Messíni climate — normals and trends
Messíni (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 902 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 August (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Messíni averages 0 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Messíni has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 7 July 1988) and the coldest -1.8 °C (on 8 March 1987).
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
MessíniPeloponnese
- coords
- 37.05°, 22.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.9°C
Average daily high
19.5°C
Average daily low
14.5°C
Annual rainfall
902mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
15.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.1 cm
Average feels-like high
19.1 °C
Average feels-like low
13.7 °C
Average peak gust
28.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
80 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
40.8 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest day
-1.8 °C
8 March 1987
Wettest day
96 mm
27 November 2025
Windiest day
51.9 km/h
17 March 2003
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
17 March 2003
Hottest feels-like
42.0 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-6.8 °C
13 February 2004
Snowiest day
3.9 cm
5 March 1987
Sunniest day
14.4 h
17 June 2010
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 135 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 12.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 94 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 16.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 40 mm | -49 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 33 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 11 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 28.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 6 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 28.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 4 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 26.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 26 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 20.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 130 mm | +53 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 297 mm | +143 mm |
| Dec | 15.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 114 mm | -57 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Messíni?
Messíni has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 902 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Messíni?
The hottest day measured in Messíni between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1988, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Messíni?
The coldest day measured in Messíni between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1987, at -1.8 °C.
Does it snow in Messíni?
Yes. Messíni gets on average 1.1 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Messíni warmed?
Yes: Messíni warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Messíni?
The wettest day measured in Messíni between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 2025, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Messíni?
The windiest day measured in Messíni between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2003, with winds reaching 51.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Messíni?
The warmest month in Messíni is August (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Messíni?
Messíni receives on average 902 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Messíni?
Messíni gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Messíni?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Messíni between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1987, with 3.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Messíni?
Yes: Messíni has on average 80 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Messíni?
In Messíni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -6.8 °C on 13 February 2004.
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