Montalbano Jonico climate — normals and trends
Montalbano Jonico (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 556 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Montalbano Jonico averages 4 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 82 rainy days per year.
Montalbano Jonico has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 7 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -7.3 °C (on 23 January 1942).
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
Montalbano JonicoBasilicate
- coords
- 40.29°, 16.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.1°C
Average daily high
20.6°C
Average daily low
12.0°C
Annual rainfall
556mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
18.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
54 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
82 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.1 cm
Average feels-like high
20.0 °C
Average feels-like low
10.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
49 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °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
41.7 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-7.3 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
168 mm
21 November 1945
Windiest day
43.1 km/h
18 January 1972
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
19 January 1972
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-12.1 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.7 cm
6 March 1949
Sunniest day
14.0 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 121 mm | +57 mm |
| Feb | 12.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 45 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 15.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 70 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 18.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 32 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 22.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 41 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 6 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 4 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 25 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 28.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 3 mm | -33 mm |
| Oct | 20.1 °C | -1.5 °C | 94 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 16.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 76 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 13.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 76 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Montalbano Jonico?
Montalbano Jonico has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.1 °C and it receives 556 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Montalbano Jonico?
The hottest day measured in Montalbano Jonico between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 41.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Montalbano Jonico?
The coldest day measured in Montalbano Jonico between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -7.3 °C.
Does it snow in Montalbano Jonico?
Yes. Montalbano Jonico gets on average 6.1 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Montalbano Jonico warmed?
Yes: Montalbano Jonico warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Montalbano Jonico?
The wettest day measured in Montalbano Jonico between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1945, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Montalbano Jonico?
The windiest day measured in Montalbano Jonico between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1972, with winds reaching 43.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Montalbano Jonico?
The warmest month in Montalbano Jonico is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Montalbano Jonico?
Montalbano Jonico receives on average 556 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 82 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Montalbano Jonico?
Montalbano Jonico 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 Montalbano Jonico?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Montalbano Jonico between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1949, with 18.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Montalbano Jonico?
Yes: Montalbano Jonico has on average 49 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Montalbano Jonico?
In Montalbano Jonico, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -12.1 °C on 23 January 1942.
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