a wet season and a dry season and the temperature being hot year-round. The average annual mean temperature is , the average annual high temperature is , while the average annual low temperature is . The hottest time of year is from March to May, just before the wet season starts. March is the hottest month, having the highest average high at and the highest mean at . April has the highest average low at . August and July have the lowest average high at , with August having the lowest mean at . December has the lowest average low at . Wau receives of rain over 102.4 precipitation days, with a distinct wet and dry season like most tropical savanna climates. Almost no rain falls from November to March. August, the wettest month, receives of rainfall on average. September has 23.7 precipitation days, which is the most of any month. Humidity is much higher in the wet season than the dry season, with February having a humidity at just 26% and August having a humidity at 77%. Wau receives 2777 hours of sunshine annually on average, with the sunshine being distributed fairly evenly across the year, although it is lower during the wet season. December receives the most sunshine, while July receives the least. Notable locals Some of the notable people from Wau include Captain Bulus Abushaka - Famous Sudanese soccer goal keeper Captain Samuel Illario - El Marikh start Thon Maker – NBA basketball player Clement Mboro - veteran politician Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako - Retired archbishop of Khartoum archdiocese (Sudan, then including South Sudan) Prof Barri Arkanjelo Wanji - veteran Anya Anya /SPLM/A soldier and long serving politician Dan Samuel - National Basketball player and veteran construction manager Alek Wek - Sudanese-English model Joseph Ukel - veteran politician Luol Deng - Sudanese/South Sudanese basketball player See also Bahr el Ghazal Wau Airport Western Bahr el Ghazal References Bibliography Sources and external links Location of Wau At Google Maps GCatholic, with Google satellite photo/map - Wau's Roman Catholic cathedral of Mary Human Rights Watch (1999) Famine in Sudan, 1998: The Human Rights Causes. Detailed Map of The City of Wau Photos of Wau River Lodge, A Private Establishment Populated places in Western Bahr el Ghazal State capitals in South Sudan