La Punta climate — normals and trends
La Punta (Argentina) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 715 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (9.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
La Punta averages 10 frost days, 43 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
La Punta has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 8 to 12 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.4 °C (on 16 December 2023) and the coldest -9.7 °C (on 13 July 2000).
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
La PuntaSan Luis
- coords
- -33.18°, -66.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
22.1°C
Average daily low
11.1°C
Annual rainfall
715mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
17.3km/h
Seasonal range
13.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
10 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
43 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.4 cm
Average feels-like high
21.2 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · p = < 0.001
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
41.4 °C
16 December 2023
Coldest day
-9.7 °C
13 July 2000
Wettest day
93 mm
30 March 2007
Windiest day
51.5 km/h
26 August 1942
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
4 October 2017
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
14 January 2022
Coldest feels-like
-14.1 °C
13 July 2000
Snowiest day
16.1 cm
30 May 1990
Sunniest day
14.1 h
4 January 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 77 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 32.5 °C | +5.0 °C | 56 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 25.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 78 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 22.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 9 mm | -38 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 8 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 16.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 16.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 16 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 19.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 44 mm | +29 mm |
| Sep | 22.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 33 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 25.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 22 mm | -52 mm |
| Nov | 26.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 101 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 29.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 92 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of La Punta?
La Punta has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 715 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in La Punta?
The hottest day measured in La Punta between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 2023, reaching 41.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in La Punta?
The coldest day measured in La Punta between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, at -9.7 °C.
Does it snow in La Punta?
Yes. La Punta gets on average 3.4 cm of snow per year and has around 10 frost days.
Has the climate of La Punta warmed?
Yes: La Punta warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in La Punta?
The wettest day measured in La Punta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2007, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in La Punta?
The windiest day measured in La Punta between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1942, with winds reaching 51.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in La Punta?
The warmest month in La Punta is January (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (9.0 °C).
How much does it rain in La Punta?
La Punta receives on average 715 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in La Punta?
La Punta gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in La Punta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in La Punta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 1990, with 16.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in La Punta?
Yes: La Punta has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in La Punta?
In La Punta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 14 January 2022, and the lowest was -14.1 °C on 13 July 2000.
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