Altamura climate — normals and trends
Altamura (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 555 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Altamura averages 15 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Altamura 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 23 to 7 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 12 July 1962) and the coldest -12.3 °C (on 12 January 2017).
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
AltamuraApulia
- coords
- 40.83°, 16.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.1°C
Average daily high
20.1°C
Average daily low
10.7°C
Annual rainfall
555mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
15 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
49 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.3 cm
Average feels-like high
18.9 °C
Average feels-like low
9.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 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 = 0.37 · 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
41.6 °C
12 July 1962
Coldest day
-12.3 °C
12 January 2017
Wettest day
138 mm
5 November 1949
Windiest day
45.3 km/h
26 March 1992
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
18 January 1972
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
6 August 2017
Coldest feels-like
-16.3 °C
12 January 2017
Snowiest day
17.7 cm
17 February 1948
Sunniest day
14.0 h
25 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 | +1.9 °C | 104 mm | +49 mm |
| Feb | 12.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 45 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 83 mm | +24 mm |
| Apr | 17.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 57 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 44 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 31.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 7 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 32.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 6 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 30.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 35 mm | +12 mm |
| Sep | 27.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 8 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 19.4 °C | -1.7 °C | 74 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 15.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 77 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 12.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 66 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Altamura?
Altamura has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 555 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Altamura?
The hottest day measured in Altamura between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1962, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Altamura?
The coldest day measured in Altamura between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2017, at -12.3 °C.
Does it snow in Altamura?
Yes. Altamura gets on average 10.3 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.
Has the climate of Altamura warmed?
Yes: Altamura warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Altamura?
The wettest day measured in Altamura between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1949, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Altamura?
The windiest day measured in Altamura between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1992, with winds reaching 45.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Altamura?
The warmest month in Altamura is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Altamura?
Altamura receives on average 555 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Altamura?
Altamura gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Altamura?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Altamura between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1948, with 17.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Altamura?
Yes: Altamura has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Altamura?
In Altamura, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 6 August 2017, and the lowest was -16.3 °C on 12 January 2017.
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