Sousa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sousa?

Sousa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 536 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Sousa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1998, reaching 39.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sousa?

The coldest day measured in Sousa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1975, at 16.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sousa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sousa warmed?

Yes: Sousa warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sousa?

The wettest day measured in Sousa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1964, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sousa?

The windiest day measured in Sousa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1988, with winds reaching 32.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sousa?

The warmest month in Sousa is November (29.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sousa?

Sousa receives on average 536 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sousa?

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

Sousa (Brazil) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 536 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 November (29.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (26.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Sousa averages 0 frost days, 330 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.

Sousa has warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.07 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 10 April 1998) and the coldest 16.6 °C (on 24 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

SousaParaíba

coords: -6.76°, -38.23°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

27.8°C

Average daily high

33.3°C

Average daily low

22.7°C

Annual rainfall

536mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

18.1km/h

Seasonal range

2.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

330 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

71 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.9 °C

Average feels-like low

24.6 °C

Average peak gust

35.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

351 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.6 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.07 · p = 0.012

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

39.5 °C

10 April 1998

Coldest day

16.6 °C

24 July 1975

Wettest day

183 mm

4 April 1964

Windiest day

32.4 km/h

15 July 1988

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

15 July 1988

Hottest feels-like

42.2 °C

11 March 2010

Coldest feels-like

16.3 °C

31 July 1981

Sunniest day

12.4 h

3 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.5 °C19 October 2025	18.9 °C3 July 2025	28.3 °C	285 mm	351
2024	37.2 °C6 February 2024	19.2 °C27 July 2024	28.2 °C	398 mm	355
2023	37.9 °C31 October 2023	19.4 °C22 July 2023	28.1 °C	388 mm	345
2022	37.8 °C8 October 2022	17.7 °C22 June 2022	27.2 °C	563 mm	325
2021	37.4 °C25 October 2021	18.9 °C2 August 2021	28.2 °C	342 mm	348
2020	37.1 °C7 November 2020	18.0 °C22 June 2020	27.7 °C	756 mm	336
2019	37.9 °C3 December 2019	18.7 °C30 July 2019	28.2 °C	574 mm	350
2018	37.8 °C20 October 2018	19.4 °C26 June 2018	28.3 °C	433 mm	344
2017	38.2 °C9 January 2017	18.7 °C13 July 2017	28.4 °C	441 mm	343
2016	37.9 °C5 January 2016	18.8 °C1 August 2016	28.8 °C	415 mm	357
2015	38.0 °C6 November 2015	18.6 °C13 August 2015	28.5 °C	280 mm	356
2014	37.2 °C18 January 2014	18.9 °C12 August 2014	27.9 °C	315 mm	354
2013	37.6 °C11 March 2013	19.3 °C24 June 2013	28.6 °C	242 mm	354
2012	37.5 °C14 February 2012	18.6 °C29 July 2012	28.7 °C	116 mm	359
2011	36.3 °C27 October 2011	17.8 °C15 July 2011	27.2 °C	571 mm	323
2010	37.6 °C8 March 2010	18.6 °C13 August 2010	28.2 °C	485 mm	353
2009	37.2 °C30 November 2009	18.5 °C17 August 2009	27.3 °C	753 mm	321
2008	36.4 °C8 November 2008	17.7 °C14 July 2008	27.2 °C	1,161 mm	302
2007	37.5 °C10 February 2007	18.1 °C18 August 2007	28.0 °C	424 mm	351
2006	36.7 °C9 November 2006	18.3 °C14 July 2006	27.8 °C	468 mm	339
2005	37.9 °C10 January 2005	19.2 °C13 July 2005	28.0 °C	426 mm	346
2004	37.5 °C8 January 2004	19.6 °C14 August 2004	27.9 °C	719 mm	325
