Media Luna climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Media Luna?

Media Luna has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.6 °C and it receives 598 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Media Luna?

The hottest day measured in Media Luna between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2023, reaching 35.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Media Luna?

The coldest day measured in Media Luna between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1981, at 15.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Media Luna?

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

Q: Has the climate of Media Luna warmed?

Yes: Media Luna warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Media Luna?

The wettest day measured in Media Luna between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1963, with 349 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Media Luna?

The windiest day measured in Media Luna between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 1963, with winds reaching 91.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Media Luna?

The warmest month in Media Luna is August (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Media Luna?

Media Luna receives on average 598 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Media Luna?

Media Luna gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Media Luna (Cuba) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.6 °C and it receives 598 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 (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Media Luna averages 0 frost days, 134 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.

Media Luna has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 17 August 2023) and the coldest 15.4 °C (on 13 January 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

Media LunaGranma Province

coords: 20.14°, -77.44°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.6°C

Average daily high

29.3°C

Average daily low

24.5°C

Annual rainfall

598mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

21.6km/h

Seasonal range

4.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

134 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

119 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.4 °C

Average feels-like low

26.6 °C

Average peak gust

34.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

359 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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

35.3 °C

17 August 2023

Coldest day

15.4 °C

13 January 1981

Wettest day

349 mm

6 October 1963

Windiest day

91.6 km/h

7 October 1963

Strongest gust

154.1 km/h

7 October 1963

Hottest feels-like

42.0 °C

19 July 2024

Coldest feels-like

10.5 °C

11 January 2010

Sunniest day

12.9 h

22 June 2019

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.0 °C26 August 2025	20.8 °C19 March 2025	27.7 °C	510 mm	199
2024	34.9 °C22 August 2024	20.0 °C22 February 2024	27.7 °C	605 mm	196
2023	35.3 °C17 August 2023	18.4 °C15 January 2023	27.8 °C	767 mm	192
2022	34.4 °C1 August 2022	19.5 °C30 January 2022	27.4 °C	501 mm	181
2021	34.1 °C24 August 2021	18.7 °C3 February 2021	27.4 °C	408 mm	181
2020	34.5 °C14 July 2020	17.3 °C23 January 2020	27.6 °C	655 mm	187
2019	34.5 °C17 August 2019	21.8 °C14 February 2019	27.6 °C	548 mm	187
2018	33.9 °C9 July 2018	20.4 °C5 January 2018	27.3 °C	551 mm	165
2017	35.2 °C2 August 2017	21.2 °C11 January 2017	27.2 °C	812 mm	158
2016	34.2 °C6 September 2016	19.1 °C25 January 2016	27.2 °C	481 mm	180
2015	34.3 °C5 August 2015	18.8 °C20 February 2015	27.3 °C	537 mm	184
2014	33.6 °C9 August 2014	21.1 °C16 January 2014	27.0 °C	476 mm	154
2013	33.8 °C10 August 2013	18.5 °C5 March 2013	27.0 °C	483 mm	168
2012	33.6 °C4 August 2012	18.4 °C4 January 2012	26.8 °C	527 mm	143
2011	33.0 °C23 July 2011	20.2 °C1 January 2011	26.7 °C	563 mm	144
2010	33.7 °C26 August 2010	15.8 °C11 January 2010	26.4 °C	835 mm	139
2009	34.4 °C30 July 2009	18.3 °C5 February 2009	26.8 °C	445 mm	160
2008	33.4 °C25 June 2008	19.7 °C29 January 2008	26.7 °C	653 mm	134
2007	34.4 °C11 July 2007	19.1 °C19 February 2007	26.9 °C	943 mm	127
2006	33.5 °C25 July 2006	18.4 °C16 January 2006	26.7 °C	668 mm	146
2005	33.9 °C11 September 2005	17.7 °C12 February 2005	26.5 °C	875 mm	117
