Braço do Norte climate — normals and trends
Braço do Norte (Brazil) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,992 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 January (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Braço do Norte averages 0 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 192 rainy days per year.
Braço do Norte has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 7 February 2014) and the coldest -2.7 °C (on 3 August 1991).
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
Braço do NorteSanta Catarina
- coords
- -28.27°, -49.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.4°C
Average daily high
23.3°C
Average daily low
14.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,992mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
8.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
27 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
192 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.0 °C
Average feels-like low
14.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
32 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · p = < 0.001
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
38.6 °C
7 February 2014
Coldest day
-2.7 °C
3 August 1991
Wettest day
141 mm
4 February 2015
Windiest day
35.1 km/h
1 July 2020
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
1 July 2020
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
20 December 1971
Coldest feels-like
-5.7 °C
3 August 1991
Sunniest day
13.7 h
13 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 301 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 29.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 231 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 28.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 118 mm | -89 mm |
| Apr | 22.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 187 mm | +63 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 72 mm | -38 mm |
| Jun | 18.0 °C | -1.6 °C | 146 mm | +53 mm |
| Jul | 18.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 57 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 19.1 °C | -1.6 °C | 146 mm | +39 mm |
| Sep | 21.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 152 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 21.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 225 mm | +53 mm |
| Nov | 23.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 189 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 28.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 242 mm | +32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Braço do Norte?
Braço do Norte has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 1,992 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Braço do Norte?
The hottest day measured in Braço do Norte between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 2014, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Braço do Norte?
The coldest day measured in Braço do Norte between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 1991, at -2.7 °C.
Does it snow in Braço do Norte?
Almost never: Braço do Norte sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Braço do Norte warmed?
Yes: Braço do Norte warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Braço do Norte?
The wettest day measured in Braço do Norte between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 2015, with 141 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Braço do Norte?
The windiest day measured in Braço do Norte between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2020, with winds reaching 35.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Braço do Norte?
The warmest month in Braço do Norte is January (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Braço do Norte?
Braço do Norte receives on average 1,992 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 192 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Braço do Norte?
Braço do Norte gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Braço do Norte?
Yes: Braço do Norte has on average 32 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Braço do Norte?
In Braço do Norte, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 20 December 1971, and the lowest was -5.7 °C on 3 August 1991.
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