Lapta climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lapta?

Lapta has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 360 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Lapta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 2024, reaching 42.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lapta?

The coldest day measured in Lapta between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -1.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lapta?

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

Q: Has the climate of Lapta warmed?

Yes: Lapta warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Lapta?

The wettest day measured in Lapta between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1965, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lapta?

The windiest day measured in Lapta between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2022, with winds reaching 42.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lapta?

The warmest month in Lapta is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lapta?

Lapta receives on average 360 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lapta?

Lapta gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Lapta (Cyprus) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 360 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 July (28.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Lapta averages 0 frost days, 115 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 61 rainy days per year.

Lapta has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 6 June 2024) and the coldest -1.3 °C (on 7 February 1950).

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

LaptaKeryneia

coords: 35.34°, 33.17°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.6°C

Average daily high

24.5°C

Average daily low

15.4°C

Annual rainfall

360mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

14.4km/h

Seasonal range

17.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

115 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

61 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

24.5 °C

Average feels-like low

15.3 °C

Average peak gust

36.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

109 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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

42.9 °C

6 June 2024

Coldest day

-1.3 °C

7 February 1950

Wettest day

53 mm

23 October 1965

Windiest day

42.4 km/h

3 March 2022

Strongest gust

97.2 km/h

13 January 1968

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

13 June 2024

Coldest feels-like

-7.5 °C

5 February 1950

Snowiest day

6.7 cm

15 February 1959

Sunniest day

14.0 h

10 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.8 °C13 August 2025	0.5 °C25 February 2025	20.5 °C	287 mm	132	0
2024	42.9 °C6 June 2024	6.3 °C4 February 2024	21.1 °C	312 mm	141	0
2023	40.9 °C15 July 2023	4.1 °C9 February 2023	20.8 °C	381 mm	117	0
2022	36.8 °C23 July 2022	3.7 °C20 January 2022	20.4 °C	277 mm	115	0
2021	40.1 °C4 August 2021	4.5 °C21 January 2021	21.0 °C	252 mm	112	0
2020	40.3 °C4 September 2020	2.9 °C11 February 2020	20.8 °C	355 mm	123	0
2019	38.2 °C11 July 2019	5.0 °C10 January 2019	21.0 °C	518 mm	136	0
2018	38.4 °C5 July 2018	5.0 °C20 January 2018	21.7 °C	396 mm	131	0
2017	41.9 °C2 July 2017	2.3 °C2 February 2017	20.8 °C	225 mm	120	0
2016	39.5 °C22 June 2016	1.3 °C26 January 2016	21.1 °C	236 mm	131	0
2015	40.1 °C3 August 2015	1.6 °C10 January 2015	20.3 °C	357 mm	115	0
2014	39.7 °C27 June 2014	3.1 °C5 February 2014	20.4 °C	432 mm	112	0
2013	38.0 °C16 August 2013	2.9 °C15 December 2013	20.4 °C	303 mm	131	0
2012	41.0 °C16 July 2012	1.3 °C20 January 2012	20.4 °C	557 mm	128	0
2011	39.3 °C28 July 2011	3.6 °C3 February 2011	19.8 °C	463 mm	109	0
2010	41.8 °C1 August 2010	2.8 °C5 February 2010	21.2 °C	288 mm	127	0
2009	38.7 °C20 August 2009	3.0 °C2 January 2009	20.5 °C	425 mm	126	0
2008	39.3 °C16 July 2008	1.7 °C14 January 2008	20.7 °C	217 mm	127	0
2007	41.9 °C28 June 2007	3.5 °C8 January 2007	20.4 °C	284 mm	119	0
2006	40.0 °C21 August 2006	1.0 °C29 December 2006	19.8 °C	335 mm	120	0
2005	38.9 °C21 July 2005	3.2 °C10 February 2005	19.8 °C	234 mm	107	0
2004	39.2 °C6 July 2004	2.5 °C17 December 2004	20.1 °C	345 mm	124	0
2003	39.4 °C19 August 2003	3.4 °C24 February 2003	20.5 °C	345 mm	141	0
