Arbus climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Arbus?

Arbus has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 568 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arbus?

The hottest day measured in Arbus between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1993, reaching 42.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Arbus?

The coldest day measured in Arbus between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1940, at -3.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Arbus?

Almost never: Arbus sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Arbus warmed?

Yes: Arbus warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Arbus?

The wettest day measured in Arbus between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2018, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Arbus?

The windiest day measured in Arbus between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1962, with winds reaching 54.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Arbus?

The warmest month in Arbus is August (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Arbus?

Arbus receives on average 568 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Arbus?

Arbus gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Arbus (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 568 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Arbus averages 2 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.

Arbus has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.5 °C (on 5 July 1993) and the coldest -3.6 °C (on 28 December 1940).

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

ArbusSardinia

coords: 39.53°, 8.60°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

16.6°C

Average daily high

21.2°C

Average daily low

12.3°C

Annual rainfall

568mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

17.7km/h

Seasonal range

15.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

48 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

93 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.4 cm

Average feels-like high

20.5 °C

Average feels-like low

11.3 °C

Average peak gust

42.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

34 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

42.5 °C

5 July 1993

Coldest day

-3.6 °C

28 December 1940

Wettest day

57 mm

2 May 2018

Windiest day

54.5 km/h

14 February 1962

Strongest gust

120.2 km/h

2 December 1976

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

3 August 2017

Coldest feels-like

-7.6 °C

13 February 1956

Snowiest day

4.6 cm

27 January 1986

Sunniest day

14.8 h

26 June 2003

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.0 °C19 July 2025	3.5 °C15 January 2025	18.3 °C	547 mm	81	0
2024	39.2 °C21 July 2024	2.6 °C22 January 2024	18.2 °C	554 mm	72	0
2023	42.5 °C19 July 2023	-1.9 °C12 February 2023	18.2 °C	565 mm	77	3
2022	39.3 °C26 June 2022	-1.2 °C24 January 2022	18.4 °C	447 mm	108	2
2021	41.3 °C10 August 2021	-0.4 °C19 December 2021	17.6 °C	776 mm	79	1
2020	39.9 °C31 July 2020	0.6 °C15 January 2020	17.6 °C	513 mm	64	0
2019	37.6 °C1 August 2019	-1.9 °C4 January 2019	17.6 °C	729 mm	73	3
2018	37.0 °C13 July 2018	1.5 °C21 February 2018	17.6 °C	855 mm	57	0
2017	40.0 °C3 August 2017	-1.0 °C1 January 2017	17.6 °C	317 mm	71	2
2016	37.5 °C22 July 2016	-0.2 °C31 December 2016	17.5 °C	507 mm	61	1
2015	38.2 °C1 August 2015	0.5 °C19 January 2015	17.4 °C	490 mm	75	0
2014	35.9 °C19 July 2014	-0.1 °C31 December 2014	17.6 °C	536 mm	60	1
2013	39.2 °C7 August 2013	-0.7 °C27 February 2013	16.9 °C	758 mm	59	4
2012	39.0 °C6 August 2012	-2.8 °C13 February 2012	17.4 °C	478 mm	75	4
2011	37.3 °C13 July 2011	-1.5 °C25 January 2011	17.1 °C	512 mm	47	1
2010	37.9 °C20 August 2010	-0.9 °C16 December 2010	16.7 °C	714 mm	47	1
2009	39.4 °C23 July 2009	-1.0 °C15 February 2009	17.2 °C	663 mm	69	3
2008	38.6 °C7 August 2008	0.4 °C18 February 2008	17.1 °C	592 mm	60	0
2007	38.7 °C25 August 2007	0.6 °C28 January 2007	17.3 °C	474 mm	49	0
2006	37.1 °C20 June 2006	-1.6 °C26 January 2006	17.5 °C	477 mm	62	3
2005	38.1 °C29 June 2005	-1.4 °C2 March 2005	16.5 °C	501 mm	47	4
2004	37.4 °C7 July 2004	-0.5 °C31 January 2004	16.9 °C	630 mm	71	2
2003	39.4 °C17 August 2003	-0.7 °C13 January 2003	17.7 °C	613 mm	91	7
