Nicastro climate — normals and trends
Nicastro (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 1,029 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Nicastro averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Nicastro has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -2.9 °C (on 30 December 1941).
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
NicastroCalabria
- coords
- 38.97°, 16.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.9°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
13.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,029mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
14.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
21.5 cm
Average feels-like high
16.4 °C
Average feels-like low
11.9 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
49 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
36.2 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-2.9 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
91 mm
31 October 1997
Windiest day
58.3 km/h
16 December 1962
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
31 December 1979
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-10.0 °C
14 January 1968
Snowiest day
10.8 cm
21 January 1981
Sunniest day
14.0 h
21 May 1940
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 | 12.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 138 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 11.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 54 mm | -72 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 95 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 57 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 57 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 8 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 27.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 11 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 34 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 24 mm | -33 mm |
| Oct | 18.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 107 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 15.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 134 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 13.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 30 mm | -118 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nicastro?
Nicastro has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 1,029 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nicastro?
The hottest day measured in Nicastro between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nicastro?
The coldest day measured in Nicastro between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -2.9 °C.
Does it snow in Nicastro?
Yes. Nicastro gets on average 21.5 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Nicastro warmed?
Yes: Nicastro warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nicastro?
The wettest day measured in Nicastro between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1997, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nicastro?
The windiest day measured in Nicastro between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1962, with winds reaching 58.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nicastro?
The warmest month in Nicastro is August (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Nicastro?
Nicastro receives on average 1,029 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nicastro?
Nicastro 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 Nicastro?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nicastro between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1981, with 10.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nicastro?
Yes: Nicastro has on average 49 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nicastro?
In Nicastro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 25 July 2025, and the lowest was -10.0 °C on 14 January 1968.
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