Carregal do Sal climate — normals and trends
Carregal do Sal (Portugal) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,045 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 (21.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Carregal do Sal averages 11 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Carregal do Sal has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 17 to 5 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 23 July 1945) and the coldest -7.4 °C (on 11 January 1941).
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
Carregal do SalViseu District
- coords
- 40.43°, -8.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
18.7°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,045mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
13.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
11 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.4 cm
Average feels-like high
17.6 °C
Average feels-like low
7.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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
39.8 °C
23 July 1945
Coldest day
-7.4 °C
11 January 1941
Wettest day
89 mm
20 January 1941
Windiest day
51.3 km/h
30 December 1981
Strongest gust
123.5 km/h
19 December 2019
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
3 August 2018
Coldest feels-like
-11.7 °C
11 January 1941
Snowiest day
17.9 cm
23 February 1956
Sunniest day
14.9 h
12 June 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 | 13.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 278 mm | +141 mm |
| Feb | 14.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 58 mm | -67 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 186 mm | +73 mm |
| Apr | 18.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 155 mm | +59 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 57 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +4.3 °C | 9 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 6 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 34 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 22.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 160 mm | +45 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 279 mm | +150 mm |
| Dec | 11.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 166 mm | +25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Carregal do Sal?
Carregal do Sal has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 1,045 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Carregal do Sal?
The hottest day measured in Carregal do Sal between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1945, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Carregal do Sal?
The coldest day measured in Carregal do Sal between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1941, at -7.4 °C.
Does it snow in Carregal do Sal?
Yes. Carregal do Sal gets on average 1.4 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.
Has the climate of Carregal do Sal warmed?
Yes: Carregal do Sal warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Carregal do Sal?
The wettest day measured in Carregal do Sal between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1941, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Carregal do Sal?
The windiest day measured in Carregal do Sal between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1981, with winds reaching 51.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Carregal do Sal?
The warmest month in Carregal do Sal is July (21.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Carregal do Sal?
Carregal do Sal receives on average 1,045 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Carregal do Sal?
Carregal do Sal gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Carregal do Sal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Carregal do Sal between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1956, with 17.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Carregal do Sal?
Yes: Carregal do Sal has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Carregal do Sal?
In Carregal do Sal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 3 August 2018, and the lowest was -11.7 °C on 11 January 1941.
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