Santa Fe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Santa Fe?

Santa Fe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,078 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Fe?

The hottest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1968, reaching 40.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Santa Fe?

The coldest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1988, at -3.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Santa Fe?

Almost never: Santa Fe sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Santa Fe warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Santa Fe?

The wettest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1981, with 180 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Santa Fe?

The windiest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1982, with winds reaching 45.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Santa Fe?

The warmest month in Santa Fe is January (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Santa Fe?

Santa Fe receives on average 1,078 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Santa Fe?

Santa Fe gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Santa Fe (Argentina) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,078 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Santa Fe averages 1 frost days, 70 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.

No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 11 December 1968) and the coldest -3.0 °C (on 11 July 1988).

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

Santa FeSanta Fe

coords: -31.65°, -60.71°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

18.7°C

Average daily high

24.0°C

Average daily low

14.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,078mm

Sunshine / day

9.5h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

16.5km/h

Seasonal range

13.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

70 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

88 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.6 °C

Average feels-like low

13.2 °C

Average peak gust

32.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

62 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.6 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

40.9 °C

11 December 1968

Coldest day

-3.0 °C

11 July 1988

Wettest day

180 mm

11 February 1981

Windiest day

45.2 km/h

17 October 1982

Strongest gust

100.8 km/h

17 October 1982

Hottest feels-like

45.6 °C

30 December 2013

Coldest feels-like

-6.8 °C

11 July 1988

Sunniest day

14.0 h

10 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.1 °C10 February 2025	-2.1 °C1 July 2025	19.3 °C	945 mm	96	4
2024	39.5 °C30 September 2024	-2.4 °C10 July 2024	19.2 °C	869 mm	87	3
2023	38.9 °C20 January 2023	0.3 °C14 June 2023	19.9 °C	950 mm	93	0
2022	40.8 °C13 January 2022	-1.4 °C11 June 2022	18.7 °C	571 mm	79	3
2021	38.2 °C29 December 2021	-1.9 °C29 July 2021	18.9 °C	753 mm	85	3
2020	37.9 °C24 November 2020	-1.7 °C29 July 2020	18.9 °C	646 mm	85	1
2019	37.6 °C2 January 2019	-1.6 °C6 July 2019	18.8 °C	1,168 mm	59	1
2018	36.9 °C4 January 2018	0.1 °C14 June 2018	19.1 °C	926 mm	90	0
2017	36.5 °C15 November 2017	-0.7 °C18 July 2017	19.2 °C	1,063 mm	68	2
2016	37.7 °C20 January 2016	0.7 °C12 June 2016	18.4 °C	1,309 mm	76	0
2015	35.4 °C27 January 2015	0.0 °C19 June 2015	19.4 °C	1,125 mm	68	0
2014	38.9 °C23 January 2014	1.2 °C27 August 2014	19.1 °C	1,226 mm	66	0
2013	38.9 °C30 December 2013	-1.9 °C27 August 2013	18.8 °C	952 mm	80	2
2012	39.6 °C9 January 2012	-2.9 °C7 June 2012	19.1 °C	1,596 mm	80	3
2011	38.3 °C16 January 2011	-0.8 °C27 June 2011	18.5 °C	802 mm	79	2
2010	36.6 °C7 November 2010	-0.5 °C23 July 2010	18.4 °C	967 mm	76	4
2009	39.1 °C30 October 2009	-1.6 °C24 July 2009	18.9 °C	1,088 mm	77	1
2008	38.3 °C20 December 2008	-0.6 °C30 May 2008	19.5 °C	387 mm	99	2
2007	35.5 °C25 February 2007	-1.9 °C11 July 2007	17.8 °C	1,369 mm	64	3
2006	39.7 °C9 January 2006	0.8 °C21 August 2006	19.1 °C	1,154 mm	76	0
2005	37.6 °C7 January 2005	0.7 °C19 July 2005	18.4 °C	916 mm	71	0
2004	36.4 °C4 September 2004	-1.5 °C11 July 2004	18.6 °C	892 mm	71	1
2003	38.0 °C2 February 2003	0.7 °C11 July 2003	18.5 °C	1,350 mm	70	0
2002	37.2 °C27 February 2002	0.6 °C2 September 2002	18.7 °C	1,689 mm	62	0
2001	36.2 °C4 March 2001	-0.1 °C28 July 2001	19.0 °C	1,392 mm	71	1
