Madera climate — normals and trends
Madera (Mexico) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 750 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 (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Madera averages 60 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Madera 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 36.8 °C (on 3 June 2014) and the coldest -21.5 °C (on 30 January 1949).
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
MaderaChihuahua
- coords
- 29.19°, -108.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.0°C
Average daily high
20.5°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
750mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
15.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
60 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
30.0 cm
Average feels-like high
18.9 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
41.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
36.8 °C
3 June 2014
Coldest day
-21.5 °C
30 January 1949
Wettest day
70 mm
11 January 1960
Windiest day
38.2 km/h
26 March 1975
Strongest gust
113.4 km/h
26 March 1975
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
3 June 2014
Coldest feels-like
-26.6 °C
30 January 1949
Snowiest day
23.4 cm
22 December 1997
Sunniest day
13.7 h
19 June 2025
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 | 12.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 29 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 19.9 °C | +5.8 °C | 0 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 19.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 2 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 22.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 7 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 11 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 102 mm | +55 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 196 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 161 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 154 mm | +73 mm |
| Oct | 23.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 42 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 19.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 26 mm | +0 mm |
| Dec | 18.4 °C | +5.0 °C | 6 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Madera?
Madera has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 750 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Madera?
The hottest day measured in Madera between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2014, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Madera?
The coldest day measured in Madera between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1949, at -21.5 °C.
Does it snow in Madera?
Yes. Madera gets on average 30.0 cm of snow per year and has around 60 frost days.
Has the climate of Madera warmed?
Yes: Madera warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Madera?
The wettest day measured in Madera between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1960, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Madera?
The windiest day measured in Madera between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1975, with winds reaching 38.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Madera?
The warmest month in Madera is June (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Madera?
Madera receives on average 750 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Madera?
Madera 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 Madera?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Madera between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1997, with 23.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Madera?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Madera.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Madera?
In Madera, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 3 June 2014, and the lowest was -26.6 °C on 30 January 1949.
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