How extreme does Taormina's weather get?

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

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Reggio Calabria station 40 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 Taormina has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

109°F Jul 3, 1998

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Taormina (typical high near 89°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 109°F Jul 3, 1998

2 109°F Aug 11, 2021

3 109°F Jul 22, 2023

❄️ Coldest night

27°F Nov 20, 2001

About 29°F colder than a normal November night in Taormina (typical low near 56°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 27°F Nov 20, 2001

2 30°F Feb 28, 1999

3 30°F Nov 23, 1997

🌧️ Most rain in one day

10.08 in Apr 11, 1994

More rain in a single day than Taormina usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 0.5 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 10.08 in Apr 11, 1994

2 10.04 in Nov 4, 1993

3 10.04 in Dec 3, 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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Taormina's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 109°F is about 20°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, Taormina's warmest days reach the low 90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 109°F and as low as 27°F. A single day has delivered over 10 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 — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Reggio Calabria, a weather station, about 40 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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