Apodi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Apodi?

Apodi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 448 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Apodi?

The hottest day measured in Apodi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1998, reaching 40.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Apodi?

The coldest day measured in Apodi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2022, at 18.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Apodi?

Almost never: Apodi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Apodi warmed?

Yes: Apodi warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Apodi?

The wettest day measured in Apodi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1968, with 279 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Apodi?

The windiest day measured in Apodi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1970, with winds reaching 33.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Apodi?

The warmest month in Apodi is October (29.2 °C on average); the coldest is April (27.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Apodi?

Apodi receives on average 448 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Apodi?

Apodi gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Apodi (Brazil) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 448 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is October (29.2 °C on average) and the coldest is April (27.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Apodi averages 0 frost days, 351 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.

Apodi has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 9 March 1998) and the coldest 18.0 °C (on 11 August 2022).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

ApodiRio Grande do Norte

coords: -5.66°, -37.80°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthAprilWettest monthMarchDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

28.3°C

Average daily high

34.2°C

Average daily low

23.3°C

Annual rainfall

448mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

20.7km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

351 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

71 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.9 °C

Average feels-like low

25.5 °C

Average peak gust

38.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.16 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.0 °C

9 March 1998

Coldest day

18.0 °C

11 August 2022

Wettest day

279 mm

24 April 1968

Windiest day

33.2 km/h

18 July 1970

Strongest gust

59.4 km/h

12 August 2015

Hottest feels-like

43.2 °C

4 March 2008

Coldest feels-like

17.3 °C

5 August 1974

Sunniest day

12.3 h

2 January 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.7 °C8 January 2025	20.6 °C18 August 2025	28.9 °C	337 mm	365
2024	38.2 °C6 February 2024	19.7 °C26 July 2024	28.6 °C	441 mm	360
2023	37.7 °C3 December 2023	20.6 °C11 July 2023	28.7 °C	397 mm	363
2022	37.7 °C8 October 2022	18.0 °C11 August 2022	27.9 °C	685 mm	346
2021	38.3 °C16 October 2021	21.0 °C27 June 2021	28.9 °C	312 mm	359
2020	38.2 °C7 November 2020	19.3 °C22 July 2020	28.6 °C	536 mm	355
2019	38.1 °C24 October 2019	20.8 °C30 July 2019	28.8 °C	501 mm	360
2018	38.2 °C17 November 2018	20.3 °C14 July 2018	28.7 °C	575 mm	353
2017	38.2 °C25 January 2017	19.7 °C13 July 2017	28.8 °C	515 mm	354
2016	38.4 °C12 March 2016	21.0 °C29 June 2016	29.2 °C	365 mm	359
2015	38.6 °C17 January 2015	20.4 °C13 August 2015	28.8 °C	322 mm	359
2014	37.5 °C18 January 2014	20.4 °C17 July 2014	28.5 °C	375 mm	360
2013	37.9 °C9 February 2013	20.8 °C24 June 2013	29.0 °C	294 mm	360
2012	37.9 °C8 March 2012	19.8 °C29 July 2012	28.9 °C	125 mm	361
2011	36.5 °C24 October 2011	19.4 °C15 July 2011	27.6 °C	712 mm	335
2010	38.4 °C10 March 2010	20.1 °C13 August 2010	28.8 °C	435 mm	362
2009	36.9 °C7 November 2009	19.8 °C17 August 2009	27.7 °C	796 mm	337
2008	37.7 °C3 March 2008	19.6 °C29 July 2008	28.0 °C	529 mm	348
2007	37.5 °C19 October 2007	19.9 °C15 August 2007	28.5 °C	335 mm	357
2006	37.2 °C13 December 2006	20.5 °C14 July 2006	28.6 °C	390 mm	362
2005	38.4 °C5 February 2005	21.1 °C24 July 2005	28.9 °C	209 mm	362
2004	37.7 °C24 December 2004	20.8 °C20 March 2004	28.4 °C	734 mm	344
