Carandaí climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Carandaí?

Carandaí has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 1,543 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Carandaí between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1963, reaching 34.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Carandaí?

The coldest day measured in Carandaí between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 1.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Carandaí?

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

Q: Has the climate of Carandaí warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Carandaí?

The wettest day measured in Carandaí between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1985, with 141 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Carandaí?

The windiest day measured in Carandaí between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 2025, with winds reaching 32.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Carandaí?

The warmest month in Carandaí is February (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Carandaí?

Carandaí receives on average 1,543 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Carandaí?

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

Carandaí (Brazil) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 1,543 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 (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Carandaí averages 0 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.

Carandaí 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 34.8 °C (on 30 September 1963) and the coldest 1.4 °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

CarandaíMinas Gerais

coords: -20.95°, -43.81°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.1°C

Average daily high

24.1°C

Average daily low

15.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,543mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

13.1km/h

Seasonal range

5.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

8 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

159 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.6 °C

Average feels-like low

15.4 °C

Average peak gust

30.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.1 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

34.8 °C

30 September 1963

Coldest day

1.4 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

141 mm

19 January 1985

Windiest day

32.1 km/h

10 December 2025

Strongest gust

75.6 km/h

11 October 1972

Hottest feels-like

38.4 °C

30 December 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.9 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.3 h

