Santa María Totoltepec climate — normals and trends
Santa María Totoltepec (Mexico) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,390 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 (13.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Santa María Totoltepec averages 10 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 171 rainy days per year.
Santa María Totoltepec has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 17 to 3 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.0 °C (on 1 May 1983) and the coldest -6.7 °C (on 25 February 1976).
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
Santa María TotoltepecMéxico
- coords
- 19.31°, -99.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,390mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
4.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
10 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
171 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.8 cm
Average feels-like high
17.6 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.89 · 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
29.0 °C
1 May 1983
Coldest day
-6.7 °C
25 February 1976
Wettest day
87 mm
12 July 1998
Windiest day
32.8 km/h
7 January 1946
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
14 February 1998
Hottest feels-like
29.1 °C
8 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-11.4 °C
25 February 1976
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
11 January 1967
Sunniest day
12.9 h
9 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 37 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 19.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 61 mm | +36 mm |
| Mar | 22.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 22 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 3 mm | -68 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 136 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 19.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 334 mm | +114 mm |
| Jul | 19.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 199 mm | -76 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 262 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 266 mm | +65 mm |
| Oct | 19.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 89 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 19.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 7 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 17.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 47 mm | +29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Santa María Totoltepec?
Santa María Totoltepec has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,390 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa María Totoltepec?
The hottest day measured in Santa María Totoltepec between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 1983, reaching 29.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Santa María Totoltepec?
The coldest day measured in Santa María Totoltepec between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1976, at -6.7 °C.
Does it snow in Santa María Totoltepec?
Almost never: Santa María Totoltepec sees virtually no snow, with about 10 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Santa María Totoltepec warmed?
Yes: Santa María Totoltepec warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Santa María Totoltepec?
The wettest day measured in Santa María Totoltepec between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1998, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Santa María Totoltepec?
The windiest day measured in Santa María Totoltepec between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1946, with winds reaching 32.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Santa María Totoltepec?
The warmest month in Santa María Totoltepec is May (13.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Santa María Totoltepec?
Santa María Totoltepec receives on average 1,390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Santa María Totoltepec?
Santa María Totoltepec gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Santa María Totoltepec?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Santa María Totoltepec between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1967, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Santa María Totoltepec?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Santa María Totoltepec.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa María Totoltepec?
In Santa María Totoltepec, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.1 °C on 8 June 2019, and the lowest was -11.4 °C on 25 February 1976.
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