Santa Inês climate — normals and trends
Santa Inês (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 1,598 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 (29.1 °C on average) and the coldest is March (25.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Santa Inês averages 0 frost days, 292 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 182 rainy days per year.
Santa Inês has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 12 December 1946) and the coldest 19.2 °C (on 8 August 2020).
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 InêsMaranhão
- coords
- -3.67°, -45.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
27.2°C
Average daily high
32.1°C
Average daily low
23.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,598mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
3.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
292 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
182 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
36.9 °C
Average feels-like low
27.7 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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
39.1 °C
12 December 1946
Coldest day
19.2 °C
8 August 2020
Wettest day
327 mm
27 December 1993
Windiest day
24.2 km/h
16 July 1988
Strongest gust
57.6 km/h
4 October 1947
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
12 September 2015
Coldest feels-like
19.9 °C
4 July 1974
Sunniest day
12.0 h
2 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 308 mm | +58 mm |
| Feb | 30.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 364 mm | +86 mm |
| Mar | 31.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 422 mm | +82 mm |
| Apr | 31.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 188 mm | -99 mm |
| May | 31.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 79 mm | -78 mm |
| Jun | 31.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 46 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 32 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 33.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 13 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 35.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 3 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 35.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 5 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 35.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 9 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 33.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 103 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Inês?
Santa Inês has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 1,598 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Inês?
The hottest day measured in Santa Inês between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1946, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Inês?
The coldest day measured in Santa Inês between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2020, at 19.2 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Inês?
Almost never: Santa Inês sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Inês warmed?
Yes: Santa Inês warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Inês?
The wettest day measured in Santa Inês between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1993, with 327 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Inês?
The windiest day measured in Santa Inês between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1988, with winds reaching 24.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Inês?
The warmest month in Santa Inês is October (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is March (25.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Inês?
Santa Inês receives on average 1,598 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 182 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Inês?
Santa Inês gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Inês?
Yes: Santa Inês has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Inês?
In Santa Inês, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 12 September 2015, and the lowest was 19.9 °C on 4 July 1974.
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