Tocantins climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tocantins?

Tocantins has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,407 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tocantins between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1963, reaching 38.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tocantins?

The coldest day measured in Tocantins between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 5.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tocantins?

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

Q: Has the climate of Tocantins warmed?

Yes: Tocantins warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tocantins?

The wettest day measured in Tocantins between 1940 and 2025 was 5 December 1967, with 200 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tocantins?

The windiest day measured in Tocantins between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1990, with winds reaching 28.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tocantins?

The warmest month in Tocantins is February (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tocantins?

Tocantins receives on average 1,407 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tocantins?

Tocantins gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tocantins (Brazil) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,407 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 February (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Tocantins averages 0 frost days, 78 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.

Tocantins has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 30 September 1963) and the coldest 5.3 °C (on 1 June 1979).

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

TocantinsMinas Gerais

coords: -21.18°, -43.02°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

26.9°C

Average daily low

17.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,407mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

11.3km/h

Seasonal range

6.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

78 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

143 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.6 °C

Average feels-like low

19.3 °C

Average peak gust

27.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

111 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · p = < 0.001

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

38.3 °C

30 September 1963

Coldest day

5.3 °C

1 June 1979

Wettest day

200 mm

5 December 1967

Windiest day

28.4 km/h

29 December 1990

Strongest gust

74.5 km/h

11 October 1972

Hottest feels-like

42.8 °C

17 January 1995

Coldest feels-like

2.7 °C

1 June 1979

Sunniest day

13.3 h

28 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.0 °C21 January 2025	8.2 °C31 July 2025	22.3 °C	869 mm	91
2024	35.1 °C17 March 2024	9.5 °C13 August 2024	23.2 °C	1,186 mm	139
2023	37.0 °C18 November 2023	8.4 °C6 July 2023	22.8 °C	1,141 mm	132
2022	34.6 °C10 September 2022	8.9 °C20 May 2022	22.0 °C	1,596 mm	86
2021	35.8 °C21 September 2021	7.8 °C30 July 2021	21.9 °C	1,129 mm	89
2020	37.1 °C3 October 2020	8.4 °C27 May 2020	22.1 °C	1,441 mm	88
2019	35.8 °C3 February 2019	7.6 °C12 July 2019	22.9 °C	941 mm	135
2018	34.5 °C19 January 2018	7.3 °C21 May 2018	22.6 °C	1,434 mm	112
2017	34.8 °C22 October 2017	9.9 °C1 July 2017	22.5 °C	740 mm	117
2016	35.7 °C6 December 2016	7.5 °C14 June 2016	22.9 °C	1,357 mm	151
2015	36.8 °C16 October 2015	10.6 °C9 June 2015	23.3 °C	942 mm	162
2014	35.9 °C19 October 2014	7.3 °C8 August 2014	22.7 °C	874 mm	133
2013	35.8 °C12 November 2013	9.5 °C6 July 2013	22.0 °C	1,373 mm	90
2012	36.4 °C31 October 2012	8.9 °C27 September 2012	22.3 °C	1,174 mm	109
2011	34.9 °C23 February 2011	9.1 °C15 July 2011	21.9 °C	1,361 mm	93
2010	35.5 °C16 February 2010	7.9 °C13 June 2010	22.5 °C	1,255 mm	136
2009	34.3 °C3 March 2009	9.7 °C4 June 2009	22.7 °C	1,539 mm	124
2008	34.3 °C5 March 2008	9.0 °C9 July 2008	22.0 °C	1,735 mm	89
2007	36.8 °C24 September 2007	7.8 °C30 July 2007	22.7 °C	1,012 mm	134
2006	37.1 °C26 January 2006	10.7 °C31 August 2006	22.6 °C	1,053 mm	113
2005	35.7 °C18 October 2005	10.6 °C9 July 2005	22.6 °C	1,337 mm	112
2004	34.9 °C29 September 2004	10.1 °C24 July 2004	22.0 °C	1,793 mm	93
