Ixmiquilpan climate — normals and trends
Ixmiquilpan (Mexico) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 571 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Ixmiquilpan averages 1 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.
Ixmiquilpan has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 9 May 2024) and the coldest -6.1 °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
IxmiquilpanHidalgo
- coords
- 20.48°, -99.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
23.4°C
Average daily low
10.9°C
Annual rainfall
571mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
6.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
111 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.3 cm
Average feels-like high
22.8 °C
Average feels-like low
10.2 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.81 · 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
36.4 °C
9 May 2024
Coldest day
-6.1 °C
13 January 1956
Wettest day
98 mm
24 July 2010
Windiest day
33.0 km/h
4 March 1983
Strongest gust
84.6 km/h
7 August 1990
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
9 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-9.9 °C
13 January 1956
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.0 h
18 May 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 | 22.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 12 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 24.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 24 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | 28.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 8 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 28.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 7 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 29.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 85 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 304 mm | +214 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 101 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 58 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 145 mm | +47 mm |
| Oct | 23.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 139 mm | +88 mm |
| Nov | 23.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 10 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 21.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 24 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ixmiquilpan?
Ixmiquilpan has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 571 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ixmiquilpan?
The hottest day measured in Ixmiquilpan between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 2024, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ixmiquilpan?
The coldest day measured in Ixmiquilpan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1956, at -6.1 °C.
Does it snow in Ixmiquilpan?
Almost never: Ixmiquilpan sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ixmiquilpan warmed?
Yes: Ixmiquilpan warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ixmiquilpan?
The wettest day measured in Ixmiquilpan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2010, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ixmiquilpan?
The windiest day measured in Ixmiquilpan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1983, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ixmiquilpan?
The warmest month in Ixmiquilpan is May (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Ixmiquilpan?
Ixmiquilpan receives on average 571 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ixmiquilpan?
Ixmiquilpan 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 Ixmiquilpan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ixmiquilpan between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ixmiquilpan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ixmiquilpan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ixmiquilpan?
In Ixmiquilpan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 9 May 2024, and the lowest was -9.9 °C on 13 January 1956.
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