2002	38.0 °C3 August 2002	-2.4 °C5 January 2002	17.0 °C	499 mm	43	3
2001	36.4 °C3 August 2001	-1.5 °C18 December 2001	17.4 °C	359 mm	65	1
2000	40.3 °C7 July 2000	-0.7 °C4 January 2000	17.3 °C	496 mm	45	2
1999	41.0 °C9 August 1999	-2.0 °C14 February 1999	17.4 °C	447 mm	72	8
1998	38.3 °C30 June 1998	-1.2 °C23 December 1998	16.7 °C	432 mm	52	4
1997	37.9 °C9 August 1997	2.1 °C17 February 1997	17.4 °C	532 mm	62	0
1996	39.6 °C26 July 1996	-2.9 °C28 December 1996	16.4 °C	810 mm	36	3
1995	37.5 °C11 August 1995	-2.3 °C16 January 1995	16.9 °C	339 mm	41	3
1994	39.5 °C23 August 1994	-0.7 °C30 January 1994	17.6 °C	318 mm	68	1
1993	42.5 °C5 July 1993	-1.8 °C25 February 1993	16.4 °C	405 mm	48	3
1992	35.4 °C30 July 1992	-0.3 °C2 January 1992	16.3 °C	509 mm	38	2
1991	35.8 °C24 August 1991	-1.5 °C12 December 1991	15.7 °C	563 mm	58	9
1990	35.3 °C28 July 1990	-0.4 °C18 December 1990	16.6 °C	572 mm	34	2
1989	35.7 °C23 July 1989	1.4 °C1 February 1989	16.7 °C	392 mm	40	0
1988	39.5 °C3 August 1988	-0.4 °C23 December 1988	16.8 °C	411 mm	54	4
1987	36.3 °C15 August 1987	-3.2 °C9 January 1987	16.8 °C	467 mm	64	1
1986	38.1 °C18 August 1986	-3.2 °C28 January 1986	16.5 °C	607 mm	44	2
1985	35.3 °C30 July 1985	-1.8 °C12 January 1985	16.3 °C	553 mm	45	4
1984	38.7 °C25 July 1984	-2.2 °C18 February 1984	15.6 °C	649 mm	28	3
1983	40.9 °C26 July 1983	0.1 °C1 January 1983	16.7 °C	407 mm	48	0
1982	38.2 °C25 June 1982	-1.6 °C31 December 1982	17.0 °C	520 mm	51	2
1981	35.3 °C6 August 1981	-3.3 °C10 January 1981	16.2 °C	507 mm	30	3
1980	36.7 °C3 August 1980	-1.9 °C10 December 1980	15.4 °C	662 mm	18	4
1979	36.1 °C31 July 1979	-1.5 °C17 January 1979	16.2 °C	669 mm	38	4
1978	37.1 °C18 July 1978	0.0 °C7 January 1978	15.9 °C	726 mm	21	0
1977	33.8 °C17 August 1977	-0.4 °C18 January 1977	16.5 °C	607 mm	16	1
1976	33.3 °C9 August 1976	0.7 °C19 January 1976	15.8 °C	749 mm	9	0
1975	36.2 °C17 July 1975	-0.6 °C28 February 1975	15.9 °C	702 mm	22	1
1974	34.0 °C16 July 1974	0.4 °C21 December 1974	15.7 °C	679 mm	20	0
1973	34.8 °C13 July 1973	0.6 °C2 March 1973	16.1 °C	594 mm	40	0
1972	35.3 °C14 August 1972	1.4 °C5 January 1972	15.7 °C	864 mm	9	0
1971	37.8 °C15 August 1971	0.0 °C9 March 1971	16.3 °C	739 mm	40	0
1970	38.7 °C22 July 1970	0.5 °C26 December 1970	16.6 °C	460 mm	39	0
1969	37.9 °C15 August 1969	0.4 °C5 January 1969	16.1 °C	828 mm	24	0
1968	37.8 °C9 July 1968	0.4 °C19 February 1968	16.4 °C	637 mm	24	0
1967	36.7 °C3 August 1967	-1.0 °C11 February 1967	16.7 °C	586 mm	44	1
1966	36.4 °C4 August 1966	0.9 °C7 January 1966	16.3 °C	664 mm	23	0
1965	39.1 °C25 July 1965	-0.8 °C19 February 1965	16.3 °C	758 mm	38	3
1964	34.5 °C19 July 1964	-1.9 °C9 February 1964	16.3 °C	614 mm	40	2
1963	37.5 °C14 August 1963	-2.4 °C29 January 1963	15.7 °C	755 mm	41	11
1962	35.2 °C11 July 1962	-0.9 °C1 February 1962	15.9 °C	641 mm	42	3
1961	36.0 °C12 August 1961	0.3 °C18 December 1961	16.8 °C	469 mm	40	0
1960	37.0 °C28 August 1960	0.5 °C8 January 1960	16.3 °C	604 mm	26	0
1959	38.1 °C29 July 1959	-0.2 °C27 January 1959	16.3 °C	620 mm	21	1
1958	35.0 °C2 August 1958	-0.1 °C28 February 1958	16.2 °C	563 mm	27	1
1957	40.5 °C13 August 1957	-1.6 °C3 March 1957	15.7 °C	653 mm	21	4
1956	37.7 °C9 August 1956	-3.4 °C13 February 1956	15.2 °C	667 mm	24	7
1955	34.8 °C25 July 1955	1.7 °C28 November 1955	16.6 °C	524 mm	20	0
1954	35.6 °C28 July 1954	-0.3 °C2 January 1954	15.8 °C	525 mm	20	1
1953	38.8 °C18 July 1953	-1.0 °C22 January 1953	16.0 °C	549 mm	21	5
1952	35.4 °C17 June 1952	1.9 °C20 February 1952	16.7 °C	526 mm	50	0
1951	38.6 °C7 August 1951	0.8 °C15 December 1951	15.9 °C	740 mm	38	0
1950	39.1 °C2 August 1950	0.1 °C31 January 1950	16.3 °C	546 mm	58	0
1949	35.3 °C13 September 1949	-2.1 °C4 February 1949	16.3 °C	445 mm	53	3
1948	34.2 °C3 August 1948	0.5 °C18 February 1948	15.8 °C	508 mm	31	0
1947	38.2 °C5 August 1947	-3.1 °C5 January 1947	17.0 °C	478 mm	71	4
1946	38.6 °C18 August 1946	-2.2 °C16 January 1946	16.5 °C	625 mm	66	5
1945	41.0 °C29 July 1945	-2.1 °C30 January 1945	16.5 °C	386 mm	86	4
1944	38.5 °C23 August 1944	-2.2 °C15 February 1944	15.6 °C	459 mm	64	4
1943	37.5 °C13 September 1943	-0.1 °C7 February 1943	16.4 °C	488 mm	61	1
1942	38.3 °C3 August 1942	-3.2 °C24 January 1942	15.8 °C	376 mm	54	10
1941	38.6 °C26 July 1941	-1.0 °C6 December 1941	15.1 °C	521 mm	48	3
1940	40.7 °C27 July 1940	-3.6 °C28 December 1940	15.0 °C	589 mm	29	14

