Encrucijada climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Encrucijada?

Encrucijada has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 940 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Encrucijada between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 2024, reaching 37.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Encrucijada?

The coldest day measured in Encrucijada between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1981, at 8.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Encrucijada?

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

Q: Has the climate of Encrucijada warmed?

Yes: Encrucijada warmed by +0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Encrucijada?

The wettest day measured in Encrucijada between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2017, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Encrucijada?

The windiest day measured in Encrucijada between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2017, with winds reaching 72.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Encrucijada?

The warmest month in Encrucijada is August (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Encrucijada?

Encrucijada receives on average 940 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Encrucijada?

Encrucijada gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Encrucijada (Cuba) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 940 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 August (27.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (21.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Encrucijada averages 0 frost days, 150 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 178 rainy days per year.

Encrucijada has warmed by +0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.06 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 17 May 2024) and the coldest 8.8 °C (on 12 December 1981).

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

EncrucijadaVilla Clara Province

coords: 22.62°, -79.86°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.6°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

21.6°C

Annual rainfall

940mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

16.7km/h

Seasonal range

5.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

150 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

178 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.0 °C

Average feels-like low

24.1 °C

Average peak gust

36.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

277 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.5 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.16 · 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

37.1 °C

17 May 2024

Coldest day

8.8 °C

12 December 1981

Wettest day

191 mm

9 September 2017

Windiest day

72.7 km/h

9 September 2017

Strongest gust

140.8 km/h

9 September 2017

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

16 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

4.8 °C

13 January 1981

Sunniest day

13.0 h

12 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.2 °C28 May 2025	13.3 °C20 March 2025	25.3 °C	950 mm	181
2024	37.1 °C17 May 2024	12.9 °C3 February 2024	25.5 °C	914 mm	193
2023	34.9 °C8 August 2023	11.1 °C16 January 2023	25.7 °C	889 mm	210
2022	33.6 °C8 September 2022	13.2 °C31 January 2022	25.2 °C	889 mm	184
2021	35.2 °C19 April 2021	11.8 °C4 February 2021	25.1 °C	691 mm	183
2020	35.8 °C25 April 2020	11.0 °C23 January 2020	25.6 °C	1,084 mm	192
2019	34.7 °C14 May 2019	10.7 °C29 January 2019	25.3 °C	944 mm	176
2018	34.1 °C23 July 2018	14.1 °C6 January 2018	24.9 °C	1,011 mm	154
2017	34.9 °C26 May 2017	13.0 °C14 December 2017	25.1 °C	1,111 mm	173
2016	34.5 °C2 April 2016	12.2 °C28 February 2016	25.0 °C	719 mm	170
2015	35.7 °C26 April 2015	11.3 °C15 February 2015	25.1 °C	1,004 mm	171
2014	34.0 °C14 August 2014	12.6 °C23 January 2014	24.9 °C	792 mm	171
2013	32.9 °C25 July 2013	11.2 °C5 March 2013	24.9 °C	818 mm	164
2012	33.3 °C6 April 2012	13.3 °C4 January 2012	24.4 °C	1,344 mm	125
2011	34.4 °C26 August 2011	12.8 °C8 January 2011	24.8 °C	814 mm	164
2010	34.2 °C7 August 2010	9.4 °C15 December 2010	24.2 °C	866 mm	152
2009	34.4 °C24 June 2009	12.7 °C22 January 2009	24.6 °C	766 mm	173
2008	33.9 °C20 May 2008	13.9 °C3 January 2008	24.7 °C	874 mm	144
2007	32.8 °C6 July 2007	13.4 °C19 February 2007	24.8 °C	1,078 mm	139
2006	34.4 °C9 April 2006	12.8 °C14 February 2006	24.6 °C	869 mm	151
