Vallo della Lucania climate — normals and trends
Vallo della Lucania (Italy) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,264 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Vallo della Lucania averages 7 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Vallo della Lucania has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 12 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -10.8 °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
Vallo della LucaniaCampania
- coords
- 40.23°, 15.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.4°C
Average daily high
17.9°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,264mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
15.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
13.6 cm
Average feels-like high
17.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
18 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
35.6 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-10.8 °C
9 February 1956
Wettest day
96 mm
12 September 1998
Windiest day
38.9 km/h
2 December 1976
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
31 December 1974
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
24 August 2007
Coldest feels-like
-15.4 °C
9 February 1956
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
4 March 1971
Sunniest day
14.0 h
12 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 146 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 12.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 112 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 83 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 63 mm | -42 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 42 mm | -35 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 10 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 36 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 28.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 67 mm | +32 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 54 mm | -35 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 122 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | 15.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 243 mm | +52 mm |
| Dec | 14.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 65 mm | -105 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vallo della Lucania?
Vallo della Lucania has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,264 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vallo della Lucania?
The hottest day measured in Vallo della Lucania between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vallo della Lucania?
The coldest day measured in Vallo della Lucania between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -10.8 °C.
Does it snow in Vallo della Lucania?
Yes. Vallo della Lucania gets on average 13.6 cm of snow per year and has around 7 frost days.
Has the climate of Vallo della Lucania warmed?
Yes: Vallo della Lucania warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vallo della Lucania?
The wettest day measured in Vallo della Lucania between 1940 and 2025 was 12 September 1998, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vallo della Lucania?
The windiest day measured in Vallo della Lucania between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1976, with winds reaching 38.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vallo della Lucania?
The warmest month in Vallo della Lucania is August (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Vallo della Lucania?
Vallo della Lucania receives on average 1,264 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vallo della Lucania?
Vallo della Lucania gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vallo della Lucania?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vallo della Lucania between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1971, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vallo della Lucania?
Yes: Vallo della Lucania has on average 18 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vallo della Lucania?
In Vallo della Lucania, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 24 August 2007, and the lowest was -15.4 °C on 9 February 1956.
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