Kimpese, Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Does it frost in Kimpese?

No frost days appear in the climate dataset used here. Across 29 years of daily minimum-temperature estimates for this grid cell, no night reached the 0°C threshold. This does not establish that frost has never occurred in the town or cannot occur in your garden. Terrain, local observations and the current forecast still matter.

Frost nights on record

None

In all 29 years of the record.

Lowest temperature in this dataset

14.2°C (57.6°F)

The lowest daily minimum in the site's gridded record.

Margin above freezing

14.2°C (25.6°F)

How far the record low still sat above 0°C.

How close it has come

Compare the lowest temperature in the dataset with the freezing threshold. The minimum estimate for Kimpese reached 14.2°C (57.6°F), which is still 14.2°C (25.6°F) above freezing. That is the lowest value in this record, not a forecast or an all-time station record.

The cold end of the record. A frost would need the first row to reach 0°C; no such day appears in this dataset.
Measure Temperature What it means
Coldest night on record 14.2°C The lowest single reading in 29 years.
Coldest night of an average year 15.9°C Each year has a coldest night; this is their average. It is the figure the hardiness zone is built from.
Coolest month's average night 18.2°C An ordinary night in the coolest part of the year.

The gap between those first two rows — 1.7°C (3°F) — is how much colder the exceptional year runs than the average one. A wide gap means the record is carried by rare events; a narrow one means the climate here simply does not reach freezing.

The nearest place that does freeze

The closest town in this dataset with frost in its record is Windhoek, Namibia, about 1911 km away, where the last spring frost typically falls around 16 August. At that distance frost is not a local risk to plan around. It is context for how unusual a frost-free climate is, not a warning.

What sets the season instead

Everywhere that freezes, the calendar is written by frost: sow after the last one, harvest before the first. With that constraint gone, the limits here are heat, daylength and rain. 5 months of the year average a daily high at or above 30°C, peaking in October around 26.6°C (79.8°F), which is where cool-season crops such as lettuce, peas and brassicas struggle — they bolt in heat rather than die in cold, so the sowing window closes at the warm end of the year rather than the cold one.

Accumulated warmth is the honest substitute for a season length here: 5,504 growing degree days above 10°C across the full twelve months, because there is no frost to close the count at either end. Elsewhere that total has to be earned between two frost dates.

See what to sow in Kimpese, month by month →

Every month of the year, above freezing

The last column is the evidence for everything above it: the average number of nights per month at or below 0°C, which is zero in every row.

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Mean monthly temperature across the record. Months shown in blue average at least one air frost.

Monthly means and average number of frost nights.
Month Mean low Mean high Frost nights
January 21.6°C 29.3°C 0
February 21.9°C 29.9°C 0
March 22°C 29.9°C 0
April 22.1°C 29.2°C 0
May 21.3°C 29.8°C 0
June 19.2°C 30.6°C 0
July 18.2°C 30.9°C 0
August 19.1°C 31.6°C 0
September 20.7°C 32.5°C 0
October 21.6°C 31.6°C 0
November 21.6°C 29.2°C 0
December 21.5°C 28.7°C 0

Figures are derived from NASA POWER daily minimum and maximum temperatures at this location. A frost night is counted whenever the daily minimum reaches 0°C or below. See how these numbers are worked out.

Nearby

Compare with places close by

Mbanza-Ngungu Zone 12b 58 km No reliable frost Mbanza Kongo Zone 12b 81 km No reliable frost Inkisi Zone 12b 84 km No reliable frost Kenge Zone 13a 89 km No reliable frost Matadi Zone 13a 112 km No reliable frost Boma Zone 13a 156 km No reliable frost Kinshasa Zone 13a 168 km No reliable frost Masina Zone 13a 169 km No reliable frost

Seasonal context

Rainfall and the growing season in Kimpese

November has the highest average precipitation (185 mm); July has the lowest (2 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.

Jan 122 mm
Feb 129 mm
Mar 174 mm
Apr 164 mm
May 119 mm
Jun 9 mm
Jul 2 mm
Aug 7 mm
Sep 32 mm
Oct 116 mm
Nov 185 mm
Dec 163 mm

During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.

Frost-free does not mean every month is suitable. In tropical and monsoon climates, rainfall, heat, drainage and the cultivar can set the practical growing season. Match the temperature window to these conditions and check advice from a local grower before buying planting material.

Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.