Palamás climate — normals and trends
Palamás (Greece) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 660 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 (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Palamás averages 33 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Palamás has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.4 °C (on 9 July 1988) and the coldest -21.1 °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
PalamásThessaly
- coords
- 39.47°, 22.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.7°C
Average daily high
21.5°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
660mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
9.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
33 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
89 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
37.2 cm
Average feels-like high
20.8 °C
Average feels-like low
9.2 °C
Average peak gust
24.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
45 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
44.4 °C
9 July 1988
Coldest day
-21.1 °C
2 January 1942
Wettest day
138 mm
6 September 2023
Windiest day
30.1 km/h
23 May 2013
Strongest gust
85.3 km/h
6 February 2012
Hottest feels-like
47.4 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-25.9 °C
2 January 1942
Snowiest day
29.5 cm
11 March 1987
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 | 12.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 67 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 10.1 °C | -1.8 °C | 69 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 18.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 67 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 59 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 25.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 46 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 33.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 2 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 36.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 5 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 16 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 30.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 22 mm | -21 mm |
| Oct | 20.7 °C | -1.2 °C | 82 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 17.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 70 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 12.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 141 mm | +46 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Palamás?
Palamás has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 660 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palamás?
The hottest day measured in Palamás between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1988, reaching 44.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Palamás?
The coldest day measured in Palamás between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -21.1 °C.
Does it snow in Palamás?
Yes. Palamás gets on average 37.2 cm of snow per year and has around 33 frost days.
Has the climate of Palamás warmed?
Yes: Palamás warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Palamás?
The wettest day measured in Palamás between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2023, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Palamás?
The windiest day measured in Palamás between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 2013, with winds reaching 30.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Palamás?
The warmest month in Palamás is July (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Palamás?
Palamás receives on average 660 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Palamás?
Palamás 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 Palamás?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Palamás between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1987, with 29.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Palamás?
Yes: Palamás has on average 45 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Palamás?
In Palamás, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.4 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -25.9 °C on 2 January 1942.
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