La Piedad climate — normals and trends
La Piedad (Mexico) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 662 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
La Piedad averages 0 frost days, 52 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
La Piedad has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 10 May 2024) and the coldest -1.3 °C (on 27 January 1980).
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
La PiedadMichoacán
- coords
- 20.34°, -102.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.5°C
Average daily high
26.2°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
662mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
7.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
52 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
25.9 °C
Average feels-like low
11.0 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · 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
37.5 °C
10 May 2024
Coldest day
-1.3 °C
27 January 1980
Wettest day
85 mm
1 January 1947
Windiest day
29.7 km/h
6 April 1973
Strongest gust
80.6 km/h
15 January 2010
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
10 May 2024
Coldest feels-like
-4.4 °C
25 February 1976
Snowiest day
5.3 cm
1 January 1947
Sunniest day
13.0 h
3 July 1955
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 10 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 28.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 7 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 30.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 31.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 32.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 28 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 212 mm | +87 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 169 mm | +11 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 184 mm | +50 mm |
| Sep | 27.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 172 mm | +60 mm |
| Oct | 27.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 53 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 27.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 1 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 25.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 20 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of La Piedad?
La Piedad has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 662 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in La Piedad?
The hottest day measured in La Piedad between 1940 and 2025 was 10 May 2024, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in La Piedad?
The coldest day measured in La Piedad between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1980, at -1.3 °C.
Does it snow in La Piedad?
Almost never: La Piedad sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of La Piedad warmed?
Yes: La Piedad warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in La Piedad?
The wettest day measured in La Piedad between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1947, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in La Piedad?
The windiest day measured in La Piedad between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1973, with winds reaching 29.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in La Piedad?
The warmest month in La Piedad is May (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.8 °C).
How much does it rain in La Piedad?
La Piedad receives on average 662 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in La Piedad?
La Piedad gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in La Piedad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in La Piedad between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1947, with 5.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in La Piedad?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in La Piedad.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in La Piedad?
In La Piedad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 10 May 2024, and the lowest was -4.4 °C on 25 February 1976.
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