Plato climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Plato?

Plato has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,349 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Plato between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2016, reaching 41.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Plato?

The coldest day measured in Plato between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1956, at 18.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Plato?

Almost never: Plato sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Plato warmed?

Yes: Plato warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Plato?

The wettest day measured in Plato between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1984, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Plato?

The windiest day measured in Plato between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2005, with winds reaching 25.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Plato?

The warmest month in Plato is March (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Plato?

Plato receives on average 1,349 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 223 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Plato?

Plato gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Plato (Colombia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,349 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 March (28.9 °C on average) and the coldest is October (26.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Plato averages 0 frost days, 288 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 223 rainy days per year.

Plato has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 26 March 2016) and the coldest 18.9 °C (on 11 January 1956).

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

PlatoMagdalena Department

coords: 9.79°, -74.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthOctoberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.6°C

Average daily high

31.9°C

Average daily low

24.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,349mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

10.1km/h

Seasonal range

2.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

288 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

223 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

37.8 °C

Average feels-like low

29.3 °C

Average peak gust

24.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · p = < 0.001

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

41.5 °C

26 March 2016

Coldest day

18.9 °C

11 January 1956

Wettest day

72 mm

24 October 1984

Windiest day

25.4 km/h

5 February 2005

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

5 February 2005

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

7 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

20.9 °C

11 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.7 °C23 March 2025	22.9 °C16 October 2025	29.0 °C	1,242 mm	339
2024	41.4 °C13 April 2024	23.2 °C12 November 2024	29.4 °C	1,366 mm	347
2023	39.1 °C2 April 2023	22.6 °C30 January 2023	29.5 °C	1,126 mm	357
2022	39.5 °C23 March 2022	21.7 °C9 December 2022	28.2 °C	1,387 mm	340
2021	39.5 °C24 February 2021	23.0 °C14 January 2021	28.5 °C	1,122 mm	328
2020	41.0 °C19 February 2020	23.3 °C19 November 2020	29.0 °C	1,100 mm	342
2019	39.8 °C21 July 2019	23.7 °C4 October 2019	29.6 °C	924 mm	347
2018	40.0 °C11 March 2018	23.5 °C4 May 2018	29.2 °C	820 mm	350
2017	40.0 °C6 March 2017	22.7 °C24 January 2017	29.1 °C	1,028 mm	350
2016	41.5 °C26 March 2016	23.0 °C4 August 2016	29.3 °C	1,218 mm	351
2015	40.3 °C4 July 2015	23.2 °C7 January 2015	29.8 °C	858 mm	357
2014	39.4 °C12 April 2014	22.8 °C11 January 2014	29.1 °C	1,067 mm	357
2013	38.8 °C1 April 2013	22.5 °C25 December 2013	28.7 °C	1,232 mm	349
2012	38.4 °C2 March 2012	22.7 °C21 January 2012	28.6 °C	1,098 mm	355
2011	37.7 °C1 February 2011	21.7 °C21 October 2011	27.8 °C	1,790 mm	326
2010	38.7 °C2 February 2010	22.8 °C16 December 2010	28.2 °C	2,004 mm	323
2009	38.0 °C11 February 2009	23.1 °C7 February 2009	28.5 °C	1,210 mm	346
2008	36.4 °C29 February 2008	22.0 °C4 February 2008	27.7 °C	1,396 mm	313
2007	39.4 °C1 March 2007	22.3 °C8 January 2007	27.9 °C	1,526 mm	320
2006	38.4 °C22 February 2006	22.5 °C15 December 2006	28.0 °C	1,293 mm	331
2005	37.7 °C28 January 2005	22.5 °C16 December 2005	28.2 °C	1,404 mm	340
2004	39.4 °C3 March 2004	21.5 °C1 January 2004	28.2 °C	1,138 mm	336
