How extreme does Quartu Sant'Elena's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Quartu Sant'Elena has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Cagliari station 17 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Quartu Sant'Elena has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

110°F Jul 22, 1983

That is about 21°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Quartu Sant'Elena (typical high near 89°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 110°F Jul 22, 1983

2 110°F Jul 19, 2023

3 108°F Jul 6, 1982

❄️ Coldest night

23°F Jan 10, 1981

About 19°F colder than a normal January night in Quartu Sant'Elena (typical low near 42°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 23°F Jan 10, 1981

2 26°F Jan 9, 1981

3 26°F Dec 28, 1996

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.54 in Oct 31, 2008

More rain in a single day than Quartu Sant'Elena usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 1.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.54 in Oct 31, 2008

2 4.31 in Feb 17, 1974

3 3.99 in Nov 1, 1993

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.

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Quartu Sant'Elena's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 110°F is about 21°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

In a normal year, Quartu Sant'Elena's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 110°F and as low as 23°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from the WMO's CLINO 1991–2020 collection, measured at Cagliari_elmas, about 17 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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