Catolé do Rocha climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Catolé do Rocha?

Catolé do Rocha has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 489 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Catolé do Rocha?

The hottest day measured in Catolé do Rocha between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1998, reaching 39.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Catolé do Rocha?

The coldest day measured in Catolé do Rocha between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1974, at 17.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Catolé do Rocha?

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

Q: Has the climate of Catolé do Rocha warmed?

Yes: Catolé do Rocha warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Catolé do Rocha?

The wettest day measured in Catolé do Rocha between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1980, with 132 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Catolé do Rocha?

The windiest day measured in Catolé do Rocha between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1947, with winds reaching 32.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Catolé do Rocha?

The warmest month in Catolé do Rocha is November (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Catolé do Rocha?

Catolé do Rocha receives on average 489 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Catolé do Rocha?

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

Catolé do Rocha (Brazil) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 489 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 (28.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (26.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Catolé do Rocha averages 0 frost days, 336 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.

Catolé do Rocha has warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.07 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 22 February 1998) and the coldest 17.2 °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

Catolé do RochaParaíba

coords: -6.34°, -37.75°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

27.7°C

Average daily high

33.3°C

Average daily low

22.6°C

Annual rainfall

489mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

59%

Average peak wind

19.6km/h

Seasonal range

2.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

336 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

71 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.8 °C

Average feels-like low

24.4 °C

Average peak gust

37.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

355 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.6 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.09 · p = 0.004

