Corato climate — normals and trends
Corato (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 550 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Corato averages 1 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.
Corato has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °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 40.7 °C (on 25 June 2007) and the coldest -3.6 °C (on 6 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
CoratoApulia
- coords
- 41.15°, 16.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.6°C
Average daily high
19.5°C
Average daily low
14.0°C
Annual rainfall
550mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
16.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
90 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.1 cm
Average feels-like high
18.9 °C
Average feels-like low
12.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
79 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
40.7 °C
25 June 2007
Coldest day
-3.6 °C
6 March 1949
Wettest day
79 mm
5 November 1949
Windiest day
56.8 km/h
31 January 1983
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
31 January 1983
Hottest feels-like
42.0 °C
24 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-10.3 °C
28 January 1942
Snowiest day
10.3 cm
2 January 1993
Sunniest day
14.1 h
23 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 | 13.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 75 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 13.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 49 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 70 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 17.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 33 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 32 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 28.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 1 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 17 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 12 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 16 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 68 mm | +6 mm |
| Nov | 16.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 131 mm | +64 mm |
| Dec | 13.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 67 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Corato?
Corato has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 550 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Corato?
The hottest day measured in Corato between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2007, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Corato?
The coldest day measured in Corato between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1949, at -3.6 °C.
Does it snow in Corato?
Yes. Corato gets on average 3.1 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Corato warmed?
Yes: Corato warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Corato?
The wettest day measured in Corato between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1949, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Corato?
The windiest day measured in Corato between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1983, with winds reaching 56.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Corato?
The warmest month in Corato is August (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Corato?
Corato receives on average 550 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Corato?
Corato 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 Corato?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Corato between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1993, with 10.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Corato?
Yes: Corato has on average 79 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Corato?
In Corato, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 24 July 2023, and the lowest was -10.3 °C on 28 January 1942.
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