Petilia Policastro climate — normals and trends
Petilia Policastro (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 739 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 (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Petilia Policastro averages 7 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.
Petilia Policastro has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 10 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest -6.3 °C (on 9 February 1956).
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
Petilia PolicastroCalabria
- coords
- 39.11°, 16.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
19.8°C
Average daily low
11.4°C
Annual rainfall
739mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
16.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
113 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.8 cm
Average feels-like high
19.1 °C
Average feels-like low
9.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
33 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
41.0 °C
25 July 2023
Coldest day
-6.3 °C
9 February 1956
Wettest day
125 mm
31 October 1997
Windiest day
47.9 km/h
21 January 1981
Strongest gust
118.4 km/h
28 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
8 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-11.2 °C
29 December 1941
Snowiest day
13.9 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 | 14.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 153 mm | +63 mm |
| Feb | 12.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 78 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 15.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 76 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 38 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 92 mm | +47 mm |
| Jun | 30.7 °C | +4.3 °C | 10 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 5 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 35 mm | +15 mm |
| Sep | 27.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 31 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 20.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 114 mm | +28 mm |
| Nov | 17.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 48 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 14.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 43 mm | -45 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Petilia Policastro?
Petilia Policastro has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 739 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Petilia Policastro?
The hottest day measured in Petilia Policastro between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Petilia Policastro?
The coldest day measured in Petilia Policastro between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -6.3 °C.
Does it snow in Petilia Policastro?
Yes. Petilia Policastro gets on average 26.8 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.
Has the climate of Petilia Policastro warmed?
Yes: Petilia Policastro warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Petilia Policastro?
The wettest day measured in Petilia Policastro between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1997, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Petilia Policastro?
The windiest day measured in Petilia Policastro between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1981, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Petilia Policastro?
The warmest month in Petilia Policastro is July (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Petilia Policastro?
Petilia Policastro receives on average 739 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Petilia Policastro?
Petilia Policastro 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 Petilia Policastro?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Petilia Policastro between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1981, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Petilia Policastro?
Yes: Petilia Policastro has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Petilia Policastro?
In Petilia Policastro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 8 July 1988, and the lowest was -11.2 °C on 29 December 1941.
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