Montella climate — normals and trends
Montella (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,168 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Montella averages 19 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Montella has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 30 to 8 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 7 September 1946) and the coldest -15.3 °C (on 12 January 1985).
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
MontellaCampania
- coords
- 40.84°, 15.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
9.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,168mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
17.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.7 cm
Average feels-like high
17.4 °C
Average feels-like low
8.6 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
37.4 °C
7 September 1946
Coldest day
-15.3 °C
12 January 1985
Wettest day
101 mm
27 October 2012
Windiest day
35.1 km/h
23 February 2019
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
31 December 1974
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
18 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-20.2 °C
12 January 1985
Snowiest day
25.1 cm
3 December 1973
Sunniest day
14.0 h
29 June 2019
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 | 11.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 135 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 12.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 89 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 93 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 18.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 71 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 61 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +5.5 °C | 10 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 30.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 38 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 29.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 57 mm | +22 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 62 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 18.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 113 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 15.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 236 mm | +62 mm |
| Dec | 13.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 48 mm | -100 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Montella?
Montella has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,168 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Montella?
The hottest day measured in Montella between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1946, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Montella?
The coldest day measured in Montella between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1985, at -15.3 °C.
Does it snow in Montella?
Yes. Montella gets on average 15.7 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Montella warmed?
Yes: Montella warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Montella?
The wettest day measured in Montella between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2012, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Montella?
The windiest day measured in Montella between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2019, with winds reaching 35.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Montella?
The warmest month in Montella is August (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Montella?
Montella receives on average 1,168 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Montella?
Montella gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Montella?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Montella between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1973, with 25.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Montella?
Yes: Montella has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Montella?
In Montella, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 18 July 2023, and the lowest was -20.2 °C on 12 January 1985.
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