General Belgrano climate — normals and trends
General Belgrano (Argentina) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 890 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (9.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
General Belgrano averages 7 frost days, 36 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for General Belgrano between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 11 January 1957) and the coldest -7.4 °C (on 14 June 1967).
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
General BelgranoBuenos Aires
- coords
- -35.77°, -58.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.0°C
Average daily high
21.3°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
890mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
18.9km/h
Seasonal range
14.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
7 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
36 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
20.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
17 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
No clear trend over this period
Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.
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
41.7 °C
11 January 1957
Coldest day
-7.4 °C
14 June 1967
Wettest day
183 mm
27 February 1953
Windiest day
51.3 km/h
23 August 2005
Strongest gust
103.7 km/h
6 May 1994
Hottest feels-like
42.5 °C
1 February 1947
Coldest feels-like
-11.8 °C
14 June 1967
Snowiest day
0.5 cm
7 July 1960
Sunniest day
14.1 h
14 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 23 mm | -66 mm |
| Feb | 29.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 165 mm | +79 mm |
| Mar | 25.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 130 mm | +37 mm |
| Apr | 20.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 48 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 153 mm | +90 mm |
| Jun | 13.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 13 mm | -37 mm |
| Jul | 14.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 50 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 16.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 82 mm | +25 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 126 mm | +60 mm |
| Oct | 21.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 127 mm | +35 mm |
| Nov | 23.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 80 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 29.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 80 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of General Belgrano?
General Belgrano has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 890 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in General Belgrano?
The hottest day measured in General Belgrano between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1957, reaching 41.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in General Belgrano?
The coldest day measured in General Belgrano between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1967, at -7.4 °C.
Does it snow in General Belgrano?
Almost never: General Belgrano sees virtually no snow, with about 7 frost days per year.
Has the climate of General Belgrano warmed?
Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in General Belgrano.
What is the wettest day in General Belgrano?
The wettest day measured in General Belgrano between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1953, with 183 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in General Belgrano?
The windiest day measured in General Belgrano between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 2005, with winds reaching 51.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in General Belgrano?
The warmest month in General Belgrano is January (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (9.1 °C).
How much does it rain in General Belgrano?
General Belgrano receives on average 890 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in General Belgrano?
General Belgrano gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in General Belgrano?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in General Belgrano between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1960, with 0.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in General Belgrano?
Yes: General Belgrano has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in General Belgrano?
In General Belgrano, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 1 February 1947, and the lowest was -11.8 °C on 14 June 1967.
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