Zacapu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Zacapu?

Zacapu has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 1,474 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zacapu?

The hottest day measured in Zacapu between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1998, reaching 33.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Zacapu?

The coldest day measured in Zacapu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1978, at -2.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Zacapu?

Almost never: Zacapu sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Zacapu warmed?

Yes: Zacapu warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Zacapu?

The wettest day measured in Zacapu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2002, with 202 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Zacapu?

The windiest day measured in Zacapu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1946, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Zacapu?

The warmest month in Zacapu is May (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Zacapu?

Zacapu receives on average 1,474 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Zacapu?

Zacapu gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Zacapu (Mexico) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 1,474 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Zacapu averages 0 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.

Zacapu 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 33.4 °C (on 8 May 1998) and the coldest -2.5 °C (on 11 January 1978).

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

ZacapuMichoacán

coords: 19.82°, -101.79°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsbWarm-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

15.1°C

Average daily high

22.0°C

Average daily low

9.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,474mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

9.4km/h

Seasonal range

6.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

3 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

155 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

21.8 °C

Average feels-like low

8.1 °C

Average peak gust

31.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.87 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

33.4 °C

8 May 1998

Coldest day

-2.5 °C

11 January 1978

Wettest day

202 mm

6 September 2002

Windiest day

30.3 km/h

7 January 1946

Strongest gust

90.4 km/h

9 March 2016

Hottest feels-like

34.4 °C

22 May 1983

Coldest feels-like

-6.0 °C

25 February 1976

Snowiest day

7.0 cm

1 January 1947

Sunniest day

12.9 h

21 June 1945

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	31.0 °C16 May 2025	4.3 °C6 January 2025	16.6 °C	1,751 mm	6	0
2024	33.2 °C10 May 2024	2.0 °C27 December 2024	17.2 °C	1,747 mm	35	0
2023	32.4 °C13 June 2023	2.8 °C28 December 2023	16.4 °C	1,348 mm	10	0
2022	31.1 °C17 April 2022	3.5 °C19 December 2022	16.1 °C	1,454 mm	5	0
2021	29.9 °C5 May 2021	2.5 °C2 January 2021	16.1 °C	1,909 mm	0	0
2020	29.7 °C21 April 2020	1.1 °C5 January 2020	16.3 °C	1,276 mm	0	0
2019	29.9 °C20 May 2019	3.0 °C28 January 2019	16.3 °C	1,429 mm	0	0
2018	30.6 °C30 May 2018	0.5 °C23 December 2018	15.7 °C	2,014 mm	2	0
2017	31.3 °C19 May 2017	2.0 °C11 December 2017	16.1 °C	1,389 mm	7	0
2016	31.3 °C2 May 2016	0.8 °C11 March 2016	15.8 °C	1,672 mm	2	0
2015	27.9 °C22 April 2015	3.5 °C12 March 2015	15.8 °C	1,797 mm	0	0
