Rafaela climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Rafaela?

Rafaela has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,091 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rafaela?

The hottest day measured in Rafaela between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1963, reaching 41.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Rafaela?

The coldest day measured in Rafaela between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2025, at -5.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Rafaela?

Almost never: Rafaela sees virtually no snow, with about 4 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Rafaela warmed?

Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Rafaela.

Q: What is the wettest day in Rafaela?

The wettest day measured in Rafaela between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1990, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Rafaela?

The windiest day measured in Rafaela between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2010, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Rafaela?

The warmest month in Rafaela is January (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Rafaela?

Rafaela receives on average 1,091 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Rafaela?

Rafaela gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Rafaela (Argentina) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,091 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Rafaela averages 4 frost days, 70 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.

No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Rafaela 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 4 January 1963) and the coldest -5.8 °C (on 1 July 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

RafaelaSanta Fe

coords: -31.25°, -61.49°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

18.5°C

Average daily high

24.1°C

Average daily low

13.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,091mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

17.3km/h

Seasonal range

13.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

4 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

70 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

91 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.6 °C

Average feels-like low

12.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

53 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 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.

19402025

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

4 January 1963

Coldest day

-5.8 °C

1 July 2025

Wettest day

150 mm

28 October 1990

Windiest day

46.0 km/h

12 January 2010

Strongest gust

96.5 km/h

17 October 1982

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

3 February 2024

Coldest feels-like

-10.3 °C

1 July 2025

Snowiest day

0.6 cm

1 August 2011

Sunniest day

14.0 h

10 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.3 °C10 February 2025	-5.8 °C1 July 2025	19.2 °C	771 mm	104	4
2024	40.2 °C30 September 2024	-5.1 °C10 July 2024	19.1 °C	861 mm	93	10
2023	39.2 °C20 January 2023	-1.6 °C14 June 2023	19.8 °C	819 mm	101	4
2022	41.3 °C13 January 2022	-1.7 °C11 June 2022	18.5 °C	573 mm	85	5
2021	38.6 °C29 December 2021	-3.4 °C29 July 2021	18.8 °C	713 mm	89	7
2020	38.2 °C24 November 2020	-3.6 °C29 July 2020	18.6 °C	658 mm	84	7
2019	38.2 °C2 January 2019	-3.6 °C6 July 2019	18.5 °C	1,113 mm	64	3
2018	37.5 °C22 September 2018	-2.6 °C15 June 2018	18.8 °C	1,014 mm	96	8
2017	39.0 °C16 December 2017	-3.3 °C20 June 2017	19.0 °C	1,057 mm	70	4
2016	37.6 °C20 January 2016	-1.2 °C11 June 2016	18.1 °C	1,214 mm	74	2
2015	35.1 °C6 January 2015	-1.0 °C4 July 2015	19.2 °C	1,174 mm	68	3
2014	39.4 °C23 January 2014	-1.0 °C27 August 2014	19.0 °C	1,183 mm	66	3
2013	39.1 °C30 December 2013	-3.6 °C23 July 2013	18.7 °C	935 mm	89	6
2012	39.5 °C9 January 2012	-5.2 °C7 June 2012	19.1 °C	1,343 mm	87	6
2011	39.5 °C21 December 2011	-3.3 °C4 July 2011	18.2 °C	860 mm	74	8
2010	38.2 °C7 November 2010	-2.5 °C17 July 2010	18.3 °C	1,015 mm	80	6
2009	39.6 °C30 October 2009	-2.3 °C14 July 2009	18.8 °C	893 mm	85	5
2008	37.4 °C20 December 2008	-4.1 °C30 May 2008	19.2 °C	444 mm	92	4
2007	35.6 °C25 February 2007	-3.5 °C11 July 2007	17.6 °C	1,363 mm	64	7
2006	39.7 °C9 January 2006	-1.4 °C31 July 2006	18.9 °C	998 mm	76	2
2005	37.3 °C7 January 2005	-0.7 °C23 July 2005	18.1 °C	996 mm	69	2
2004	38.9 °C4 September 2004	-2.5 °C11 July 2004	18.4 °C	900 mm	74	4
