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 17.8 °C and it receives 1,285 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
El Salto averages 0 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
El Salto has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 13 June 2023) and the coldest -0.9 °C (on 10 March 2016).
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 SaltoJalisco
- coords
- 20.33°, -104.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.8°C
Average daily high
25.0°C
Average daily low
12.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,285mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
5.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.5 °C
Average feels-like low
12.0 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
35.3 °C
13 June 2023
Coldest day
-0.9 °C
10 March 2016
Wettest day
124 mm
3 October 1996
Windiest day
29.1 km/h
28 August 2021
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
28 August 2021
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
21 June 2023
Coldest feels-like
-4.3 °C
14 December 1997
Snowiest day
0.3 cm
9 March 2016
Sunniest day
13.1 h
11 June 1945
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 | 23.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 13 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 26.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 2 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 28.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 29.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 30.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 16 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 367 mm | +144 mm |
| Jul | 25.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 304 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 326 mm | +48 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 290 mm | +52 mm |
| Oct | 26.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 57 mm | -36 mm |
| Nov | 26.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 2 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 24.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 19 mm | -5 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 17.8 °C and it receives 1,285 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 2023, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Salto?
The coldest day measured in El Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2016, at -0.9 °C.
Does it snow in El Salto?
Almost never: El Salto sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Salto warmed?
Yes: El Salto warmed by +1.9 °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 3 October 1996, with 124 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 28 August 2021, with winds reaching 29.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Salto?
The warmest month in El Salto is May (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.7 °C).
How much does it rain in El Salto?
El Salto receives on average 1,285 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Salto?
El Salto gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 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 9 March 2016, with 0.3 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 36.9 °C on 21 June 2023, and the lowest was -4.3 °C on 14 December 1997.
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