Novara climate — normals and trends
Novara (Italy) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 1,497 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Novara averages 60 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.
Novara has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 87 to 33 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 11 August 2003) and the coldest -20.2 °C (on 9 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
NovaraPiedmont
- coords
- 45.45°, 8.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.0°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,497mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
60 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
145 d/yr
Annual snowfall
45.5 cm
Average feels-like high
15.7 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
21.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · 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
37.5 °C
11 August 2003
Coldest day
-20.2 °C
9 January 1945
Wettest day
136 mm
2 November 1968
Windiest day
42.3 km/h
12 March 2006
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
26 September 1956
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-24.7 °C
9 January 1945
Snowiest day
27.4 cm
30 January 1986
Sunniest day
15.0 h
2 June 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 | 7.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 104 mm | +37 mm |
| Feb | 9.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 65 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 14.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 155 mm | +46 mm |
| Apr | 18.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 236 mm | +89 mm |
| May | 21.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 227 mm | +52 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 80 mm | -67 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 147 mm | +39 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 210 mm | +80 mm |
| Sep | 22.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 170 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 17.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 58 mm | -113 mm |
| Nov | 11.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 60 mm | -87 mm |
| Dec | 9.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 89 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Novara?
Novara has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 1,497 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Novara?
The hottest day measured in Novara between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2003, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Novara?
The coldest day measured in Novara between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1945, at -20.2 °C.
Does it snow in Novara?
Yes. Novara gets on average 45.5 cm of snow per year and has around 60 frost days.
Has the climate of Novara warmed?
Yes: Novara warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Novara?
The wettest day measured in Novara between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1968, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Novara?
The windiest day measured in Novara between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2006, with winds reaching 42.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Novara?
The warmest month in Novara is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Novara?
Novara receives on average 1,497 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Novara?
Novara gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Novara?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Novara between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1986, with 27.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Novara?
Yes: Novara has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Novara?
In Novara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 28 June 2019, and the lowest was -24.7 °C on 9 January 1945.
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