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Has the climate in Juiz de Fora changed?

Juiz de Fora has warmed about 2.6°F between 2000 and 2016.

About 2.6°F per decade, measured from Juiz de Fora's official daily weather records, 2000–2016. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Juiz de Fora's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in Brazil.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
about the same
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
0 / yr
Winters about as cold as before
Average temperature
+2.9°F
1970s
69.0°F
Recent
71.9°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
11 more days
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
11 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
9 fewer days
1970s
119 / yr
Recent
110 / yr
Drier on average

Juiz de Fora's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 2000 to 2016.

66°68°70°72°74°2000: 67.7°F2008: 68.9°F2009: 70.4°F2010: 71.0°F2011: 69.1°F2012: 69.8°F2013: 69.7°F2014: 71.8°F2015: 72.3°F2016: 71.6°Flong-term trend200020102016
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 4 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from INMET, Brazil's national meteorological institute, measured at Juiz DE Fora, about 2 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →