Santa Cecília climate — normals and trends
Santa Cecília (Brazil) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 1,825 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 January (19.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Santa Cecília averages 4 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 181 rainy days per year.
Santa Cecília has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 3 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 16 November 1985) and the coldest -5.3 °C (on 18 July 1975).
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
Santa CecíliaSanta Catarina
- coords
- -26.96°, -50.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.9°C
Average daily high
21.1°C
Average daily low
12.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,825mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
13.6km/h
Seasonal range
8.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
181 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.4 cm
Average feels-like high
21.6 °C
Average feels-like low
11.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
33.0 °C
16 November 1985
Coldest day
-5.3 °C
18 July 1975
Wettest day
138 mm
16 March 1952
Windiest day
40.3 km/h
15 September 1956
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
2 July 1983
Hottest feels-like
37.4 °C
7 February 2010
Coldest feels-like
-10.0 °C
18 July 1975
Snowiest day
8.7 cm
8 July 1969
Sunniest day
13.6 h
4 December 2008
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 250 mm | +29 mm |
| Feb | 27.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 224 mm | +31 mm |
| Mar | 25.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 118 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 20.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 85 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 110 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 15.2 °C | -1.6 °C | 194 mm | +81 mm |
| Jul | 16.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 44 mm | -61 mm |
| Aug | 16.9 °C | -1.6 °C | 132 mm | +8 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 217 mm | +44 mm |
| Oct | 19.5 °C | -1.6 °C | 182 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 22.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 185 mm | +29 mm |
| Dec | 26.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 145 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Cecília?
Santa Cecília has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 1,825 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Cecília?
The hottest day measured in Santa Cecília between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1985, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Cecília?
The coldest day measured in Santa Cecília between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1975, at -5.3 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Cecília?
Almost never: Santa Cecília sees virtually no snow, with about 4 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Cecília warmed?
Yes: Santa Cecília warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Cecília?
The wettest day measured in Santa Cecília between 1940 and 2025 was 16 March 1952, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Cecília?
The windiest day measured in Santa Cecília between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1956, with winds reaching 40.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Cecília?
The warmest month in Santa Cecília is January (19.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Cecília?
Santa Cecília receives on average 1,825 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 181 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Cecília?
Santa Cecília gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Santa Cecília?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Santa Cecília between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1969, with 8.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Cecília?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Santa Cecília.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Cecília?
In Santa Cecília, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 7 February 2010, and the lowest was -10.0 °C on 18 July 1975.
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