Scalea climate — normals and trends
Scalea (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 1,179 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Scalea averages 2 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Scalea has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -9.4 °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
ScaleaCalabria
- coords
- 39.81°, 15.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.5°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
12.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,179mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
13.1km/h
Seasonal range
15.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.7 cm
Average feels-like high
18.7 °C
Average feels-like low
11.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
39 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
38.5 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-9.4 °C
9 February 1956
Wettest day
100 mm
21 November 1988
Windiest day
45.3 km/h
8 March 1951
Strongest gust
119.9 km/h
28 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-14.8 °C
9 February 1956
Snowiest day
10.3 cm
6 March 1949
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 130 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 13.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 68 mm | -61 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 78 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 45 mm | -52 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 40 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 29.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 7 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 28 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 67 mm | +39 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 28 mm | -48 mm |
| Oct | 20.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 105 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 17.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 246 mm | +66 mm |
| Dec | 14.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 65 mm | -99 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Scalea?
Scalea has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 1,179 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Scalea?
The hottest day measured in Scalea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 38.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Scalea?
The coldest day measured in Scalea between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -9.4 °C.
Does it snow in Scalea?
Yes. Scalea gets on average 2.7 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Scalea warmed?
Yes: Scalea warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Scalea?
The wettest day measured in Scalea between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1988, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Scalea?
The windiest day measured in Scalea between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1951, with winds reaching 45.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Scalea?
The warmest month in Scalea is August (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Scalea?
Scalea receives on average 1,179 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Scalea?
Scalea gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Scalea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Scalea between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1949, with 10.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Scalea?
Yes: Scalea has on average 39 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Scalea?
In Scalea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 25 July 2025, and the lowest was -14.8 °C on 9 February 1956.
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