Cananea climate — normals and trends
Cananea (Mexico) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 394 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 June (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Cananea averages 32 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 68 rainy days per year.
Cananea has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 44 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 19 June 2017) and the coldest -14.3 °C (on 30 January 1949).
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
CananeaSonora
- coords
- 30.98°, -110.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.0°C
Average daily high
23.1°C
Average daily low
9.5°C
Annual rainfall
394mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
45%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
17.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
32 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
72 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
68 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.5 cm
Average feels-like high
20.9 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
40.4 °C
19 June 2017
Coldest day
-14.3 °C
30 January 1949
Wettest day
89 mm
22 September 1958
Windiest day
42.7 km/h
14 March 1944
Strongest gust
112.0 km/h
22 January 2010
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
26 June 1990
Coldest feels-like
-21.8 °C
3 February 2011
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
25 February 1987
Sunniest day
13.7 h
16 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 4 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 21.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 1 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 21.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 10 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 24.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 28.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 34.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 26 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 31.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 86 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 32.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 60 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 28.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 75 mm | +37 mm |
| Oct | 26.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 49 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 21.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 32 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 20.8 °C | +6.1 °C | 7 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cananea?
Cananea has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 394 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cananea?
The hottest day measured in Cananea between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2017, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cananea?
The coldest day measured in Cananea between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1949, at -14.3 °C.
Does it snow in Cananea?
Yes. Cananea gets on average 10.5 cm of snow per year and has around 32 frost days.
Has the climate of Cananea warmed?
Yes: Cananea warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cananea?
The wettest day measured in Cananea between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1958, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cananea?
The windiest day measured in Cananea between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1944, with winds reaching 42.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cananea?
The warmest month in Cananea is June (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Cananea?
Cananea receives on average 394 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 68 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cananea?
Cananea gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cananea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cananea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1987, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cananea?
Yes: Cananea has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cananea?
In Cananea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 26 June 1990, and the lowest was -21.8 °C on 3 February 2011.
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