28 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.9 °C28 December 2025	5.2 °C31 July 2025	19.4 °C	1,046 mm	20
2024	32.6 °C8 October 2024	7.5 °C13 August 2024	20.5 °C	1,227 mm	28
2023	33.8 °C24 September 2023	7.8 °C6 July 2023	20.1 °C	1,204 mm	23
2022	31.8 °C10 September 2022	4.9 °C20 May 2022	19.2 °C	1,658 mm	3
2021	33.3 °C21 September 2021	4.6 °C20 July 2021	19.3 °C	1,290 mm	13
2020	34.1 °C3 October 2020	6.4 °C26 August 2020	19.5 °C	1,630 mm	19
2019	32.8 °C3 February 2019	5.6 °C7 July 2019	20.1 °C	978 mm	25
2018	31.0 °C6 March 2018	3.9 °C21 May 2018	19.7 °C	1,529 mm	8
2017	32.7 °C14 October 2017	7.9 °C1 August 2017	19.5 °C	828 mm	11
2016	32.5 °C10 February 2016	5.5 °C15 June 2016	20.0 °C	1,409 mm	22
2015	33.6 °C16 October 2015	9.9 °C11 June 2015	20.2 °C	1,293 mm	29
2014	33.6 °C19 October 2014	6.5 °C8 August 2014	19.8 °C	876 mm	19
2013	32.5 °C23 September 2013	6.7 °C8 July 2013	19.2 °C	1,332 mm	8
2012	32.7 °C31 October 2012	6.0 °C27 September 2012	19.3 °C	1,291 mm	14
2011	31.2 °C2 October 2011	6.2 °C3 September 2011	19.1 °C	1,511 mm	9
2010	31.2 °C17 February 2010	4.5 °C13 June 2010	19.6 °C	1,258 mm	13
2009	30.9 °C3 March 2009	5.4 °C13 July 2009	19.8 °C	1,846 mm	5
2008	31.9 °C7 September 2008	6.5 °C15 July 2008	19.3 °C	1,706 mm	10
2007	34.8 °C24 September 2007	5.3 °C31 July 2007	19.8 °C	1,224 mm	19
2006	33.1 °C25 January 2006	8.4 °C16 June 2006	19.4 °C	1,228 mm	10
2005	33.6 °C18 October 2005	8.5 °C13 July 2005	19.6 °C	1,339 mm	9
2004	32.5 °C29 September 2004	7.2 °C11 August 2004	19.1 °C	1,727 mm	6
2003	31.7 °C24 September 2003	7.8 °C9 May 2003	19.5 °C	1,335 mm	15
2002	32.6 °C17 October 2002	9.0 °C26 May 2002	20.1 °C	1,503 mm	7
2001	31.7 °C4 February 2001	7.0 °C29 June 2001	19.4 °C	1,314 mm	5
2000	32.0 °C15 January 2000	4.2 °C18 July 2000	19.0 °C	1,337 mm	7
1999	31.8 °C21 January 1999	7.2 °C21 May 1999	18.8 °C	1,178 mm	9
1998	31.3 °C5 February 1998	6.2 °C14 July 1998	19.5 °C	1,374 mm	16
1997	32.8 °C10 September 1997	4.8 °C2 June 1997	19.6 °C	1,551 mm	19
1996	31.1 °C31 January 1996	5.6 °C12 July 1996	19.1 °C	1,620 mm	12
1995	32.5 °C17 January 1995	6.0 °C7 June 1995	19.7 °C	1,512 mm	27
1994	33.5 °C2 November 1994	5.4 °C28 June 1994	19.8 °C	1,370 mm	23
1993	31.5 °C7 September 1993	7.1 °C23 June 1993	19.7 °C	1,415 mm	15
1992	30.0 °C7 April 1992	6.8 °C27 July 1992	19.3 °C	1,738 mm	1
1991	30.9 °C13 December 1991	7.4 °C8 July 1991	19.2 °C	1,720 mm	2
1990	31.9 °C23 January 1990	6.8 °C20 May 1990	19.5 °C	1,075 mm	11
1989	29.8 °C21 February 1989	4.0 °C10 July 1989	19.0 °C	1,509 mm	0
1988	33.0 °C30 January 1988	5.4 °C6 June 1988	19.1 °C	1,520 mm	7
1987	30.7 °C19 October 1987	6.7 °C10 August 1987	19.7 °C	1,854 mm	5
1986	31.1 °C18 October 1986	6.5 °C11 July 1986	19.4 °C	1,380 mm	2
1985	30.3 °C25 March 1985	3.6 °C11 June 1985	19.0 °C	1,835 mm	3
1984	31.0 °C14 January 1984	7.7 °C11 September 1984	19.8 °C	1,224 mm	7
1983	29.6 °C9 January 1983	4.6 °C5 August 1983	19.3 °C	1,904 mm	0
1982	29.7 °C18 September 1982	7.0 °C6 May 1982	19.1 °C	1,843 mm	0
1981	30.2 °C4 March 1981	4.2 °C22 July 1981	18.8 °C	1,562 mm	2
1980	31.5 °C28 October 1980	7.7 °C27 September 1980	19.1 °C	1,314 mm	5
1979	29.7 °C26 October 1979	1.4 °C1 June 1979	18.5 °C	1,969 mm	0
1978	29.4 °C21 January 1978	4.5 °C16 August 1978	18.8 °C	1,699 mm	0
1977	30.3 °C8 December 1977	8.1 °C18 May 1977	19.4 °C	1,355 mm	3
1976	30.0 °C25 January 1976	7.8 °C3 June 1976	18.9 °C	1,617 mm	1
1975	30.3 °C9 December 1975	5.0 °C7 July 1975	18.8 °C	1,414 mm	3
1974	30.2 °C1 September 1974	6.3 °C16 June 1974	18.9 °C	1,361 mm	2
1973	31.8 °C11 February 1973	6.2 °C15 May 1973	19.6 °C	1,633 mm	11
1972	30.3 °C6 January 1972	5.4 °C22 June 1972	19.1 °C	1,431 mm	3
1971	30.8 °C31 January 1971	6.7 °C31 May 1971	18.9 °C	1,254 mm	3
1970	30.2 °C24 December 1970	6.6 °C13 August 1970	19.0 °C	1,053 mm	1
1969	31.3 °C17 February 1969	7.1 °C6 June 1969	19.3 °C	1,219 mm	6
1968	31.2 °C29 October 1968	6.9 °C18 May 1968	17.9 °C	987 mm	4
1967	31.0 °C12 October 1967	6.6 °C22 July 1967	19.2 °C	1,586 mm	4
1966	32.2 °C16 September 1966	7.6 °C3 June 1966	18.5 °C	1,568 mm	1
1965	30.4 °C11 September 1965	4.8 °C12 July 1965	18.3 °C	2,154 mm	2
1964	29.4 °C2 September 1964	6.9 °C16 July 1964	17.7 °C	1,973 mm	0
1963	34.8 °C30 September 1963	6.8 °C23 June 1963	19.5 °C	806 mm	24
1962	29.4 °C30 August 1962	4.8 °C18 June 1962	17.8 °C	2,345 mm	0
1961	34.7 °C29 September 1961	9.0 °C20 June 1961	19.2 °C	1,910 mm	27
1960	33.4 °C25 September 1960	5.6 °C13 July 1960	18.1 °C	2,008 mm	5
1959	29.6 °C24 February 1959	7.7 °C6 August 1959	18.8 °C	1,398 mm	0
1958	31.6 °C7 October 1958	6.5 °C30 May 1958	18.6 °C	1,247 mm	9
1957	30.7 °C26 October 1957	3.9 °C22 July 1957	18.5 °C	1,682 mm	3
1956	29.9 °C28 January 1956	5.2 °C12 July 1956	17.7 °C	1,450 mm	0
1955	32.7 °C1 October 1955	7.5 °C22 May 1955	18.6 °C	1,179 mm	12
1954	32.6 °C19 September 1954	7.4 °C12 August 1954	18.9 °C	1,908 mm	8
1953	29.6 °C22 August 1953	7.2 °C28 July 1953	18.5 °C	1,852 mm	0
1952	30.2 °C4 September 1952	5.4 °C16 July 1952	18.5 °C	2,582 mm	2
1951	32.0 °C25 November 1951	6.9 °C15 August 1951	18.2 °C	1,315 mm	7
1950	30.7 °C20 September 1950	6.3 °C11 June 1950	18.3 °C	2,034 mm	2
1949	30.0 °C5 October 1949	7.0 °C27 August 1949	18.2 °C	1,965 mm	1
1948	31.7 °C27 September 1948	6.7 °C1 September 1948	18.5 °C	1,288 mm	3
1947	31.7 °C10 January 1947	7.4 °C15 July 1947	18.1 °C	1,813 mm	4
1946	30.3 °C4 November 1946	6.7 °C29 July 1946	18.8 °C	1,739 mm	1
1945	30.2 °C30 August 1945	7.8 °C21 May 1945	18.6 °C	2,088 mm	1
1944	30.5 °C2 October 1944	7.2 °C22 August 1944	18.2 °C	2,206 mm	1
1943	26.9 °C24 February 1943	7.4 °C18 August 1943	17.2 °C	2,006 mm	0
1942	32.6 °C7 October 1942	3.5 °C26 June 1942	17.7 °C	1,608 mm	3
1941	30.0 °C13 January 1941	7.7 °C9 June 1941	18.4 °C	2,359 mm	1
1940	29.8 °C24 August 1940	9.0 °C10 June 1940	18.6 °C	2,209 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.7 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

