El Salto climate — normals and trends
El Salto (Mexico) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 935 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
El Salto averages 37 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
El Salto has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.3 °C (on 13 June 2024) and the coldest -10.7 °C (on 3 March 2001).
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
El SaltoDurango
- coords
- 23.78°, -105.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.2°C
Average daily high
19.8°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
935mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
12.9km/h
Seasonal range
9.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
37 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.4 cm
Average feels-like high
18.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
40.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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
31.3 °C
13 June 2024
Coldest day
-10.7 °C
3 March 2001
Wettest day
77 mm
14 December 1967
Windiest day
35.7 km/h
4 March 1983
Strongest gust
115.2 km/h
13 October 2021
Hottest feels-like
32.2 °C
6 June 1998
Coldest feels-like
-15.6 °C
13 December 1997
Snowiest day
29.6 cm
4 March 1968
Sunniest day
13.5 h
17 June 1940
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 | 15.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 60 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 20.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 0 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 21.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 1 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 23.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 2 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 25.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 27 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 109 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 261 mm | +54 mm |
| Aug | 22.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 210 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 22.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 254 mm | +98 mm |
| Oct | 23.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 39 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 20.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 3 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 18.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 21 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Salto?
El Salto has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 935 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Salto?
The hottest day measured in El Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 2024, reaching 31.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Salto?
The coldest day measured in El Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2001, at -10.7 °C.
Does it snow in El Salto?
Yes. El Salto gets on average 5.4 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.
Has the climate of El Salto warmed?
Yes: El Salto warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Salto?
The wettest day measured in El Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1967, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Salto?
The windiest day measured in El Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1983, with winds reaching 35.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Salto?
The warmest month in El Salto is June (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.0 °C).
How much does it rain in El Salto?
El Salto receives on average 935 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Salto?
El Salto gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in El Salto?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in El Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1968, with 29.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in El Salto?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in El Salto.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Salto?
In El Salto, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.2 °C on 6 June 1998, and the lowest was -15.6 °C on 13 December 1997.
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