Patos de Minas climate — normals and trends
Patos de Minas (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 1,358 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 October (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is June (18.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Patos de Minas averages 0 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Patos de Minas has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 20 October 1963) and the coldest 3.6 °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
Patos de MinasMinas Gerais
- coords
- -18.58°, -46.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
21.4°C
Average daily high
26.7°C
Average daily low
16.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,358mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
4.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
42 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.6 °C
Average feels-like low
17.4 °C
Average peak gust
29.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
37.7 °C
20 October 1963
Coldest day
3.6 °C
1 June 1979
Wettest day
160 mm
16 January 1964
Windiest day
27.9 km/h
20 July 1976
Strongest gust
65.2 km/h
3 January 2000
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
22 October 2015
Coldest feels-like
0.1 °C
1 June 1979
Sunniest day
13.1 h
16 December 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 303 mm | +54 mm |
| Feb | 29.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 33 mm | -149 mm |
| Mar | 29.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 83 mm | -93 mm |
| Apr | 27.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 68 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 25.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 3 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 29.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 27 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 29.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 29 mm | -91 mm |
| Nov | 29.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 87 mm | -125 mm |
| Dec | 27.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 278 mm | +21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Patos de Minas?
Patos de Minas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.4 °C and it receives 1,358 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Patos de Minas?
The hottest day measured in Patos de Minas between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1963, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Patos de Minas?
The coldest day measured in Patos de Minas between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 3.6 °C.
Does it snow in Patos de Minas?
Almost never: Patos de Minas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Patos de Minas warmed?
Yes: Patos de Minas warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Patos de Minas?
The wettest day measured in Patos de Minas between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1964, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Patos de Minas?
The windiest day measured in Patos de Minas between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1976, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Patos de Minas?
The warmest month in Patos de Minas is October (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Patos de Minas?
Patos de Minas receives on average 1,358 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Patos de Minas?
Patos de Minas gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Patos de Minas?
Yes: Patos de Minas has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Patos de Minas?
In Patos de Minas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 22 October 2015, and the lowest was 0.1 °C on 1 June 1979.
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