Palese climate — normals and trends
Palese (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 555 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Palese averages 0 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Palese has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest -1.1 °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
PaleseApulia
- coords
- 41.15°, 16.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
18.9°C
Average daily low
15.0°C
Annual rainfall
555mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
21.9km/h
Seasonal range
15.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.5 cm
Average feels-like high
18.3 °C
Average feels-like low
13.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
94 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
37.9 °C
25 July 2023
Coldest day
-1.1 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
68 mm
5 November 1949
Windiest day
64.0 km/h
31 January 1983
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
31 January 1983
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
1 August 2021
Coldest feels-like
-9.8 °C
28 January 1942
Snowiest day
10.8 cm
2 January 1993
Sunniest day
14.1 h
24 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 68 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 13.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 54 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 15.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 78 mm | +22 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 31 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 27 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 28.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 13 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 27.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 10 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 12 mm | -33 mm |
| Oct | 19.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 63 mm | +0 mm |
| Nov | 16.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 112 mm | +41 mm |
| Dec | 13.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 78 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Palese?
Palese has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 555 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palese?
The hottest day measured in Palese between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Palese?
The coldest day measured in Palese between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -1.1 °C.
Does it snow in Palese?
Yes. Palese gets on average 2.5 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Palese warmed?
Yes: Palese warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Palese?
The wettest day measured in Palese between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1949, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Palese?
The windiest day measured in Palese between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1983, with winds reaching 64.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Palese?
The warmest month in Palese is August (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Palese?
Palese receives on average 555 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Palese?
Palese gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Palese?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Palese between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1993, with 10.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Palese?
Yes: Palese has on average 94 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Palese?
In Palese, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 1 August 2021, and the lowest was -9.8 °C on 28 January 1942.
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