Barbacena climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Barbacena?

Barbacena has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,772 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Barbacena between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1961, reaching 34.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Barbacena?

The coldest day measured in Barbacena between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 1.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Barbacena?

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

Q: Has the climate of Barbacena warmed?

Yes: Barbacena warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Barbacena?

The wettest day measured in Barbacena between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1985, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Barbacena?

The windiest day measured in Barbacena between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 2025, with winds reaching 32.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Barbacena?

The warmest month in Barbacena is February (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Barbacena?

Barbacena receives on average 1,772 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Barbacena?

Barbacena gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Barbacena (Brazil) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,772 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 February (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Barbacena averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 174 rainy days per year.

Barbacena has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.1 °C (on 29 September 1961) and the coldest 1.1 °C (on 1 June 1979).

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

BarbacenaMinas Gerais

coords: -21.23°, -43.77°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.7°C

Average daily high

23.6°C

Average daily low

14.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,772mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

13.4km/h

Seasonal range

5.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

5 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

174 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.9 °C

Average feels-like low

15.0 °C

Average peak gust

31.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

34.1 °C

29 September 1961

Coldest day

1.1 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

168 mm

19 January 1985

Windiest day

32.6 km/h

10 December 2025

Strongest gust

76.0 km/h

30 July 1989

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

17 February 1994

Coldest feels-like

-2.0 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.3 h

28 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.6 °C18 February 2025	5.2 °C31 July 2025	19.0 °C	1,249 mm	12
2024	31.9 °C8 October 2024	7.0 °C13 August 2024	20.1 °C	1,423 mm	16
2023	33.3 °C24 September 2023	7.0 °C7 July 2023	19.6 °C	1,390 mm	20
2022	31.3 °C10 September 2022	4.7 °C20 May 2022	18.8 °C	1,933 mm	1
2021	32.0 °C21 September 2021	4.0 °C20 July 2021	18.8 °C	1,503 mm	4
2020	33.0 °C3 October 2020	6.6 °C26 August 2020	19.1 °C	1,867 mm	13
2019	32.4 °C3 February 2019	5.4 °C7 July 2019	19.7 °C	1,210 mm	18
2018	30.4 °C5 March 2018	5.0 °C21 May 2018	19.4 °C	1,699 mm	4
2017	32.0 °C14 October 2017	8.1 °C1 August 2017	19.1 °C	1,024 mm	5
2016	32.1 °C10 February 2016	5.5 °C14 June 2016	19.6 °C	1,547 mm	9
2015	32.7 °C16 October 2015	9.3 °C3 August 2015	19.8 °C	1,576 mm	16
2014	32.5 °C14 October 2014	6.7 °C8 August 2014	19.3 °C	967 mm	15
2013	31.4 °C23 September 2013	6.9 °C8 July 2013	18.8 °C	1,550 mm	6
2012	32.3 °C31 October 2012	5.8 °C27 September 2012	18.9 °C	1,618 mm	8
2011	31.1 °C23 February 2011	5.7 °C3 September 2011	18.7 °C	1,643 mm	6
2010	30.5 °C16 February 2010	4.9 °C13 June 2010	19.1 °C	1,558 mm	5
2009	30.5 °C5 March 2009	5.6 °C13 July 2009	19.5 °C	1,991 mm	4
2008	30.9 °C7 September 2008	6.5 °C15 July 2008	18.9 °C	2,036 mm	6
2007	34.1 °C24 September 2007	4.6 °C30 July 2007	19.4 °C	1,500 mm	6
2006	32.6 °C25 January 2006	7.7 °C6 September 2006	19.0 °C	1,439 mm	6
2005	31.7 °C18 October 2005	8.3 °C10 July 2005	19.2 °C	1,603 mm	5
2004	32.0 °C29 September 2004	7.1 °C24 July 2004	18.7 °C	2,117 mm	1
2003	31.2 °C24 September 2003	8.1 °C18 August 2003	19.1 °C	1,572 mm	7
