Quesada climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Quesada?

Quesada has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 2,516 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Quesada between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1991, reaching 32.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Quesada?

The coldest day measured in Quesada between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1976, at 10.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Quesada?

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

Q: Has the climate of Quesada warmed?

Yes: Quesada warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Quesada?

The wettest day measured in Quesada between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 1987, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Quesada?

The windiest day measured in Quesada between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1979, with winds reaching 26.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Quesada?

The warmest month in Quesada is May (21.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Quesada?

Quesada receives on average 2,516 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 279 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Quesada?

Quesada gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Quesada (Costa Rica) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 2,516 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 May (21.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Quesada averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 279 rainy days per year.

Quesada has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 22 April 1991) and the coldest 10.4 °C (on 28 December 1976).

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

QuesadaAlajuela Province

coords: 10.33°, -84.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthMarch

Mean daily temperature

20.2°C

Average daily high

24.4°C

Average daily low

17.2°C

Annual rainfall

2,516mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

88%

Average peak wind

10.3km/h

Seasonal range

2.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

279 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.4 °C

Average feels-like low

18.6 °C

Average peak gust

36.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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

32.1 °C

22 April 1991

Coldest day

10.4 °C

28 December 1976

Wettest day

193 mm

21 October 1987

Windiest day

26.0 km/h

3 January 1979

Strongest gust

88.2 km/h

23 March 1986

Hottest feels-like

36.6 °C

26 May 2020

Coldest feels-like

7.9 °C

27 February 1944

Sunniest day

12.5 h

27 May 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	28.9 °C15 March 2025	14.1 °C12 March 2025	20.8 °C	2,257 mm	0
2024	30.5 °C3 May 2024	14.2 °C23 February 2024	21.3 °C	2,662 mm	3
2023	29.8 °C30 April 2023	14.2 °C26 April 2023	21.1 °C	2,066 mm	0
2022	27.4 °C10 May 2022	12.5 °C2 February 2022	20.3 °C	2,776 mm	0
2021	27.1 °C5 August 2021	13.6 °C4 March 2021	20.4 °C	2,555 mm	0
2020	29.5 °C5 April 2020	14.8 °C7 February 2020	20.8 °C	2,351 mm	0
2019	28.5 °C13 April 2019	13.9 °C1 February 2019	20.8 °C	1,977 mm	0
2018	27.6 °C21 June 2018	13.4 °C1 March 2018	20.5 °C	2,092 mm	0
2017	28.4 °C29 April 2017	14.0 °C23 January 2017	20.7 °C	2,526 mm	0
2016	29.0 °C31 March 2016	13.9 °C16 March 2016	20.9 °C	2,307 mm	0
2015	29.6 °C28 April 2015	13.0 °C27 March 2015	20.9 °C	1,909 mm	0
2014	29.5 °C7 April 2014	13.1 °C20 February 2014	20.7 °C	2,249 mm	0
2013	28.1 °C27 May 2013	14.6 °C25 December 2013	20.6 °C	2,211 mm	0
2012	28.2 °C4 April 2012	13.9 °C18 February 2012	20.4 °C	2,103 mm	0
2011	28.5 °C1 April 2011	12.8 °C24 January 2011	20.4 °C	2,780 mm	0
2010	29.0 °C19 April 2010	13.6 °C14 December 2010	20.6 °C	3,682 mm	0
2009	29.1 °C2 April 2009	13.1 °C2 February 2009	20.6 °C	2,284 mm	0
2008	28.2 °C14 May 2008	12.8 °C31 January 2008	20.2 °C	3,237 mm	0
2007	28.1 °C19 April 2007	13.8 °C9 February 2007	20.5 °C	2,569 mm	0
2006	27.9 °C12 May 2006	13.2 °C22 November 2006	20.4 °C	2,279 mm	0
2005	28.4 °C30 April 2005	13.9 °C7 February 2005	20.5 °C	2,509 mm	0
2004	29.3 °C12 April 2004	12.3 °C21 January 2004	20.4 °C	2,538 mm	0
2003	28.5 °C20 March 2003	14.0 °C11 March 2003	20.5 °C	2,627 mm	0
