Plottier climate — normals and trends
Plottier (Argentina) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 204 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Plottier averages 21 frost days, 61 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 39 rainy days per year.
Plottier has warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.07 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.8 °C (on 25 January 2024) and the coldest -9.7 °C (on 30 June 2025).
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
- -38.97°, -68.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.1°C
Average daily high
21.3°C
Average daily low
9.5°C
Annual rainfall
204mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
49%
Average peak wind
22.0km/h
Seasonal range
17.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
21 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
61 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
39 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.3 cm
Average feels-like high
18.1 °C
Average feels-like low
6.1 °C
Average peak gust
41.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.6 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.12 · 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
42.8 °C
25 January 2024
Coldest day
-9.7 °C
30 June 2025
Wettest day
57 mm
12 March 1975
Windiest day
58.4 km/h
13 August 1959
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
5 October 2017
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
19 January 2020
Coldest feels-like
-14.2 °C
25 June 1984
Snowiest day
12.5 cm
17 June 1982
Sunniest day
14.7 h
29 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 5 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 32.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 1 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 26.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 21 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 20.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 11 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 12 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 14.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 4 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 12.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 33 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 16.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 14 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 9 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 24.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 27.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 40 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 31.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 2 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Plottier?
Plottier has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 204 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Plottier?
The hottest day measured in Plottier between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2024, reaching 42.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Plottier?
The coldest day measured in Plottier between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2025, at -9.7 °C.
Does it snow in Plottier?
Yes. Plottier gets on average 4.3 cm of snow per year and has around 21 frost days.
Has the climate of Plottier warmed?
Yes: Plottier warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Plottier?
The wettest day measured in Plottier between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1975, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Plottier?
The windiest day measured in Plottier between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1959, with winds reaching 58.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Plottier?
The warmest month in Plottier is January (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Plottier?
Plottier receives on average 204 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 39 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Plottier?
Plottier gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Plottier?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Plottier between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1982, with 12.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Plottier?
Yes: Plottier has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Plottier?
In Plottier, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 19 January 2020, and the lowest was -14.2 °C on 25 June 1984.
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