Farsala climate — normals and trends
Farsala (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 683 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Farsala averages 32 frost days, 75 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Farsala has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 37 to 27 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.5 °C (on 24 August 1958) and the coldest -21.4 °C (on 2 January 1942).
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
FarsalaThessaly
- coords
- 39.29°, 22.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
20.8°C
Average daily low
10.4°C
Annual rainfall
683mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
75 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
46.4 cm
Average feels-like high
20.3 °C
Average feels-like low
9.1 °C
Average peak gust
27.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
42 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
44.5 °C
24 August 1958
Coldest day
-21.4 °C
2 January 1942
Wettest day
178 mm
6 September 2023
Windiest day
37.7 km/h
6 February 2012
Strongest gust
102.2 km/h
6 February 2012
Hottest feels-like
46.2 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-25.7 °C
2 January 1942
Snowiest day
49.8 cm
22 January 1981
Sunniest day
14.8 h
25 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 54 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 9.8 °C | -1.6 °C | 83 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 18.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 59 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 18.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 106 mm | +55 mm |
| May | 25.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 42 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 33.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 10 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 36.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 38 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 22 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 29.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 22 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 20.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 55 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 40 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 12.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 139 mm | +52 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Farsala?
Farsala has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 683 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Farsala?
The hottest day measured in Farsala between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1958, reaching 44.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Farsala?
The coldest day measured in Farsala between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -21.4 °C.
Does it snow in Farsala?
Yes. Farsala gets on average 46.4 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Farsala warmed?
Yes: Farsala warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Farsala?
The wettest day measured in Farsala between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2023, with 178 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Farsala?
The windiest day measured in Farsala between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2012, with winds reaching 37.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Farsala?
The warmest month in Farsala is July (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Farsala?
Farsala receives on average 683 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Farsala?
Farsala gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Farsala?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Farsala between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1981, with 49.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Farsala?
Yes: Farsala has on average 42 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Farsala?
In Farsala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -25.7 °C on 2 January 1942.
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