Nova Lima climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nova Lima?

Nova Lima has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 1,356 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nova Lima?

The hottest day measured in Nova Lima between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2007, reaching 34.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nova Lima?

The coldest day measured in Nova Lima between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 1.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nova Lima?

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

Q: Has the climate of Nova Lima warmed?

Yes: Nova Lima warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nova Lima?

The wettest day measured in Nova Lima between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1964, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nova Lima?

The windiest day measured in Nova Lima between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1989, with winds reaching 27.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nova Lima?

The warmest month in Nova Lima is February (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nova Lima?

Nova Lima receives on average 1,356 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nova Lima?

Nova Lima gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Nova Lima (Brazil) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 1,356 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 (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Nova Lima averages 0 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.

Nova Lima has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.8 °C (on 24 September 2007) and the coldest 1.9 °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

Nova LimaMinas Gerais

coords: -19.99°, -43.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.3°C

Average daily high

24.4°C

Average daily low

15.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,356mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

11.5km/h

Seasonal range

5.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

8 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

150 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.9 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

31.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

24 September 2007

Coldest day

1.9 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

135 mm

14 January 1964

Windiest day

27.2 km/h

30 July 1989

Strongest gust

79.2 km/h

24 January 2020

Hottest feels-like

37.7 °C

17 January 1995

Coldest feels-like

-1.0 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.2 h

28 December 2014

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.9 °C7 October 2025	7.4 °C31 July 2025	19.7 °C	909 mm	14
2024	33.8 °C9 October 2024	7.6 °C13 August 2024	20.7 °C	1,164 mm	21
2023	34.6 °C18 November 2023	7.4 °C4 July 2023	20.3 °C	1,044 mm	28
2022	31.4 °C14 September 2022	4.9 °C19 May 2022	19.4 °C	1,504 mm	5
2021	33.0 °C21 September 2021	5.6 °C30 July 2021	19.5 °C	1,214 mm	13
2020	34.6 °C3 October 2020	6.3 °C26 August 2020	19.6 °C	1,372 mm	18
2019	33.2 °C13 September 2019	6.5 °C7 July 2019	20.5 °C	840 mm	26
2018	30.9 °C20 January 2018	6.1 °C21 May 2018	19.8 °C	1,291 mm	6
2017	32.2 °C22 October 2017	7.5 °C4 July 2017	19.7 °C	770 mm	9
2016	32.4 °C15 September 2016	6.5 °C18 July 2016	20.4 °C	1,273 mm	16
2015	34.3 °C16 October 2015	9.7 °C27 June 2015	20.6 °C	913 mm	43
2014	33.9 °C19 October 2014	7.7 °C7 August 2014	19.9 °C	844 mm	21
2013	32.3 °C23 September 2013	8.3 °C6 July 2013	19.5 °C	1,213 mm	4
2012	32.9 °C28 October 2012	7.3 °C10 July 2012	19.6 °C	980 mm	14
2011	31.4 °C10 September 2011	7.4 °C3 September 2011	19.2 °C	1,385 mm	8
2010	30.6 °C17 February 2010	5.4 °C18 August 2010	19.6 °C	1,085 mm	6
2009	30.1 °C3 March 2009	6.5 °C3 June 2009	19.8 °C	1,543 mm	2
2008	32.0 °C27 October 2008	7.0 °C9 July 2008	19.6 °C	1,352 mm	16
2007	34.8 °C24 September 2007	6.2 °C31 July 2007	20.0 °C	898 mm	16
2006	33.1 °C26 January 2006	8.5 °C5 June 2006	19.6 °C	1,129 mm	11
2005	33.8 °C18 October 2005	8.5 °C9 July 2005	19.7 °C	1,210 mm	9
2004	33.0 °C13 November 2004	5.7 °C24 July 2004	19.4 °C	1,282 mm	11
