Leopoldina climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Leopoldina?

Leopoldina has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 1,599 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Leopoldina between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1963, reaching 39.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Leopoldina?

The coldest day measured in Leopoldina between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 5.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Leopoldina?

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

Q: Has the climate of Leopoldina warmed?

Yes: Leopoldina warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Leopoldina?

The wettest day measured in Leopoldina between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1993, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Leopoldina?

The windiest day measured in Leopoldina between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1966, with winds reaching 25.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Leopoldina?

The warmest month in Leopoldina is February (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Leopoldina?

Leopoldina receives on average 1,599 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Leopoldina?

Leopoldina gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Leopoldina (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 1,599 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Leopoldina averages 0 frost days, 87 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.

Leopoldina has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 30 September 1963) and the coldest 5.9 °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

LeopoldinaMinas Gerais

coords: -21.53°, -42.64°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.2°C

Average daily high

27.1°C

Average daily low

18.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,599mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

10.7km/h

Seasonal range

6.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

87 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

158 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.9 °C

Average feels-like low

20.1 °C

Average peak gust

27.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

128 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

39.0 °C

30 September 1963

Coldest day

5.9 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

183 mm

11 December 1993

Windiest day

25.5 km/h

23 October 1966

Strongest gust

73.1 km/h

11 October 1972

Hottest feels-like

43.2 °C

17 January 1995

Coldest feels-like

3.5 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.3 h

30 December 2007

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.0 °C21 January 2025	8.9 °C31 July 2025	22.7 °C	999 mm	112
2024	35.7 °C17 March 2024	10.4 °C11 August 2024	23.6 °C	1,377 mm	162
2023	37.5 °C18 November 2023	9.0 °C7 July 2023	23.1 °C	1,301 mm	144
2022	35.1 °C10 September 2022	9.0 °C28 June 2022	22.3 °C	1,524 mm	98
2021	36.4 °C21 September 2021	8.5 °C31 July 2021	22.2 °C	1,269 mm	100
2020	37.1 °C3 October 2020	9.4 °C27 May 2020	22.5 °C	1,714 mm	95
2019	36.7 °C3 February 2019	8.5 °C19 July 2019	23.3 °C	1,166 mm	147
2018	35.1 °C19 January 2018	9.2 °C21 May 2018	23.0 °C	1,663 mm	120
2017	35.5 °C22 October 2017	10.2 °C4 July 2017	22.8 °C	931 mm	131
2016	35.6 °C10 February 2016	7.8 °C14 June 2016	23.2 °C	1,594 mm	165
2015	37.3 °C16 October 2015	11.4 °C9 June 2015	23.5 °C	1,092 mm	164
2014	36.3 °C19 October 2014	8.4 °C8 August 2014	23.0 °C	988 mm	139
2013	36.1 °C12 November 2013	10.4 °C31 July 2013	22.4 °C	1,590 mm	97
2012	36.2 °C31 October 2012	9.9 °C28 September 2012	22.6 °C	1,267 mm	117
2011	35.2 °C22 February 2011	9.9 °C6 June 2011	22.2 °C	1,512 mm	102
2010	36.4 °C17 February 2010	8.8 °C18 August 2010	22.8 °C	1,386 mm	137
2009	34.9 °C3 March 2009	9.4 °C4 June 2009	23.0 °C	1,759 mm	129
2008	35.1 °C4 March 2008	9.8 °C9 July 2008	22.3 °C	1,700 mm	98
2007	36.9 °C24 September 2007	8.7 °C30 July 2007	22.9 °C	1,305 mm	133
2006	37.6 °C26 January 2006	12.0 °C31 August 2006	22.9 °C	1,133 mm	130
2005	35.4 °C18 October 2005	11.6 °C9 July 2005	22.9 °C	1,657 mm	115
2004	35.6 °C29 September 2004	10.7 °C11 August 2004	22.3 °C	1,972 mm	103
