Dolores Hidalgo climate — normals and trends
Dolores Hidalgo (Mexico) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 469 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 (20.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Dolores Hidalgo averages 2 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 74 rainy days per year.
Dolores Hidalgo has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 24 May 2024) and the coldest -5.4 °C (on 13 January 1956).
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
Dolores HidalgoGuanajuato
- coords
- 21.16°, -100.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.5°C
Average daily high
24.2°C
Average daily low
10.3°C
Annual rainfall
469mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
7.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
74 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.4 cm
Average feels-like high
22.5 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · 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
36.7 °C
24 May 2024
Coldest day
-5.4 °C
13 January 1956
Wettest day
68 mm
21 September 1993
Windiest day
48.3 km/h
4 March 1983
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
1 December 2009
Hottest feels-like
36.6 °C
25 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-9.8 °C
13 January 1956
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.0 h
1 July 1979
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 5 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 26.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 5 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 28.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 29.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 30.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 77 mm | +36 mm |
| Jun | 24.6 °C | -1.6 °C | 172 mm | +92 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 158 mm | +77 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 93 mm | +20 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 76 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 25.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 40 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 25.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 1 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 22.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 10 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dolores Hidalgo?
Dolores Hidalgo has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.5 °C and it receives 469 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dolores Hidalgo?
The hottest day measured in Dolores Hidalgo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 2024, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dolores Hidalgo?
The coldest day measured in Dolores Hidalgo between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1956, at -5.4 °C.
Does it snow in Dolores Hidalgo?
Almost never: Dolores Hidalgo sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Dolores Hidalgo warmed?
Yes: Dolores Hidalgo warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dolores Hidalgo?
The wettest day measured in Dolores Hidalgo between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1993, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dolores Hidalgo?
The windiest day measured in Dolores Hidalgo between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1983, with winds reaching 48.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dolores Hidalgo?
The warmest month in Dolores Hidalgo is May (20.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Dolores Hidalgo?
Dolores Hidalgo receives on average 469 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 74 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dolores Hidalgo?
Dolores Hidalgo gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dolores Hidalgo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dolores Hidalgo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dolores Hidalgo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dolores Hidalgo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dolores Hidalgo?
In Dolores Hidalgo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 25 May 2024, and the lowest was -9.8 °C on 13 January 1956.
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