Cinco Saltos climate — normals and trends
Cinco Saltos (Argentina) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 244 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is January (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Cinco Saltos averages 15 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 43 rainy days per year.
Cinco Saltos has warmed by +0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.06 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 12 to 18 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.6 °C (on 25 January 2024) and the coldest -8.9 °C (on 10 July 1965).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Cinco SaltosRio Negro
- coords
- -38.82°, -68.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.6°C
Average daily high
21.8°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
244mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
50%
Average peak wind
21.5km/h
Seasonal range
17.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
15 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
66 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
43 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.3 cm
Average feels-like high
18.6 °C
Average feels-like low
6.7 °C
Average peak gust
41.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.5 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.08 · p = 0.010
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
42.6 °C
25 January 2024
Coldest day
-8.9 °C
10 July 1965
Wettest day
59 mm
24 October 2016
Windiest day
59.2 km/h
13 August 1959
Strongest gust
115.6 km/h
5 October 2017
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
19 January 2020
Coldest feels-like
-13.8 °C
10 July 1965
Snowiest day
13.7 cm
17 June 1982
Sunniest day
14.7 h
28 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 6 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 32.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 5 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 26.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 36 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 20.3 °C | -0.7 °C | 12 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 8 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 14.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 5 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 12.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 21 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 16.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 23 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 15 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 25.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 2 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 27.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 41 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 31.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cinco Saltos?
Cinco Saltos has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 244 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cinco Saltos?
The hottest day measured in Cinco Saltos between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2024, reaching 42.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cinco Saltos?
The coldest day measured in Cinco Saltos between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1965, at -8.9 °C.
Does it snow in Cinco Saltos?
Yes. Cinco Saltos gets on average 3.3 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.
Has the climate of Cinco Saltos warmed?
Yes: Cinco Saltos warmed by +0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cinco Saltos?
The wettest day measured in Cinco Saltos between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2016, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cinco Saltos?
The windiest day measured in Cinco Saltos between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1959, with winds reaching 59.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cinco Saltos?
The warmest month in Cinco Saltos is January (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Cinco Saltos?
Cinco Saltos receives on average 244 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 43 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cinco Saltos?
Cinco Saltos gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cinco Saltos?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cinco Saltos between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1982, with 13.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cinco Saltos?
Yes: Cinco Saltos has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cinco Saltos?
In Cinco Saltos, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 19 January 2020, and the lowest was -13.8 °C on 10 July 1965.
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