Caraúbas climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Caraúbas?

Caraúbas has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.4 °C and it receives 495 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Caraúbas between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1984, reaching 40.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Caraúbas?

The coldest day measured in Caraúbas between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1974, at 18.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Caraúbas?

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

Q: Has the climate of Caraúbas warmed?

Yes: Caraúbas warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Caraúbas?

The wettest day measured in Caraúbas between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1968, with 223 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Caraúbas?

The windiest day measured in Caraúbas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1970, with winds reaching 32.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Caraúbas?

The warmest month in Caraúbas is November (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is April (27.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Caraúbas?

Caraúbas receives on average 495 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Caraúbas?

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

Caraúbas (Brazil) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.4 °C and it receives 495 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 November (29.5 °C on average) and the coldest is April (27.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Caraúbas averages 0 frost days, 351 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.

Caraúbas has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 26 February 1984) and the coldest 18.3 °C (on 5 August 1974).

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

CaraúbasRio Grande do Norte

coords: -5.79°, -37.56°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthAprilWettest monthMarchDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

28.4°C

Average daily high

34.3°C

Average daily low

23.5°C

Annual rainfall

495mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

20.5km/h

Seasonal range

2.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

351 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

73 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.2 °C

Average feels-like low

25.7 °C

Average peak gust

38.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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

