Lecce has warmed about 2.9°F between 1971 and 2024.
About 0.5°F per decade, measured from Lecce's official daily weather records, 1971–2024. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.
Is that a lot? Lecce's climate has warmed more slowly than most other cities in Italy.
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
1 fewer night
1970s
2 / yr
→
Recent
1 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.9°F
1970s
61.9°F
→
Recent
63.7°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
5 more days
1970s
9 / yr
→
Recent
14 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
20 fewer days
1970s
99 / yr
→
Recent
79 / yr
Drier on average
Lecce's temperature, year by year
Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2024.
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 3 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.
When in the year the change shows up
How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s.
Useful if you garden or care about a particular season —
otherwise the headline above already has the answer.
August has warmed the most — about 1.7°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.
Methodology & sources
Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the WMO's CLINO 1991–2020 collection, measured at Lecce, about 13 km from the city centre.