2002	40.7 °C29 July 2002	2.7 °C22 December 2002	20.5 °C	336 mm	116	0
2001	40.0 °C11 August 2001	3.4 °C27 January 2001	21.0 °C	394 mm	145	0
2000	42.1 °C7 July 2000	2.1 °C29 January 2000	20.2 °C	348 mm	121	0
1999	39.6 °C12 July 1999	5.0 °C19 January 1999	20.9 °C	277 mm	140	0
1998	41.0 °C7 August 1998	4.2 °C31 January 1998	20.8 °C	322 mm	136	0
1997	38.7 °C21 June 1997	1.2 °C5 February 1997	19.4 °C	391 mm	124	0
1996	39.5 °C27 June 1996	3.4 °C3 February 1996	19.9 °C	422 mm	117	0
1995	38.1 °C23 May 1995	4.4 °C26 November 1995	19.7 °C	225 mm	127	0
1994	41.3 °C16 August 1994	5.2 °C18 February 1994	20.4 °C	429 mm	143	0
1993	38.6 °C25 June 1993	1.5 °C14 February 1993	19.3 °C	281 mm	129	0
1992	41.4 °C9 July 1992	2.2 °C28 February 1992	18.2 °C	321 mm	98	0
1991	37.0 °C13 August 1991	2.1 °C27 January 1991	19.3 °C	458 mm	116	0
1990	37.1 °C27 May 1990	2.5 °C8 January 1990	19.7 °C	166 mm	125	0
1989	38.9 °C15 July 1989	1.4 °C14 February 1989	19.3 °C	267 mm	126	0
1988	40.4 °C16 May 1988	2.2 °C14 November 1988	19.3 °C	399 mm	115	0
1987	41.6 °C27 July 1987	2.2 °C28 December 1987	19.1 °C	302 mm	128	0
1986	38.3 °C17 July 1986	5.2 °C14 December 1986	19.3 °C	264 mm	112	0
1985	39.7 °C31 July 1985	2.6 °C22 February 1985	19.2 °C	347 mm	121	0
1984	37.8 °C4 July 1984	5.0 °C6 December 1984	19.0 °C	322 mm	140	0
1983	38.5 °C5 August 1983	2.0 °C28 January 1983	18.5 °C	303 mm	98	0
1982	37.9 °C11 August 1982	2.9 °C16 February 1982	18.5 °C	369 mm	101	0
1981	38.7 °C27 June 1981	4.3 °C1 January 1981	19.3 °C	418 mm	117	0
1980	38.2 °C29 June 1980	0.9 °C30 January 1980	18.9 °C	291 mm	107	0
1979	38.8 °C15 July 1979	3.5 °C5 January 1979	19.3 °C	439 mm	105	0
1978	39.7 °C7 July 1978	5.9 °C24 February 1978	19.4 °C	358 mm	111	0
1977	40.6 °C11 July 1977	4.2 °C9 January 1977	19.2 °C	401 mm	110	0
1976	36.4 °C4 August 1976	2.9 °C10 February 1976	18.8 °C	324 mm	107	0
1975	38.0 °C29 August 1975	1.7 °C11 February 1975	18.7 °C	403 mm	91	0
1974	38.1 °C16 July 1974	1.2 °C24 January 1974	19.0 °C	485 mm	121	0
1973	41.1 °C20 July 1973	2.4 °C16 January 1973	19.0 °C	218 mm	120	0
1972	35.7 °C2 August 1972	3.0 °C10 February 1972	18.2 °C	614 mm	81	0
1971	36.9 °C19 June 1971	2.5 °C14 February 1971	18.7 °C	481 mm	92	0
1970	38.5 °C11 August 1970	4.2 °C14 December 1970	19.4 °C	333 mm	110	0
1969	37.6 °C2 June 1969	2.5 °C30 January 1969	19.1 °C	430 mm	98	0
1968	38.5 °C13 August 1968	2.9 °C15 January 1968	19.2 °C	488 mm	87	0
1967	36.6 °C19 July 1967	2.2 °C20 January 1967	18.5 °C	507 mm	85	0
1966	37.6 °C31 July 1966	6.3 °C4 February 1966	19.9 °C	422 mm	102	0
1965	37.7 °C20 July 1965	3.2 °C10 January 1965	19.1 °C	440 mm	120	0
1964	37.7 °C25 August 1964	-0.3 °C19 January 1964	18.9 °C	410 mm	101	1
1963	38.9 °C18 August 1963	3.7 °C11 December 1963	19.8 °C	304 mm	105	0
1962	38.5 °C14 July 1962	3.7 °C22 February 1962	20.2 °C	320 mm	128	0
1961	40.2 °C25 July 1961	3.6 °C28 February 1961	19.4 °C	298 mm	107	0
1960	38.5 °C15 August 1960	3.5 °C24 January 1960	20.4 °C	305 mm	122	0
1959	35.9 °C27 July 1959	1.6 °C15 February 1959	18.6 °C	262 mm	97	0
1958	41.7 °C25 August 1958	2.9 °C1 February 1958	19.8 °C	243 mm	103	0
1957	38.5 °C9 July 1957	3.3 °C4 February 1957	19.1 °C	432 mm	103	0
1956	41.6 °C7 August 1956	3.6 °C12 December 1956	19.0 °C	292 mm	102	0
1955	38.4 °C30 July 1955	6.1 °C8 March 1955	20.0 °C	295 mm	126	0
1954	38.4 °C29 July 1954	3.2 °C21 January 1954	19.4 °C	567 mm	119	0
1953	38.8 °C17 July 1953	1.6 °C21 December 1953	18.8 °C	366 mm	102	0
1952	39.1 °C23 August 1952	2.9 °C4 March 1952	19.6 °C	305 mm	109	0
1951	38.3 °C11 August 1951	4.7 °C25 December 1951	19.7 °C	434 mm	106	0
1950	37.5 °C22 August 1950	-1.3 °C7 February 1950	18.9 °C	333 mm	114	5
1949	37.1 °C19 July 1949	-0.1 °C9 February 1949	18.3 °C	486 mm	81	1
1948	40.0 °C4 July 1948	2.5 °C29 December 1948	18.3 °C	412 mm	102	0
1947	38.4 °C26 August 1947	4.4 °C26 January 1947	19.6 °C	475 mm	110	0
1946	38.2 °C23 July 1946	3.3 °C24 January 1946	19.5 °C	305 mm	116	0
1945	40.4 °C30 July 1945	2.1 °C25 January 1945	19.0 °C	280 mm	125	0
1944	37.7 °C24 July 1944	2.9 °C1 February 1944	18.8 °C	428 mm	112	0
1943	39.7 °C24 July 1943	2.5 °C24 February 1943	19.0 °C	352 mm	110	0
1942	40.3 °C22 June 1942	-0.2 °C5 January 1942	18.9 °C	397 mm	121	1
1941	38.6 °C18 June 1941	5.5 °C31 December 1941	18.9 °C	383 mm	107	0
1940	39.6 °C18 July 1940	3.2 °C11 March 1940	18.7 °C	469 mm	98	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.3 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