2003	34.8 °C10 January 2003	11.2 °C21 August 2003	22.7 °C	1,481 mm	121
2002	35.2 °C17 October 2002	12.2 °C31 July 2002	23.3 °C	1,748 mm	143
2001	35.1 °C1 February 2001	11.4 °C18 September 2001	22.8 °C	1,250 mm	123
2000	34.8 °C15 January 2000	7.8 °C18 July 2000	22.1 °C	1,376 mm	94
1999	34.7 °C20 January 1999	10.6 °C24 September 1999	21.9 °C	1,505 mm	91
1998	35.5 °C5 February 1998	9.4 °C9 June 1998	22.7 °C	1,404 mm	116
1997	36.9 °C9 September 1997	9.3 °C9 June 1997	22.7 °C	1,710 mm	133
1996	35.6 °C10 February 1996	9.8 °C26 July 1996	22.1 °C	1,784 mm	119
1995	37.2 °C17 January 1995	9.3 °C7 June 1995	22.8 °C	1,634 mm	121
1994	36.0 °C17 February 1994	8.1 °C10 July 1994	22.8 °C	1,286 mm	117
1993	35.1 °C18 November 1993	9.3 °C23 June 1993	22.9 °C	1,608 mm	140
1992	33.7 °C6 April 1992	10.0 °C28 July 1992	22.4 °C	1,876 mm	75
1991	34.9 °C13 December 1991	10.4 °C5 August 1991	22.3 °C	1,944 mm	71
1990	35.6 °C23 January 1990	10.2 °C13 June 1990	22.7 °C	1,280 mm	104
1989	34.0 °C21 February 1989	9.0 °C22 July 1989	22.2 °C	1,525 mm	67
1988	36.7 °C30 January 1988	7.9 °C16 July 1988	22.1 °C	1,570 mm	80
1987	34.9 °C9 January 1987	9.9 °C27 May 1987	22.7 °C	1,736 mm	102
1986	33.8 °C19 January 1986	9.7 °C13 July 1986	22.6 °C	1,392 mm	94
1985	34.2 °C4 February 1985	8.9 °C12 June 1985	21.9 °C	1,844 mm	64
1984	34.6 °C17 January 1984	9.1 °C1 August 1984	22.7 °C	1,475 mm	82
1983	33.8 °C26 February 1983	8.5 °C6 August 1983	22.4 °C	1,984 mm	64
1982	33.2 °C30 October 1982	10.7 °C6 May 1982	22.2 °C	1,530 mm	51
1981	34.0 °C29 September 1981	8.2 °C22 July 1981	21.9 °C	1,667 mm	64
1980	33.8 °C30 October 1980	10.0 °C27 September 1980	22.3 °C	1,512 mm	77
1979	33.8 °C16 December 1979	5.9 °C1 June 1979	21.5 °C	2,154 mm	52
1978	33.8 °C7 December 1978	8.8 °C2 June 1978	21.9 °C	1,750 mm	65
1977	34.3 °C2 March 1977	9.1 °C21 May 1977	22.5 °C	1,550 mm	90
1976	34.3 °C12 January 1976	10.9 °C3 June 1976	22.0 °C	1,689 mm	71
1975	34.8 °C9 December 1975	9.7 °C9 July 1975	21.9 °C	1,579 mm	82
1974	34.4 °C25 February 1974	9.1 °C17 July 1974	22.1 °C	1,238 mm	71
1973	36.3 °C6 January 1973	9.8 °C22 June 1973	22.6 °C	1,704 mm	92
1972	35.3 °C6 January 1972	10.2 °C22 June 1972	22.3 °C	1,570 mm	90
1971	35.2 °C5 January 1971	9.7 °C10 June 1971	22.0 °C	1,619 mm	97
1970	33.6 °C7 January 1970	9.3 °C7 July 1970	22.0 °C	1,243 mm	82
1969	35.4 °C10 January 1969	10.3 °C19 July 1969	22.2 °C	1,283 mm	90
1968	35.2 °C3 November 1968	9.4 °C2 June 1968	21.0 °C	1,047 mm	55
1967	34.9 °C12 October 1967	9.6 °C22 July 1967	22.2 °C	1,752 mm	59
1966	34.9 °C5 December 1966	11.0 °C20 May 1966	21.7 °C	1,747 mm	75
1965	32.6 °C26 September 1965	9.4 °C12 July 1965	21.5 °C	2,164 mm	46
1964	32.6 °C18 February 1964	8.8 °C16 July 1964	20.7 °C	2,008 mm	25
1963	39.0 °C30 September 1963	9.5 °C13 July 1963	22.6 °C	755 mm	118
1962	32.5 °C18 February 1962	8.8 °C18 June 1962	20.7 °C	2,167 mm	23
1961	37.9 °C29 September 1961	10.9 °C16 July 1961	22.2 °C	1,943 mm	84
1960	36.0 °C25 September 1960	9.2 °C5 June 1960	21.0 °C	1,982 mm	39
1959	33.4 °C11 February 1959	10.4 °C21 June 1959	22.0 °C	1,494 mm	66
1958	34.7 °C19 December 1958	9.6 °C22 September 1958	21.7 °C	1,171 mm	77
1957	34.1 °C26 October 1957	8.4 °C23 July 1957	21.5 °C	1,830 mm	56
1956	35.0 °C27 January 1956	9.1 °C18 August 1956	21.0 °C	1,407 mm	60
1955	35.6 °C1 October 1955	10.9 °C3 July 1955	21.6 °C	1,219 mm	79
1954	36.2 °C19 September 1954	10.7 °C12 August 1954	21.8 °C	1,848 mm	73
1953	33.2 °C2 February 1953	9.1 °C29 July 1953	21.7 °C	1,856 mm	44
1952	32.8 °C31 January 1952	10.8 °C16 July 1952	21.5 °C	2,486 mm	28
1951	35.7 °C23 November 1951	9.5 °C14 August 1951	21.3 °C	1,118 mm	70
1950	34.5 °C6 September 1950	10.5 °C30 June 1950	21.2 °C	1,841 mm	41
1949	32.3 °C18 March 1949	10.4 °C27 August 1949	21.1 °C	2,038 mm	39
1948	34.2 °C27 January 1948	10.3 °C27 May 1948	21.4 °C	1,284 mm	70
1947	36.0 °C10 January 1947	9.4 °C4 August 1947	21.3 °C	1,830 mm	49
1946	33.3 °C3 November 1946	10.2 °C30 July 1946	22.0 °C	1,670 mm	65
1945	33.5 °C30 August 1945	10.7 °C14 July 1945	21.8 °C	1,982 mm	47
1944	34.3 °C2 October 1944	10.7 °C24 August 1944	21.4 °C	2,086 mm	37
1943	30.7 °C19 January 1943	10.1 °C25 July 1943	20.3 °C	1,936 mm	5
1942	35.5 °C7 October 1942	7.6 °C24 June 1942	20.7 °C	1,600 mm	38
1941	33.7 °C13 January 1941	10.8 °C23 July 1941	21.4 °C	2,399 mm	36
1940	33.2 °C24 August 1940	11.2 °C10 July 1940	21.7 °C	2,473 mm	42