20 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1046 mm

-497 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.9 °C	+0.9 °C	317 mm	+53 mm
Feb	28.2 °C	+1.8 °C	14 mm	-173 mm
Mar	26.7 °C	+1.0 °C	133 mm	-46 mm
Apr	24.2 °C	0.0 °C	107 mm	+29 mm
May	22.4 °C	0.0 °C	5 mm	-36 mm
Jun	22.5 °C	+0.8 °C	7 mm	-15 mm
Jul	21.7 °C	+0.2 °C	9 mm	-8 mm
Aug	23.0 °C	-0.1 °C	15 mm	-11 mm
Sep	24.2 °C	-0.1 °C	22 mm	-50 mm
Oct	24.4 °C	-0.2 °C	93 mm	-63 mm
Nov	25.6 °C	+1.1 °C	129 mm	-103 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	+2.1 °C	195 mm	-75 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.9 °C

28 Dec 2025

Coldest day

5.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

56.8 mm

9 Jan 2025

Windiest day

32.1 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.4 °C

30 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.8 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.3 h

28 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Carandaí?

Carandaí has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 1,543 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Carandaí?

The hottest day measured in Carandaí between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1963, reaching 34.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Carandaí?

The coldest day measured in Carandaí between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 1.4 °C.

Does it snow in Carandaí?

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

Has the climate of Carandaí warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Carandaí?

The wettest day measured in Carandaí between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1985, with 141 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Carandaí?

The windiest day measured in Carandaí between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 2025, with winds reaching 32.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Carandaí?

The warmest month in Carandaí is February (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Carandaí?

Carandaí receives on average 1,543 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Carandaí?

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

Are there tropical nights in Carandaí?

Yes: Carandaí has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Carandaí?

In Carandaí, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 30 December 2025, and the lowest was -1.9 °C on 1 June 1979.

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