Santa Cruz del Norte climate — normals and trends
Santa Cruz del Norte (Cuba) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 825 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 (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (22.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Santa Cruz del Norte averages 0 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Santa Cruz del Norte has warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.07 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.2 °C (on 19 May 2024) and the coldest 12.6 °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
Santa Cruz del NorteMayabeque
- coords
- 23.15°, -81.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.4°C
Average daily high
27.1°C
Average daily low
23.9°C
Annual rainfall
825mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
24.5km/h
Seasonal range
5.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
29.9 °C
Average feels-like low
25.6 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
340 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.6 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · p = < 0.001
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
33.2 °C
19 May 2024
Coldest day
12.6 °C
13 January 1981
Wettest day
204 mm
25 September 1998
Windiest day
95.1 km/h
18 October 1944
Strongest gust
132.1 km/h
9 September 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
26 April 2015
Coldest feels-like
6.5 °C
5 February 1996
Sunniest day
13.0 h
13 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 26 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 25.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 28 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 26.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 20 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 26.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 30 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 29.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 22 mm | -55 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 91 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 48 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 101 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 29.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 138 mm | +21 mm |
| Oct | 28.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 116 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 26.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 48 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 26.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 46 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa Cruz del Norte?
Santa Cruz del Norte has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 825 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Cruz del Norte?
The hottest day measured in Santa Cruz del Norte between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 2024, reaching 33.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa Cruz del Norte?
The coldest day measured in Santa Cruz del Norte between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1981, at 12.6 °C.
Does it snow in Santa Cruz del Norte?
Almost never: Santa Cruz del Norte sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa Cruz del Norte warmed?
Yes: Santa Cruz del Norte warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa Cruz del Norte?
The wettest day measured in Santa Cruz del Norte between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1998, with 204 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa Cruz del Norte?
The windiest day measured in Santa Cruz del Norte between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1944, with winds reaching 95.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa Cruz del Norte?
The warmest month in Santa Cruz del Norte is August (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa Cruz del Norte?
Santa Cruz del Norte receives on average 825 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa Cruz del Norte?
Santa Cruz del Norte gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Santa Cruz del Norte?
Yes: Santa Cruz del Norte has on average 340 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Cruz del Norte?
In Santa Cruz del Norte, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 26 April 2015, and the lowest was 6.5 °C on 5 February 1996.
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