2003	34.3 °C12 February 2003	10.9 °C8 May 2003	22.4 °C	1,289 mm	115
2002	34.8 °C17 October 2002	11.5 °C31 July 2002	23.0 °C	1,332 mm	144
2001	34.4 °C4 February 2001	10.0 °C3 July 2001	22.5 °C	1,063 mm	121
2000	34.5 °C15 January 2000	8.4 °C19 July 2000	21.7 °C	1,181 mm	86
1999	34.2 °C11 February 1999	9.5 °C24 September 1999	21.6 °C	1,224 mm	83
1998	35.0 °C3 February 1998	8.2 °C8 June 1998	22.3 °C	1,198 mm	107
1997	36.5 °C9 September 1997	7.9 °C9 June 1997	22.5 °C	1,457 mm	129
1996	34.8 °C10 February 1996	7.8 °C26 July 1996	21.8 °C	1,595 mm	111
1995	36.6 °C17 January 1995	8.8 °C7 June 1995	22.4 °C	1,429 mm	116
1994	35.4 °C3 October 1994	6.5 °C10 July 1994	22.5 °C	1,251 mm	106
1993	35.0 °C29 November 1993	8.7 °C22 June 1993	22.6 °C	1,229 mm	143
1992	33.9 °C6 April 1992	10.6 °C30 July 1992	22.1 °C	1,604 mm	61
1991	34.4 °C13 December 1991	10.2 °C6 August 1991	22.0 °C	1,768 mm	57
1990	34.8 °C23 January 1990	9.4 °C20 May 1990	22.4 °C	973 mm	98
1989	33.2 °C21 February 1989	8.1 °C21 July 1989	21.8 °C	1,324 mm	60
1988	36.0 °C30 January 1988	8.2 °C16 July 1988	21.8 °C	1,421 mm	70
1987	34.6 °C9 January 1987	10.1 °C27 May 1987	22.4 °C	1,494 mm	90
1986	34.0 °C18 October 1986	9.5 °C7 June 1986	22.3 °C	1,126 mm	89
1985	33.6 °C4 February 1985	7.4 °C14 June 1985	21.7 °C	1,527 mm	60
1984	34.3 °C16 January 1984	8.0 °C1 August 1984	22.4 °C	1,218 mm	84
1983	33.2 °C9 January 1983	7.3 °C6 August 1983	22.1 °C	2,016 mm	52
1982	33.5 °C25 November 1982	11.1 °C31 July 1982	21.9 °C	1,586 mm	45
1981	33.4 °C29 September 1981	7.0 °C22 July 1981	21.5 °C	1,380 mm	51
1980	33.7 °C30 October 1980	8.9 °C30 June 1980	22.0 °C	1,251 mm	60
1979	33.2 °C16 December 1979	5.3 °C1 June 1979	21.3 °C	1,899 mm	45
1978	33.1 °C21 January 1978	8.8 °C17 August 1978	21.6 °C	1,525 mm	55
1977	33.6 °C6 December 1977	10.4 °C8 July 1977	22.2 °C	1,321 mm	76
1976	33.9 °C12 January 1976	9.5 °C3 June 1976	21.8 °C	1,512 mm	57
1975	33.9 °C9 December 1975	9.1 °C7 July 1975	21.6 °C	1,441 mm	79
1974	33.6 °C25 February 1974	7.2 °C17 July 1974	21.7 °C	1,149 mm	62
1973	36.0 °C5 January 1973	9.3 °C27 July 1973	22.3 °C	1,292 mm	88
1972	34.7 °C6 January 1972	9.0 °C22 June 1972	21.9 °C	1,412 mm	75
1971	34.6 °C20 February 1971	8.0 °C10 June 1971	21.7 °C	1,351 mm	87
1970	33.6 °C7 January 1970	8.5 °C7 July 1970	21.8 °C	911 mm	84
1969	35.1 °C17 February 1969	8.2 °C19 July 1969	21.9 °C	1,137 mm	88
1968	34.5 °C3 November 1968	8.3 °C27 May 1968	20.6 °C	897 mm	48
1967	34.5 °C12 October 1967	7.6 °C21 July 1967	21.9 °C	1,624 mm	48
1966	33.8 °C16 September 1966	10.4 °C23 September 1966	21.4 °C	1,511 mm	62
1965	32.3 °C26 September 1965	7.9 °C12 July 1965	21.2 °C	2,116 mm	34
1964	32.0 °C18 February 1964	8.3 °C16 July 1964	20.4 °C	1,856 mm	15
1963	38.3 °C30 September 1963	9.0 °C9 August 1963	22.4 °C	663 mm	110
1962	32.3 °C18 February 1962	7.8 °C19 June 1962	20.5 °C	2,060 mm	17
1961	38.0 °C29 September 1961	9.4 °C16 July 1961	21.9 °C	1,591 mm	74
1960	35.3 °C25 September 1960	7.3 °C5 June 1960	20.7 °C	2,004 mm	26
1959	34.2 °C26 February 1959	8.5 °C23 August 1959	21.8 °C	1,183 mm	65
1958	34.7 °C20 December 1958	9.9 °C19 August 1958	21.4 °C	1,038 mm	65
1957	33.6 °C26 October 1957	8.3 °C22 July 1957	21.3 °C	1,711 mm	39
1956	33.8 °C27 January 1956	6.5 °C18 August 1956	20.7 °C	1,282 mm	53
1955	35.5 °C1 October 1955	9.5 °C4 August 1955	21.5 °C	1,003 mm	75
1954	35.7 °C19 September 1954	9.9 °C15 August 1954	21.6 °C	1,655 mm	60
1953	33.0 °C2 February 1953	8.1 °C29 July 1953	21.4 °C	1,648 mm	30
1952	33.0 °C4 September 1952	9.6 °C16 July 1952	21.2 °C	2,315 mm	25
1951	35.7 °C25 November 1951	8.6 °C15 August 1951	21.0 °C	971 mm	63
1950	34.2 °C6 September 1950	9.6 °C21 July 1950	21.0 °C	1,619 mm	35
1949	32.7 °C6 October 1949	8.9 °C4 July 1949	20.8 °C	1,718 mm	35
1948	33.4 °C27 January 1948	9.3 °C1 September 1948	21.1 °C	1,102 mm	68
1947	35.1 °C10 January 1947	9.5 °C20 August 1947	21.0 °C	1,572 mm	43
1946	33.1 °C3 November 1946	9.0 °C3 July 1946	21.7 °C	1,437 mm	41
1945	33.6 °C30 August 1945	10.5 °C14 July 1945	21.5 °C	1,762 mm	32
1944	34.1 °C2 October 1944	9.1 °C4 July 1944	21.0 °C	1,899 mm	29
1943	30.3 °C19 January 1943	10.1 °C30 July 1943	20.0 °C	1,783 mm	3
1942	35.6 °C7 October 1942	6.4 °C26 June 1942	20.5 °C	1,560 mm	29
1941	33.1 °C13 January 1941	10.1 °C9 June 1941	21.1 °C	2,145 mm	19
1940	32.3 °C24 August 1940	10.5 °C10 July 1940	21.5 °C	2,085 mm	29