2002	27.5 °C9 April 2002	12.8 °C14 January 2002	20.4 °C	2,224 mm	0
2001	28.8 °C3 May 2001	12.9 °C18 January 2001	20.0 °C	2,346 mm	0
2000	28.1 °C30 March 2000	13.2 °C24 March 2000	19.7 °C	2,484 mm	0
1999	27.1 °C14 March 1999	12.5 °C9 February 1999	19.4 °C	2,910 mm	0
1998	29.6 °C10 May 1998	13.1 °C20 January 1998	20.5 °C	2,235 mm	0
1997	27.6 °C13 April 1997	13.2 °C5 January 1997	20.2 °C	1,764 mm	0
1996	28.0 °C8 April 1996	12.2 °C27 January 1996	19.9 °C	2,986 mm	0
1995	29.0 °C8 April 1995	13.3 °C7 January 1995	20.2 °C	2,921 mm	0
1994	29.1 °C6 April 1994	12.5 °C30 January 1994	20.4 °C	1,802 mm	0
1993	28.4 °C14 April 1993	12.8 °C4 March 1993	20.2 °C	2,420 mm	0
1992	31.2 °C4 April 1992	13.4 °C12 January 1992	20.4 °C	1,882 mm	3
1991	32.1 °C22 April 1991	13.1 °C9 February 1991	20.4 °C	1,764 mm	3
1990	31.8 °C4 April 1990	13.5 °C15 February 1990	20.5 °C	2,016 mm	2
1989	29.1 °C29 April 1989	12.4 °C14 March 1989	20.1 °C	2,042 mm	0
1988	30.6 °C20 April 1988	13.4 °C11 March 1988	20.4 °C	2,397 mm	4
1987	30.6 °C17 April 1987	13.1 °C8 January 1987	20.9 °C	2,411 mm	3
1986	29.7 °C8 May 1986	11.8 °C8 January 1986	20.0 °C	2,276 mm	0
1985	29.5 °C22 March 1985	11.9 °C5 April 1985	19.8 °C	2,122 mm	0
1984	30.6 °C10 April 1984	12.8 °C26 January 1984	20.0 °C	2,030 mm	4
1983	31.5 °C23 April 1983	14.2 °C3 December 1983	20.8 °C	1,951 mm	5
1982	30.8 °C6 April 1982	13.4 °C31 January 1982	20.5 °C	2,147 mm	1
1981	27.8 °C17 March 1981	12.6 °C23 January 1981	20.1 °C	2,708 mm	0
1980	30.2 °C29 April 1980	12.9 °C16 February 1980	20.4 °C	2,194 mm	1
1979	28.7 °C22 March 1979	12.4 °C21 January 1979	20.1 °C	2,666 mm	0
1978	29.3 °C21 April 1978	13.1 °C7 January 1978	20.3 °C	2,395 mm	0
1977	28.8 °C11 May 1977	12.2 °C9 January 1977	20.3 °C	2,249 mm	0
1976	28.2 °C6 April 1976	10.4 °C28 December 1976	19.8 °C	2,414 mm	0
1975	31.1 °C8 May 1975	12.0 °C16 February 1975	19.8 °C	3,117 mm	3
1974	27.4 °C5 April 1974	11.9 °C20 January 1974	19.5 °C	2,898 mm	0
1973	27.8 °C29 March 1973	13.3 °C30 December 1973	20.0 °C	2,989 mm	0
1972	27.3 °C15 April 1972	13.7 °C25 February 1972	20.1 °C	2,536 mm	0
1971	27.0 °C25 April 1971	12.9 °C12 February 1971	19.6 °C	2,762 mm	0
1970	27.1 °C19 April 1970	13.4 °C24 January 1970	19.9 °C	3,375 mm	0
1969	29.0 °C7 May 1969	12.9 °C2 February 1969	20.4 °C	3,601 mm	0
1968	27.0 °C27 April 1968	12.1 °C10 March 1968	19.7 °C	2,959 mm	0
1967	27.7 °C30 March 1967	12.3 °C22 March 1967	19.8 °C	2,420 mm	0
1966	27.1 °C14 April 1966	14.1 °C16 February 1966	20.0 °C	2,650 mm	0
1965	28.5 °C3 May 1965	11.2 °C15 April 1965	19.9 °C	2,478 mm	0
1964	28.6 °C9 April 1964	12.4 °C22 January 1964	19.9 °C	2,378 mm	0
1963	26.6 °C30 April 1963	12.4 °C14 January 1963	19.8 °C	2,655 mm	0
1962	27.4 °C22 March 1962	12.3 °C10 January 1962	19.7 °C	2,627 mm	0
1961	28.8 °C29 March 1961	13.1 °C10 February 1961	20.0 °C	1,949 mm	0
1960	28.0 °C28 April 1960	13.3 °C23 March 1960	19.9 °C	2,472 mm	0
1959	27.8 °C23 April 1959	11.6 °C26 March 1959	19.9 °C	1,816 mm	0
1958	27.9 °C7 April 1958	14.1 °C5 February 1958	20.3 °C	2,725 mm	0
1957	30.9 °C30 April 1957	12.8 °C20 February 1957	20.1 °C	2,196 mm	4
1956	28.6 °C9 April 1956	12.5 °C12 January 1956	19.4 °C	3,078 mm	0
1955	29.6 °C29 April 1955	12.4 °C23 January 1955	20.0 °C	3,183 mm	0
1954	28.9 °C4 April 1954	12.5 °C31 March 1954	19.7 °C	2,755 mm	0
1953	29.3 °C14 April 1953	12.9 °C14 March 1953	20.2 °C	2,668 mm	0
1952	31.2 °C30 April 1952	12.3 °C8 March 1952	20.1 °C	2,561 mm	4
1951	27.8 °C21 May 1951	13.1 °C24 March 1951	20.0 °C	2,555 mm	0
1950	30.4 °C26 April 1950	13.0 °C28 February 1950	19.8 °C	2,928 mm	1
1949	30.9 °C1 April 1949	12.4 °C28 February 1949	20.3 °C	3,096 mm	12
1948	28.3 °C31 March 1948	11.4 °C21 March 1948	19.6 °C	3,233 mm	0
1947	27.5 °C13 April 1947	11.9 °C10 March 1947	19.7 °C	2,307 mm	0
1946	28.7 °C26 April 1946	11.9 °C13 January 1946	19.4 °C	2,369 mm	0
1945	27.5 °C9 May 1945	10.6 °C5 February 1945	19.3 °C	2,939 mm	0
1944	27.9 °C26 April 1944	10.6 °C27 February 1944	19.3 °C	3,685 mm	0
1943	26.7 °C17 April 1943	12.5 °C17 March 1943	19.0 °C	2,852 mm	0
1942	28.0 °C16 March 1942	12.5 °C12 February 1942	19.2 °C	3,107 mm	0
1941	29.9 °C8 April 1941	13.2 °C18 February 1941	19.7 °C	2,107 mm	0
1940	28.3 °C22 April 1940	11.7 °C12 January 1940	19.8 °C	2,041 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.1 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2257 mm

