Cruz Machado climate — normals and trends
Cruz Machado (Brazil) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 1,444 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Cruz Machado averages 3 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Cruz Machado has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 16 November 1985) and the coldest -6.7 °C (on 18 July 1975).
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
Cruz MachadoParaná
- coords
- -26.02°, -51.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.9°C
Average daily high
22.5°C
Average daily low
12.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,444mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
12.5km/h
Seasonal range
8.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
23.6 °C
Average feels-like low
12.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
35.4 °C
16 November 1985
Coldest day
-6.7 °C
18 July 1975
Wettest day
129 mm
19 May 1987
Windiest day
41.8 km/h
15 September 1956
Strongest gust
103.7 km/h
19 June 1991
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
1 March 2003
Coldest feels-like
-10.5 °C
18 July 1975
Snowiest day
3.1 cm
21 August 1965
Sunniest day
13.5 h
5 December 1971
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 111 mm | -56 mm |
| Feb | 27.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 126 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 26.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 81 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 22.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 72 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 64 mm | -37 mm |
| Jun | 17.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 174 mm | +80 mm |
| Jul | 17.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 47 mm | -39 mm |
| Aug | 19.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 116 mm | +21 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 127 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 21.3 °C | -1.5 °C | 171 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 24.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 148 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | 27.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 112 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cruz Machado?
Cruz Machado has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 1,444 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cruz Machado?
The hottest day measured in Cruz Machado between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1985, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cruz Machado?
The coldest day measured in Cruz Machado between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1975, at -6.7 °C.
Does it snow in Cruz Machado?
Almost never: Cruz Machado sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Cruz Machado warmed?
Yes: Cruz Machado warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cruz Machado?
The wettest day measured in Cruz Machado between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 1987, with 129 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cruz Machado?
The windiest day measured in Cruz Machado between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1956, with winds reaching 41.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cruz Machado?
The warmest month in Cruz Machado is January (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Cruz Machado?
Cruz Machado receives on average 1,444 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cruz Machado?
Cruz Machado gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cruz Machado?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cruz Machado between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1965, with 3.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cruz Machado?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cruz Machado.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cruz Machado?
In Cruz Machado, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 1 March 2003, and the lowest was -10.5 °C on 18 July 1975.
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