Laterza climate — normals and trends
Laterza (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 568 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Laterza averages 8 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Laterza has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 13 to 3 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 25 June 2007) and the coldest -9.6 °C (on 12 January 2017).
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
LaterzaApulia
- coords
- 40.63°, 16.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.7°C
Average daily high
20.3°C
Average daily low
11.5°C
Annual rainfall
568mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
18.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
50 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.7 cm
Average feels-like high
19.3 °C
Average feels-like low
10.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
40 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
42.6 °C
25 June 2007
Coldest day
-9.6 °C
12 January 2017
Wettest day
115 mm
5 November 1949
Windiest day
47.5 km/h
26 March 1992
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
26 March 1992
Hottest feels-like
43.7 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-13.6 °C
12 January 2017
Snowiest day
18.3 cm
3 February 1956
Sunniest day
14.1 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 | 12.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 98 mm | +42 mm |
| Feb | 12.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 58 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 15.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 88 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 47 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | -0.6 °C | 33 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 31.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 4 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 32.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 6 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 33 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 27.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 11 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 19.6 °C | -1.7 °C | 79 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 16.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 64 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 13.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 75 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Laterza?
Laterza has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 568 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Laterza?
The hottest day measured in Laterza between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2007, reaching 42.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Laterza?
The coldest day measured in Laterza between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2017, at -9.6 °C.
Does it snow in Laterza?
Yes. Laterza gets on average 5.7 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Laterza warmed?
Yes: Laterza warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Laterza?
The wettest day measured in Laterza between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1949, with 115 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Laterza?
The windiest day measured in Laterza between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1992, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Laterza?
The warmest month in Laterza is July (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Laterza?
Laterza receives on average 568 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Laterza?
Laterza 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 Laterza?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Laterza between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1956, with 18.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Laterza?
Yes: Laterza has on average 40 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Laterza?
In Laterza, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -13.6 °C on 12 January 2017.
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