Atotonilco el Alto climate — normals and trends
Atotonilco el Alto (Mexico) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 726 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Atotonilco el Alto averages 0 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Atotonilco el Alto has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 13 June 2023) and the coldest -0.5 °C (on 24 January 1955).
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
Atotonilco el AltoJalisco
- coords
- 20.55°, -102.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.1°C
Average daily high
26.6°C
Average daily low
12.4°C
Annual rainfall
726mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
7.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
56 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.4 °C
Average feels-like low
11.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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
38.3 °C
13 June 2023
Coldest day
-0.5 °C
24 January 1955
Wettest day
78 mm
1 January 1947
Windiest day
30.9 km/h
4 March 1983
Strongest gust
75.2 km/h
4 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
15 June 1998
Coldest feels-like
-5.2 °C
14 December 1997
Snowiest day
2.0 cm
1 January 1947
Sunniest day
13.1 h
14 July 1957
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 8 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 28.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 30.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 31.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 32.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 23 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 208 mm | +70 mm |
| Jul | 27.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 165 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 216 mm | +57 mm |
| Sep | 28.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 208 mm | +82 mm |
| Oct | 28.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 39 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 28.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 25.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 8 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Atotonilco el Alto?
Atotonilco el Alto has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 726 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Atotonilco el Alto?
The hottest day measured in Atotonilco el Alto between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 2023, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Atotonilco el Alto?
The coldest day measured in Atotonilco el Alto between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1955, at -0.5 °C.
Does it snow in Atotonilco el Alto?
Almost never: Atotonilco el Alto sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Atotonilco el Alto warmed?
Yes: Atotonilco el Alto warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Atotonilco el Alto?
The wettest day measured in Atotonilco el Alto between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1947, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Atotonilco el Alto?
The windiest day measured in Atotonilco el Alto between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1983, with winds reaching 30.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Atotonilco el Alto?
The warmest month in Atotonilco el Alto is May (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Atotonilco el Alto?
Atotonilco el Alto receives on average 726 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Atotonilco el Alto?
Atotonilco el Alto gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Atotonilco el Alto?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Atotonilco el Alto between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1947, with 2.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Atotonilco el Alto?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Atotonilco el Alto.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Atotonilco el Alto?
In Atotonilco el Alto, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 15 June 1998, and the lowest was -5.2 °C on 14 December 1997.
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