2002	31.9 °C17 October 2002	8.5 °C3 September 2002	19.7 °C	1,620 mm	4
2001	30.8 °C4 February 2001	7.1 °C29 June 2001	19.0 °C	1,522 mm	2
2000	31.6 °C15 January 2000	4.4 °C18 July 2000	18.6 °C	1,507 mm	3
1999	31.1 °C20 January 1999	6.6 °C16 August 1999	18.4 °C	1,390 mm	5
1998	30.5 °C31 January 1998	6.1 °C7 June 1998	19.1 °C	1,633 mm	4
1997	32.1 °C10 September 1997	5.0 °C2 June 1997	19.3 °C	1,870 mm	13
1996	30.9 °C31 January 1996	6.1 °C25 July 1996	18.7 °C	1,901 mm	6
1995	32.0 °C17 January 1995	7.1 °C6 June 1995	19.3 °C	1,689 mm	24
1994	32.4 °C2 November 1994	4.8 °C10 July 1994	19.3 °C	1,611 mm	16
1993	31.1 °C7 September 1993	7.6 °C23 June 1993	19.3 °C	1,625 mm	9
1992	29.2 °C6 April 1992	6.8 °C27 July 1992	18.9 °C	1,869 mm	0
1991	30.0 °C10 August 1991	7.8 °C5 September 1991	18.8 °C	1,890 mm	2
1990	30.9 °C23 January 1990	6.7 °C20 May 1990	19.0 °C	1,235 mm	7
1989	29.2 °C21 February 1989	4.8 °C10 July 1989	18.6 °C	1,743 mm	0
1988	31.9 °C30 January 1988	5.2 °C6 June 1988	18.7 °C	1,743 mm	3
1987	30.2 °C9 January 1987	6.6 °C9 August 1987	19.3 °C	2,101 mm	1
1986	30.7 °C18 October 1986	6.6 °C11 July 1986	19.0 °C	1,623 mm	1
1985	29.9 °C5 February 1985	3.8 °C9 June 1985	18.6 °C	2,070 mm	0
1984	30.7 °C14 January 1984	6.9 °C1 August 1984	19.3 °C	1,363 mm	4
1983	29.2 °C17 February 1983	4.2 °C5 August 1983	18.9 °C	2,181 mm	0
1982	29.2 °C24 November 1982	7.3 °C6 May 1982	18.7 °C	2,121 mm	0
1981	29.5 °C29 September 1981	4.1 °C22 July 1981	18.4 °C	1,732 mm	0
1980	30.9 °C28 October 1980	6.4 °C30 June 1980	18.8 °C	1,413 mm	2
1979	28.6 °C26 October 1979	1.1 °C1 June 1979	18.1 °C	2,243 mm	0
1978	29.5 °C21 January 1978	3.3 °C16 August 1978	18.5 °C	1,806 mm	0
1977	29.9 °C8 December 1977	7.6 °C18 May 1977	19.0 °C	1,519 mm	0
1976	29.5 °C12 January 1976	8.4 °C25 June 1976	18.4 °C	1,940 mm	0
1975	30.2 °C9 December 1975	5.0 °C7 July 1975	18.4 °C	1,657 mm	1
1974	29.2 °C22 February 1974	6.0 °C16 June 1974	18.5 °C	1,564 mm	0
1973	31.5 °C11 February 1973	6.1 °C20 June 1973	19.2 °C	1,718 mm	8
1972	30.2 °C6 January 1972	6.0 °C22 June 1972	18.7 °C	1,751 mm	1
1971	30.5 °C31 January 1971	7.3 °C31 May 1971	18.5 °C	1,487 mm	2
1970	30.0 °C24 December 1970	6.9 °C13 August 1970	18.6 °C	1,276 mm	1
1969	31.2 °C17 February 1969	6.9 °C6 June 1969	18.8 °C	1,402 mm	1
1968	30.3 °C3 November 1968	6.0 °C14 June 1968	17.5 °C	1,104 mm	2
1967	30.2 °C12 October 1967	5.7 °C21 July 1967	18.8 °C	1,844 mm	1
1966	31.7 °C16 September 1966	7.4 °C19 September 1966	18.1 °C	1,823 mm	1
1965	29.5 °C11 September 1965	5.3 °C12 July 1965	18.0 °C	2,424 mm	0
1964	28.8 °C2 September 1964	6.4 °C29 July 1964	17.3 °C	2,139 mm	0
1963	33.7 °C30 September 1963	6.3 °C23 June 1963	18.9 °C	1,012 mm	20
1962	28.3 °C30 August 1962	5.0 °C18 June 1962	17.3 °C	2,655 mm	0
1961	34.1 °C29 September 1961	7.9 °C16 July 1961	18.8 °C	2,215 mm	22
1960	32.5 °C25 September 1960	5.3 °C13 July 1960	17.6 °C	2,366 mm	4
1959	29.0 °C27 February 1959	7.0 °C13 June 1959	18.4 °C	1,646 mm	0
1958	30.8 °C7 October 1958	6.3 °C22 September 1958	18.2 °C	1,511 mm	3
1957	29.7 °C26 October 1957	3.7 °C22 July 1957	18.1 °C	1,906 mm	0
1956	29.5 °C27 January 1956	5.0 °C18 August 1956	17.3 °C	1,638 mm	0
1955	32.0 °C1 October 1955	7.3 °C22 May 1955	18.1 °C	1,399 mm	3
1954	32.2 °C22 September 1954	7.5 °C12 August 1954	18.5 °C	2,118 mm	5
1953	29.2 °C22 August 1953	7.2 °C28 July 1953	18.1 °C	2,140 mm	0
1952	29.6 °C4 September 1952	5.2 °C16 July 1952	18.1 °C	2,697 mm	0
1951	30.7 °C25 November 1951	6.8 °C16 July 1951	17.7 °C	1,516 mm	6
1950	30.0 °C6 September 1950	6.8 °C14 July 1950	17.9 °C	2,257 mm	1
1949	29.3 °C5 October 1949	6.6 °C27 August 1949	17.7 °C	2,123 mm	0
1948	31.2 °C27 September 1948	7.0 °C30 August 1948	18.1 °C	1,442 mm	2
1947	31.3 °C10 January 1947	7.0 °C2 September 1947	17.7 °C	2,104 mm	4
1946	29.4 °C4 November 1946	6.9 °C29 July 1946	18.5 °C	2,111 mm	0
1945	29.6 °C30 August 1945	8.4 °C21 May 1945	18.2 °C	2,448 mm	0
1944	30.0 °C2 October 1944	7.5 °C22 August 1944	17.9 °C	2,510 mm	1
1943	26.8 °C22 January 1943	7.7 °C19 August 1943	16.8 °C	2,231 mm	0
1942	32.2 °C7 October 1942	3.6 °C26 June 1942	17.3 °C	1,793 mm	3
1941	30.0 °C13 January 1941	7.3 °C9 June 1941	18.0 °C	2,709 mm	1
1940	29.5 °C24 August 1940	8.6 °C10 June 1940	18.3 °C	2,652 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.1 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