2003	38.0 °C16 February 2003	21.0 °C6 May 2003	28.9 °C	354 mm	359
2002	37.6 °C16 December 2002	20.8 °C19 June 2002	28.3 °C	492 mm	354
2001	38.5 °C5 March 2001	20.9 °C14 August 2001	29.0 °C	237 mm	363
2000	37.8 °C6 February 2000	19.3 °C11 August 2000	28.1 °C	582 mm	346
1999	38.6 °C4 January 1999	20.7 °C1 August 1999	28.8 °C	406 mm	357
1998	40.0 °C9 March 1998	21.1 °C21 July 1998	29.9 °C	228 mm	362
1997	38.9 °C28 December 1997	20.3 °C13 June 1997	28.5 °C	293 mm	356
1996	38.7 °C26 January 1996	19.5 °C6 August 1996	28.2 °C	794 mm	354
1995	38.7 °C19 December 1995	19.9 °C11 July 1995	28.3 °C	499 mm	354
1994	38.6 °C1 January 1994	20.5 °C22 July 1994	28.1 °C	594 mm	338
1993	38.6 °C9 February 1993	20.2 °C22 January 1993	29.4 °C	136 mm	361
1992	38.0 °C6 December 1992	20.1 °C23 August 1992	28.3 °C	351 mm	353
1991	38.4 °C29 January 1991	19.4 °C8 August 1991	28.0 °C	499 mm	355
1990	37.4 °C11 April 1990	20.7 °C13 July 1990	28.8 °C	267 mm	360
1989	38.2 °C27 February 1989	19.3 °C28 July 1989	27.9 °C	767 mm	343
1988	38.7 °C16 January 1988	20.4 °C5 June 1988	28.5 °C	459 mm	362
1987	38.5 °C7 February 1987	20.6 °C1 August 1987	29.0 °C	333 mm	363
1986	37.6 °C21 January 1986	19.2 °C1 August 1986	27.6 °C	692 mm	345
1985	37.1 °C17 November 1985	20.0 °C1 August 1985	27.2 °C	982 mm	324
1984	39.7 °C26 February 1984	19.2 °C27 July 1984	28.2 °C	524 mm	348
1983	38.8 °C1 March 1983	20.6 °C29 July 1983	29.1 °C	188 mm	362
1982	38.8 °C5 February 1982	19.8 °C13 July 1982	28.6 °C	276 mm	362
1981	38.5 °C6 March 1981	19.4 °C31 July 1981	28.4 °C	319 mm	350
1980	38.5 °C30 January 1980	20.0 °C20 November 1980	28.5 °C	507 mm	359
1979	38.2 °C2 February 1979	21.0 °C12 June 1979	28.7 °C	213 mm	362
1978	38.9 °C22 January 1978	20.1 °C1 August 1978	28.1 °C	554 mm	356
1977	37.5 °C23 December 1977	19.9 °C16 August 1977	27.9 °C	630 mm	353
1976	38.9 °C18 January 1976	20.0 °C31 July 1976	28.1 °C	430 mm	356
1975	37.2 °C9 January 1975	19.2 °C26 July 1975	27.5 °C	594 mm	348
1974	36.9 °C9 January 1974	18.4 °C5 August 1974	26.7 °C	1,039 mm	287
1973	38.1 °C7 December 1973	21.2 °C6 August 1973	28.1 °C	727 mm	345
1972	37.8 °C24 October 1972	20.9 °C22 February 1972	28.6 °C	355 mm	362
1971	37.6 °C2 January 1971	19.2 °C28 October 1971	27.7 °C	756 mm	338
1970	38.4 °C15 October 1970	20.6 °C14 August 1970	28.8 °C	307 mm	360
1969	38.9 °C27 February 1969	20.0 °C27 July 1969	28.8 °C	345 mm	362
1968	37.6 °C18 October 1968	20.2 °C3 July 1968	27.6 °C	775 mm	338
1967	38.2 °C22 January 1967	19.6 °C20 July 1967	27.1 °C	804 mm	314
1966	37.7 °C25 October 1966	20.9 °C24 October 1966	28.3 °C	325 mm	357
1965	37.5 °C16 October 1965	20.1 °C30 January 1965	27.8 °C	345 mm	352
1964	37.1 °C11 November 1964	20.0 °C29 October 1964	26.9 °C	703 mm	297
1963	38.0 °C2 October 1963	20.8 °C9 July 1963	27.9 °C	557 mm	345
1962	37.8 °C12 March 1962	20.3 °C31 October 1962	28.6 °C	204 mm	363
1961	37.8 °C9 November 1961	20.4 °C13 August 1961	28.0 °C	462 mm	338
1960	37.9 °C1 February 1960	20.4 °C9 May 1960	28.1 °C	581 mm	339
1959	37.5 °C10 January 1959	20.6 °C15 May 1959	28.0 °C	428 mm	352
1958	39.2 °C12 February 1958	19.8 °C2 November 1958	29.1 °C	132 mm	363
1957	37.6 °C15 November 1957	20.4 °C6 June 1957	27.7 °C	511 mm	334
1956	37.7 °C21 November 1956	20.2 °C25 July 1956	28.3 °C	299 mm	357
1955	37.9 °C10 January 1955	20.2 °C10 August 1955	27.7 °C	436 mm	340
1954	37.8 °C5 January 1954	20.6 °C4 February 1954	28.0 °C	333 mm	361
1953	38.0 °C30 January 1953	21.2 °C21 August 1953	29.0 °C	144 mm	364
1952	38.4 °C27 February 1952	21.3 °C16 August 1952	28.4 °C	328 mm	355
1951	37.9 °C15 March 1951	20.1 °C19 December 1951	28.5 °C	243 mm	363
1950	37.7 °C9 January 1950	20.5 °C26 September 1950	27.8 °C	440 mm	337
1949	37.9 °C8 November 1949	20.3 °C13 February 1949	27.8 °C	480 mm	353
1948	37.9 °C15 January 1948	20.3 °C28 April 1948	28.3 °C	377 mm	364
1947	38.3 °C16 January 1947	21.1 °C16 August 1947	28.1 °C	455 mm	356
1946	38.2 °C4 February 1946	20.4 °C7 July 1946	28.6 °C	184 mm	361
1945	38.0 °C1 February 1945	19.7 °C4 July 1945	27.6 °C	454 mm	347
1944	37.3 °C13 December 1944	20.2 °C13 November 1944	27.2 °C	731 mm	281
1943	38.3 °C19 February 1943	20.3 °C12 March 1943	27.9 °C	284 mm	349
1942	37.5 °C31 October 1942	20.0 °C9 July 1942	28.6 °C	133 mm	363
1941	37.9 °C21 February 1941	20.1 °C18 July 1941	28.4 °C	235 mm	360
1940	37.5 °C28 December 1940	20.2 °C29 November 1940	27.6 °C	481 mm	347

