Leonforte climate — normals and trends
Leonforte (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 667 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Leonforte averages 19 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Leonforte 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 31 to 7 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 19 August 1945) and the coldest -10.0 °C (on 12 January 1945).
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
LeonforteSicily
- coords
- 37.64°, 14.40°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.5°C
Average daily high
18.2°C
Average daily low
9.3°C
Annual rainfall
667mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
17.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.8 cm
Average feels-like high
17.3 °C
Average feels-like low
8.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
39.8 °C
19 August 1945
Coldest day
-10.0 °C
12 January 1945
Wettest day
96 mm
16 October 1951
Windiest day
41.2 km/h
21 January 1981
Strongest gust
118.8 km/h
31 March 1981
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
21 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-14.1 °C
17 December 1940
Snowiest day
26.2 cm
10 February 2023
Sunniest day
14.0 h
12 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 95 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 86 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 109 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 62 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 114 mm | +63 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 20 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 13 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 28.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 18 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 38 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 18.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 80 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 54 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 12.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 56 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Leonforte?
Leonforte has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 667 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Leonforte?
The hottest day measured in Leonforte between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1945, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Leonforte?
The coldest day measured in Leonforte between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1945, at -10.0 °C.
Does it snow in Leonforte?
Yes. Leonforte gets on average 16.8 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Leonforte warmed?
Yes: Leonforte warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Leonforte?
The wettest day measured in Leonforte between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1951, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Leonforte?
The windiest day measured in Leonforte between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1981, with winds reaching 41.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Leonforte?
The warmest month in Leonforte is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Leonforte?
Leonforte receives on average 667 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Leonforte?
Leonforte gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Leonforte?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Leonforte between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 2023, with 26.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Leonforte?
Yes: Leonforte has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Leonforte?
In Leonforte, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 21 July 2025, and the lowest was -14.1 °C on 17 December 1940.
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