Lamia climate — normals and trends
Lamia (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 713 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 (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Lamia averages 27 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Lamia has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 33 to 21 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 24 August 1958) and the coldest -17.6 °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
LamiaCentral Greece
- coords
- 38.90°, 22.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
10.3°C
Annual rainfall
713mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
9.1km/h
Seasonal range
20.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
27 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
58 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
61.4 cm
Average feels-like high
19.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.1 °C
Average peak gust
27.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
33 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
43.1 °C
24 August 1958
Coldest day
-17.6 °C
2 January 1942
Wettest day
165 mm
5 September 2023
Windiest day
25.2 km/h
26 February 1973
Strongest gust
96.5 km/h
6 February 2012
Hottest feels-like
44.0 °C
9 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-22.3 °C
2 January 1942
Snowiest day
51.5 cm
26 March 1998
Sunniest day
14.7 h
27 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 59 mm | -36 mm |
| Feb | 9.4 °C | -1.5 °C | 84 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 61 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 79 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 24.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 43 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 31.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 7 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 34.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 37 mm | +21 mm |
| Aug | 30.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 14 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 27.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 20 mm | -33 mm |
| Oct | 19.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 66 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 17.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 48 mm | -29 mm |
| Dec | 12.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 111 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lamia?
Lamia has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 713 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lamia?
The hottest day measured in Lamia between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1958, reaching 43.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lamia?
The coldest day measured in Lamia between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -17.6 °C.
Does it snow in Lamia?
Yes. Lamia gets on average 61.4 cm of snow per year and has around 27 frost days.
Has the climate of Lamia warmed?
Yes: Lamia warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lamia?
The wettest day measured in Lamia between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 2023, with 165 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lamia?
The windiest day measured in Lamia between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1973, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lamia?
The warmest month in Lamia is July (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Lamia?
Lamia receives on average 713 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lamia?
Lamia 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 Lamia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lamia between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1998, with 51.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lamia?
Yes: Lamia has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lamia?
In Lamia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 9 July 1988, and the lowest was -22.3 °C on 2 January 1942.
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