12 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1249 mm

-523 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.6 °C	+0.9 °C	393 mm	+91 mm
Feb	27.9 °C	+2.0 °C	23 mm	-195 mm
Mar	26.1 °C	+0.9 °C	175 mm	-35 mm
Apr	23.7 °C	0.0 °C	113 mm	+21 mm
May	21.8 °C	-0.1 °C	9 mm	-41 mm
Jun	21.8 °C	+0.7 °C	8 mm	-20 mm
Jul	21.0 °C	+0.1 °C	12 mm	-10 mm
Aug	22.3 °C	-0.1 °C	14 mm	-18 mm
Sep	23.3 °C	-0.3 °C	26 mm	-56 mm
Oct	23.5 °C	-0.4 °C	107 mm	-69 mm
Nov	24.9 °C	+0.9 °C	156 mm	-100 mm
Dec	26.7 °C	+1.9 °C	213 mm	-92 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.6 °C

18 Feb 2025

Coldest day

5.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

83.2 mm

9 Jan 2025

Windiest day

32.6 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.2 °C

30 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.6 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

28 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Barbacena?

Barbacena has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,772 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barbacena?

The hottest day measured in Barbacena between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1961, reaching 34.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Barbacena?

The coldest day measured in Barbacena between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 1.1 °C.

Does it snow in Barbacena?

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

Has the climate of Barbacena warmed?

Yes: Barbacena warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Barbacena?

The wettest day measured in Barbacena between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1985, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Barbacena?

The windiest day measured in Barbacena between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 2025, with winds reaching 32.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Barbacena?

The warmest month in Barbacena is February (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Barbacena?

Barbacena receives on average 1,772 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Barbacena?

Barbacena gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Barbacena?

Yes: Barbacena has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barbacena?

In Barbacena, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 17 February 1994, and the lowest was -2.0 °C on 1 June 1979.

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