Caraí climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Caraí?

Caraí has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,051 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Caraí between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2023, reaching 37.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Caraí?

The coldest day measured in Caraí between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2022, at 5.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Caraí?

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

Q: Has the climate of Caraí warmed?

Yes: Caraí warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Caraí?

The wettest day measured in Caraí between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1984, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Caraí?

The windiest day measured in Caraí between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 2000, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Caraí?

The warmest month in Caraí is February (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Caraí?

Caraí receives on average 1,051 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Caraí?

Caraí gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Caraí (Brazil) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,051 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Caraí averages 0 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.

Caraí has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 18 November 2023) and the coldest 5.6 °C (on 20 May 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

CaraíMinas Gerais

coords: -17.19°, -41.69°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,051mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

12.2km/h

Seasonal range

5.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

48 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

143 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.2 °C

Average feels-like low

17.8 °C

Average peak gust

30.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

23 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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

37.2 °C

18 November 2023

Coldest day

5.6 °C

20 May 2022

Wettest day

102 mm

31 March 1984

Windiest day

29.9 km/h

18 December 2000

Strongest gust

74.9 km/h

25 November 1957

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

18 November 2023

Coldest feels-like

3.7 °C

20 May 2022

Sunniest day

12.9 h

27 November 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.9 °C21 January 2025	9.1 °C29 September 2025	21.4 °C	887 mm	75
2024	34.8 °C9 October 2024	9.2 °C25 July 2024	22.2 °C	1,176 mm	86
2023	37.2 °C18 November 2023	9.9 °C5 June 2023	22.0 °C	745 mm	105
2022	33.2 °C23 September 2022	5.6 °C20 May 2022	21.1 °C	1,074 mm	46
2021	34.6 °C5 October 2021	9.5 °C2 August 2021	21.3 °C	1,098 mm	60
2020	36.2 °C7 October 2020	7.8 °C26 August 2020	21.3 °C	987 mm	72
2019	35.8 °C5 November 2019	10.1 °C17 August 2019	22.4 °C	642 mm	120
2018	34.9 °C14 October 2018	11.3 °C8 July 2018	21.9 °C	961 mm	93
2017	33.7 °C2 January 2017	9.3 °C8 August 2017	21.3 °C	841 mm	63
2016	35.8 °C28 October 2016	9.6 °C16 June 2016	22.4 °C	894 mm	123
2015	35.8 °C13 November 2015	11.3 °C4 August 2015	22.7 °C	492 mm	155
2014	34.6 °C21 September 2014	10.0 °C8 August 2014	21.7 °C	640 mm	67
2013	35.1 °C23 September 2013	10.0 °C3 August 2013	21.7 °C	1,125 mm	69
2012	35.1 °C31 October 2012	9.2 °C26 July 2012	21.6 °C	753 mm	87
2011	34.4 °C23 February 2011	9.1 °C4 September 2011	21.0 °C	984 mm	44
2010	34.5 °C17 February 2010	9.9 °C18 August 2010	21.7 °C	786 mm	83
2009	35.2 °C29 September 2009	11.9 °C4 August 2009	22.0 °C	1,000 mm	82
2008	34.6 °C3 November 2008	9.5 °C17 July 2008	21.6 °C	1,125 mm	69
2007	35.0 °C11 November 2007	10.3 °C11 July 2007	21.7 °C	822 mm	80
2006	34.4 °C26 January 2006	9.5 °C23 July 2006	21.3 °C	1,213 mm	61
2005	34.0 °C28 October 2005	10.8 °C17 July 2005	21.5 °C	1,175 mm	49
2004	32.9 °C12 November 2004	8.9 °C11 August 2004	21.0 °C	1,096 mm	38
2003	34.0 °C27 September 2003	10.7 °C4 July 2003	21.7 °C	829 mm	82
2002	33.2 °C6 December 2002	11.9 °C7 July 2002	21.8 °C	942 mm	47
2001	34.3 °C3 February 2001	11.4 °C7 August 2001	21.4 °C	858 mm	66
