Nueva Imperial climate — normals and trends
Nueva Imperial (Chile) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,183 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 (15.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Nueva Imperial averages 16 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Nueva Imperial has warmed by +0.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.04 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 24 January 1944) and the coldest -6.9 °C (on 14 June 1967).
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
Nueva ImperialAraucania
- coords
- -38.74°, -72.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,183mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
8.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.3 °C
since 1940
0.0 °C per decade · r² = 0.08 · p = 0.008
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
36.4 °C
24 January 1944
Coldest day
-6.9 °C
14 June 1967
Wettest day
95 mm
27 May 1953
Windiest day
50.8 km/h
23 July 1987
Strongest gust
112.3 km/h
31 August 1944
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
19 January 2013
Coldest feels-like
-10.8 °C
14 June 1967
Snowiest day
2.7 cm
16 June 2017
Sunniest day
14.6 h
13 December 1940
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 | 23.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 15 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 22.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 17 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 20.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 89 mm | +46 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 116 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 12.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 115 mm | -59 mm |
| Jun | 10.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 157 mm | -50 mm |
| Jul | 11.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 139 mm | -50 mm |
| Aug | 13.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 78 mm | -79 mm |
| Sep | 14.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 136 mm | +34 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 70 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 19.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 40 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 21.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 27 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nueva Imperial?
Nueva Imperial has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 1,183 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nueva Imperial?
The hottest day measured in Nueva Imperial between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1944, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nueva Imperial?
The coldest day measured in Nueva Imperial between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1967, at -6.9 °C.
Does it snow in Nueva Imperial?
Almost never: Nueva Imperial sees virtually no snow, with about 16 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Nueva Imperial warmed?
Yes: Nueva Imperial warmed by +0.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nueva Imperial?
The wettest day measured in Nueva Imperial between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1953, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nueva Imperial?
The windiest day measured in Nueva Imperial between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1987, with winds reaching 50.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nueva Imperial?
The warmest month in Nueva Imperial is January (15.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (7.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Nueva Imperial?
Nueva Imperial receives on average 1,183 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nueva Imperial?
Nueva Imperial 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 Nueva Imperial?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nueva Imperial between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 2017, with 2.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nueva Imperial?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nueva Imperial.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nueva Imperial?
In Nueva Imperial, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 19 January 2013, and the lowest was -10.8 °C on 14 June 1967.
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