2003	38.4 °C2 February 2003	-1.6 °C11 July 2003	18.2 °C	1,245 mm	68	2
2002	37.0 °C27 February 2002	-1.1 °C16 June 2002	18.3 °C	1,638 mm	63	6
2001	37.6 °C6 January 2001	-1.8 °C21 June 2001	18.6 °C	1,317 mm	74	4
2000	36.0 °C26 December 2000	-3.8 °C13 July 2000	17.8 °C	1,596 mm	53	4
1999	37.3 °C17 December 1999	-3.4 °C15 August 1999	18.0 °C	1,034 mm	65	5
1998	37.2 °C22 October 1998	0.5 °C21 September 1998	17.8 °C	1,079 mm	36	0
1997	36.5 °C26 December 1997	-2.0 °C3 July 1997	19.1 °C	1,215 mm	75	2
1996	36.7 °C28 November 1996	-3.7 °C29 June 1996	18.3 °C	1,091 mm	63	6
1995	37.9 °C16 December 1995	-1.6 °C4 August 1995	18.1 °C	776 mm	74	4
1994	37.6 °C10 December 1994	-3.7 °C10 July 1994	18.6 °C	1,075 mm	69	3
1993	35.1 °C16 October 1993	-3.6 °C1 June 1993	17.7 °C	1,427 mm	66	10
1992	35.0 °C7 February 1992	-2.3 °C6 July 1992	17.6 °C	1,216 mm	58	10
1991	36.3 °C20 January 1991	-5.3 °C2 August 1991	18.0 °C	1,325 mm	54	8
1990	39.8 °C27 January 1990	-3.4 °C22 July 1990	18.0 °C	1,531 mm	42	5
1989	38.8 °C4 January 1989	-3.0 °C6 July 1989	18.4 °C	933 mm	83	6
1988	38.6 °C11 November 1988	-4.6 °C12 July 1988	17.7 °C	975 mm	82	9
1987	37.6 °C1 December 1987	-1.6 °C14 June 1987	17.9 °C	1,018 mm	65	6
1986	38.8 °C25 January 1986	0.9 °C18 August 1986	18.7 °C	1,469 mm	61	0
1985	37.2 °C7 December 1985	-1.6 °C6 July 1985	18.4 °C	1,211 mm	70	2
1984	35.6 °C5 January 1984	-2.9 °C27 June 1984	17.7 °C	1,781 mm	50	4
1983	38.7 °C27 December 1983	-2.3 °C5 June 1983	18.0 °C	1,027 mm	69	4
1982	35.6 °C2 February 1982	-0.6 °C29 June 1982	18.7 °C	939 mm	57	1
1981	36.2 °C30 October 1981	-3.3 °C18 June 1981	18.4 °C	1,199 mm	59	5
1980	39.6 °C22 January 1980	-4.7 °C2 July 1980	18.7 °C	1,004 mm	92	8
1979	37.4 °C4 February 1979	-3.1 °C20 July 1979	17.8 °C	1,040 mm	48	4
1978	35.0 °C26 February 1978	-2.2 °C9 June 1978	17.8 °C	1,407 mm	44	4
1977	35.3 °C8 January 1977	-1.9 °C25 June 1977	18.4 °C	1,181 mm	65	2
1976	35.9 °C13 January 1976	-5.1 °C10 July 1976	17.4 °C	1,155 mm	46	5
1975	39.5 °C10 February 1975	-3.1 °C17 July 1975	17.9 °C	1,002 mm	65	7
1974	36.6 °C3 November 1974	-1.4 °C8 August 1974	18.1 °C	882 mm	62	6
1973	37.2 °C12 January 1973	-2.2 °C18 July 1973	17.6 °C	1,538 mm	45	3
1972	40.0 °C11 January 1972	-3.2 °C4 August 1972	18.2 °C	1,136 mm	67	2
1971	41.1 °C29 December 1971	-1.7 °C16 June 1971	18.1 °C	1,133 mm	76	4
1970	38.2 °C27 February 1970	-1.8 °C24 June 1970	18.9 °C	1,080 mm	89	5
1969	36.7 °C30 January 1969	-4.0 °C18 June 1969	19.0 °C	1,289 mm	82	4
1968	40.5 °C11 December 1968	-0.6 °C5 July 1968	18.3 °C	1,406 mm	62	1
1967	38.5 °C27 December 1967	-3.9 °C13 June 1967	18.4 °C	1,538 mm	73	4
1966	37.6 °C3 November 1966	-1.5 °C5 August 1966	18.3 °C	858 mm	62	3
1965	37.2 °C26 January 1965	-3.6 °C11 July 1965	18.6 °C	863 mm	88	6
1964	38.0 °C25 January 1964	-2.4 °C2 August 1964	17.6 °C	1,036 mm	53	4
1963	41.7 °C4 January 1963	-1.5 °C5 August 1963	18.4 °C	1,333 mm	59	3
1962	39.8 °C29 December 1962	-1.6 °C16 July 1962	18.1 °C	697 mm	88	6
1961	38.1 °C20 January 1961	-2.9 °C14 June 1961	18.8 °C	868 mm	60	3
1960	36.7 °C8 December 1960	-3.8 °C8 July 1960	18.3 °C	968 mm	74	4
1959	36.0 °C4 February 1959	0.1 °C23 June 1959	18.0 °C	1,126 mm	53	0
1958	39.3 °C13 February 1958	0.0 °C10 August 1958	18.5 °C	1,131 mm	53	0
1957	39.0 °C3 January 1957	-2.4 °C14 July 1957	18.4 °C	1,343 mm	75	6
1956	37.0 °C27 December 1956	0.9 °C11 June 1956	18.7 °C	928 mm	67	0
1955	39.0 °C5 January 1955	-2.3 °C30 July 1955	18.3 °C	1,084 mm	60	4
1954	36.6 °C27 December 1954	1.7 °C4 August 1954	18.3 °C	1,017 mm	56	0
1953	35.2 °C10 January 1953	2.9 °C1 August 1953	19.0 °C	1,371 mm	39	0
1952	39.0 °C27 December 1952	1.3 °C30 June 1952	18.9 °C	986 mm	81	0
1951	36.4 °C15 January 1951	1.0 °C27 June 1951	19.3 °C	1,410 mm	51	0
1950	38.9 °C29 January 1950	-0.3 °C2 August 1950	19.3 °C	751 mm	103	1
1949	37.6 °C25 February 1949	0.3 °C15 August 1949	18.7 °C	1,063 mm	75	0
1948	35.7 °C22 January 1948	1.3 °C30 July 1948	18.9 °C	1,171 mm	60	0
1947	37.0 °C31 January 1947	-0.6 °C10 July 1947	19.3 °C	795 mm	71	1
1946	39.8 °C18 January 1946	1.3 °C19 July 1946	19.0 °C	1,140 mm	68	0
1945	39.7 °C25 December 1945	-3.1 °C9 July 1945	19.7 °C	645 mm	112	4
1944	36.4 °C12 February 1944	-2.0 °C26 June 1944	19.2 °C	1,302 mm	62	2
1943	40.6 °C4 January 1943	0.9 °C6 July 1943	20.3 °C	1,084 mm	102	0
1942	35.1 °C12 January 1942	-1.5 °C19 June 1942	18.3 °C	931 mm	67	5
1941	36.2 °C15 February 1941	0.4 °C25 June 1941	18.6 °C	846 mm	59	0
1940	34.9 °C19 December 1940	-0.2 °C1 July 1940	18.2 °C	1,260 mm	60	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.4 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