132 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

287 mm

-73 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.0 °C	+3.2 °C	14 mm	-46 mm
Feb	14.4 °C	-1.1 °C	17 mm	-29 mm
Mar	22.9 °C	+4.8 °C	14 mm	-27 mm
Apr	23.0 °C	+0.5 °C	21 mm	-6 mm
May	28.4 °C	+1.2 °C	70 mm	+44 mm
Jun	33.7 °C	+2.1 °C	3 mm	-4 mm
Jul	35.4 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Aug	35.7 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	+1.5 °C	3 mm	-5 mm
Oct	27.3 °C	+0.8 °C	5 mm	-31 mm
Nov	25.1 °C	+3.9 °C	41 mm	+0 mm
Dec	17.9 °C	+1.3 °C	97 mm	+34 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.8 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest day

0.5 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

18.7 mm

25 Nov 2025

Windiest day

29.0 km/h

6 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

11 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-3.0 °C

24 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

10 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lapta?

Lapta has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 360 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lapta?

The hottest day measured in Lapta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 2024, reaching 42.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lapta?

The coldest day measured in Lapta between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -1.3 °C.

Does it snow in Lapta?

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

Has the climate of Lapta warmed?

Yes: Lapta warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Lapta?

The wettest day measured in Lapta between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1965, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lapta?

The windiest day measured in Lapta between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2022, with winds reaching 42.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lapta?

The warmest month in Lapta is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Lapta?

Lapta receives on average 360 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lapta?

Lapta gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lapta?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lapta between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1959, with 6.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Lapta?

Yes: Lapta has on average 109 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lapta?

In Lapta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 13 June 2024, and the lowest was -7.5 °C on 5 February 1950.

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