Matehuala climate — normals and trends
Matehuala (Mexico) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 387 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Matehuala averages 3 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 67 rainy days per year.
Matehuala has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 8 May 1998) and the coldest -7.7 °C (on 14 December 1997).
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
MatehualaSan Luis Potosí
- coords
- 23.65°, -100.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.9°C
Average daily high
24.1°C
Average daily low
10.9°C
Annual rainfall
387mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
9.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
67 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.6 cm
Average feels-like high
22.6 °C
Average feels-like low
9.5 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
36.6 °C
8 May 1998
Coldest day
-7.7 °C
14 December 1997
Wettest day
70 mm
1 July 2010
Windiest day
48.3 km/h
4 March 1983
Strongest gust
119.2 km/h
4 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
3 June 1998
Coldest feels-like
-12.6 °C
14 December 1997
Snowiest day
8.4 cm
22 January 1981
Sunniest day
13.3 h
27 June 1957
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 29 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | 24.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 2 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 26.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 2 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 28.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 6 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 30.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 60 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 49 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 64 mm | +21 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 99 mm | +55 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 120 mm | +64 mm |
| Oct | 24.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 12 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 23.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 4 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 20.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 3 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Matehuala?
Matehuala has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.9 °C and it receives 387 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matehuala?
The hottest day measured in Matehuala between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1998, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Matehuala?
The coldest day measured in Matehuala between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1997, at -7.7 °C.
Does it snow in Matehuala?
Almost never: Matehuala sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Matehuala warmed?
Yes: Matehuala warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Matehuala?
The wettest day measured in Matehuala between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2010, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Matehuala?
The windiest day measured in Matehuala between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1983, with winds reaching 48.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Matehuala?
The warmest month in Matehuala is June (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Matehuala?
Matehuala receives on average 387 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Matehuala?
Matehuala gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Matehuala?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Matehuala between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1981, with 8.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Matehuala?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Matehuala.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Matehuala?
In Matehuala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 3 June 1998, and the lowest was -12.6 °C on 14 December 1997.
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