Bronte climate — normals and trends
Bronte (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 678 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Bronte averages 19 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Bronte 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 29 to 9 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 19 August 1945) and the coldest -10.2 °C (on 5 March 1949).
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
BronteSicily
- coords
- 37.79°, 14.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.6°C
Average daily high
18.3°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
678mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
10.2km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.3 cm
Average feels-like high
17.7 °C
Average feels-like low
8.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
40.3 °C
19 August 1945
Coldest day
-10.2 °C
5 March 1949
Wettest day
143 mm
16 October 1951
Windiest day
36.4 km/h
4 February 1955
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
5 March 2009
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
21 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-14.5 °C
5 March 1949
Snowiest day
27.8 cm
10 February 2023
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 107 mm | +32 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 86 mm | +16 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 117 mm | +39 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 69 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 107 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 27.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 23 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 30.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 14 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 26 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 33 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 19.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 67 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 15.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 46 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 12.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 56 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bronte?
Bronte has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.6 °C and it receives 678 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bronte?
The hottest day measured in Bronte between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1945, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bronte?
The coldest day measured in Bronte between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1949, at -10.2 °C.
Does it snow in Bronte?
Yes. Bronte gets on average 18.3 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Bronte warmed?
Yes: Bronte warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bronte?
The wettest day measured in Bronte between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1951, with 143 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bronte?
The windiest day measured in Bronte between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1955, with winds reaching 36.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bronte?
The warmest month in Bronte is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Bronte?
Bronte receives on average 678 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bronte?
Bronte gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bronte?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bronte between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 2023, with 27.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bronte?
Yes: Bronte has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bronte?
In Bronte, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 21 July 2025, and the lowest was -14.5 °C on 5 March 1949.
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