40.1 °C

26 February 1984

Coldest day

18.3 °C

5 August 1974

Wettest day

223 mm

24 April 1968

Windiest day

32.3 km/h

18 July 1970

Strongest gust

59.0 km/h

2 July 1962

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

4 March 2008

Coldest feels-like

17.1 °C

5 August 1974

Sunniest day

12.3 h

31 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.0 °C8 January 2025	20.4 °C18 August 2025	29.1 °C	383 mm	365
2024	38.8 °C6 February 2024	19.8 °C26 July 2024	28.7 °C	546 mm	359
2023	38.2 °C3 December 2023	20.6 °C11 July 2023	28.8 °C	465 mm	362
2022	38.0 °C8 October 2022	18.6 °C11 August 2022	28.0 °C	756 mm	346
2021	38.7 °C8 February 2021	21.2 °C25 May 2021	29.1 °C	346 mm	360
2020	38.6 °C11 February 2020	19.2 °C22 July 2020	28.7 °C	623 mm	354
2019	38.9 °C24 October 2019	20.7 °C21 June 2019	28.9 °C	564 mm	359
2018	38.6 °C17 November 2018	20.1 °C14 July 2018	28.8 °C	724 mm	351
2017	38.7 °C25 January 2017	19.5 °C13 July 2017	28.9 °C	585 mm	354
2016	38.8 °C12 March 2016	21.1 °C29 June 2016	29.4 °C	376 mm	358
2015	39.0 °C17 January 2015	20.4 °C13 August 2015	29.0 °C	351 mm	360
2014	38.1 °C18 January 2014	20.1 °C17 July 2014	28.7 °C	447 mm	359
2013	38.8 °C5 February 2013	20.8 °C24 June 2013	29.3 °C	247 mm	361
2012	38.4 °C8 March 2012	19.9 °C29 July 2012	29.1 °C	140 mm	360
2011	36.9 °C24 October 2011	19.2 °C15 July 2011	27.7 °C	719 mm	340
2010	38.8 °C10 March 2010	20.1 °C14 August 2010	29.0 °C	424 mm	363
2009	37.4 °C7 November 2009	19.7 °C17 August 2009	27.8 °C	878 mm	340
2008	38.1 °C21 February 2008	19.6 °C5 July 2008	28.1 °C	655 mm	348
2007	38.2 °C19 October 2007	19.9 °C15 August 2007	28.7 °C	352 mm	359
2006	37.6 °C9 December 2006	20.5 °C14 July 2006	28.8 °C	453 mm	362
2005	38.7 °C5 February 2005	21.0 °C7 August 2005	29.0 °C	217 mm	361
2004	38.0 °C1 September 2004	21.1 °C20 March 2004	28.7 °C	683 mm	347
2003	38.2 °C16 February 2003	21.1 °C23 June 2003	29.0 °C	422 mm	359
2002	37.8 °C16 December 2002	20.9 °C19 June 2002	28.5 °C	483 mm	357
2001	38.6 °C5 March 2001	20.9 °C14 August 2001	29.2 °C	254 mm	363
2000	38.2 °C6 February 2000	19.4 °C12 August 2000	28.1 °C	631 mm	348
1999	38.9 °C4 January 1999	20.8 °C28 May 1999	29.0 °C	429 mm	357
1998	40.0 °C15 March 1998	21.2 °C21 July 1998	30.1 °C	245 mm	362
1997	39.3 °C28 December 1997	20.5 °C9 July 1997	28.7 °C	340 mm	355
1996	39.1 °C13 January 1996	19.4 °C8 August 1996	28.4 °C	866 mm	354
1995	39.0 °C1 December 1995	19.6 °C11 July 1995	28.3 °C	551 mm	352
1994	38.8 °C1 January 1994	20.4 °C22 July 1994	28.2 °C	682 mm	337
1993	38.9 °C2 November 1993	21.1 °C22 January 1993	29.7 °C	153 mm	362
1992	38.2 °C6 December 1992	20.1 °C23 August 1992	28.5 °C	363 mm	354
1991	38.6 °C29 January 1991	19.2 °C8 August 1991	28.1 °C	498 mm	351
1990	37.9 °C11 April 1990	21.2 °C13 July 1990	29.0 °C	273 mm	359
1989	38.2 °C27 February 1989	19.7 °C27 July 1989	28.0 °C	886 mm	340
1988	39.3 °C16 January 1988	20.5 °C2 August 1988	28.6 °C	487 mm	363
1987	38.7 °C1 January 1987	20.9 °C1 July 1987	29.2 °C	337 mm	364
1986	37.6 °C21 January 1986	19.5 °C1 August 1986	27.6 °C	827 mm	345
1985	37.3 °C17 November 1985	19.8 °C1 August 1985	27.3 °C	1,154 mm	324
1984	40.1 °C26 February 1984	19.2 °C27 July 1984	28.3 °C	611 mm	345
1983	38.7 °C1 March 1983	20.6 °C26 July 1983	29.2 °C	185 mm	362
1982	39.3 °C5 February 1982	19.7 °C13 July 1982	28.7 °C	279 mm	361
1981	38.9 °C6 March 1981	19.4 °C31 July 1981	28.6 °C	361 mm	351
1980	38.7 °C30 January 1980	20.1 °C16 March 1980	28.6 °C	502 mm	358
1979	38.5 °C2 February 1979	21.1 °C12 June 1979	28.9 °C	227 mm	362
1978	38.9 °C1 February 1978	20.1 °C1 August 1978	28.2 °C	606 mm	355
1977	37.4 °C17 November 1977	20.0 °C23 July 1977	28.0 °C	644 mm	351
1976	39.3 °C18 January 1976	19.8 °C31 July 1976	28.2 °C	484 mm	354
1975	37.6 °C9 November 1975	19.3 °C26 July 1975	27.7 °C	673 mm	344
1974	37.0 °C9 January 1974	18.3 °C5 August 1974	26.8 °C	1,231 mm	289
1973	38.3 °C7 December 1973	21.3 °C30 June 1973	28.1 °C	812 mm	345
1972	38.2 °C3 February 1972	20.9 °C1 April 1972	28.8 °C	385 mm	361
1971	37.9 °C2 January 1971	19.7 °C10 August 1971	27.9 °C	800 mm	338
1970	38.7 °C15 October 1970	20.7 °C14 August 1970	28.9 °C	327 mm	359
1969	39.2 °C27 February 1969	20.0 °C27 July 1969	29.0 °C	344 mm	362
1968	37.9 °C18 October 1968	20.0 °C3 July 1968	27.7 °C	763 mm	339
1967	38.1 °C22 January 1967	19.8 °C20 July 1967	27.2 °C	919 mm	316
1966	38.0 °C25 October 1966	21.2 °C16 April 1966	28.4 °C	385 mm	357
1965	37.9 °C17 October 1965	20.0 °C30 January 1965	27.9 °C	393 mm	351
1964	37.3 °C11 November 1964	20.0 °C16 June 1964	26.9 °C	815 mm	285
1963	38.2 °C17 October 1963	20.5 °C9 July 1963	28.0 °C	594 mm	348
1962	38.1 °C12 March 1962	20.6 °C17 August 1962	28.7 °C	208 mm	362
1961	38.0 °C30 December 1961	20.6 °C18 April 1961	28.1 °C	495 mm	337
1960	38.1 °C1 February 1960	20.6 °C9 May 1960	28.2 °C	668 mm	340
1959	37.7 °C10 January 1959	20.6 °C15 May 1959	28.0 °C	495 mm	351
1958	39.3 °C12 February 1958	20.4 °C2 November 1958	29.3 °C	122 mm	364
1957	37.8 °C30 November 1957	20.3 °C6 June 1957	27.8 °C	554 mm	332
1956	37.8 °C21 November 1956	20.5 °C27 July 1956	28.4 °C	323 mm	356
1955	37.9 °C10 January 1955	20.2 °C10 August 1955	27.8 °C	539 mm	332
1954	38.1 °C5 January 1954	20.7 °C6 September 1954	28.0 °C	377 mm	358
1953	38.2 °C30 January 1953	21.4 °C21 August 1953	29.1 °C	139 mm	364
1952	38.6 °C27 February 1952	21.4 °C13 September 1952	28.5 °C	362 mm	356
1951	38.1 °C15 March 1951	20.5 °C19 December 1951	28.7 °C	253 mm	363
1950	38.2 °C9 January 1950	21.1 °C8 August 1950	27.9 °C	515 mm	333
1949	38.3 °C9 December 1949	20.6 °C13 February 1949	27.9 °C	553 mm	350
1948	37.8 °C3 November 1948	20.2 °C28 April 1948	28.3 °C	415 mm	361
1947	38.4 °C16 January 1947	21.2 °C9 August 1947	28.1 °C	492 mm	351
1946	38.3 °C4 February 1946	20.8 °C5 May 1946	28.7 °C	234 mm	360
1945	38.1 °C31 January 1945	19.6 °C4 July 1945	27.7 °C	538 mm	343
1944	37.3 °C13 December 1944	20.1 °C24 June 1944	27.2 °C	850 mm	281
1943	38.4 °C19 February 1943	20.5 °C23 March 1943	27.9 °C	315 mm	348
1942	37.7 °C31 October 1942	20.0 °C9 July 1942	28.7 °C	168 mm	364
1941	38.0 °C3 January 1941	20.4 °C22 July 1941	28.6 °C	279 mm	360
1940	37.6 °C28 December 1940	20.9 °C15 February 1940	27.7 °C	508 mm	351

