Pratola Peligna climate — normals and trends
Pratola Peligna (Italy) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 861 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Pratola Peligna averages 94 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Pratola Peligna has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 116 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 4 August 2017) and the coldest -25.1 °C (on 24 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
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- coords
- 42.10°, 13.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
861mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
7.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
94 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
132.1 cm
Average feels-like high
12.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
33.9 °C
4 August 2017
Coldest day
-25.1 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
66 mm
24 August 1968
Windiest day
28.2 km/h
30 December 1974
Strongest gust
131.8 km/h
30 December 1974
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
21 June 2024
Coldest feels-like
-29.5 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
43.7 cm
18 January 2017
Sunniest day
14.3 h
29 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 57 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 8.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 69 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 10.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 168 mm | +85 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 94 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 89 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +6.1 °C | 26 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 26.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 34 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 26.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 38 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 58 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 58 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 80 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 8.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 34 mm | -58 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pratola Peligna?
Pratola Peligna has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 861 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pratola Peligna?
The hottest day measured in Pratola Peligna between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2017, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pratola Peligna?
The coldest day measured in Pratola Peligna between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -25.1 °C.
Does it snow in Pratola Peligna?
Yes. Pratola Peligna gets on average 132.1 cm of snow per year and has around 94 frost days.
Has the climate of Pratola Peligna warmed?
Yes: Pratola Peligna warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pratola Peligna?
The wettest day measured in Pratola Peligna between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1968, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pratola Peligna?
The windiest day measured in Pratola Peligna between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1974, with winds reaching 28.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pratola Peligna?
The warmest month in Pratola Peligna is August (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Pratola Peligna?
Pratola Peligna receives on average 861 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pratola Peligna?
Pratola Peligna gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pratola Peligna?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pratola Peligna between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2017, with 43.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pratola Peligna?
Yes: Pratola Peligna has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pratola Peligna?
In Pratola Peligna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 21 June 2024, and the lowest was -29.5 °C on 24 January 1942.
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