Salinas de Hidalgo climate — normals and trends
Salinas de Hidalgo (Mexico) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 348 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 (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Salinas de Hidalgo averages 3 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 57 rainy days per year.
Salinas de Hidalgo has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 8 May 1998) and the coldest -7.0 °C (on 24 January 1955).
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
Salinas de HidalgoSan Luis Potosí
- coords
- 22.63°, -101.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.6°C
Average daily high
23.6°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
348mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
23.9km/h
Seasonal range
8.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
57 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.4 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
8.1 °C
Average peak gust
41.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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
8 May 1998
Coldest day
-7.0 °C
24 January 1955
Wettest day
71 mm
1 July 2010
Windiest day
62.3 km/h
4 March 1983
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
4 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
9 June 1989
Coldest feels-like
-13.3 °C
13 December 1997
Snowiest day
6.4 cm
10 January 1967
Sunniest day
13.3 h
27 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 13 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 25.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 27.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 28.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 29.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 35 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 51 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 24.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 139 mm | +80 mm |
| Aug | 26.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 105 mm | +52 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 128 mm | +70 mm |
| Oct | 24.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 12 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | 24.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 1 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 21.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 3 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Salinas de Hidalgo?
Salinas de Hidalgo has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 348 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salinas de Hidalgo?
The hottest day measured in Salinas de Hidalgo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1998, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Salinas de Hidalgo?
The coldest day measured in Salinas de Hidalgo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1955, at -7.0 °C.
Does it snow in Salinas de Hidalgo?
Almost never: Salinas de Hidalgo sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Salinas de Hidalgo warmed?
Yes: Salinas de Hidalgo warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Salinas de Hidalgo?
The wettest day measured in Salinas de Hidalgo between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2010, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Salinas de Hidalgo?
The windiest day measured in Salinas de Hidalgo between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 1983, with winds reaching 62.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Salinas de Hidalgo?
The warmest month in Salinas de Hidalgo is May (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Salinas de Hidalgo?
Salinas de Hidalgo receives on average 348 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 57 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Salinas de Hidalgo?
Salinas de Hidalgo 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 Salinas de Hidalgo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salinas de Hidalgo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1967, with 6.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Salinas de Hidalgo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Salinas de Hidalgo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salinas de Hidalgo?
In Salinas de Hidalgo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 9 June 1989, and the lowest was -13.3 °C on 13 December 1997.
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