Piquet Carneiro climate — normals and trends
Piquet Carneiro (Brazil) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 673 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 (28.7 °C on average) and the coldest is April (25.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Piquet Carneiro averages 0 frost days, 294 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Piquet Carneiro has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 31 October 2023) and the coldest 17.1 °C (on 4 July 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
Piquet CarneiroCeará
- coords
- -5.80°, -39.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.2°C
Average daily high
32.4°C
Average daily low
22.7°C
Annual rainfall
673mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
2.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
294 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.4 °C
Average feels-like low
25.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
360 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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
38.9 °C
31 October 2023
Coldest day
17.1 °C
4 July 1974
Wettest day
155 mm
11 February 2017
Windiest day
32.9 km/h
23 June 1942
Strongest gust
58.3 km/h
1 August 2021
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
19 October 2016
Coldest feels-like
16.0 °C
4 July 1974
Sunniest day
12.3 h
15 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 169 mm | +86 mm |
| Feb | 32.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 64 mm | -43 mm |
| Mar | 30.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 118 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 31.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 43 mm | -95 mm |
| May | 31.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 54 mm | -28 mm |
| Jun | 31.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 18 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 3 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 33.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 34.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 35.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 35.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 34.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 14 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Piquet Carneiro?
Piquet Carneiro has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 673 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Piquet Carneiro?
The hottest day measured in Piquet Carneiro between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2023, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Piquet Carneiro?
The coldest day measured in Piquet Carneiro between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1974, at 17.1 °C.
Does it snow in Piquet Carneiro?
Almost never: Piquet Carneiro sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Piquet Carneiro warmed?
Yes: Piquet Carneiro warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Piquet Carneiro?
The wettest day measured in Piquet Carneiro between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2017, with 155 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Piquet Carneiro?
The windiest day measured in Piquet Carneiro between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1942, with winds reaching 32.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Piquet Carneiro?
The warmest month in Piquet Carneiro is October (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is April (25.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Piquet Carneiro?
Piquet Carneiro receives on average 673 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Piquet Carneiro?
Piquet Carneiro gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Piquet Carneiro?
Yes: Piquet Carneiro has on average 360 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Piquet Carneiro?
In Piquet Carneiro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 19 October 2016, and the lowest was 16.0 °C on 4 July 1974.
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