Girifalco climate — normals and trends
Girifalco (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 840 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Girifalco averages 0 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Girifalco has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest -2.5 °C (on 11 March 1987).
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
GirifalcoCalabria
- coords
- 38.83°, 16.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.9°C
Average daily high
18.7°C
Average daily low
13.4°C
Annual rainfall
840mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
15.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.2 cm
Average feels-like high
18.8 °C
Average feels-like low
12.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
60 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
37.8 °C
25 July 2023
Coldest day
-2.5 °C
11 March 1987
Wettest day
136 mm
11 September 2021
Windiest day
45.1 km/h
31 January 1983
Strongest gust
120.6 km/h
22 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-6.9 °C
14 January 1968
Snowiest day
10.8 cm
16 December 2007
Sunniest day
14.0 h
21 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 145 mm | +43 mm |
| Feb | 12.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 81 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 101 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 32 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 112 mm | +67 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 11 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 11 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 28.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 18 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 38 mm | -27 mm |
| Oct | 19.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 143 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 96 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 14.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 40 mm | -61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Girifalco?
Girifalco has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 840 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Girifalco?
The hottest day measured in Girifalco between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Girifalco?
The coldest day measured in Girifalco between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1987, at -2.5 °C.
Does it snow in Girifalco?
Yes. Girifalco gets on average 2.2 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Girifalco warmed?
Yes: Girifalco warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Girifalco?
The wettest day measured in Girifalco between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 2021, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Girifalco?
The windiest day measured in Girifalco between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1983, with winds reaching 45.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Girifalco?
The warmest month in Girifalco is August (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Girifalco?
Girifalco receives on average 840 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Girifalco?
Girifalco gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Girifalco?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Girifalco between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 2007, with 10.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Girifalco?
Yes: Girifalco has on average 60 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Girifalco?
In Girifalco, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -6.9 °C on 14 January 1968.
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