2004	33.8 °C25 June 2004	20.5 °C22 January 2004	26.8 °C	279 mm	160
2003	34.0 °C12 August 2003	19.6 °C25 January 2003	27.2 °C	405 mm	188
2002	33.3 °C16 August 2002	19.1 °C9 January 2002	26.8 °C	674 mm	134
2001	34.1 °C18 August 2001	17.8 °C5 January 2001	26.5 °C	510 mm	148
2000	34.2 °C15 August 2000	19.2 °C16 January 2000	26.5 °C	508 mm	146
1999	32.7 °C12 August 1999	19.5 °C28 December 1999	26.5 °C	552 mm	128
1998	34.9 °C3 July 1998	18.9 °C10 February 1998	27.2 °C	514 mm	167
1997	33.6 °C8 July 1997	19.1 °C19 January 1997	27.0 °C	429 mm	169
1996	33.8 °C24 July 1996	17.8 °C14 January 1996	26.2 °C	565 mm	112
1995	34.3 °C5 September 1995	18.9 °C6 February 1995	26.8 °C	451 mm	145
1994	34.1 °C25 June 1994	19.4 °C5 March 1994	26.9 °C	525 mm	155
1993	34.1 °C3 August 1993	19.3 °C2 March 1993	26.4 °C	868 mm	118
1992	33.9 °C8 July 1992	19.9 °C5 January 1992	26.5 °C	474 mm	115
1991	34.2 °C7 September 1991	18.7 °C17 February 1991	26.9 °C	477 mm	151
1990	34.7 °C2 August 1990	21.0 °C12 December 1990	26.9 °C	558 mm	152
1989	33.3 °C2 September 1989	17.1 °C25 February 1989	26.7 °C	460 mm	158
1988	33.7 °C6 August 1988	19.5 °C27 February 1988	26.6 °C	663 mm	110
1987	33.8 °C7 July 1987	18.9 °C29 January 1987	26.6 °C	794 mm	129
1986	33.7 °C14 July 1986	17.7 °C3 March 1986	26.5 °C	440 mm	137
1985	33.3 °C6 August 1985	16.6 °C23 January 1985	26.3 °C	476 mm	111
1984	33.7 °C5 August 1984	19.0 °C6 January 1984	26.5 °C	457 mm	128
1983	33.6 °C5 September 1983	19.4 °C3 March 1983	26.8 °C	623 mm	151
1982	33.2 °C20 August 1982	20.0 °C19 December 1982	26.7 °C	436 mm	138
1981	33.5 °C6 August 1981	15.4 °C13 January 1981	26.2 °C	562 mm	131
1980	33.6 °C26 July 1980	17.3 °C4 March 1980	26.5 °C	566 mm	116
1979	32.6 °C13 August 1979	19.5 °C2 February 1979	25.9 °C	698 mm	53
1978	33.0 °C18 July 1978	16.6 °C23 February 1978	26.2 °C	918 mm	89
1977	33.3 °C11 September 1977	16.2 °C20 January 1977	26.4 °C	729 mm	111
1976	33.6 °C20 July 1976	17.2 °C10 February 1976	26.3 °C	394 mm	118
1975	33.4 °C9 September 1975	18.6 °C24 December 1975	26.5 °C	350 mm	127
1974	33.2 °C7 July 1974	19.9 °C27 February 1974	26.2 °C	424 mm	91
1973	33.2 °C11 August 1973	17.7 °C12 February 1973	26.2 °C	772 mm	93
1972	33.3 °C2 July 1972	18.8 °C21 February 1972	26.4 °C	580 mm	118
1971	33.3 °C13 July 1971	17.7 °C21 January 1971	26.2 °C	483 mm	112
1970	34.2 °C15 July 1970	16.8 °C10 January 1970	26.3 °C	471 mm	132
1969	34.5 °C18 July 1969	17.6 °C20 February 1969	26.6 °C	664 mm	135
1968	33.5 °C13 September 1968	17.1 °C2 March 1968	26.0 °C	562 mm	120
1967	33.8 °C21 July 1967	19.2 °C26 February 1967	26.4 °C	331 mm	131
1966	33.6 °C26 August 1966	17.7 °C28 January 1966	26.1 °C	752 mm	106
1965	33.2 °C14 July 1965	18.7 °C18 January 1965	26.1 °C	480 mm	98
1964	34.2 °C23 August 1964	19.5 °C15 January 1964	26.4 °C	751 mm	114
1963	32.9 °C1 September 1963	19.3 °C5 January 1963	26.0 °C	1,413 mm	97
1962	34.2 °C25 July 1962	18.6 °C7 March 1962	26.2 °C	458 mm	121
1961	34.2 °C11 August 1961	19.9 °C26 December 1961	26.4 °C	683 mm	121
1960	32.5 °C26 August 1960	19.6 °C24 March 1960	26.1 °C	1,014 mm	67
1959	33.6 °C3 September 1959	19.6 °C3 March 1959	26.7 °C	487 mm	153
1958	33.8 °C31 July 1958	16.6 °C5 February 1958	26.5 °C	856 mm	139
1957	33.9 °C31 July 1957	20.2 °C13 December 1957	26.5 °C	597 mm	119
1956	33.0 °C14 July 1956	16.6 °C9 January 1956	26.1 °C	513 mm	123
1955	33.5 °C19 August 1955	19.5 °C15 January 1955	26.1 °C	526 mm	91
1954	33.6 °C19 August 1954	19.3 °C10 February 1954	26.2 °C	721 mm	122
1953	33.7 °C8 September 1953	18.8 °C26 January 1953	26.6 °C	624 mm	153
1952	33.5 °C22 July 1952	18.6 °C28 February 1952	26.4 °C	506 mm	147
1951	33.5 °C6 August 1951	18.5 °C18 January 1951	26.2 °C	508 mm	137
1950	33.6 °C17 July 1950	18.9 °C21 December 1950	25.8 °C	786 mm	92
1949	32.8 °C11 August 1949	17.3 °C1 January 1949	25.9 °C	749 mm	61
1948	32.7 °C2 September 1948	19.1 °C15 January 1948	26.4 °C	963 mm	82
1947	33.6 °C13 August 1947	18.9 °C6 February 1947	26.8 °C	595 mm	124
1946	33.6 °C2 August 1946	20.8 °C22 March 1946	26.6 °C	515 mm	126
1945	32.3 °C6 September 1945	20.0 °C11 January 1945	26.2 °C	721 mm	95
1944	33.8 °C10 August 1944	19.9 °C13 December 1944	26.3 °C	562 mm	108
1943	33.1 °C21 July 1943	20.4 °C16 February 1943	26.4 °C	664 mm	125
1942	33.6 °C29 July 1942	19.9 °C5 February 1942	26.6 °C	651 mm	136
1941	33.4 °C7 August 1941	17.8 °C2 March 1941	26.7 °C	458 mm	170
1940	34.1 °C6 August 1940	18.7 °C28 January 1940	26.5 °C	421 mm	136

