Ptolemaida climate — normals and trends
Ptolemaida (Greece) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 675 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Ptolemaida averages 83 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.
Ptolemaida 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 98 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -27.0 °C (on 30 December 1941).
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
PtolemaidaWest Macedonia
- coords
- 40.51°, 21.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
675mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
9.6km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
106 d/yr
Annual snowfall
92.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
30.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
38.5 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.0 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
128 mm
3 September 1964
Windiest day
29.8 km/h
24 March 2008
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
24 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-31.8 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
43.8 cm
2 December 1983
Sunniest day
14.9 h
23 June 1940
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 | 8.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 51 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 6.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 30 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 14.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 82 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 112 mm | +45 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 140 mm | +64 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 13 mm | -39 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 7 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 28.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 36 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 35 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | -1.6 °C | 101 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 13.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 92 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | 8.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 108 mm | +38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ptolemaida?
Ptolemaida has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 675 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ptolemaida?
The hottest day measured in Ptolemaida between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 38.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ptolemaida?
The coldest day measured in Ptolemaida between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -27.0 °C.
Does it snow in Ptolemaida?
Yes. Ptolemaida gets on average 92.9 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Ptolemaida warmed?
Yes: Ptolemaida warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ptolemaida?
The wettest day measured in Ptolemaida between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1964, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ptolemaida?
The windiest day measured in Ptolemaida between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2008, with winds reaching 29.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ptolemaida?
The warmest month in Ptolemaida is July (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Ptolemaida?
Ptolemaida receives on average 675 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ptolemaida?
Ptolemaida 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 Ptolemaida?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ptolemaida between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1983, with 43.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ptolemaida?
Yes: Ptolemaida has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ptolemaida?
In Ptolemaida, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -31.8 °C on 30 December 1941.
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