Arcola climate — normals and trends
Arcola (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 1,466 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Arcola averages 1 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Arcola has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.2 °C (on 10 August 2024) and the coldest -6.1 °C (on 14 February 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
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- coords
- 44.12°, 9.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.1°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
13.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,466mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
14.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.6 cm
Average feels-like high
15.9 °C
Average feels-like low
12.4 °C
Average peak gust
27.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
67 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
30.2 °C
10 August 2024
Coldest day
-6.1 °C
14 February 1940
Wettest day
131 mm
13 September 1976
Windiest day
64.0 km/h
7 January 1968
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
19 February 1955
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
7 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-11.7 °C
14 February 1940
Snowiest day
12.3 cm
1 February 2012
Sunniest day
15.0 h
3 July 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 | 11.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 260 mm | +126 mm |
| Feb | 11.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 116 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 219 mm | +94 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 133 mm | +15 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 146 mm | +56 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 4 mm | -61 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 43 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 192 mm | +124 mm |
| Sep | 21.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 144 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 18.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 211 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 14.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 209 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 12.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 92 mm | -73 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arcola?
Arcola has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 1,466 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arcola?
The hottest day measured in Arcola between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2024, reaching 30.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arcola?
The coldest day measured in Arcola between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1940, at -6.1 °C.
Does it snow in Arcola?
Yes. Arcola gets on average 5.6 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Arcola warmed?
Yes: Arcola warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Arcola?
The wettest day measured in Arcola between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 1976, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arcola?
The windiest day measured in Arcola between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1968, with winds reaching 64.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arcola?
The warmest month in Arcola is August (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Arcola?
Arcola receives on average 1,466 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arcola?
Arcola gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arcola?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arcola between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2012, with 12.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arcola?
Yes: Arcola has on average 67 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arcola?
In Arcola, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 7 August 2003, and the lowest was -11.7 °C on 14 February 1940.
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