2003	38.0 °C15 November 2003	20.0 °C16 July 2003	28.6 °C	428 mm	357
2002	37.4 °C11 December 2002	18.9 °C19 June 2002	27.6 °C	719 mm	329
2001	37.6 °C25 February 2001	19.1 °C4 August 2001	28.3 °C	417 mm	355
2000	37.3 °C15 November 2000	18.3 °C10 August 2000	27.4 °C	551 mm	337
1999	37.9 °C2 March 1999	18.5 °C28 May 1999	28.3 °C	437 mm	355
1998	39.5 °C10 April 1998	19.6 °C20 July 1998	29.5 °C	275 mm	361
1997	38.4 °C2 October 1997	18.6 °C3 August 1997	28.0 °C	331 mm	340
1996	38.0 °C24 December 1996	17.9 °C6 June 1996	27.7 °C	760 mm	329
1995	38.1 °C21 December 1995	17.6 °C11 July 1995	27.6 °C	686 mm	331
1994	37.8 °C1 January 1994	18.7 °C3 July 1994	27.3 °C	823 mm	310
1993	39.0 °C22 February 1993	19.5 °C18 July 1993	29.0 °C	162 mm	358
1992	38.0 °C5 December 1992	18.5 °C21 July 1992	27.9 °C	367 mm	346
1991	37.5 °C12 December 1991	18.0 °C29 July 1991	27.5 °C	573 mm	329
1990	37.1 °C25 November 1990	19.3 °C7 August 1990	28.2 °C	389 mm	356
1989	37.6 °C10 March 1989	18.1 °C10 July 1989	27.5 °C	965 mm	305
1988	37.8 °C19 January 1988	18.1 °C2 August 1988	27.7 °C	721 mm	339
1987	38.3 °C27 February 1987	20.3 °C1 July 1987	28.5 °C	434 mm	355
1986	37.7 °C21 January 1986	18.1 °C23 July 1986	27.1 °C	853 mm	313
1985	36.5 °C17 November 1985	18.5 °C26 July 1985	26.7 °C	1,457 mm	297
1984	39.0 °C21 February 1984	17.6 °C27 July 1984	28.0 °C	522 mm	335
1983	38.1 °C13 March 1983	19.2 °C29 July 1983	28.9 °C	244 mm	361
1982	37.9 °C1 January 1982	19.3 °C5 July 1982	28.3 °C	366 mm	353
1981	37.7 °C6 March 1981	17.5 °C31 July 1981	28.1 °C	432 mm	342
1980	38.2 °C25 January 1980	19.3 °C18 July 1980	28.2 °C	489 mm	349
1979	37.7 °C13 February 1979	19.0 °C1 August 1979	28.2 °C	299 mm	354
1978	37.8 °C7 January 1978	18.1 °C1 August 1978	27.5 °C	764 mm	323
1977	37.2 °C23 December 1977	18.4 °C14 July 1977	27.3 °C	750 mm	328
1976	37.8 °C28 December 1976	18.7 °C31 July 1976	27.8 °C	480 mm	351
1975	36.7 °C9 January 1975	16.6 °C24 July 1975	26.7 °C	842 mm	280
1974	36.8 °C10 January 1974	17.2 °C5 August 1974	26.4 °C	1,196 mm	240
1973	37.0 °C15 December 1973	19.6 °C31 July 1973	27.6 °C	884 mm	315
1972	36.9 °C3 February 1972	20.3 °C4 June 1972	28.2 °C	502 mm	344
1971	36.9 °C13 January 1971	18.7 °C10 July 1971	27.4 °C	943 mm	308
1970	37.6 °C15 October 1970	18.6 °C2 August 1970	28.3 °C	415 mm	353
1969	37.1 °C21 February 1969	18.9 °C16 July 1969	28.2 °C	466 mm	355
1968	36.9 °C13 December 1968	18.1 °C18 July 1968	27.1 °C	564 mm	303
1967	37.2 °C12 January 1967	17.3 °C20 July 1967	26.5 °C	1,032 mm	252
1966	37.0 °C7 December 1966	19.2 °C28 August 1966	27.6 °C	606 mm	314
1965	37.0 °C17 October 1965	19.5 °C14 July 1965	27.5 °C	453 mm	308
1964	35.9 °C11 November 1964	18.9 °C23 June 1964	26.5 °C	929 mm	252
1963	37.6 °C17 October 1963	19.2 °C8 July 1963	27.5 °C	654 mm	309
1962	37.4 °C21 October 1962	19.3 °C17 August 1962	28.5 °C	223 mm	361
1961	37.5 °C9 November 1961	18.6 °C13 August 1961	27.5 °C	597 mm	310
1960	37.6 °C23 January 1960	19.0 °C9 May 1960	27.7 °C	679 mm	304
1959	37.8 °C2 January 1959	18.4 °C27 July 1959	27.9 °C	482 mm	329
1958	38.1 °C26 January 1958	20.2 °C16 August 1958	28.8 °C	184 mm	359
1957	37.1 °C16 November 1957	17.5 °C6 June 1957	27.4 °C	654 mm	280
1956	37.0 °C28 January 1956	19.2 °C30 July 1956	27.8 °C	471 mm	334
1955	37.4 °C14 January 1955	18.4 °C10 August 1955	27.6 °C	395 mm	320
1954	37.1 °C1 January 1954	18.9 °C29 July 1954	27.6 °C	407 mm	340
1953	37.5 °C15 December 1953	20.2 °C20 June 1953	28.7 °C	189 mm	358
1952	37.6 °C28 January 1952	19.9 °C16 August 1952	27.7 °C	562 mm	329
1951	37.7 °C12 March 1951	19.0 °C15 July 1951	27.9 °C	388 mm	328
1950	37.1 °C8 November 1950	19.4 °C11 August 1950	27.5 °C	523 mm	306
1949	37.5 °C28 October 1949	18.9 °C1 August 1949	27.4 °C	619 mm	316
1948	37.0 °C8 December 1948	19.6 °C28 April 1948	27.9 °C	401 mm	348
1947	37.3 °C16 January 1947	19.5 °C16 August 1947	27.7 °C	496 mm	340
1946	37.6 °C7 December 1946	19.3 °C11 August 1946	28.6 °C	175 mm	359
1945	36.5 °C1 November 1945	18.7 °C12 June 1945	26.9 °C	809 mm	282
1944	36.5 °C13 December 1944	18.6 °C25 June 1944	26.8 °C	777 mm	235
1943	37.4 °C20 February 1943	19.0 °C30 July 1943	27.6 °C	268 mm	338
1942	36.6 °C22 November 1942	18.9 °C10 July 1942	28.4 °C	103 mm	356
1941	37.1 °C21 October 1941	19.3 °C23 July 1941	28.1 °C	330 mm	343
1940	36.5 °C21 December 1940	19.2 °C17 June 1940	26.9 °C	675 mm	276