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.5 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

365 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

337 mm

-111 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.5 °C	-0.4 °C	74 mm	+24 mm
Feb	34.7 °C	+0.7 °C	85 mm	+6 mm
Mar	33.0 °C	+0.1 °C	101 mm	-21 mm
Apr	34.7 °C	+2.2 °C	41 mm	-64 mm
May	34.0 °C	+1.0 °C	17 mm	-28 mm
Jun	33.3 °C	+0.4 °C	12 mm	-4 mm
Jul	33.5 °C	+0.4 °C	2 mm	-7 mm
Aug	34.0 °C	-0.2 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Sep	34.8 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	35.8 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Nov	36.0 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Dec	35.6 °C	0.0 °C	1 mm	-12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.7 °C

8 Jan 2025

Coldest day

20.6 °C

18 Aug 2025

Wettest day

25.8 mm

27 Feb 2025

Windiest day

31.1 km/h

25 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

54.7 km/h

25 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

22 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.1 °C

19 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

2 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Apodi?

Apodi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.3 °C and it receives 448 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Apodi?

The hottest day measured in Apodi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1998, reaching 40.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Apodi?

The coldest day measured in Apodi between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2022, at 18.0 °C.

Does it snow in Apodi?

Almost never: Apodi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Apodi warmed?

Yes: Apodi warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Apodi?

The wettest day measured in Apodi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1968, with 279 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Apodi?

The windiest day measured in Apodi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1970, with winds reaching 33.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Apodi?

The warmest month in Apodi is October (29.2 °C on average); the coldest is April (27.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Apodi?

Apodi receives on average 448 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Apodi?

Apodi gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Apodi?

Yes: Apodi has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Apodi?

In Apodi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 4 March 2008, and the lowest was 17.3 °C on 5 August 1974.

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