Palmi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Palmi?

Palmi has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 1,000 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palmi?

The hottest day measured in Palmi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1941, reaching 38.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Palmi?

The coldest day measured in Palmi between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1949, at -0.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Palmi?

Yes. Palmi gets on average 2.3 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Palmi warmed?

Yes: Palmi warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Palmi?

The wettest day measured in Palmi between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1988, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Palmi?

The windiest day measured in Palmi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1973, with winds reaching 60.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Palmi?

The warmest month in Palmi is August (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Palmi?

Palmi receives on average 1,000 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Palmi?

Palmi gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Palmi (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 1,000 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Palmi averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.

Palmi has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 4 August 1941) and the coldest -0.4 °C (on 5 March 1949).

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

PalmiCalabria

coords: 38.36°, 15.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

16.2°C

Average daily high

18.4°C

Average daily low

14.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,000mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

20.5km/h

Seasonal range

14.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

5 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

135 d/yr

Annual snowfall

2.3 cm

Average feels-like high

17.7 °C

Average feels-like low

12.9 °C

Average peak gust

36.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

72 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

38.3 °C

4 August 1941

Coldest day

-0.4 °C

5 March 1949

Wettest day

103 mm

21 September 1988

Windiest day

60.7 km/h

25 February 1973

Strongest gust

106.2 km/h

25 February 1973

Hottest feels-like

39.1 °C

4 August 1941

Coldest feels-like

-8.1 °C

14 January 1968

Snowiest day

11.3 cm

19 January 1940

Sunniest day

14.0 h

20 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.1 °C25 July 2025	7.4 °C11 February 2025	17.7 °C	910 mm	9	0
2024	32.4 °C3 August 2024	5.4 °C24 December 2024	18.1 °C	873 mm	16	0
2023	38.1 °C25 July 2023	3.9 °C6 February 2023	17.4 °C	998 mm	15	0
2022	33.1 °C27 June 2022	3.3 °C25 January 2022	17.4 °C	827 mm	8	0
2021	35.5 °C1 August 2021	2.8 °C15 February 2021	17.2 °C	983 mm	25	0
2020	31.5 °C14 August 2020	5.9 °C7 January 2020	16.9 °C	871 mm	3	0
2019	32.0 °C7 August 2019	2.2 °C5 January 2019	16.9 °C	962 mm	8	0
2018	29.6 °C21 July 2018	5.8 °C15 February 2018	17.1 °C	1,169 mm	0	0
2017	33.9 °C28 June 2017	0.9 °C7 January 2017	16.6 °C	803 mm	15	0
2016	30.1 °C1 August 2016	3.6 °C17 January 2016	16.8 °C	1,092 mm	1	0
2015	34.1 °C2 August 2015	2.3 °C9 February 2015	16.8 °C	1,165 mm	3	0
2014	30.8 °C24 June 2014	1.6 °C31 December 2014	16.8 °C	1,086 mm	3	0
2013	30.6 °C8 August 2013	3.7 °C10 February 2013	16.7 °C	1,103 mm	1	0
2012	33.2 °C12 July 2012	2.5 °C12 February 2012	16.9 °C	1,117 mm	9	0
2011	29.8 °C13 July 2011	3.7 °C8 March 2011	16.3 °C	923 mm	0	0
2010	31.3 °C14 August 2010	1.3 °C17 December 2010	16.4 °C	1,240 mm	1	0
2009	32.8 °C25 July 2009	2.3 °C15 February 2009	16.5 °C	1,291 mm	2	0
2008	32.7 °C15 August 2008	2.0 °C18 February 2008	16.7 °C	739 mm	6	0
2007	36.2 °C24 July 2007	3.5 °C16 December 2007	16.7 °C	1,128 mm	12	0
2006	35.2 °C19 August 2006	2.0 °C7 February 2006	16.4 °C	956 mm	8	0
2005	33.0 °C2 August 2005	3.1 °C6 February 2005	15.9 °C	1,047 mm	5	0
2004	31.0 °C20 August 2004	3.0 °C13 February 2004	16.4 °C	1,073 mm	2	0
2003	32.4 °C24 July 2003	2.6 °C6 February 2003	17.0 °C	938 mm	7	0
2002	32.5 °C4 August 2002	2.3 °C4 January 2002	16.5 °C	1,012 mm	3	0