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.4 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

91 d/yr

+13

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

869 mm

-538 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.7 °C	+0.4 °C	181 mm	-49 mm
Feb	31.2 °C	+1.5 °C	7 mm	-152 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	+0.8 °C	103 mm	-62 mm
Apr	27.1 °C	+0.1 °C	94 mm	+16 mm
May	25.3 °C	+0.1 °C	7 mm	-34 mm
Jun	25.3 °C	+1.0 °C	5 mm	-17 mm
Jul	23.9 °C	-0.2 °C	3 mm	-15 mm
Aug	25.1 °C	-0.4 °C	16 mm	-11 mm
Sep	26.4 °C	-0.3 °C	20 mm	-45 mm
Oct	27.3 °C	+0.1 °C	85 mm	-50 mm
Nov	28.5 °C	+1.2 °C	128 mm	-90 mm
Dec	30.3 °C	+2.1 °C	219 mm	-29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

21 Jan 2025

Coldest day

8.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

30.5 mm

17 Dec 2025

Windiest day

24.8 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

67.0 km/h

10 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

28 Dec 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.3 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

28 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tocantins?

Tocantins has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,407 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tocantins?

The hottest day measured in Tocantins between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1963, reaching 38.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tocantins?

The coldest day measured in Tocantins between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1979, at 5.3 °C.

Does it snow in Tocantins?

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

Has the climate of Tocantins warmed?

Yes: Tocantins warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tocantins?

The wettest day measured in Tocantins between 1940 and 2025 was 5 December 1967, with 200 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tocantins?

The windiest day measured in Tocantins between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1990, with winds reaching 28.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tocantins?

The warmest month in Tocantins is February (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Tocantins?

Tocantins receives on average 1,407 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tocantins?

Tocantins gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Tocantins?

Yes: Tocantins has on average 111 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tocantins?

In Tocantins, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.8 °C on 17 January 1995, and the lowest was 2.7 °C on 1 June 1979.

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