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.8 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

112 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

999 mm

-600 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.2 °C	+0.5 °C	228 mm	-25 mm
Feb	32.1 °C	+2.1 °C	9 mm	-170 mm
Mar	30.1 °C	+1.0 °C	91 mm	-91 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	+0.1 °C	145 mm	+51 mm
May	25.7 °C	+0.4 °C	9 mm	-39 mm
Jun	25.3 °C	+1.0 °C	5 mm	-22 mm
Jul	24.0 °C	-0.1 °C	8 mm	-15 mm
Aug	25.5 °C	+0.1 °C	17 mm	-16 mm
Sep	26.7 °C	0.0 °C	25 mm	-52 mm
Oct	27.5 °C	+0.1 °C	90 mm	-66 mm
Nov	28.8 °C	+1.3 °C	119 mm	-127 mm
Dec	30.8 °C	+2.2 °C	253 mm	-29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.0 °C

21 Jan 2025

Coldest day

8.9 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

36.4 mm

3 Dec 2025

Windiest day

23.8 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

68.0 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.8 °C

29 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.3 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

27 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Leopoldina?

Leopoldina has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 1,599 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Leopoldina?

The hottest day measured in Leopoldina between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1963, reaching 39.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Leopoldina?

The coldest day measured in Leopoldina between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 5.9 °C.

Does it snow in Leopoldina?

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

Has the climate of Leopoldina warmed?

Yes: Leopoldina warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Leopoldina?

The wettest day measured in Leopoldina between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1993, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Leopoldina?

The windiest day measured in Leopoldina between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1966, with winds reaching 25.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Leopoldina?

The warmest month in Leopoldina is February (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Leopoldina?

Leopoldina receives on average 1,599 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Leopoldina?

Leopoldina gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Leopoldina?

Yes: Leopoldina has on average 128 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Leopoldina?

In Leopoldina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 17 January 1995, and the lowest was 3.5 °C on 1 June 1979.

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