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.1 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

547 mm

-21 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	15.5 °C	+2.3 °C	56 mm	-6 mm
Feb	15.9 °C	+2.1 °C	75 mm	+11 mm
Mar	17.7 °C	+1.8 °C	79 mm	+17 mm
Apr	19.9 °C	+1.3 °C	107 mm	+45 mm
May	24.5 °C	+1.7 °C	28 mm	-15 mm
Jun	31.9 °C	+4.7 °C	0 mm	-17 mm
Jul	31.7 °C	+1.4 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Aug	31.7 °C	+1.2 °C	4 mm	-6 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+1.6 °C	31 mm	-5 mm
Oct	24.1 °C	+1.2 °C	52 mm	-6 mm
Nov	18.2 °C	+0.5 °C	56 mm	-20 mm
Dec	16.1 °C	+1.8 °C	57 mm	-18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.0 °C

19 Jul 2025

Coldest day

3.5 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

44.0 mm

2 Feb 2025

Windiest day

38.2 km/h

29 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

82.8 km/h

29 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

2 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.8 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.7 h

26 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Arbus?

Arbus has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 568 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arbus?

The hottest day measured in Arbus between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1993, reaching 42.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Arbus?

The coldest day measured in Arbus between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1940, at -3.6 °C.

Does it snow in Arbus?

Almost never: Arbus sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Arbus warmed?

Yes: Arbus warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Arbus?

The wettest day measured in Arbus between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2018, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Arbus?

The windiest day measured in Arbus between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1962, with winds reaching 54.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Arbus?

The warmest month in Arbus is August (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Arbus?

Arbus receives on average 568 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Arbus?

Arbus gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arbus?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arbus between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1986, with 4.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Arbus?

Yes: Arbus has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arbus?

In Arbus, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 3 August 2017, and the lowest was -7.6 °C on 13 February 1956.

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