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

39.2 °C

22 February 1998

Coldest day

17.2 °C

5 August 1974

Wettest day

132 mm

20 February 1980

Windiest day

32.4 km/h

19 August 1947

Strongest gust

58.7 km/h

11 September 2017

Hottest feels-like

41.5 °C

20 October 2019

Coldest feels-like

16.5 °C

31 July 1981

Sunniest day

12.4 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.0 °C3 January 2025	19.2 °C3 July 2025	28.0 °C	343 mm	353
2024	36.8 °C6 February 2024	18.9 °C26 July 2024	27.8 °C	533 mm	352
2023	36.9 °C31 October 2023	19.2 °C13 July 2023	27.8 °C	425 mm	344
2022	36.8 °C8 October 2022	17.7 °C7 August 2022	27.1 °C	708 mm	321
2021	37.1 °C13 November 2021	19.3 °C27 June 2021	28.1 °C	319 mm	353
2020	37.3 °C7 November 2020	18.1 °C22 July 2020	27.6 °C	711 mm	339
2019	37.5 °C24 December 2019	18.9 °C30 July 2019	28.0 °C	460 mm	356
2018	37.5 °C20 October 2018	19.4 °C5 May 2018	28.0 °C	548 mm	337
2017	37.3 °C2 November 2017	18.5 °C13 July 2017	28.1 °C	569 mm	343
2016	37.9 °C22 September 2016	19.5 °C1 August 2016	28.5 °C	368 mm	356
2015	37.7 °C17 January 2015	19.0 °C13 August 2015	28.2 °C	277 mm	357
2014	37.5 °C18 January 2014	19.1 °C27 July 2014	27.7 °C	323 mm	351
2013	37.2 °C26 February 2013	19.2 °C24 June 2013	28.4 °C	267 mm	357
2012	36.8 °C14 March 2012	18.5 °C29 July 2012	28.2 °C	111 mm	357
2011	35.7 °C23 October 2011	17.8 °C15 July 2011	26.9 °C	691 mm	313
2010	37.5 °C10 March 2010	18.7 °C13 August 2010	28.0 °C	477 mm	356
2009	36.3 °C7 November 2009	18.5 °C17 August 2009	27.1 °C	845 mm	313
2008	36.4 °C11 February 2008	17.7 °C14 July 2008	27.1 °C	845 mm	306
2007	36.9 °C19 October 2007	18.4 °C18 August 2007	27.7 °C	383 mm	351
2006	36.5 °C8 November 2006	19.1 °C14 July 2006	27.8 °C	443 mm	345
2005	37.4 °C3 March 2005	19.7 °C13 July 2005	28.0 °C	236 mm	349
2004	37.0 °C24 December 2004	20.4 °C24 June 2004	27.8 °C	744 mm	325
2003	37.5 °C15 November 2003	20.3 °C23 June 2003	28.2 °C	477 mm	345
2002	36.8 °C16 December 2002	19.3 °C19 June 2002	27.5 °C	541 mm	338
2001	37.7 °C5 March 2001	19.7 °C14 August 2001	28.3 °C	271 mm	357
2000	37.1 °C15 November 2000	18.6 °C11 August 2000	27.4 °C	541 mm	330
1999	38.2 °C7 March 1999	19.2 °C11 July 1999	28.2 °C	393 mm	354
1998	39.2 °C22 February 1998	19.8 °C20 July 1998	29.3 °C	196 mm	361
1997	37.9 °C3 December 1997	19.1 °C9 July 1997	27.8 °C	379 mm	343
1996	38.3 °C24 December 1996	18.2 °C6 August 1996	27.6 °C	809 mm	333
1995	37.7 °C19 December 1995	18.0 °C11 July 1995	27.6 °C	511 mm	343
1994	38.0 °C1 January 1994	19.6 °C29 July 1994	27.4 °C	588 mm	322
1993	37.7 °C9 February 1993	19.8 °C18 July 1993	28.8 °C	164 mm	356
1992	37.2 °C6 December 1992	18.8 °C23 August 1992	27.6 °C	419 mm	343
1991	37.3 °C12 December 1991	18.4 °C29 July 1991	27.3 °C	579 mm	336
1990	36.8 °C16 March 1990	20.1 °C7 August 1990	28.1 °C	274 mm	354
1989	37.2 °C27 February 1989	18.7 °C28 July 1989	27.4 °C	850 mm	317
1988	37.8 °C10 February 1988	19.1 °C30 July 1988	27.8 °C	468 mm	356
1987	37.7 °C6 November 1987	20.0 °C1 July 1987	28.5 °C	365 mm	359
1986	37.5 °C21 January 1986	18.3 °C23 July 1986	27.0 °C	715 mm	321
1985	36.7 °C23 October 1985	19.1 °C1 August 1985	26.6 °C	1,074 mm	304
1984	38.7 °C22 February 1984	18.1 °C27 July 1984	27.7 °C	513 mm	338
1983	37.7 °C1 March 1983	19.2 °C29 July 1983	28.4 °C	255 mm	362
1982	37.8 °C5 February 1982	19.2 °C13 July 1982	28.0 °C	281 mm	360
1981	37.6 °C6 March 1981	17.9 °C31 July 1981	27.7 °C	393 mm	347
1980	38.5 °C30 January 1980	19.5 °C5 August 1980	27.8 °C	643 mm	348
1979	37.5 °C1 February 1979	19.4 °C1 August 1979	28.0 °C	246 mm	358
1978	37.8 °C22 January 1978	18.7 °C1 August 1978	27.5 °C	634 mm	339
1977	37.1 °C23 December 1977	18.5 °C4 August 1977	27.2 °C	667 mm	341
1976	38.0 °C28 December 1976	18.5 °C31 July 1976	27.5 °C	482 mm	352
1975	36.7 °C9 January 1975	17.5 °C26 July 1975	27.0 °C	677 mm	314
1974	36.7 °C5 January 1974	17.2 °C5 August 1974	26.2 °C	1,193 mm	244
1973	37.0 °C27 September 1973	20.7 °C3 July 1973	27.5 °C	826 mm	333
1972	37.0 °C24 October 1972	20.2 °C24 August 1972	28.1 °C	421 mm	356
1971	36.8 °C2 January 1971	19.6 °C21 August 1971	27.3 °C	836 mm	315
1970	37.6 °C15 October 1970	19.5 °C14 August 1970	28.2 °C	353 mm	354
1969	37.3 °C8 March 1969	19.1 °C27 July 1969	28.2 °C	417 mm	360
1968	36.7 °C13 November 1968	18.8 °C18 July 1968	27.1 °C	577 mm	314
1967	37.3 °C29 January 1967	18.0 °C20 July 1967	26.4 °C	991 mm	267
1966	36.9 °C25 October 1966	19.9 °C28 August 1966	27.5 °C	462 mm	330
1965	36.9 °C17 October 1965	19.7 °C10 August 1965	27.3 °C	360 mm	329
1964	36.1 °C11 November 1964	19.1 °C16 June 1964	26.3 °C	814 mm	246
1963	37.3 °C17 October 1963	19.5 °C9 July 1963	27.4 °C	613 mm	324
1962	37.3 °C12 March 1962	19.3 °C17 August 1962	28.2 °C	193 mm	363
1961	37.2 °C9 November 1961	19.1 °C13 August 1961	27.4 °C	496 mm	319
1960	37.3 °C23 January 1960	20.1 °C7 July 1960	27.5 °C	522 mm	310
1959	37.2 °C2 January 1959	19.3 °C15 May 1959	27.6 °C	436 mm	337
1958	37.9 °C26 January 1958	20.2 °C2 November 1958	28.5 °C	184 mm	361
1957	37.0 °C29 December 1957	19.6 °C6 June 1957	27.2 °C	528 mm	297
1956	36.7 °C14 January 1956	19.3 °C30 July 1956	27.7 °C	409 mm	347
1955	37.1 °C10 January 1955	18.5 °C10 August 1955	27.2 °C	489 mm	311
1954	36.9 °C1 January 1954	19.5 °C6 September 1954	27.3 °C	358 mm	347
1953	37.1 °C30 January 1953	19.9 °C21 August 1953	28.4 °C	163 mm	362
1952	37.5 °C28 January 1952	20.0 °C16 August 1952	27.6 °C	453 mm	343
1951	37.1 °C15 March 1951	19.4 °C15 July 1951	27.8 °C	285 mm	351
1950	37.0 °C2 January 1950	20.0 °C8 August 1950	27.3 °C	431 mm	315
1949	37.2 °C10 December 1949	19.9 °C1 August 1949	27.3 °C	546 mm	329
1948	36.8 °C3 November 1948	19.3 °C28 April 1948	27.6 °C	405 mm	353
1947	37.4 °C16 January 1947	19.9 °C16 August 1947	27.4 °C	486 mm	349
1946	37.6 °C4 February 1946	19.6 °C17 August 1946	28.1 °C	182 mm	361
1945	37.5 °C1 February 1945	19.1 °C4 July 1945	26.9 °C	579 mm	311
1944	36.7 °C13 December 1944	19.3 °C16 June 1944	26.6 °C	683 mm	237
1943	37.5 °C20 February 1943	19.1 °C27 August 1943	27.2 °C	266 mm	337
1942	36.6 °C5 May 1942	18.8 °C9 July 1942	28.0 °C	125 mm	360
1941	37.0 °C21 January 1941	19.2 °C22 July 1941	27.8 °C	294 mm	350
1940	36.5 °C28 December 1940	19.6 °C2 July 1940	26.8 °C	623 mm	296