2000	33.5 °C28 October 2000	8.9 °C15 August 2000	21.0 °C	974 mm	31
1999	35.2 °C11 February 1999	10.2 °C18 August 1999	21.0 °C	899 mm	55
1998	35.4 °C11 February 1998	10.5 °C8 June 1998	22.2 °C	812 mm	104
1997	35.5 °C10 September 1997	10.2 °C14 August 1997	21.3 °C	1,038 mm	66
1996	33.6 °C27 October 1996	10.5 °C24 July 1996	21.4 °C	854 mm	72
1995	34.6 °C18 January 1995	9.8 °C6 June 1995	21.6 °C	999 mm	84
1994	34.2 °C10 November 1994	9.7 °C8 August 1994	21.3 °C	839 mm	66
1993	33.9 °C2 November 1993	10.3 °C15 September 1993	21.6 °C	619 mm	83
1992	31.8 °C26 November 1992	8.7 °C28 July 1992	20.6 °C	1,648 mm	12
1991	32.5 °C13 February 1991	9.4 °C6 August 1991	20.7 °C	1,127 mm	31
1990	33.7 °C9 February 1990	11.2 °C28 September 1990	21.5 °C	842 mm	63
1989	34.3 °C15 September 1989	9.7 °C5 August 1989	21.2 °C	1,014 mm	71
1988	34.3 °C29 January 1988	9.1 °C15 July 1988	21.4 °C	737 mm	72
1987	35.1 °C19 October 1987	9.4 °C25 August 1987	21.9 °C	1,029 mm	71
1986	33.0 °C8 December 1986	8.6 °C11 July 1986	21.2 °C	659 mm	65
1985	32.0 °C5 February 1985	8.6 °C17 June 1985	20.7 °C	1,297 mm	27
1984	33.4 °C10 November 1984	10.4 °C21 August 1984	21.3 °C	1,013 mm	58
1983	32.0 °C1 September 1983	8.9 °C8 August 1983	21.2 °C	1,225 mm	35
1982	34.6 °C20 December 1982	10.6 °C9 September 1982	20.9 °C	946 mm	48
1981	32.9 °C24 December 1981	9.6 °C28 August 1981	20.4 °C	1,202 mm	18
1980	34.9 °C30 October 1980	9.8 °C18 July 1980	20.7 °C	1,099 mm	20
1979	32.3 °C8 October 1979	9.4 °C13 July 1979	20.4 °C	1,628 mm	18
1978	31.8 °C5 November 1978	10.8 °C17 September 1978	20.5 °C	1,353 mm	11
1977	32.8 °C7 December 1977	9.8 °C25 August 1977	20.9 °C	1,020 mm	28
1976	32.0 °C25 January 1976	9.6 °C3 August 1976	21.2 °C	870 mm	41
1975	32.5 °C3 October 1975	10.2 °C23 July 1975	20.6 °C	1,075 mm	27
1974	31.5 °C24 February 1974	9.7 °C17 June 1974	20.8 °C	880 mm	26
1973	33.5 °C6 January 1973	9.9 °C27 July 1973	21.6 °C	1,132 mm	56
1972	32.7 °C4 January 1972	11.2 °C31 May 1972	21.3 °C	978 mm	37
1971	31.9 °C25 February 1971	10.3 °C25 July 1971	20.7 °C	1,279 mm	23
1970	31.8 °C31 August 1970	9.7 °C13 August 1970	20.6 °C	1,047 mm	27
1969	33.3 °C9 January 1969	11.4 °C28 June 1969	20.9 °C	1,024 mm	40
1968	32.7 °C3 November 1968	9.3 °C19 June 1968	19.4 °C	1,158 mm	16
1967	32.5 °C16 January 1967	8.6 °C21 July 1967	20.7 °C	1,160 mm	32
1966	33.1 °C17 September 1966	10.7 °C23 July 1966	20.3 °C	1,070 mm	23
1965	32.3 °C27 September 1965	11.7 °C25 July 1965	20.4 °C	1,512 mm	15
1964	30.9 °C16 March 1964	10.2 °C1 June 1964	19.7 °C	1,566 mm	1
1963	36.5 °C15 October 1963	9.3 °C10 July 1963	20.9 °C	916 mm	55
1962	32.1 °C31 August 1962	9.5 °C18 June 1962	20.4 °C	1,392 mm	15
1961	34.9 °C29 September 1961	10.6 °C6 August 1961	21.1 °C	946 mm	52
1960	33.7 °C26 September 1960	10.7 °C2 July 1960	20.0 °C	1,273 mm	11
1959	33.8 °C7 February 1959	11.8 °C27 August 1959	21.1 °C	803 mm	49
1958	32.7 °C21 December 1958	10.1 °C23 September 1958	20.5 °C	1,008 mm	31
1957	33.0 °C24 September 1957	9.7 °C31 May 1957	20.5 °C	1,297 mm	36
1956	31.8 °C3 January 1956	9.8 °C31 August 1956	19.8 °C	1,400 mm	19
1955	33.1 °C12 October 1955	10.2 °C21 July 1955	20.5 °C	791 mm	25
1954	34.3 °C22 October 1954	10.4 °C15 August 1954	21.0 °C	865 mm	38
1953	32.8 °C31 January 1953	10.5 °C4 August 1953	20.4 °C	1,168 mm	16
1952	32.9 °C29 October 1952	10.7 °C16 August 1952	20.5 °C	1,709 mm	26
1951	34.8 °C15 November 1951	9.7 °C16 August 1951	20.2 °C	841 mm	44
1950	34.3 °C21 September 1950	10.8 °C14 July 1950	20.4 °C	1,082 mm	17
1949	32.2 °C8 October 1949	10.8 °C21 July 1949	20.3 °C	1,136 mm	29
1948	32.5 °C27 February 1948	10.4 °C31 August 1948	20.4 °C	1,152 mm	37
1947	33.9 °C11 January 1947	10.0 °C21 August 1947	20.5 °C	972 mm	58
1946	35.0 °C4 November 1946	11.1 °C29 July 1946	21.2 °C	856 mm	42
1945	33.4 °C29 November 1945	10.8 °C16 August 1945	20.6 °C	1,251 mm	24
1944	31.1 °C8 November 1944	10.5 °C28 August 1944	19.9 °C	1,062 mm	12
1943	29.5 °C4 March 1943	10.6 °C19 August 1943	19.2 °C	2,050 mm	0
1942	33.1 °C29 November 1942	7.9 °C24 June 1942	19.7 °C	1,040 mm	14
1941	32.1 °C22 October 1941	11.2 °C19 June 1941	20.6 °C	1,168 mm	15
1940	30.8 °C16 December 1940	10.8 °C7 August 1940	20.3 °C	1,440 mm	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.8 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

