Piracuruca climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Piracuruca?

Piracuruca has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.8 °C and it receives 1,250 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Piracuruca between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2007, reaching 41.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Piracuruca?

The coldest day measured in Piracuruca between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 2022, at 18.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Piracuruca?

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

Q: Has the climate of Piracuruca warmed?

Yes: Piracuruca warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Piracuruca?

The wettest day measured in Piracuruca between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1986, with 205 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Piracuruca?

The windiest day measured in Piracuruca between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1988, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Piracuruca?

The warmest month in Piracuruca is October (31.0 °C on average); the coldest is April (26.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Piracuruca?

Piracuruca receives on average 1,250 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Piracuruca?

Piracuruca gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Piracuruca (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.8 °C and it receives 1,250 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 (31.0 °C on average) and the coldest is April (26.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Piracuruca averages 0 frost days, 335 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.

Piracuruca has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 21 January 2007) and the coldest 18.8 °C (on 15 June 2022).

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

PiracurucaPiauí

coords: -3.93°, -41.71°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthAprilWettest monthMarchDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

28.8°C

Average daily high

34.1°C

Average daily low

24.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,250mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

14.3km/h

Seasonal range

4.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

335 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

114 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.3 °C

Average feels-like low

27.5 °C

Average peak gust

32.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.11 · p = 0.002

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

41.2 °C

21 January 2007

Coldest day

18.8 °C

15 June 2022

Wettest day

205 mm

25 March 1986

Windiest day

28.6 km/h

16 July 1988

Strongest gust

58.0 km/h

2 March 2013

Hottest feels-like

44.2 °C

15 March 2013

Coldest feels-like

19.2 °C

4 July 1974

Sunniest day

12.2 h

9 November 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.2 °C12 October 2025	21.3 °C4 July 2025	29.1 °C	899 mm	354
2024	38.5 °C27 December 2024	19.2 °C26 July 2024	28.8 °C	1,020 mm	359
2023	39.1 °C28 October 2023	21.2 °C22 July 2023	28.5 °C	1,236 mm	345
2022	38.4 °C29 October 2022	18.8 °C15 June 2022	28.2 °C	1,313 mm	356
2021	38.7 °C15 December 2021	21.0 °C19 August 2021	29.0 °C	964 mm	355
2020	38.1 °C30 October 2020	18.9 °C27 July 2020	28.5 °C	1,609 mm	350
2019	39.8 °C25 October 2019	21.1 °C22 June 2019	29.0 °C	1,324 mm	352
2018	39.3 °C21 November 2018	21.3 °C26 June 2018	28.9 °C	1,156 mm	344
2017	39.7 °C5 January 2017	22.3 °C24 May 2017	29.6 °C	1,259 mm	351
2016	40.0 °C16 October 2016	22.1 °C5 August 2016	30.2 °C	628 mm	355
2015	39.8 °C21 November 2015	22.2 °C2 August 2015	29.9 °C	802 mm	357
2014	39.8 °C19 October 2014	21.4 °C28 July 2014	29.6 °C	873 mm	356
2013	40.2 °C12 March 2013	22.5 °C20 May 2013	30.2 °C	805 mm	363
2012	40.7 °C14 December 2012	21.3 °C30 July 2012	30.6 °C	588 mm	360
2011	39.7 °C25 September 2011	22.2 °C16 July 2011	28.9 °C	1,476 mm	333
2010	40.2 °C8 March 2010	20.9 °C27 June 2010	30.1 °C	827 mm	362
2009	39.5 °C4 October 2009	21.3 °C25 July 2009	28.7 °C	2,112 mm	332
2008	39.3 °C31 October 2008	21.4 °C23 June 2008	28.9 °C	1,539 mm	338
2007	41.2 °C21 January 2007	22.1 °C26 June 2007	29.6 °C	983 mm	353
2006	39.6 °C21 October 2006	21.1 °C2 June 2006	29.2 °C	1,152 mm	348
2005	40.6 °C20 November 2005	22.0 °C25 July 2005	29.7 °C	761 mm	357
