Genzano di Lucania climate — normals and trends
Genzano di Lucania (Italy) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 656 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Genzano di Lucania averages 36 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Genzano di Lucania has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 50 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 19 August 1946) and the coldest -19.5 °C (on 26 January 2006).
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
Genzano di LucaniaBasilicate
- coords
- 40.85°, 16.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
17.7°C
Average daily low
8.5°C
Annual rainfall
656mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
18.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
36 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.6 cm
Average feels-like high
16.1 °C
Average feels-like low
6.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
39.3 °C
19 August 1946
Coldest day
-19.5 °C
26 January 2006
Wettest day
74 mm
1 December 2013
Windiest day
39.6 km/h
4 November 1966
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
31 December 1974
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
5 August 2017
Coldest feels-like
-24.1 °C
26 January 2006
Snowiest day
26.6 cm
2 December 1983
Sunniest day
14.0 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 | 10.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 124 mm | +60 mm |
| Feb | 10.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 44 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 86 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 57 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 58 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +4.4 °C | 13 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 30.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 10 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 43 mm | +14 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 19 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 17.3 °C | -1.7 °C | 81 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 13.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 89 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | 11.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 40 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Genzano di Lucania?
Genzano di Lucania has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 656 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Genzano di Lucania?
The hottest day measured in Genzano di Lucania between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1946, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Genzano di Lucania?
The coldest day measured in Genzano di Lucania between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 2006, at -19.5 °C.
Does it snow in Genzano di Lucania?
Yes. Genzano di Lucania gets on average 41.6 cm of snow per year and has around 36 frost days.
Has the climate of Genzano di Lucania warmed?
Yes: Genzano di Lucania warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Genzano di Lucania?
The wettest day measured in Genzano di Lucania between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2013, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Genzano di Lucania?
The windiest day measured in Genzano di Lucania between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 1966, with winds reaching 39.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Genzano di Lucania?
The warmest month in Genzano di Lucania is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Genzano di Lucania?
Genzano di Lucania receives on average 656 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Genzano di Lucania?
Genzano di Lucania 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 Genzano di Lucania?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Genzano di Lucania between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1983, with 26.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Genzano di Lucania?
Yes: Genzano di Lucania has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Genzano di Lucania?
In Genzano di Lucania, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 5 August 2017, and the lowest was -24.1 °C on 26 January 2006.
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