2001	31.3 °C10 July 2001	3.3 °C18 December 2001	16.9 °C	768 mm	2	0
2000	32.3 °C8 July 2000	3.6 °C18 February 2000	16.7 °C	810 mm	4	0
1999	37.4 °C8 August 1999	0.0 °C31 January 1999	16.8 °C	857 mm	10	0
1998	35.8 °C2 July 1998	4.2 °C11 March 1998	16.3 °C	792 mm	9	0
1997	31.7 °C18 June 1997	5.5 °C8 April 1997	16.4 °C	863 mm	3	0
1996	31.8 °C27 July 1996	3.6 °C6 March 1996	15.9 °C	1,279 mm	5	0
1995	30.5 °C9 August 1995	3.9 °C4 January 1995	16.2 °C	826 mm	2	0
1994	34.0 °C23 May 1994	6.3 °C29 January 1994	16.9 °C	782 mm	12	0
1993	34.8 °C6 July 1993	0.6 °C3 January 1993	16.3 °C	946 mm	6	0
1992	29.0 °C9 August 1992	3.5 °C3 February 1992	16.2 °C	688 mm	0	0
1991	30.4 °C26 July 1991	2.6 °C9 December 1991	15.7 °C	783 mm	2	0
1990	30.3 °C26 September 1990	5.0 °C7 December 1990	16.6 °C	755 mm	1	0
1989	31.2 °C12 July 1989	6.0 °C27 January 1989	16.0 °C	616 mm	1	0
1988	32.7 °C2 September 1988	2.6 °C16 December 1988	16.4 °C	1,030 mm	8	0
1987	35.8 °C24 July 1987	1.4 °C9 January 1987	16.3 °C	858 mm	16	0
1986	30.7 °C24 August 1986	1.7 °C12 February 1986	16.2 °C	990 mm	3	0
1985	32.9 °C31 July 1985	1.8 °C10 January 1985	16.3 °C	936 mm	2	0
1984	30.7 °C26 July 1984	3.7 °C25 January 1984	15.7 °C	888 mm	1	0
1983	31.8 °C25 July 1983	2.8 °C18 February 1983	15.9 °C	914 mm	3	0
1982	37.1 °C26 June 1982	3.7 °C3 February 1982	16.4 °C	918 mm	10	0
1981	30.1 °C9 August 1981	2.5 °C29 January 1981	15.7 °C	1,010 mm	2	0
1980	29.2 °C5 August 1980	1.5 °C3 January 1980	15.2 °C	1,103 mm	0	0
1979	31.3 °C1 August 1979	1.4 °C3 January 1979	15.9 °C	964 mm	1	0
1978	32.1 °C4 August 1978	4.0 °C6 January 1978	15.5 °C	1,153 mm	3	0
1977	29.6 °C9 July 1977	4.8 °C1 March 1977	16.1 °C	874 mm	0	0
1976	28.4 °C10 August 1976	3.7 °C28 January 1976	15.4 °C	1,188 mm	0	0
1975	29.1 °C16 August 1975	4.0 °C26 February 1975	15.6 °C	884 mm	0	0
1974	30.9 °C17 July 1974	4.8 °C8 February 1974	15.5 °C	1,094 mm	2	0
1973	32.2 °C17 July 1973	3.7 °C1 March 1973	15.9 °C	1,134 mm	4	0
1972	29.1 °C3 August 1972	5.4 °C27 January 1972	15.6 °C	1,414 mm	0	0
1971	31.4 °C27 August 1971	2.2 °C3 March 1971	15.6 °C	1,057 mm	3	0
1970	32.0 °C9 August 1970	2.5 °C17 February 1970	16.0 °C	1,035 mm	1	0
1969	32.2 °C16 August 1969	0.5 °C12 February 1969	15.8 °C	1,287 mm	2	0
1968	29.1 °C15 July 1968	0.2 °C14 January 1968	16.0 °C	1,066 mm	0	0
1967	31.4 °C27 July 1967	2.7 °C11 February 1967	15.9 °C	968 mm	4	0
1966	32.4 °C5 August 1966	2.2 °C8 January 1966	16.0 °C	1,368 mm	2	0
1965	35.6 °C4 July 1965	1.3 °C17 February 1965	15.7 °C	1,343 mm	5	0
1964	29.7 °C18 August 1964	4.0 °C8 February 1964	16.0 °C	1,109 mm	0	0
1963	32.8 °C15 August 1963	0.7 °C2 March 1963	16.0 °C	1,148 mm	8	0
1962	33.5 °C11 July 1962	0.0 °C31 January 1962	16.2 °C	997 mm	2	0
1961	33.1 °C13 July 1961	3.1 °C17 December 1961	16.4 °C	823 mm	1	0
1960	31.6 °C18 August 1960	4.8 °C3 February 1960	16.3 °C	1,146 mm	2	0
1959	29.8 °C30 July 1959	3.1 °C27 January 1959	15.7 °C	1,084 mm	0	0
1958	31.0 °C22 August 1958	2.9 °C12 March 1958	15.9 °C	1,029 mm	3	0
1957	34.6 °C12 August 1957	1.8 °C1 December 1957	15.8 °C	1,105 mm	8	0
1956	34.0 °C21 July 1956	1.0 °C7 February 1956	15.4 °C	971 mm	5	0
1955	31.2 °C26 July 1955	4.6 °C5 March 1955	16.2 °C	1,042 mm	2	0
1954	31.3 °C30 June 1954	2.9 °C26 January 1954	15.4 °C	1,360 mm	2	0
1953	30.4 °C18 July 1953	2.7 °C9 February 1953	15.9 °C	990 mm	1	0
1952	31.1 °C17 June 1952	3.2 °C19 January 1952	16.5 °C	1,053 mm	5	0
1951	34.0 °C8 August 1951	5.4 °C13 December 1951	16.2 °C	1,164 mm	6	0
1950	31.9 °C3 August 1950	5.0 °C19 December 1950	16.5 °C	868 mm	2	0
1949	28.9 °C15 July 1949	-0.4 °C5 March 1949	15.9 °C	906 mm	0	1
1948	29.6 °C9 August 1948	4.5 °C1 January 1948	15.8 °C	719 mm	0	0
1947	32.5 °C9 July 1947	2.2 °C22 January 1947	16.8 °C	1,022 mm	7	0
1946	34.9 °C5 September 1946	3.5 °C15 February 1946	16.8 °C	1,023 mm	13	0
1945	34.9 °C19 August 1945	1.3 °C30 January 1945	16.2 °C	884 mm	13	0
1944	32.0 °C22 July 1944	2.6 °C12 February 1944	15.5 °C	1,134 mm	2	0
1943	31.4 °C21 July 1943	3.3 °C4 January 1943	16.3 °C	829 mm	6	0
1942	30.0 °C19 July 1942	0.3 °C1 January 1942	15.8 °C	909 mm	1	0
1941	38.3 °C4 August 1941	0.5 °C30 December 1941	15.2 °C	1,049 mm	8	0
1940	34.1 °C16 July 1940	0.3 °C19 January 1940	15.1 °C	1,056 mm	2	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.8 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