-259 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	23.5 °C	+0.3 °C	120 mm	+41 mm
Feb	24.3 °C	+0.4 °C	40 mm	-16 mm
Mar	26.4 °C	+1.1 °C	25 mm	-22 mm
Apr	25.2 °C	-1.0 °C	106 mm	+24 mm
May	26.0 °C	+0.5 °C	169 mm	-103 mm
Jun	24.9 °C	+0.2 °C	422 mm	+102 mm
Jul	25.4 °C	+1.0 °C	160 mm	-105 mm
Aug	25.7 °C	+1.1 °C	187 mm	-77 mm
Sep	25.5 °C	+0.8 °C	342 mm	+13 mm
Oct	25.0 °C	+1.0 °C	342 mm	-39 mm
Nov	24.5 °C	+1.1 °C	249 mm	-25 mm
Dec	24.2 °C	+1.1 °C	94 mm	-53 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

28.9 °C

15 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.1 °C

12 Mar 2025

Wettest day

82.6 mm

23 Jun 2025

Windiest day

18.3 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

65.5 km/h

15 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

32.9 °C

14 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.9 °C

19 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

9 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Quesada?

Quesada has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 2,516 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quesada?

The hottest day measured in Quesada between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1991, reaching 32.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Quesada?

The coldest day measured in Quesada between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1976, at 10.4 °C.

Does it snow in Quesada?

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

Has the climate of Quesada warmed?

Yes: Quesada warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Quesada?

The wettest day measured in Quesada between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 1987, with 193 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Quesada?

The windiest day measured in Quesada between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1979, with winds reaching 26.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Quesada?

The warmest month in Quesada is May (21.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Quesada?

Quesada receives on average 2,516 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 279 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Quesada?

Quesada gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Quesada?

Yes: Quesada has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quesada?

In Quesada, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 26 May 2020, and the lowest was 7.9 °C on 27 February 1944.

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