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.4 °C

+0.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

353 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

343 mm

-146 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.3 °C	-0.9 °C	101 mm	+44 mm
Feb	33.6 °C	+0.4 °C	55 mm	-38 mm
Mar	32.8 °C	+0.6 °C	74 mm	-64 mm
Apr	33.6 °C	+1.8 °C	44 mm	-63 mm
May	32.4 °C	+0.3 °C	48 mm	+5 mm
Jun	31.8 °C	-0.1 °C	14 mm	-2 mm
Jul	32.2 °C	+0.2 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Aug	32.7 °C	-0.4 °C	4 mm	+2 mm
Sep	33.6 °C	-0.7 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Oct	34.6 °C	-0.5 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Nov	35.3 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Dec	34.9 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.0 °C

3 Jan 2025

Coldest day

19.2 °C

3 Jul 2025

Wettest day

28.9 mm

16 Mar 2025

Windiest day

29.5 km/h

30 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

54.7 km/h

26 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

22 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.1 °C

3 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Catolé do Rocha?

Catolé do Rocha has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.7 °C and it receives 489 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Catolé do Rocha?

The hottest day measured in Catolé do Rocha between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1998, reaching 39.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Catolé do Rocha?

The coldest day measured in Catolé do Rocha between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1974, at 17.2 °C.

Does it snow in Catolé do Rocha?

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

Has the climate of Catolé do Rocha warmed?

Yes: Catolé do Rocha warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Catolé do Rocha?

The wettest day measured in Catolé do Rocha between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1980, with 132 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Catolé do Rocha?

The windiest day measured in Catolé do Rocha between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1947, with winds reaching 32.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Catolé do Rocha?

The warmest month in Catolé do Rocha is November (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Catolé do Rocha?

Catolé do Rocha receives on average 489 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Catolé do Rocha?

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

Are there tropical nights in Catolé do Rocha?

Yes: Catolé do Rocha has on average 355 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Catolé do Rocha?

In Catolé do Rocha, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 20 October 2019, and the lowest was 16.5 °C on 31 July 1981.

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