2000	36.2 °C26 December 2000	-1.6 °C13 July 2000	18.2 °C	1,517 mm	61	3
1999	37.5 °C26 December 1999	-1.5 °C15 August 1999	18.3 °C	1,056 mm	68	1
1998	35.7 °C27 December 1998	2.4 °C21 September 1998	18.1 °C	1,168 mm	35	0
1997	36.4 °C26 December 1997	-0.3 °C28 June 1997	19.2 °C	1,170 mm	77	1
1996	37.4 °C3 January 1996	-1.9 °C29 June 1996	18.5 °C	1,266 mm	61	3
1995	38.6 °C16 December 1995	-0.5 °C4 August 1995	18.4 °C	758 mm	78	1
1994	37.1 °C20 January 1994	-0.2 °C10 July 1994	18.9 °C	1,128 mm	68	1
1993	35.8 °C12 December 1993	-0.2 °C9 August 1993	17.9 °C	1,494 mm	64	2
1992	35.0 °C7 February 1992	-0.6 °C7 July 1992	17.9 °C	1,137 mm	60	2
1991	36.8 °C26 February 1991	-1.9 °C3 August 1991	18.3 °C	1,195 mm	57	3
1990	39.5 °C27 January 1990	-1.2 °C22 July 1990	18.3 °C	1,495 mm	42	2
1989	39.5 °C4 January 1989	-0.6 °C7 July 1989	18.7 °C	933 mm	82	2
1988	37.8 °C4 January 1988	-3.0 °C11 July 1988	18.0 °C	880 mm	78	5
1987	36.6 °C28 January 1987	-0.4 °C15 June 1987	18.3 °C	1,019 mm	63	2
1986	39.2 °C25 January 1986	1.9 °C18 August 1986	18.9 °C	1,457 mm	63	0
1985	36.3 °C4 January 1985	-0.4 °C6 July 1985	18.7 °C	1,177 mm	75	1
1984	35.9 °C5 January 1984	-1.3 °C27 June 1984	18.0 °C	1,534 mm	53	3
1983	38.9 °C27 December 1983	-0.2 °C5 June 1983	18.3 °C	986 mm	67	1
1982	36.5 °C1 February 1982	0.7 °C29 June 1982	19.0 °C	831 mm	69	0
1981	35.8 °C29 December 1981	-1.2 °C18 June 1981	18.7 °C	1,284 mm	63	1
1980	39.6 °C22 January 1980	-2.6 °C2 July 1980	18.9 °C	1,084 mm	85	4
1979	37.0 °C4 February 1979	-0.9 °C14 June 1979	18.1 °C	861 mm	56	1
1978	35.3 °C26 February 1978	-0.3 °C9 June 1978	18.2 °C	1,321 mm	54	1
1977	35.3 °C9 January 1977	0.5 °C25 June 1977	18.6 °C	1,155 mm	68	0
1976	36.0 °C9 January 1976	-2.4 °C10 July 1976	17.7 °C	1,087 mm	50	3
1975	38.8 °C14 February 1975	-1.3 °C26 July 1975	18.1 °C	928 mm	65	3
1974	36.0 °C4 February 1974	-0.6 °C8 August 1974	18.1 °C	856 mm	56	3
1973	36.8 °C12 January 1973	0.3 °C18 July 1973	17.8 °C	1,511 mm	44	0
1972	38.9 °C11 January 1972	-0.9 °C4 August 1972	18.4 °C	1,006 mm	65	2
1971	39.2 °C29 December 1971	-1.0 °C16 June 1971	18.2 °C	1,214 mm	74	1
1970	37.3 °C27 February 1970	-0.5 °C8 July 1970	18.7 °C	1,120 mm	77	1
1969	36.6 °C17 December 1969	-1.1 °C18 June 1969	18.9 °C	1,192 mm	82	2
1968	40.9 °C11 December 1968	1.3 °C17 May 1968	18.4 °C	1,307 mm	65	0
1967	38.8 °C27 December 1967	-2.0 °C14 June 1967	18.6 °C	1,459 mm	70	2
1966	36.0 °C3 November 1966	0.2 °C30 June 1966	18.4 °C	978 mm	61	0
1965	38.5 °C18 February 1965	-1.7 °C11 July 1965	18.6 °C	878 mm	84	1
1964	38.0 °C25 January 1964	-1.0 °C2 August 1964	17.9 °C	926 mm	60	1
1963	39.7 °C4 January 1963	-0.3 °C5 August 1963	18.5 °C	1,377 mm	55	1
1962	39.1 °C29 December 1962	-1.3 °C25 July 1962	18.1 °C	655 mm	82	2
1961	38.1 °C20 January 1961	-0.6 °C14 June 1961	18.8 °C	789 mm	68	3
1960	36.6 °C27 March 1960	-2.1 °C8 July 1960	18.4 °C	1,021 mm	75	2
1959	36.9 °C4 February 1959	2.1 °C23 June 1959	18.1 °C	1,297 mm	52	0
1958	37.9 °C13 February 1958	1.4 °C29 August 1958	18.5 °C	1,005 mm	47	0
1957	38.9 °C3 January 1957	-0.2 °C14 July 1957	18.7 °C	1,209 mm	75	1
1956	37.0 °C21 December 1956	1.6 °C11 June 1956	19.0 °C	884 mm	72	0
1955	39.6 °C5 January 1955	-0.1 °C30 July 1955	18.7 °C	930 mm	67	1
1954	37.4 °C27 December 1954	2.8 °C4 August 1954	18.7 °C	918 mm	67	0
1953	36.6 °C7 January 1953	3.3 °C30 July 1953	19.3 °C	1,168 mm	44	0
1952	39.2 °C27 December 1952	2.5 °C30 June 1952	19.2 °C	1,009 mm	78	0
1951	36.0 °C15 January 1951	2.1 °C5 August 1951	19.4 °C	1,377 mm	47	0
1950	38.1 °C29 January 1950	1.3 °C2 August 1950	19.4 °C	776 mm	93	0
1949	39.1 °C25 February 1949	1.5 °C10 August 1949	19.0 °C	949 mm	86	0
1948	36.1 °C12 December 1948	3.7 °C23 June 1948	19.4 °C	1,147 mm	70	0
1947	37.4 °C31 January 1947	2.3 °C10 July 1947	19.6 °C	838 mm	77	0
1946	39.9 °C18 January 1946	2.8 °C19 July 1946	19.3 °C	1,060 mm	76	0
1945	38.8 °C25 December 1945	-1.4 °C9 July 1945	19.8 °C	697 mm	107	3
1944	36.9 °C5 February 1944	-0.1 °C26 June 1944	19.6 °C	1,263 mm	70	1
1943	40.1 °C4 January 1943	1.9 °C6 July 1943	20.6 °C	924 mm	104	0
1942	34.8 °C12 January 1942	0.1 °C19 June 1942	18.5 °C	945 mm	64	0
1941	37.0 °C15 February 1941	2.1 °C18 July 1941	18.9 °C	885 mm	63	0
1940	34.3 °C19 December 1940	2.4 °C1 July 1940	18.5 °C	1,125 mm	63	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.0 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

