smallest difference between the highest and the lowest temperature of the same day. Values are in degrees Celsius with Fahrenheit beside them.

Only stations with at least 10 complete years are listed, and a station appears once per list.

• In Ethiopia, the share of stations with a hot and dry summer is shown for each year from 1965 to 1983, for 10 stations with at least 20 complete summers in 1961-1990. Each year counts the stations of that set with a complete summer in the year.
• In Ethiopia, 6.9% of station summers in 1961-1990 were hot and dry (130 station summers).
• In Ethiopia, 6.4% of station summers in 1969-1983 were hot and dry (110 station summers).
• In Ethiopia, 1983 had the highest share: 30.0% of 10 stations (3).

A summer is hot when its mean daily maximum is at or above the station's 80th percentile of its 1961-1990 summers, and dry when its rain is at or below the 20th percentile. A summer is hot and dry when it is both. Summer is June to August north of the equator and December to February south of it, labelled by the year of its first month.

Share of stations with a hot and dry summer

The ten most extreme station summers

Ranked by the temperature z score minus the rain z score against the station's own 1961-1990 mean and standard deviation (at least 0.3 C and 5 mm). A summer is labelled by the year of its first month.