104 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

4 d/yr

Annual rainfall

771 mm

-320 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.8 °C	+2.1 °C	26 mm	-102 mm
Feb	33.6 °C	+3.9 °C	76 mm	-47 mm
Mar	28.2 °C	+0.7 °C	122 mm	-15 mm
Apr	23.4 °C	-0.4 °C	17 mm	-84 mm
May	22.7 °C	+2.2 °C	74 mm	+12 mm
Jun	16.6 °C	-0.7 °C	9 mm	-26 mm
Jul	18.3 °C	+1.0 °C	70 mm	+31 mm
Aug	20.2 °C	+0.8 °C	90 mm	+46 mm
Sep	23.2 °C	+1.5 °C	56 mm	-18 mm
Oct	27.4 °C	+3.0 °C	37 mm	-78 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	+0.2 °C	112 mm	-8 mm
Dec	30.8 °C	+1.1 °C	82 mm	-31 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.3 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest day

-5.8 °C

1 Jul 2025

Wettest day

30.7 mm

19 Aug 2025

Windiest day

45.5 km/h

19 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

74.2 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

8 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.3 °C

1 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

9 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Rafaela?

Rafaela has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,091 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rafaela?

The hottest day measured in Rafaela between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1963, reaching 41.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Rafaela?

The coldest day measured in Rafaela between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2025, at -5.8 °C.

Does it snow in Rafaela?

Almost never: Rafaela sees virtually no snow, with about 4 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Rafaela warmed?

Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Rafaela.

What is the wettest day in Rafaela?

The wettest day measured in Rafaela between 1940 and 2025 was 28 October 1990, with 150 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Rafaela?

The windiest day measured in Rafaela between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2010, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Rafaela?

The warmest month in Rafaela is January (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Rafaela?

Rafaela receives on average 1,091 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Rafaela?

Rafaela gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Rafaela?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rafaela between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2011, with 0.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Rafaela?

Yes: Rafaela has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rafaela?

In Rafaela, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 3 February 2024, and the lowest was -10.3 °C on 1 July 2025.

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