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Weather extremes
How extreme does Catania's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Catania has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Catania has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 22°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Catania (typical high near 94°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 20°F colder than a normal December night in Catania (typical low near 43°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Catania usually gets in the whole month of January (typical January total about 2.9 in).
The three most extreme on record
Top recorded days
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Catania's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 116°F is about 22°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the WMO's CLINO 1991–2020 collection, measured at Catania_sigonella, about 16 km from the city centre.