Aridaea climate — normals and trends
Aridaea (Greece) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 716 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Aridaea averages 82 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Aridaea has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -25.1 °C (on 30 December 1941).
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
AridaeaCentral Macedonia
- coords
- 40.97°, 22.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
16.0°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
716mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
8.6km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
92.2 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
40.6 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-25.1 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
78 mm
31 October 1950
Windiest day
28.0 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
24 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
41.6 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
41.1 cm
2 December 1983
Sunniest day
14.9 h
24 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 49 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 5.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 18 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 14.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 84 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 98 mm | +29 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 113 mm | +28 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 9 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 7 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 43 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 24.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 21 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | -2.1 °C | 117 mm | +56 mm |
| Nov | 13.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 108 mm | +40 mm |
| Dec | 8.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 103 mm | +33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Aridaea?
Aridaea has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 716 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aridaea?
The hottest day measured in Aridaea between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Aridaea?
The coldest day measured in Aridaea between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -25.1 °C.
Does it snow in Aridaea?
Yes. Aridaea gets on average 92.2 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Aridaea warmed?
Yes: Aridaea warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Aridaea?
The wettest day measured in Aridaea between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1950, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Aridaea?
The windiest day measured in Aridaea between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 28.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Aridaea?
The warmest month in Aridaea is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Aridaea?
Aridaea receives on average 716 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Aridaea?
Aridaea gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Aridaea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Aridaea between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1983, with 41.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Aridaea?
Yes: Aridaea has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aridaea?
In Aridaea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 30 December 1941.
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