9 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

910 mm

-90 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	14.0 °C	+2.4 °C	133 mm	-4 mm
Feb	13.1 °C	+1.3 °C	71 mm	-47 mm
Mar	15.0 °C	+1.9 °C	150 mm	+44 mm
Apr	16.2 °C	+0.7 °C	59 mm	-20 mm
May	20.1 °C	+0.8 °C	78 mm	+30 mm
Jun	26.3 °C	+3.0 °C	4 mm	-25 mm
Jul	28.1 °C	+2.1 °C	29 mm	+8 mm
Aug	26.9 °C	+0.4 °C	26 mm	-2 mm
Sep	25.2 °C	+1.3 °C	73 mm	+8 mm
Oct	20.1 °C	-0.3 °C	89 mm	-15 mm
Nov	17.2 °C	+0.8 °C	134 mm	+9 mm
Dec	14.7 °C	+1.6 °C	66 mm	-76 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.1 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

7.4 °C

11 Feb 2025

Wettest day

50.7 mm

27 Sep 2025

Windiest day

41.7 km/h

23 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

71.3 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.0 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.8 °C

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

18 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Palmi?

Palmi has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 1,000 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palmi?

The hottest day measured in Palmi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1941, reaching 38.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Palmi?

The coldest day measured in Palmi between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1949, at -0.4 °C.

Does it snow in Palmi?

Yes. Palmi gets on average 2.3 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.

Has the climate of Palmi warmed?

Yes: Palmi warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Palmi?

The wettest day measured in Palmi between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1988, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Palmi?

The windiest day measured in Palmi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1973, with winds reaching 60.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Palmi?

The warmest month in Palmi is August (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Palmi?

Palmi receives on average 1,000 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Palmi?

Palmi gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Palmi?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Palmi between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1940, with 11.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Palmi?

Yes: Palmi has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Palmi?

In Palmi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 4 August 1941, and the lowest was -8.1 °C on 14 January 1968.

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