Ferrandina climate — normals and trends
Ferrandina (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 511 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Ferrandina averages 12 frost days, 59 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 84 rainy days per year.
Ferrandina has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 18 to 6 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 12 July 1962) and the coldest -8.8 °C (on 9 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
FerrandinaBasilicate
- coords
- 40.50°, 16.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.6°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
511mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
18.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
12 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
59 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
84 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.8 °C
Average feels-like low
9.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
34 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
42.9 °C
12 July 1962
Coldest day
-8.8 °C
9 March 1949
Wettest day
145 mm
5 November 1949
Windiest day
40.7 km/h
18 January 1972
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
18 January 1972
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
20 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-13.4 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.8 cm
11 January 1940
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 108 mm | +53 mm |
| Feb | 12.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 40 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 15.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 73 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 47 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 34 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 32.3 °C | +4.0 °C | 6 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 31.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 30 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 2 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 20.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 73 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 62 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 13.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 68 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ferrandina?
Ferrandina has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 511 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ferrandina?
The hottest day measured in Ferrandina between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1962, reaching 42.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ferrandina?
The coldest day measured in Ferrandina between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1949, at -8.8 °C.
Does it snow in Ferrandina?
Yes. Ferrandina gets on average 7.0 cm of snow per year and has around 12 frost days.
Has the climate of Ferrandina warmed?
Yes: Ferrandina warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ferrandina?
The wettest day measured in Ferrandina between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1949, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ferrandina?
The windiest day measured in Ferrandina between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1972, with winds reaching 40.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ferrandina?
The warmest month in Ferrandina is July (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Ferrandina?
Ferrandina receives on average 511 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ferrandina?
Ferrandina gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ferrandina?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ferrandina between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, with 17.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ferrandina?
Yes: Ferrandina has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ferrandina?
In Ferrandina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 20 July 2023, and the lowest was -13.4 °C on 23 January 1942.
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