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.3 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

199 d/yr

+65

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

510 mm

-88 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.0 °C	+0.9 °C	2 mm	-12 mm
Feb	28.6 °C	+1.3 °C	8 mm	-7 mm
Mar	28.9 °C	+0.9 °C	10 mm	-5 mm
Apr	30.1 °C	+1.1 °C	15 mm	-11 mm
May	31.0 °C	+1.5 °C	19 mm	-67 mm
Jun	31.8 °C	+1.4 °C	31 mm	-44 mm
Jul	32.3 °C	+0.9 °C	33 mm	-18 mm
Aug	32.6 °C	+1.2 °C	38 mm	-23 mm
Sep	31.6 °C	+0.9 °C	106 mm	+24 mm
Oct	30.0 °C	+0.4 °C	216 mm	+102 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+0.3 °C	27 mm	-17 mm
Dec	29.1 °C	+1.3 °C	4 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

26 Aug 2025

Coldest day

20.8 °C

19 Mar 2025

Wettest day

69.2 mm

28 Oct 2025

Windiest day

58.6 km/h

29 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

87.1 km/h

29 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

18 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.8 °C

19 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

15 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Media Luna?

Media Luna has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.6 °C and it receives 598 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Media Luna?

The hottest day measured in Media Luna between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2023, reaching 35.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Media Luna?

The coldest day measured in Media Luna between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1981, at 15.4 °C.

Does it snow in Media Luna?

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

Has the climate of Media Luna warmed?

Yes: Media Luna warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Media Luna?

The wettest day measured in Media Luna between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1963, with 349 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Media Luna?

The windiest day measured in Media Luna between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 1963, with winds reaching 91.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Media Luna?

The warmest month in Media Luna is August (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Media Luna?

Media Luna receives on average 598 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Media Luna?

Media Luna gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Media Luna?

Yes: Media Luna has on average 359 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Media Luna?

In Media Luna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 19 July 2024, and the lowest was 10.5 °C on 11 January 2010.

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