Orestiáda climate — normals and trends
Orestiáda (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 584 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Orestiáda averages 48 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Orestiáda 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 60 to 37 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.8 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -21.6 °C (on 25 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
OrestiádaEast Macedonia and Thrace
- coords
- 41.50°, 26.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.2°C
Average daily high
19.4°C
Average daily low
9.6°C
Annual rainfall
584mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
22.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
48 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
60 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
36.3 cm
Average feels-like high
17.9 °C
Average feels-like low
7.7 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.1 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
42.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-21.6 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
68 mm
6 October 1972
Windiest day
50.6 km/h
1 January 1971
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
1 January 1971
Hottest feels-like
44.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-26.4 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.1 cm
25 December 1986
Sunniest day
14.7 h
2 July 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 43 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 7.8 °C | -1.5 °C | 33 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 17.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 49 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 18.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 55 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 24.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 81 mm | +34 mm |
| Jun | 31.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 4 mm | -36 mm |
| Jul | 35.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 4 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 32.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 6 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 28.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 5 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 123 mm | +65 mm |
| Nov | 17.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 64 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 11.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 35 mm | -41 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Orestiáda?
Orestiáda has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 584 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Orestiáda?
The hottest day measured in Orestiáda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 42.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Orestiáda?
The coldest day measured in Orestiáda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -21.6 °C.
Does it snow in Orestiáda?
Yes. Orestiáda gets on average 36.3 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.
Has the climate of Orestiáda warmed?
Yes: Orestiáda warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Orestiáda?
The wettest day measured in Orestiáda between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1972, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Orestiáda?
The windiest day measured in Orestiáda between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1971, with winds reaching 50.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Orestiáda?
The warmest month in Orestiáda is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Orestiáda?
Orestiáda receives on average 584 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Orestiáda?
Orestiáda 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 Orestiáda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Orestiáda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1986, with 23.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Orestiáda?
Yes: Orestiáda has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Orestiáda?
In Orestiáda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -26.4 °C on 25 January 1942.
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