Santa Rosa climate — normals and trends
Santa Rosa (Argentina) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 1,773 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 (14.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Santa Rosa averages 0 frost days, 93 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.
Santa Rosa has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.5 °C (on 11 November 2023) and the coldest -2.5 °C (on 23 July 2013).
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 RosaSalta
- coords
- -23.39°, -64.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.7°C
Average daily high
25.9°C
Average daily low
16.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,773mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
10.3km/h
Seasonal range
10.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
93 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
160 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.0 °C
Average feels-like low
17.0 °C
Average peak gust
27.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
106 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
44.5 °C
11 November 2023
Coldest day
-2.5 °C
23 July 2013
Wettest day
202 mm
30 November 2024
Windiest day
31.9 km/h
10 September 1940
Strongest gust
65.9 km/h
12 November 2003
Hottest feels-like
47.6 °C
3 November 2004
Coldest feels-like
-5.8 °C
6 July 1989
Sunniest day
13.3 h
14 December 2010
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 186 mm | -80 mm |
| Feb | 34.9 °C | +5.7 °C | 169 mm | -88 mm |
| Mar | 27.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 244 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 85 mm | -105 mm |
| May | 23.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 58 mm | -35 mm |
| Jun | 19.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 25 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 29 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 14 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 30.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 10 mm | -34 mm |
| Oct | 30.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 61 mm | -48 mm |
| Nov | 33.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 36 mm | -128 mm |
| Dec | 33.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 158 mm | -90 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Rosa?
Santa Rosa has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 1,773 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Rosa?
The hottest day measured in Santa Rosa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 2023, reaching 44.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Rosa?
The coldest day measured in Santa Rosa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2013, at -2.5 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Rosa?
Almost never: Santa Rosa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Rosa warmed?
Yes: Santa Rosa warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Rosa?
The wettest day measured in Santa Rosa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2024, with 202 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Rosa?
The windiest day measured in Santa Rosa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1940, with winds reaching 31.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Rosa?
The warmest month in Santa Rosa is January (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Rosa?
Santa Rosa receives on average 1,773 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Rosa?
Santa Rosa gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Rosa?
Yes: Santa Rosa has on average 106 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Rosa?
In Santa Rosa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.6 °C on 3 November 2004, and the lowest was -5.8 °C on 6 July 1989.
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