Bernalda climate — normals and trends
Bernalda (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 501 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Bernalda averages 1 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 78 rainy days per year.
Bernalda has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °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 38.7 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest -4.7 °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
BernaldaBasilicate
- coords
- 40.41°, 16.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.4°C
Average daily high
19.9°C
Average daily low
13.2°C
Annual rainfall
501mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
17.2km/h
Seasonal range
17.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
33 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
78 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.6 cm
Average feels-like high
19.4 °C
Average feels-like low
11.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
67 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
38.7 °C
25 July 2023
Coldest day
-4.7 °C
12 January 2017
Wettest day
128 mm
5 November 1949
Windiest day
55.7 km/h
24 January 1940
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
18 January 1972
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
19 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-10.0 °C
28 January 1942
Snowiest day
10.5 cm
3 February 1956
Sunniest day
14.1 h
15 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 102 mm | +44 mm |
| Feb | 12.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 54 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 14.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 70 mm | +17 mm |
| Apr | 17.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 38 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 21.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 24 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 3 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 31.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 29.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 21 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 27.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 20.1 °C | -1.2 °C | 77 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 16.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 58 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 14.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 86 mm | +24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bernalda?
Bernalda has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 501 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bernalda?
The hottest day measured in Bernalda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bernalda?
The coldest day measured in Bernalda between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2017, at -4.7 °C.
Does it snow in Bernalda?
Yes. Bernalda gets on average 2.6 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Bernalda warmed?
Yes: Bernalda warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bernalda?
The wettest day measured in Bernalda between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1949, with 128 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bernalda?
The windiest day measured in Bernalda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1940, with winds reaching 55.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bernalda?
The warmest month in Bernalda is August (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Bernalda?
Bernalda receives on average 501 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 78 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bernalda?
Bernalda gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bernalda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bernalda between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1956, with 10.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bernalda?
Yes: Bernalda has on average 67 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bernalda?
In Bernalda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 19 July 2023, and the lowest was -10.0 °C on 28 January 1942.
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