75 d/yr

+27

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

887 mm

-164 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.7 °C	+0.4 °C	222 mm	+86 mm
Feb	30.1 °C	+1.6 °C	15 mm	-81 mm
Mar	29.2 °C	+1.4 °C	65 mm	-63 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+1.5 °C	108 mm	+26 mm
May	24.1 °C	-0.5 °C	45 mm	+10 mm
Jun	23.9 °C	+0.4 °C	19 mm	-2 mm
Jul	23.3 °C	+0.3 °C	20 mm	-3 mm
Aug	24.8 °C	+0.4 °C	9 mm	-8 mm
Sep	26.4 °C	+0.2 °C	22 mm	-11 mm
Oct	27.1 °C	-0.1 °C	53 mm	-47 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	+0.8 °C	165 mm	-27 mm
Dec	28.7 °C	+1.3 °C	145 mm	-44 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.9 °C

21 Jan 2025

Coldest day

9.1 °C

29 Sep 2025

Wettest day

53.7 mm

15 Jan 2025

Windiest day

21.3 km/h

22 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

52.2 km/h

22 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.6 °C

21 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.8 °C

2 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

29 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Caraí?

Caraí has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,051 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Caraí?

The hottest day measured in Caraí between 1940 and 2025 was 18 November 2023, reaching 37.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Caraí?

The coldest day measured in Caraí between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2022, at 5.6 °C.

Does it snow in Caraí?

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

Has the climate of Caraí warmed?

Yes: Caraí warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Caraí?

The wettest day measured in Caraí between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1984, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Caraí?

The windiest day measured in Caraí between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 2000, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Caraí?

The warmest month in Caraí is February (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Caraí?

Caraí receives on average 1,051 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Caraí?

Caraí gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Caraí?

Yes: Caraí has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Caraí?

In Caraí, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 18 November 2023, and the lowest was 3.7 °C on 20 May 2022.

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