96 d/yr

+26

Frost days (< 0 °C)

4 d/yr

Annual rainfall

945 mm

-134 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.0 °C	+2.0 °C	41 mm	-75 mm
Feb	33.1 °C	+3.3 °C	75 mm	-43 mm
Mar	28.3 °C	+0.7 °C	136 mm	+2 mm
Apr	23.5 °C	-0.3 °C	45 mm	-59 mm
May	22.3 °C	+2.0 °C	98 mm	+28 mm
Jun	16.2 °C	-1.0 °C	14 mm	-26 mm
Jul	17.9 °C	+0.9 °C	65 mm	+20 mm
Aug	19.8 °C	+0.8 °C	128 mm	+79 mm
Sep	22.2 °C	+0.9 °C	64 mm	-13 mm
Oct	25.9 °C	+1.8 °C	66 mm	-46 mm
Nov	27.3 °C	+0.1 °C	117 mm	+9 mm
Dec	30.6 °C	+0.9 °C	97 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.1 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest day

-2.1 °C

1 Jul 2025

Wettest day

64.5 mm

31 Aug 2025

Windiest day

42.0 km/h

20 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

27 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

8 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-5.0 °C

30 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

12 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Santa Fe?

Santa Fe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,078 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Fe?

The hottest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1968, reaching 40.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Santa Fe?

The coldest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1988, at -3.0 °C.

Does it snow in Santa Fe?

Almost never: Santa Fe sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Santa Fe warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Santa Fe?

The wettest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1981, with 180 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Santa Fe?

The windiest day measured in Santa Fe between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1982, with winds reaching 45.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Santa Fe?

The warmest month in Santa Fe is January (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Santa Fe?

Santa Fe receives on average 1,078 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Santa Fe?

Santa Fe gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Santa Fe?

Yes: Santa Fe has on average 62 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Fe?

In Santa Fe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 30 December 2013, and the lowest was -6.8 °C on 11 July 1988.

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