2004	39.8 °C8 January 2004	21.1 °C9 June 2004	28.9 °C	1,239 mm	341
2003	40.1 °C5 January 2003	21.1 °C16 July 2003	29.0 °C	1,068 mm	350
2002	38.8 °C19 December 2002	21.8 °C25 August 2002	28.9 °C	1,244 mm	341
2001	39.6 °C31 October 2001	21.2 °C17 June 2001	28.5 °C	1,630 mm	332
2000	39.2 °C7 November 2000	20.5 °C12 August 2000	28.2 °C	1,320 mm	331
1999	38.8 °C23 November 1999	20.4 °C4 July 1999	28.2 °C	1,493 mm	325
1998	40.2 °C5 December 1998	22.3 °C22 July 1998	29.8 °C	816 mm	351
1997	39.9 °C3 December 1997	20.3 °C17 June 1997	28.9 °C	860 mm	344
1996	38.9 °C5 November 1996	20.5 °C26 June 1996	28.5 °C	2,048 mm	330
1995	39.1 °C18 December 1995	19.8 °C12 July 1995	28.3 °C	1,693 mm	328
1994	38.7 °C21 November 1994	21.5 °C19 July 1994	28.5 °C	1,363 mm	343
1993	40.9 °C25 November 1993	21.7 °C18 July 1993	30.1 °C	657 mm	358
1992	39.4 °C13 December 1992	20.6 °C22 July 1992	29.5 °C	565 mm	353
1991	38.0 °C8 October 1991	21.2 °C17 July 1991	28.5 °C	1,132 mm	345
1990	38.8 °C30 November 1990	21.6 °C2 March 1990	29.1 °C	869 mm	351
1989	39.2 °C29 October 1989	21.3 °C30 July 1989	28.3 °C	1,751 mm	334
1988	39.0 °C20 October 1988	21.5 °C6 July 1988	28.6 °C	1,764 mm	339
1987	40.7 °C28 November 1987	21.9 °C22 June 1987	29.7 °C	744 mm	352
1986	38.2 °C18 December 1986	21.0 °C16 June 1986	28.1 °C	2,045 mm	323
1985	38.8 °C22 October 1985	20.5 °C25 June 1985	27.8 °C	2,471 mm	296
1984	40.2 °C13 December 1984	20.8 °C27 July 1984	28.5 °C	1,797 mm	328
1983	40.0 °C16 March 1983	22.3 °C26 July 1983	30.3 °C	519 mm	356
1982	39.8 °C29 December 1982	21.7 °C14 July 1982	28.7 °C	1,054 mm	352
1981	39.6 °C17 October 1981	21.3 °C1 August 1981	29.2 °C	829 mm	345
1980	38.9 °C27 November 1980	21.9 °C1 March 1980	29.0 °C	1,334 mm	339
1979	39.7 °C27 November 1979	21.2 °C23 June 1979	28.8 °C	1,263 mm	350
1978	37.7 °C5 November 1978	21.3 °C7 June 1978	28.5 °C	1,268 mm	342
1977	38.9 °C22 November 1977	20.2 °C27 May 1977	28.1 °C	1,465 mm	337
1976	38.9 °C27 December 1976	21.2 °C3 July 1976	28.4 °C	1,222 mm	342
1975	37.7 °C15 November 1975	20.7 °C25 July 1975	27.6 °C	1,934 mm	319
1974	37.9 °C27 October 1974	18.9 °C12 June 1974	27.3 °C	2,311 mm	290
1973	38.6 °C12 November 1973	20.2 °C1 August 1973	27.9 °C	2,126 mm	340
1972	39.5 °C16 November 1972	21.4 °C5 September 1972	28.5 °C	1,114 mm	350
1971	38.5 °C7 October 1971	20.4 °C25 June 1971	27.7 °C	1,894 mm	323
1970	38.3 °C27 October 1970	21.7 °C30 June 1970	28.7 °C	891 mm	348
1969	38.6 °C6 October 1969	20.8 °C27 July 1969	28.3 °C	1,127 mm	345
1968	38.0 °C21 January 1968	20.4 °C9 June 1968	27.8 °C	1,524 mm	311
1967	37.7 °C18 December 1967	20.5 °C9 July 1967	27.5 °C	2,220 mm	300
1966	39.6 °C25 October 1966	21.8 °C25 March 1966	28.6 °C	1,047 mm	324
1965	39.8 °C17 November 1965	20.9 °C6 July 1965	28.5 °C	774 mm	321
1964	38.7 °C9 November 1964	21.4 °C21 June 1964	27.8 °C	1,705 mm	275
1963	39.5 °C17 October 1963	21.5 °C17 January 1963	28.2 °C	1,834 mm	288
1962	39.0 °C3 October 1962	21.3 °C11 July 1962	28.2 °C	1,061 mm	325
1961	39.1 °C24 November 1961	21.1 °C13 May 1961	28.2 °C	2,006 mm	288
1960	38.9 °C8 December 1960	20.5 °C10 May 1960	28.5 °C	1,217 mm	315
1959	39.0 °C14 October 1959	21.0 °C16 May 1959	28.3 °C	1,376 mm	299
1958	39.9 °C14 October 1958	21.6 °C4 March 1958	30.0 °C	421 mm	360
1957	39.4 °C16 December 1957	20.3 °C15 June 1957	28.5 °C	1,299 mm	305
1956	38.9 °C5 November 1956	20.9 °C24 May 1956	28.7 °C	813 mm	333
1955	39.2 °C18 November 1955	21.5 °C9 February 1955	28.3 °C	1,503 mm	311
1954	38.7 °C25 October 1954	21.7 °C30 November 1954	28.6 °C	1,017 mm	330
1953	39.4 °C3 November 1953	21.8 °C6 March 1953	28.7 °C	1,057 mm	332
1952	39.1 °C3 December 1952	21.3 °C23 June 1952	28.5 °C	1,236 mm	328
1951	39.3 °C29 September 1951	21.3 °C27 April 1951	29.4 °C	653 mm	350
1950	39.0 °C8 November 1950	20.6 °C27 May 1950	28.5 °C	1,715 mm	299
1949	39.8 °C8 November 1949	21.6 °C2 June 1949	28.2 °C	1,495 mm	300
1948	39.2 °C10 November 1948	21.7 °C7 April 1948	28.6 °C	1,162 mm	324
1947	39.3 °C2 January 1947	21.5 °C17 August 1947	28.3 °C	1,375 mm	324
1946	39.5 °C13 December 1946	21.2 °C15 April 1946	29.3 °C	721 mm	349
1945	38.8 °C21 November 1945	20.9 °C18 February 1945	28.3 °C	1,038 mm	323
1944	39.0 °C4 November 1944	21.0 °C17 June 1944	28.3 °C	1,824 mm	299
1943	39.6 °C24 October 1943	20.2 °C5 May 1943	28.5 °C	899 mm	323
1942	40.3 °C21 November 1942	22.5 °C14 March 1942	30.1 °C	331 mm	364
1941	39.8 °C23 October 1941	21.7 °C23 July 1941	29.8 °C	475 mm	349
1940	38.8 °C11 December 1940	20.8 °C4 March 1940	28.1 °C	1,461 mm	294

