Ovada climate — normals and trends
Ovada (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 906 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Ovada averages 53 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Ovada has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 78 to 28 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 28 June 2019) and the coldest -19.7 °C (on 19 January 1940).
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
OvadaPiedmont
- coords
- 44.64°, 8.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
906mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
10.7km/h
Seasonal range
21.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
53 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
60.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.9 °C
Average feels-like low
7.3 °C
Average peak gust
25.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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
38.6 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest day
-19.7 °C
19 January 1940
Wettest day
112 mm
2 November 1968
Windiest day
44.0 km/h
30 October 2018
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
30 October 2018
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-23.9 °C
19 January 1940
Snowiest day
41.6 cm
28 November 2008
Sunniest day
15.0 h
3 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 120 mm | +50 mm |
| Feb | 8.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 65 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 122 mm | +44 mm |
| Apr | 17.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 97 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 93 mm | +16 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 14 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 28.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 67 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 112 mm | +54 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 72 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 52 mm | -58 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 78 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 8.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 148 mm | +68 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ovada?
Ovada has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 906 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ovada?
The hottest day measured in Ovada between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2019, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ovada?
The coldest day measured in Ovada between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, at -19.7 °C.
Does it snow in Ovada?
Yes. Ovada gets on average 60.3 cm of snow per year and has around 53 frost days.
Has the climate of Ovada warmed?
Yes: Ovada warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ovada?
The wettest day measured in Ovada between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1968, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ovada?
The windiest day measured in Ovada between 1940 and 2025 was 30 October 2018, with winds reaching 44.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ovada?
The warmest month in Ovada is July (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Ovada?
Ovada receives on average 906 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ovada?
Ovada gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ovada?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ovada between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 2008, with 41.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ovada?
Yes: Ovada has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ovada?
In Ovada, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -23.9 °C on 19 January 1940.
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