Palpala climate — normals and trends
Palpala (Argentina) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 2,926 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 (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (10.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Palpala averages 2 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 259 rainy days per year.
Palpala has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 27 October 2019) and the coldest -4.6 °C (on 19 July 2010).
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
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- coords
- -24.26°, -65.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
19.9°C
Average daily low
11.5°C
Annual rainfall
2,926mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
7.1km/h
Seasonal range
9.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
259 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.7 cm
Average feels-like high
21.3 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
25.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
34.3 °C
27 October 2019
Coldest day
-4.6 °C
19 July 2010
Wettest day
147 mm
15 January 1940
Windiest day
20.4 km/h
30 October 2022
Strongest gust
65.9 km/h
12 January 2010
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
9 December 1966
Coldest feels-like
-8.5 °C
19 July 2010
Snowiest day
10.2 cm
31 August 2005
Sunniest day
13.4 h
11 December 2003
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 | 25.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 225 mm | -126 mm |
| Feb | 28.0 °C | +5.1 °C | 81 mm | -244 mm |
| Mar | 21.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 318 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 156 mm | -127 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 111 mm | -67 mm |
| Jun | 14.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 64 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 16.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 74 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 18.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 61 mm | -46 mm |
| Sep | 21.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 91 mm | -82 mm |
| Oct | 22.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 162 mm | -148 mm |
| Nov | 24.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 114 mm | -212 mm |
| Dec | 24.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 305 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Palpala?
Palpala has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 2,926 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Palpala?
The hottest day measured in Palpala between 1940 and 2025 was 27 October 2019, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Palpala?
The coldest day measured in Palpala between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2010, at -4.6 °C.
Does it snow in Palpala?
Yes. Palpala gets on average 6.7 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Palpala warmed?
Yes: Palpala warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Palpala?
The wettest day measured in Palpala between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1940, with 147 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Palpala?
The windiest day measured in Palpala between 1940 and 2025 was 30 October 2022, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Palpala?
The warmest month in Palpala is January (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (10.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Palpala?
Palpala receives on average 2,926 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 259 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Palpala?
Palpala 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 Palpala?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Palpala between 1940 and 2025 was 31 August 2005, with 10.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Palpala?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Palpala.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Palpala?
In Palpala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 9 December 1966, and the lowest was -8.5 °C on 19 July 2010.
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