2005	34.7 °C13 April 2005	9.2 °C21 January 2005	24.7 °C	1,004 mm	160
2004	34.6 °C13 August 2004	13.5 °C14 December 2004	24.8 °C	512 mm	156
2003	33.1 °C24 July 2003	13.1 °C11 January 2003	25.1 °C	908 mm	183
2002	33.4 °C2 August 2002	13.7 °C9 January 2002	24.9 °C	824 mm	136
2001	33.9 °C12 July 2001	10.6 °C5 January 2001	24.4 °C	844 mm	145
2000	33.9 °C15 July 2000	13.0 °C20 January 2000	24.3 °C	773 mm	136
1999	33.8 °C15 April 1999	12.2 °C23 February 1999	24.5 °C	1,062 mm	140
1998	36.1 °C12 July 1998	13.9 °C17 December 1998	25.6 °C	963 mm	178
1997	36.1 °C21 August 1997	14.0 °C19 January 1997	25.4 °C	827 mm	172
1996	33.5 °C14 August 1996	10.9 °C18 February 1996	24.4 °C	1,089 mm	142
1995	34.7 °C1 April 1995	13.3 °C6 February 1995	24.8 °C	1,011 mm	166
1994	33.5 °C28 July 1994	11.1 °C5 March 1994	24.9 °C	867 mm	166
1993	34.8 °C24 August 1993	13.2 °C3 February 1993	24.5 °C	941 mm	143
1992	33.7 °C29 June 1992	12.9 °C7 January 1992	24.3 °C	833 mm	136
1991	34.1 °C20 August 1991	11.2 °C11 February 1991	24.8 °C	974 mm	164
1990	34.2 °C22 May 1990	15.2 °C5 April 1990	24.5 °C	939 mm	129
1989	33.5 °C8 June 1989	10.4 °C27 February 1989	24.4 °C	832 mm	153
1988	34.6 °C27 April 1988	11.9 °C28 February 1988	24.3 °C	1,187 mm	142
1987	33.4 °C24 September 1987	11.6 °C6 April 1987	24.2 °C	1,063 mm	140
1986	33.8 °C29 July 1986	11.3 °C29 January 1986	24.4 °C	661 mm	143
1985	32.6 °C23 March 1985	9.3 °C25 January 1985	24.1 °C	1,149 mm	115
1984	33.1 °C10 April 1984	12.0 °C6 January 1984	24.1 °C	808 mm	118
1983	33.5 °C30 August 1983	12.0 °C14 December 1983	24.4 °C	990 mm	137
1982	33.3 °C3 August 1982	14.0 °C21 December 1982	25.0 °C	815 mm	145
1981	33.0 °C31 August 1981	8.8 °C12 December 1981	23.9 °C	717 mm	131
1980	33.8 °C9 May 1980	11.4 °C29 December 1980	24.6 °C	855 mm	154
1979	33.7 °C4 September 1979	11.8 °C2 February 1979	24.4 °C	878 mm	133
1978	32.7 °C5 May 1978	9.0 °C12 February 1978	24.3 °C	1,191 mm	130
1977	33.1 °C21 August 1977	9.6 °C20 January 1977	24.3 °C	1,061 mm	109
1976	32.6 °C9 August 1976	11.9 °C28 December 1976	24.3 °C	1,146 mm	109
1975	33.4 °C11 April 1975	10.6 °C24 December 1975	24.9 °C	842 mm	165
1974	32.3 °C27 May 1974	14.0 °C12 February 1974	24.5 °C	923 mm	131
1973	34.0 °C27 April 1973	12.1 °C14 December 1973	24.5 °C	1,021 mm	137
1972	32.8 °C24 June 1972	14.3 °C20 February 1972	24.6 °C	1,175 mm	127
1971	33.8 °C25 April 1971	11.7 °C21 January 1971	24.4 °C	914 mm	141
1970	32.8 °C11 August 1970	10.4 °C11 January 1970	24.1 °C	968 mm	108
1969	33.2 °C11 July 1969	11.9 °C20 February 1969	24.2 °C	1,323 mm	132
1968	33.3 °C4 May 1968	9.5 °C2 March 1968	23.9 °C	1,415 mm	121
1967	32.6 °C9 May 1967	12.6 °C26 February 1967	24.3 °C	826 mm	122
1966	34.0 °C4 April 1966	13.9 °C5 February 1966	24.1 °C	1,209 mm	109
1965	34.6 °C27 April 1965	14.3 °C18 January 1965	24.7 °C	718 mm	175
1964	35.1 °C21 March 1964	13.6 °C15 January 1964	24.8 °C	1,140 mm	144
1963	34.1 °C9 July 1963	13.5 °C4 January 1963	24.5 °C	953 mm	176
1962	34.6 °C12 March 1962	13.4 °C9 March 1962	24.6 °C	809 mm	193
1961	35.4 °C27 May 1961	13.7 °C20 January 1961	24.8 °C	787 mm	161
1960	33.9 °C18 March 1960	12.8 °C23 March 1960	24.4 °C	1,235 mm	141
1959	36.5 °C22 April 1959	13.8 °C11 January 1959	25.2 °C	686 mm	199
1958	35.2 °C27 August 1958	11.0 °C5 February 1958	24.5 °C	1,209 mm	161
1957	36.3 °C25 March 1957	14.5 °C11 December 1957	24.8 °C	1,005 mm	155
1956	34.0 °C7 April 1956	11.8 °C15 January 1956	24.6 °C	663 mm	160
1955	36.0 °C10 August 1955	13.8 °C6 January 1955	24.5 °C	689 mm	155
1954	32.8 °C19 August 1954	12.6 °C21 December 1954	24.3 °C	1,035 mm	147
1953	34.2 °C6 August 1953	12.7 °C5 January 1953	24.9 °C	882 mm	175
1952	34.1 °C24 August 1952	12.9 °C17 December 1952	24.4 °C	1,003 mm	177
1951	35.0 °C27 May 1951	12.4 °C4 February 1951	24.5 °C	755 mm	167
1950	33.6 °C11 August 1950	11.7 °C12 December 1950	23.9 °C	886 mm	126
1949	33.9 °C27 August 1949	13.8 °C2 January 1949	24.6 °C	864 mm	156
1948	33.8 °C2 April 1948	12.4 °C15 January 1948	24.8 °C	1,211 mm	131
1947	33.6 °C3 May 1947	14.7 °C26 February 1947	24.8 °C	1,195 mm	128
1946	33.4 °C27 July 1946	15.9 °C22 March 1946	24.9 °C	1,057 mm	141
1945	34.7 °C10 June 1945	13.1 °C26 January 1945	24.7 °C	816 mm	136
1944	34.0 °C16 April 1944	13.8 °C14 December 1944	24.6 °C	864 mm	147
1943	34.6 °C17 August 1943	14.2 °C21 December 1943	24.7 °C	999 mm	153
1942	32.6 °C23 July 1942	14.4 °C26 February 1942	24.9 °C	915 mm	107
1941	33.3 °C13 June 1941	14.1 °C2 March 1941	24.9 °C	758 mm	124
1940	32.6 °C20 August 1940	12.3 °C29 January 1940	24.4 °C	967 mm	89

