The climate of Saint Louis (Senegal)
Saint Louis is located in the most northwestern part of Senegal where
the Senegal River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Louis is the
capital of the Saint Louis province and is located in the vicinity of
the border with Mauretania. The city was founded in the second part of
the 17th century by the French and used to be the center of the slave
trade in southwest Africa. Nowadays the city is very popular among
tourists, mainly because of its French colonial character. Djoudj
National Park is situated at 60 kilometers from the city. This
national park is a Unesco preservation site. More than 3 million birds
of over 400 species live here. Saint Louis has a warm steppe climate
with one short rainy period from July till September. Precipitation
figures are much lower here than in the southeastern part of Senegal.
The climate of Saint Louis is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean. The
Atlantic Ocean has a cooling influence here. From November till April
a Harmattan wind may blow. This type of wind supplies dry and dusty
air from the Sahara.
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Saint Louis.
average maximum
temperature (°C)
average
minimum
temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine
per day
average days with
precipitation
per month
average
mm precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January
30
15
8
1
20
February
32
16
8
1
19
March
33
17
9
1
20
April
32
18
9
1
20
May
31
19
9
5
21
June
31
22
8
9
23
July
31
24
8
12
26
August
32
25
8
13
28
September
33
25
8
11
28
October
34
23
8
8
27
November
33
20
8
4
26
December
31
16
8
3
23
= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
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