THE CLIMATE STORY OF

ROME

≈1.7 °C warmer today than in the mid-20th century

1940: 13.9 °C1941: 14.3 °C1942: 14.8 °C1943: 15.8 °C1944: 14.8 °C1945: 15.5 °C1946: 15.6 °C1947: 15.9 °C1948: 14.7 °C1949: 15.3 °C1950: 15.5 °C1951: 15.1 °C1952: 15.3 °C1953: 14.7 °C1954: 14.3 °C1955: 15.3 °C1956: 13.7 °C1957: 14.9 °C1958: 14.9 °C1959: 14.9 °C1960: 15.1 °C1961: 15.5 °C1962: 14.8 °C1963: 14.8 °C1964: 14.9 °C1965: 14.5 °C1966: 14.8 °C1967: 14.9 °C1968: 14.6 °C1969: 14.6 °C1970: 14.8 °C1971: 14.3 °C1972: 14.3 °C1973: 14.7 °C1974: 14.3 °C1975: 14.5 °C1976: 14.2 °C1977: 14.8 °C1978: 14.1 °C1979: 14.7 °C1980: 13.9 °C1981: 14.3 °C1982: 15.3 °C1983: 14.8 °C1984: 14.2 °C1985: 15.2 °C1986: 15.0 °C1987: 15.2 °C1988: 15.3 °C1989: 14.9 °C1990: 15.3 °C1991: 14.6 °C1992: 15.3 °C1993: 15.1 °C1994: 15.9 °C1995: 14.8 °C1996: 14.7 °C1997: 15.6 °C1998: 15.1 °C1999: 15.3 °C2000: 15.7 °C2001: 15.8 °C2002: 15.5 °C2003: 16.2 °C2004: 15.4 °C2005: 14.8 °C2006: 15.5 °C2007: 15.7 °C2008: 15.6 °C2009: 15.9 °C2010: 15.2 °C2011: 15.7 °C2012: 15.8 °C2013: 15.6 °C2014: 16.1 °C2015: 16.1 °C2016: 16.1 °C2017: 16.2 °C2018: 16.5 °C2019: 16.4 °C2020: 16.3 °C2021: 16.2 °C2022: 17.2 °C2023: 16.9 °C2024: 17.2 °C2025: 17.3 °C
1940Annual mean temperature, 1940–20252025

Heat-record watch

Warmest day of the last 14 days: 36.9 °C (August 13, 2026)

All-time record since 1940: 40.1 °C (July 18, 2023)

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Data: Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis). Warming-stripes concept: Ed Hawkins.