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

181 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

950 mm

+10 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.2 °C	+0.5 °C	10 mm	-18 mm
Feb	28.1 °C	+1.5 °C	39 mm	+9 mm
Mar	29.0 °C	+1.0 °C	26 mm	-5 mm
Apr	29.1 °C	-0.1 °C	24 mm	-21 mm
May	32.2 °C	+2.3 °C	36 mm	-86 mm
Jun	31.1 °C	+0.6 °C	175 mm	+29 mm
Jul	32.0 °C	+0.8 °C	76 mm	-16 mm
Aug	32.3 °C	+0.8 °C	121 mm	+18 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+0.8 °C	202 mm	+69 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+0.8 °C	155 mm	+32 mm
Nov	27.2 °C	+0.1 °C	53 mm	-3 mm
Dec	26.7 °C	+0.7 °C	34 mm	+2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.2 °C

28 May 2025

Coldest day

13.3 °C

20 Mar 2025

Wettest day

73.5 mm

3 Jun 2025

Windiest day

29.5 km/h

25 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

19 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

22 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.6 °C

20 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

5 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Encrucijada?

Encrucijada has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 940 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Encrucijada?

The hottest day measured in Encrucijada between 1940 and 2025 was 17 May 2024, reaching 37.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Encrucijada?

The coldest day measured in Encrucijada between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1981, at 8.8 °C.

Does it snow in Encrucijada?

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

Has the climate of Encrucijada warmed?

Yes: Encrucijada warmed by +0.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Encrucijada?

The wettest day measured in Encrucijada between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2017, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Encrucijada?

The windiest day measured in Encrucijada between 1940 and 2025 was 9 September 2017, with winds reaching 72.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Encrucijada?

The warmest month in Encrucijada is August (27.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Encrucijada?

Encrucijada receives on average 940 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Encrucijada?

Encrucijada gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Encrucijada?

Yes: Encrucijada has on average 277 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Encrucijada?

In Encrucijada, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 16 May 2024, and the lowest was 4.8 °C on 13 January 1981.

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