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Has the climate in Venice changed?

Venice has warmed about 5.3°F between 1973 and 2020.

About 1.1°F per decade, measured from Venice's official daily weather records, 1973–2020. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Venice's climate has warmed faster 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
11 fewer nights
1970s
42 / yr
Recent
31 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+3.5°F
1970s
54.5°F
Recent
58.0°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
18 more days
1970s
9 / yr
Recent
27 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
39 more days
1970s
59 / yr
Recent
98 / yr
Wetter on average

Venice's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1973 to 2020.

52°54°56°58°60°1973: 53.8°F1974: 54.2°F1975: 54.7°F1976: 54.1°F1977: 54.6°F1978: 53.5°F1979: 54.8°F1980: 53.5°F1981: 54.2°F1982: 55.6°F1983: 55.1°F1984: 53.9°F1985: 54.7°F1986: 55.1°F1987: 54.5°F1988: 55.7°F1989: 55.1°F1990: 55.5°F1991: 54.1°F1992: 55.1°F1993: 55.3°F1994: 56.9°F1995: 54.7°F1996: 54.8°F1997: 56.7°F1998: 56.2°F1999: 56.0°F2000: 57.0°F2001: 56.3°F2002: 57.1°F2003: 58.2°F2004: 56.2°F2005: 55.3°F2006: 57.4°F2007: 58.4°F2008: 57.8°F2009: 58.9°F2010: 56.8°F2011: 58.3°F2012: 57.5°F2013: 57.3°F2014: 58.9°F2015: 57.9°F2016: 57.5°F2017: 57.4°F2018: 59.8°F2019: 59.4°F2020: 59.1°Flong-term trend197319801990200020102020
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 5 fewer freezing nights a year and about 13 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.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°+3.5°+4.0°+4.5°+5.0°+5.5°+6.0°+6.5°+7.0°+7.5°+8.0°+8.5°+9.0°+9.5°+10.0°+10.5°+11.0°+11.5°+12.0°+12.5°+13.0°March: +3.2°F+3.2MApril: +5.3°F+5.3AMay: +9.5°F+9.5MJune: +4.5°F+4.5JJuly: +7.6°F+7.6JAugust: +12.6°F+12.6ASeptember: +3.2°F+3.2S

August has warmed the most — about 12.6°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 Venezia_tessera, about 8 km from the city centre.

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