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.8 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

365 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

383 mm

-112 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.7 °C	-0.4 °C	78 mm	+29 mm
Feb	34.7 °C	+0.6 °C	100 mm	+14 mm
Mar	33.2 °C	+0.3 °C	107 mm	-29 mm
Apr	34.9 °C	+2.3 °C	46 mm	-73 mm
May	34.3 °C	+1.2 °C	24 mm	-27 mm
Jun	33.6 °C	+0.6 °C	13 mm	-6 mm
Jul	33.7 °C	+0.5 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
Aug	34.3 °C	-0.1 °C	7 mm	+4 mm
Sep	35.2 °C	-0.3 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Oct	36.2 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Nov	36.4 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Dec	36.0 °C	+0.1 °C	1 mm	-12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.0 °C

8 Jan 2025

Coldest day

20.4 °C

18 Aug 2025

Wettest day

27.3 mm

27 Feb 2025

Windiest day

30.3 km/h

14 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

2 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

22 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.2 °C

19 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

2 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Caraúbas?

Caraúbas has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.4 °C and it receives 495 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Caraúbas?

The hottest day measured in Caraúbas between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1984, reaching 40.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Caraúbas?

The coldest day measured in Caraúbas between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1974, at 18.3 °C.

Does it snow in Caraúbas?

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

Has the climate of Caraúbas warmed?

Yes: Caraúbas warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Caraúbas?

The wettest day measured in Caraúbas between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1968, with 223 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Caraúbas?

The windiest day measured in Caraúbas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1970, with winds reaching 32.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Caraúbas?

The warmest month in Caraúbas is November (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is April (27.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Caraúbas?

Caraúbas receives on average 495 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Caraúbas?

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

Are there tropical nights in Caraúbas?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Caraúbas?

In Caraúbas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 4 March 2008, and the lowest was 17.1 °C on 5 August 1974.

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