Pico Truncado climate — normals and trends
Pico Truncado (Argentina) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 211 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Pico Truncado averages 49 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 48 rainy days per year.
Pico Truncado has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 71 to 27 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 11 February 2011) and the coldest -15.7 °C (on 22 June 1944).
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
Pico TruncadoSanta Cruz
- coords
- -46.80°, -67.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
16.1°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
211mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
52%
Average peak wind
29.6km/h
Seasonal range
14.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
49 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
48 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.9 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
52.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
39.4 °C
11 February 2011
Coldest day
-15.7 °C
22 June 1944
Wettest day
54 mm
30 March 2017
Windiest day
73.2 km/h
17 November 2025
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
17 November 2025
Hottest feels-like
37.7 °C
2 January 2011
Coldest feels-like
-20.8 °C
5 July 1945
Snowiest day
22.0 cm
11 June 1952
Sunniest day
15.1 h
10 January 1942
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 | 25.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 26 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 22.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 15 mm | +0 mm |
| Mar | 20.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 52 mm | +35 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 33 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 11.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 16 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 8.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 12 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 9.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 14 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 11.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 21 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 14.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 17 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 18.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 11 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 22.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 3 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 24.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 6 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pico Truncado?
Pico Truncado has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 211 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pico Truncado?
The hottest day measured in Pico Truncado between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2011, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pico Truncado?
The coldest day measured in Pico Truncado between 1940 and 2025 was 22 June 1944, at -15.7 °C.
Does it snow in Pico Truncado?
Yes. Pico Truncado gets on average 17.9 cm of snow per year and has around 49 frost days.
Has the climate of Pico Truncado warmed?
Yes: Pico Truncado warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pico Truncado?
The wettest day measured in Pico Truncado between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2017, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pico Truncado?
The windiest day measured in Pico Truncado between 1940 and 2025 was 17 November 2025, with winds reaching 73.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pico Truncado?
The warmest month in Pico Truncado is January (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Pico Truncado?
Pico Truncado receives on average 211 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 48 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pico Truncado?
Pico Truncado gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pico Truncado?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pico Truncado between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 1952, with 22.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pico Truncado?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pico Truncado.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pico Truncado?
In Pico Truncado, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.7 °C on 2 January 2011, and the lowest was -20.8 °C on 5 July 1945.
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