Santa Teresa di Riva climate — normals and trends
Santa Teresa di Riva (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 907 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Santa Teresa di Riva averages 0 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Santa Teresa di Riva 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 39.6 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest -2.7 °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
Santa Teresa di RivaSicily
- coords
- 37.95°, 15.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.7°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
13.2°C
Annual rainfall
907mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
14.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.2 °C
Average feels-like low
12.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
50 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
39.6 °C
25 July 2023
Coldest day
-2.7 °C
5 March 1949
Wettest day
115 mm
16 October 1951
Windiest day
44.1 km/h
31 December 1972
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
23 January 1946
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
24 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-7.5 °C
1 January 1942
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
23 January 1963
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 148 mm | +46 mm |
| Feb | 12.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 114 mm | +25 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 151 mm | +56 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 45 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 143 mm | +98 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 13 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 7 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 28.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 30 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 65 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 20.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 126 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 105 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 14.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 73 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Teresa di Riva?
Santa Teresa di Riva has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.7 °C and it receives 907 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Teresa di Riva?
The hottest day measured in Santa Teresa di Riva between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Teresa di Riva?
The coldest day measured in Santa Teresa di Riva between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1949, at -2.7 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Teresa di Riva?
Yes. Santa Teresa di Riva gets on average 3.0 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Santa Teresa di Riva warmed?
Yes: Santa Teresa di Riva warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Teresa di Riva?
The wettest day measured in Santa Teresa di Riva between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1951, with 115 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Teresa di Riva?
The windiest day measured in Santa Teresa di Riva between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1972, with winds reaching 44.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Teresa di Riva?
The warmest month in Santa Teresa di Riva is August (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Teresa di Riva?
Santa Teresa di Riva receives on average 907 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Teresa di Riva?
Santa Teresa di Riva gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Santa Teresa di Riva?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Santa Teresa di Riva between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Teresa di Riva?
Yes: Santa Teresa di Riva has on average 50 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Teresa di Riva?
In Santa Teresa di Riva, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 24 July 2023, and the lowest was -7.5 °C on 1 January 1942.
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