2003	32.7 °C21 October 2003	7.7 °C9 May 2003	19.7 °C	1,150 mm	10
2002	32.6 °C17 October 2002	7.5 °C3 September 2002	20.2 °C	1,400 mm	12
2001	31.6 °C4 February 2001	7.7 °C19 May 2001	19.8 °C	1,044 mm	9
2000	31.3 °C21 October 2000	5.3 °C18 July 2000	19.2 °C	1,254 mm	7
1999	30.8 °C16 October 1999	6.2 °C21 May 1999	19.2 °C	1,162 mm	9
1998	31.6 °C5 February 1998	6.1 °C13 July 1998	20.0 °C	1,119 mm	16
1997	32.6 °C10 September 1997	4.5 °C9 June 1997	19.7 °C	1,339 mm	18
1996	30.3 °C31 January 1996	6.3 °C25 July 1996	19.4 °C	1,291 mm	3
1995	32.5 °C17 January 1995	7.3 °C5 September 1995	19.8 °C	1,308 mm	17
1994	33.5 °C3 October 1994	5.8 °C6 August 1994	19.8 °C	1,241 mm	18
1993	32.1 °C30 November 1993	8.1 °C20 June 1993	19.9 °C	1,099 mm	17
1992	29.2 °C7 April 1992	8.7 °C27 July 1992	19.4 °C	1,563 mm	0
1991	30.6 °C10 August 1991	7.5 °C8 July 1991	19.3 °C	1,619 mm	1
1990	31.4 °C8 February 1990	6.2 °C20 May 1990	19.8 °C	964 mm	8
1989	29.6 °C12 September 1989	5.2 °C12 July 1989	19.3 °C	1,348 mm	0
1988	32.7 °C30 January 1988	5.2 °C16 July 1988	19.4 °C	1,159 mm	7
1987	32.5 °C19 October 1987	6.9 °C9 August 1987	20.1 °C	1,459 mm	14
1986	31.3 °C18 October 1986	6.3 °C11 July 1986	19.6 °C	1,050 mm	5
1985	30.1 °C28 August 1985	3.7 °C10 June 1985	19.0 °C	1,809 mm	1
1984	31.6 °C10 November 1984	7.8 °C1 August 1984	20.0 °C	1,052 mm	6
1983	29.3 °C1 September 1983	6.5 °C7 August 1983	19.4 °C	1,741 mm	0
1982	30.6 °C25 November 1982	8.1 °C9 September 1982	19.3 °C	1,547 mm	5
1981	29.7 °C4 March 1981	5.8 °C9 June 1981	18.9 °C	1,458 mm	0
1980	32.0 °C30 October 1980	8.8 °C10 July 1980	19.3 °C	1,404 mm	6
1979	29.9 °C28 October 1979	1.9 °C1 June 1979	18.7 °C	1,946 mm	0
1978	29.3 °C21 January 1978	6.6 °C2 June 1978	19.0 °C	1,840 mm	0
1977	30.0 °C14 August 1977	8.0 °C20 May 1977	19.5 °C	1,125 mm	1
1976	30.6 °C12 January 1976	8.6 °C19 July 1976	19.2 °C	1,321 mm	1
1975	29.3 °C15 March 1975	5.6 °C7 July 1975	18.8 °C	1,336 mm	0
1974	30.5 °C1 September 1974	6.4 °C16 June 1974	19.1 °C	1,119 mm	2
1973	30.6 °C6 January 1973	6.2 °C20 June 1973	19.8 °C	1,545 mm	7
1972	30.1 °C2 December 1972	7.7 °C22 April 1972	19.4 °C	1,240 mm	2
1971	30.0 °C1 February 1971	6.9 °C31 May 1971	19.1 °C	1,361 mm	1
1970	30.3 °C22 March 1970	7.4 °C17 August 1970	19.2 °C	1,071 mm	1
1969	31.3 °C17 February 1969	6.9 °C5 June 1969	19.5 °C	1,003 mm	9
1968	31.0 °C3 November 1968	6.2 °C14 August 1968	18.0 °C	913 mm	4
1967	31.0 °C12 October 1967	6.5 °C21 July 1967	19.2 °C	1,350 mm	3
1966	31.4 °C16 September 1966	7.9 °C27 May 1966	18.6 °C	1,403 mm	1
1965	29.7 °C11 September 1965	4.0 °C12 July 1965	18.3 °C	1,883 mm	0
1964	28.4 °C2 September 1964	6.1 °C1 June 1964	17.9 °C	2,025 mm	0
1963	34.7 °C15 October 1963	6.7 °C23 June 1963	19.7 °C	772 mm	31
1962	29.7 °C12 September 1962	4.9 °C18 June 1962	18.2 °C	2,308 mm	0
1961	34.0 °C29 September 1961	8.0 °C7 August 1961	19.3 °C	1,680 mm	26
1960	32.9 °C25 September 1960	5.9 °C15 July 1960	18.2 °C	1,821 mm	5
1959	30.8 °C24 February 1959	7.6 °C20 June 1959	19.1 °C	1,169 mm	4
1958	31.3 °C21 November 1958	7.2 °C30 May 1958	18.7 °C	1,054 mm	15
1957	31.1 °C26 October 1957	4.7 °C22 July 1957	18.7 °C	1,602 mm	3
1956	30.0 °C28 January 1956	4.8 °C6 June 1956	18.1 °C	1,224 mm	1
1955	32.3 °C1 October 1955	7.5 °C3 August 1955	18.9 °C	1,032 mm	8
1954	31.6 °C19 September 1954	8.1 °C30 August 1954	19.1 °C	1,416 mm	7
1953	29.2 °C2 February 1953	7.8 °C28 July 1953	18.6 °C	1,545 mm	0
1952	29.6 °C4 September 1952	7.2 °C16 July 1952	18.5 °C	2,269 mm	0
1951	32.5 °C25 November 1951	6.5 °C15 August 1951	18.3 °C	1,248 mm	13
1950	31.6 °C20 September 1950	7.3 °C15 July 1950	18.4 °C	1,651 mm	1
1949	30.8 °C8 October 1949	6.6 °C3 July 1949	18.5 °C	1,659 mm	3
1948	30.7 °C27 September 1948	6.3 °C30 August 1948	18.7 °C	1,032 mm	4
1947	31.7 °C10 January 1947	6.8 °C4 August 1947	18.5 °C	1,402 mm	10
1946	32.2 °C4 November 1946	6.9 °C27 July 1946	19.1 °C	1,171 mm	3
1945	30.1 °C30 August 1945	8.9 °C20 May 1945	18.7 °C	1,790 mm	1
1944	29.3 °C2 October 1944	6.4 °C13 July 1944	18.0 °C	1,851 mm	0
1943	26.4 °C17 January 1943	7.6 °C25 July 1943	17.3 °C	1,972 mm	0
1942	32.7 °C7 October 1942	4.0 °C24 June 1942	17.9 °C	1,370 mm	6
1941	28.4 °C13 January 1941	7.5 °C9 June 1941	18.4 °C	2,178 mm	0
1940	29.0 °C23 August 1940	9.4 °C12 August 1940	18.5 °C	2,090 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