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.5 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

354 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

899 mm

-352 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.1 °C	-0.4 °C	194 mm	+31 mm
Feb	32.6 °C	+0.5 °C	138 mm	-86 mm
Mar	31.7 °C	+0.4 °C	395 mm	+57 mm
Apr	32.0 °C	+0.9 °C	127 mm	-157 mm
May	32.7 °C	+0.8 °C	20 mm	-121 mm
Jun	33.1 °C	+0.1 °C	3 mm	-20 mm
Jul	34.5 °C	+0.5 °C	2 mm	-7 mm
Aug	35.9 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Sep	37.3 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	38.0 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Nov	37.5 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-9 mm
Dec	35.9 °C	0.0 °C	19 mm	-33 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.2 °C

12 Oct 2025

Coldest day

21.3 °C

4 Jul 2025

Wettest day

51.0 mm

2 Mar 2025

Windiest day

25.8 km/h

26 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

26 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

20 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.9 °C

4 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

16 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Piracuruca?

Piracuruca has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.8 °C and it receives 1,250 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Piracuruca?

The hottest day measured in Piracuruca between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2007, reaching 41.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Piracuruca?

The coldest day measured in Piracuruca between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 2022, at 18.8 °C.

Does it snow in Piracuruca?

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

Has the climate of Piracuruca warmed?

Yes: Piracuruca warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Piracuruca?

The wettest day measured in Piracuruca between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1986, with 205 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Piracuruca?

The windiest day measured in Piracuruca between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1988, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Piracuruca?

The warmest month in Piracuruca is October (31.0 °C on average); the coldest is April (26.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Piracuruca?

Piracuruca receives on average 1,250 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Piracuruca?

Piracuruca gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Piracuruca?

Yes: Piracuruca has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Piracuruca?

In Piracuruca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 15 March 2013, and the lowest was 19.2 °C on 4 July 1974.

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