2003	40.1 °C7 February 2003	23.2 °C1 November 2003	28.4 °C	1,238 mm	345
2002	39.8 °C18 March 2002	22.2 °C11 January 2002	28.8 °C	884 mm	357
2001	37.7 °C27 June 2001	21.4 °C30 January 2001	27.8 °C	956 mm	336
2000	36.0 °C21 August 2000	21.2 °C17 January 2000	27.3 °C	979 mm	329
1999	37.0 °C13 March 1999	21.9 °C26 November 1999	27.0 °C	1,227 mm	266
1998	40.2 °C17 February 1998	23.0 °C28 November 1998	28.3 °C	1,255 mm	309
1997	39.8 °C24 July 1997	22.1 °C5 January 1997	28.6 °C	865 mm	341
1996	37.0 °C26 February 1996	21.2 °C28 January 1996	27.1 °C	1,410 mm	273
1995	38.7 °C19 February 1995	22.2 °C12 January 1995	27.5 °C	1,397 mm	288
1994	36.5 °C9 February 1994	21.5 °C22 January 1994	27.4 °C	1,126 mm	302
1993	38.3 °C13 March 1993	22.3 °C10 January 1993	27.4 °C	1,443 mm	304
1992	37.0 °C10 April 1992	21.3 °C20 December 1992	27.4 °C	1,242 mm	285
1991	37.7 °C24 February 1991	21.5 °C22 December 1991	27.6 °C	1,230 mm	308
1990	38.2 °C10 March 1990	21.7 °C23 December 1990	27.5 °C	1,241 mm	302
1989	38.6 °C14 February 1989	21.8 °C8 January 1989	27.2 °C	1,394 mm	276
1988	39.4 °C24 March 1988	22.2 °C21 December 1988	27.4 °C	1,618 mm	277
1987	37.8 °C24 February 1987	20.9 °C8 January 1987	27.7 °C	1,430 mm	308
1986	35.9 °C26 March 1986	22.2 °C17 December 1986	27.1 °C	1,214 mm	276
1985	37.6 °C25 March 1985	20.7 °C15 January 1985	27.0 °C	1,280 mm	246
1984	35.0 °C15 March 1984	21.2 °C18 December 1984	26.6 °C	1,406 mm	233
1983	36.8 °C22 February 1983	21.7 °C17 October 1983	27.6 °C	1,209 mm	270
1982	36.8 °C27 February 1982	21.4 °C9 January 1982	27.6 °C	1,063 mm	308
1981	38.4 °C11 February 1981	22.4 °C2 September 1981	27.5 °C	1,611 mm	308
1980	38.0 °C28 February 1980	22.5 °C8 February 1980	28.1 °C	1,078 mm	337
1979	38.0 °C31 March 1979	20.8 °C7 January 1979	27.7 °C	1,522 mm	314
1978	37.6 °C2 February 1978	22.0 °C22 December 1978	27.4 °C	1,721 mm	310
1977	38.3 °C4 March 1977	22.2 °C9 January 1977	28.1 °C	1,414 mm	326
1976	36.8 °C16 March 1976	20.5 °C11 January 1976	27.8 °C	1,016 mm	340
1975	35.6 °C29 March 1975	20.9 °C5 January 1975	27.1 °C	1,773 mm	273
1974	36.9 °C24 February 1974	20.7 °C28 December 1974	27.1 °C	1,730 mm	289
1973	39.5 °C2 February 1973	21.1 °C5 December 1973	27.8 °C	1,901 mm	305
1972	37.4 °C4 April 1972	22.2 °C23 February 1972	28.0 °C	1,276 mm	336
1971	36.0 °C7 March 1971	21.3 °C10 December 1971	27.0 °C	1,622 mm	286
1970	38.1 °C12 February 1970	22.1 °C26 January 1970	27.4 °C	1,976 mm	310
1969	38.7 °C17 March 1969	21.4 °C2 February 1969	28.0 °C	1,692 mm	324
1968	37.6 °C27 March 1968	21.5 °C6 January 1968	27.8 °C	1,388 mm	328
1967	36.6 °C13 April 1967	22.1 °C15 March 1967	27.8 °C	1,106 mm	336
1966	37.2 °C9 February 1966	22.0 °C13 February 1966	27.5 °C	1,567 mm	312
1965	37.5 °C5 February 1965	21.6 °C1 January 1965	27.6 °C	1,358 mm	321
1964	35.5 °C2 February 1964	21.3 °C21 December 1964	27.1 °C	1,391 mm	284
1963	36.4 °C29 January 1963	21.8 °C24 January 1963	27.3 °C	1,346 mm	313
1962	36.9 °C20 February 1962	21.6 °C15 February 1962	27.3 °C	1,239 mm	305
1961	35.9 °C5 March 1961	22.2 °C3 February 1961	27.4 °C	1,054 mm	309
1960	35.4 °C29 February 1960	21.2 °C21 December 1960	26.8 °C	1,534 mm	274
1959	36.4 °C11 February 1959	21.6 °C3 February 1959	27.1 °C	1,205 mm	291
1958	39.2 °C11 March 1958	22.7 °C19 November 1958	28.0 °C	1,406 mm	336
1957	34.8 °C17 September 1957	20.8 °C25 January 1957	27.4 °C	1,024 mm	310
1956	32.5 °C5 March 1956	18.9 °C11 January 1956	26.0 °C	1,459 mm	126
1955	33.9 °C5 March 1955	20.8 °C4 March 1955	26.0 °C	1,644 mm	151
1954	33.6 °C4 March 1954	21.7 °C23 November 1954	26.3 °C	1,516 mm	169
1953	35.4 °C7 March 1953	22.1 °C9 December 1953	26.9 °C	1,351 mm	249
1952	36.0 °C22 March 1952	20.9 °C15 January 1952	26.7 °C	1,436 mm	203
1951	35.8 °C19 March 1951	20.2 °C10 January 1951	26.6 °C	1,326 mm	214
1950	33.5 °C13 April 1950	20.3 °C9 January 1950	26.0 °C	1,813 mm	160
1949	35.3 °C18 March 1949	19.1 °C16 December 1949	26.6 °C	1,387 mm	205
1948	35.0 °C16 March 1948	21.4 °C21 April 1948	26.4 °C	1,699 mm	148
1947	32.6 °C15 March 1947	21.0 °C2 December 1947	26.0 °C	1,735 mm	89
1946	34.3 °C26 March 1946	21.2 °C5 January 1946	26.3 °C	1,342 mm	159
1945	34.7 °C4 March 1945	20.9 °C13 January 1945	26.1 °C	1,694 mm	123
1944	35.1 °C17 February 1944	20.8 °C2 January 1944	26.7 °C	1,606 mm	203
1943	32.9 °C13 February 1943	20.7 °C9 February 1943	26.1 °C	1,444 mm	153
1942	34.5 °C16 March 1942	20.6 °C9 January 1942	26.3 °C	1,922 mm	173
1941	38.0 °C19 March 1941	21.4 °C13 January 1941	27.4 °C	856 mm	290
1940	34.5 °C13 March 1940	21.4 °C12 January 1940	26.2 °C	1,411 mm	143