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.7 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

351 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

285 mm

-251 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.9 °C	-1.2 °C	142 mm	+74 mm
Feb	33.8 °C	+0.8 °C	29 mm	-75 mm
Mar	33.1 °C	+1.1 °C	44 mm	-108 mm
Apr	33.3 °C	+1.7 °C	38 mm	-74 mm
May	32.7 °C	+0.9 °C	17 mm	-32 mm
Jun	32.0 °C	+0.3 °C	8 mm	-7 mm
Jul	32.5 °C	+0.5 °C	2 mm	-5 mm
Aug	33.1 °C	0.0 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Sep	34.1 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	35.4 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Nov	35.7 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Dec	35.3 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	-18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.5 °C

19 Oct 2025

Coldest day

18.9 °C

3 Jul 2025

Wettest day

41.5 mm

14 Jan 2025

Windiest day

27.4 km/h

26 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

25 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

29 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.4 °C

16 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

2 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sousa?

Sousa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.8 °C and it receives 536 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sousa?

The hottest day measured in Sousa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1998, reaching 39.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sousa?

The coldest day measured in Sousa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1975, at 16.6 °C.

Does it snow in Sousa?

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

Has the climate of Sousa warmed?

Yes: Sousa warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sousa?

The wettest day measured in Sousa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1964, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sousa?

The windiest day measured in Sousa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1988, with winds reaching 32.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sousa?

The warmest month in Sousa is November (29.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (26.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Sousa?

Sousa receives on average 536 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sousa?

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

Are there tropical nights in Sousa?

Yes: Sousa has on average 351 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sousa?

In Sousa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 11 March 2010, and the lowest was 16.3 °C on 31 July 1981.

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