Karpenisi climate — normals and trends
Karpenisi (Greece) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 1,058 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Karpenisi averages 65 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Karpenisi has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 75 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 22 August 1952) and the coldest -22.3 °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
KarpenisiCentral Greece
- coords
- 38.91°, 21.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,058mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
65 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
126.5 cm
Average feels-like high
14.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
42.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
37.0 °C
22 August 1952
Coldest day
-22.3 °C
2 January 1942
Wettest day
125 mm
6 September 2023
Windiest day
31.3 km/h
22 March 1951
Strongest gust
135.4 km/h
31 December 1979
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-27.4 °C
2 January 1942
Snowiest day
44.6 cm
5 January 1946
Sunniest day
14.7 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 | 8.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 85 mm | -51 mm |
| Feb | 6.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 69 mm | -50 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 83 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 85 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 104 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 17 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 8 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 34 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 55 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 145 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 13.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 136 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 9.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 110 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karpenisi?
Karpenisi has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 1,058 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karpenisi?
The hottest day measured in Karpenisi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1952, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karpenisi?
The coldest day measured in Karpenisi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -22.3 °C.
Does it snow in Karpenisi?
Yes. Karpenisi gets on average 126.5 cm of snow per year and has around 65 frost days.
Has the climate of Karpenisi warmed?
Yes: Karpenisi warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karpenisi?
The wettest day measured in Karpenisi between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2023, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karpenisi?
The windiest day measured in Karpenisi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1951, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karpenisi?
The warmest month in Karpenisi is July (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Karpenisi?
Karpenisi receives on average 1,058 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karpenisi?
Karpenisi 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 Karpenisi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karpenisi between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1946, with 44.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karpenisi?
Yes: Karpenisi has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karpenisi?
In Karpenisi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -27.4 °C on 2 January 1942.
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