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.2 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

339 d/yr

+51

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1242 mm

-107 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.1 °C	+1.1 °C	15 mm	+1 mm
Feb	35.6 °C	+1.3 °C	18 mm	-2 mm
Mar	35.3 °C	+1.2 °C	46 mm	0 mm
Apr	33.7 °C	+1.2 °C	109 mm	-10 mm
May	32.2 °C	+0.9 °C	181 mm	-15 mm
Jun	32.2 °C	+1.0 °C	138 mm	-22 mm
Jul	34.4 °C	+2.7 °C	52 mm	-58 mm
Aug	33.5 °C	+1.9 °C	120 mm	-21 mm
Sep	32.0 °C	+1.1 °C	178 mm	+13 mm
Oct	31.3 °C	+0.9 °C	216 mm	+12 mm
Nov	32.0 °C	+1.5 °C	131 mm	+1 mm
Dec	32.4 °C	+1.0 °C	38 mm	-7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.7 °C

23 Mar 2025

Coldest day

22.9 °C

16 Oct 2025

Wettest day

27.8 mm

5 Sep 2025

Windiest day

19.6 km/h

13 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

40.7 km/h

23 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.2 °C

22 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

26.5 °C

16 Oct 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

26 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Plato?

Plato has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,349 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Plato?

The hottest day measured in Plato between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2016, reaching 41.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Plato?

The coldest day measured in Plato between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1956, at 18.9 °C.

Does it snow in Plato?

Almost never: Plato sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Plato warmed?

Yes: Plato warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Plato?

The wettest day measured in Plato between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1984, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Plato?

The windiest day measured in Plato between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2005, with winds reaching 25.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Plato?

The warmest month in Plato is March (28.9 °C on average); the coldest is October (26.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Plato?

Plato receives on average 1,349 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 223 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Plato?

Plato gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Plato?

Yes: Plato has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Plato?

In Plato, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 7 April 2024, and the lowest was 20.9 °C on 11 January 1956.

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