14 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

909 mm

-448 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.4 °C	+0.6 °C	259 mm	+15 mm
Feb	27.7 °C	+1.6 °C	18 mm	-139 mm
Mar	27.0 °C	+1.4 °C	139 mm	-24 mm
Apr	24.7 °C	+0.3 °C	112 mm	+43 mm
May	22.8 °C	-0.1 °C	6 mm	-26 mm
Jun	22.8 °C	+0.7 °C	5 mm	-9 mm
Jul	22.3 °C	+0.2 °C	3 mm	-8 mm
Aug	23.9 °C	+0.1 °C	11 mm	-4 mm
Sep	25.8 °C	+0.6 °C	9 mm	-39 mm
Oct	25.6 °C	+0.2 °C	58 mm	-65 mm
Nov	26.3 °C	+1.5 °C	98 mm	-120 mm
Dec	27.2 °C	+2.2 °C	192 mm	-72 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.9 °C

7 Oct 2025

Coldest day

7.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

32.6 mm

5 Apr 2025

Windiest day

24.3 km/h

11 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

62.6 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.1 °C

30 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.1 h

28 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nova Lima?

Nova Lima has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 1,356 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nova Lima?

The hottest day measured in Nova Lima between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 2007, reaching 34.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nova Lima?

The coldest day measured in Nova Lima between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 1.9 °C.

Does it snow in Nova Lima?

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

Has the climate of Nova Lima warmed?

Yes: Nova Lima warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nova Lima?

The wettest day measured in Nova Lima between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1964, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nova Lima?

The windiest day measured in Nova Lima between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1989, with winds reaching 27.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nova Lima?

The warmest month in Nova Lima is February (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Nova Lima?

Nova Lima receives on average 1,356 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nova Lima?

Nova Lima gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Nova Lima?

Yes: Nova Lima has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nova Lima?

In Nova Lima, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.7 °C on 17 January 1995, and the lowest was -1.0 °C on 1 June 1979.

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