2014	29.3 °C14 April 2014	2.4 °C18 January 2014	15.7 °C	1,654 mm	0	0
2013	30.3 °C17 April 2013	1.1 °C3 March 2013	16.0 °C	1,585 mm	3	0
2012	29.7 °C31 May 2012	3.2 °C7 January 2012	15.7 °C	1,414 mm	0	0
2011	31.9 °C25 May 2011	2.5 °C18 January 2011	16.4 °C	1,288 mm	8	0
2010	31.9 °C8 May 2010	1.3 °C7 November 2010	15.6 °C	1,548 mm	9	0
2009	30.4 °C7 May 2009	2.8 °C6 February 2009	16.1 °C	1,298 mm	2	0
2008	30.4 °C1 April 2008	0.3 °C3 January 2008	15.7 °C	1,488 mm	3	0
2007	29.4 °C2 June 2007	3.1 °C26 October 2007	15.8 °C	1,445 mm	0	0
2006	29.9 °C13 March 2006	1.4 °C27 December 2006	15.7 °C	1,697 mm	0	0
2005	32.7 °C8 June 2005	2.2 °C17 January 2005	16.1 °C	1,384 mm	11	0
2004	28.1 °C24 May 2004	0.8 °C1 February 2004	15.2 °C	1,678 mm	0	0
2003	32.7 °C2 May 2003	1.2 °C20 December 2003	15.9 °C	1,530 mm	20	0
2002	31.4 °C4 May 2002	-2.1 °C14 January 2002	15.9 °C	1,926 mm	10	1
2001	31.6 °C4 April 2001	2.3 °C20 January 2001	15.4 °C	1,564 mm	8	0
2000	31.7 °C20 April 2000	2.5 °C20 January 2000	15.6 °C	1,425 mm	9	0
1999	32.0 °C1 June 1999	0.4 °C21 December 1999	15.7 °C	1,345 mm	7	0
1998	33.4 °C8 May 1998	0.4 °C4 February 1998	16.2 °C	1,590 mm	23	0
1997	30.4 °C3 May 1997	-1.1 °C14 December 1997	15.2 °C	1,545 mm	1	2
1996	29.3 °C21 May 1996	0.9 °C3 January 1996	15.6 °C	1,580 mm	0	0
1995	29.8 °C15 May 1995	2.8 °C26 November 1995	15.8 °C	1,675 mm	0	0
1994	30.8 °C1 May 1994	2.7 °C5 January 1994	15.9 °C	1,472 mm	4	0
1993	31.1 °C3 June 1993	2.5 °C9 February 1993	15.5 °C	1,364 mm	5	0
1992	28.6 °C26 June 1992	1.7 °C5 February 1992	14.8 °C	1,949 mm	0	0
1991	31.6 °C20 April 1991	2.3 °C14 January 1991	15.6 °C	1,619 mm	8	0
1990	28.9 °C3 May 1990	1.9 °C8 January 1990	15.3 °C	1,804 mm	0	0
1989	31.5 °C19 May 1989	1.5 °C24 February 1989	15.3 °C	1,439 mm	2	0
1988	30.8 °C8 May 1988	0.4 °C22 January 1988	15.7 °C	1,358 mm	5	0
1987	29.3 °C21 May 1987	0.9 °C6 March 1987	15.4 °C	1,168 mm	0	0
1986	30.9 °C12 May 1986	-0.6 °C14 January 1986	15.0 °C	1,755 mm	3	1
1985	29.2 °C13 May 1985	1.3 °C6 January 1985	14.7 °C	1,604 mm	0	0
1984	29.7 °C30 April 1984	3.0 °C11 December 1984	14.9 °C	1,529 mm	0	0
1983	32.9 °C1 May 1983	0.6 °C23 January 1983	15.1 °C	1,458 mm	17	0
1982	29.9 °C4 June 1982	2.3 °C20 December 1982	15.4 °C	1,204 mm	0	0
1981	28.0 °C8 June 1981	-0.5 °C24 January 1981	14.9 °C	1,691 mm	0	1
1980	29.3 °C1 June 1980	1.2 °C27 January 1980	15.4 °C	1,573 mm	0	0
1979	28.8 °C2 May 1979	1.6 °C12 January 1979	15.4 °C	1,129 mm	0	0
1978	30.1 °C8 May 1978	-2.5 °C11 January 1978	14.8 °C	1,534 mm	1	4
1977	29.5 °C15 March 1977	2.1 °C22 December 1977	14.9 °C	1,391 mm	0	0
1976	27.6 °C27 May 1976	-2.2 °C25 February 1976	14.6 °C	1,475 mm	0	2
1975	29.3 °C19 April 1975	0.0 °C27 December 1975	14.5 °C	1,490 mm	0	0
1974	29.4 °C16 May 1974	1.7 °C26 November 1974	14.4 °C	1,449 mm	0	0
1973	29.1 °C26 May 1973	1.8 °C21 December 1973	14.8 °C	1,563 mm	0	0
1972	29.2 °C21 May 1972	1.8 °C17 December 1972	14.9 °C	1,278 mm	0	0
1971	30.0 °C30 April 1971	2.3 °C25 December 1971	14.6 °C	1,535 mm	1	0
1970	30.1 °C25 April 1970	1.4 °C14 January 1970	14.9 °C	1,268 mm	1	0
1969	30.2 °C11 June 1969	1.0 °C10 December 1969	15.3 °C	1,043 mm	4	0
1968	27.2 °C14 May 1968	0.8 °C7 February 1968	14.3 °C	1,224 mm	0	0
1967	28.6 °C23 April 1967	0.3 °C11 January 1967	14.4 °C	1,553 mm	0	0
1966	29.3 °C12 May 1966	-0.7 °C30 January 1966	14.2 °C	1,345 mm	0	1
1965	29.5 °C27 May 1965	-0.5 °C23 January 1965	14.2 °C	1,549 mm	0	1
1964	29.5 °C1 May 1964	2.0 °C12 January 1964	14.2 °C	1,415 mm	0	0
1963	28.3 °C23 April 1963	1.8 °C24 December 1963	14.1 °C	1,664 mm	0	0
1962	28.8 °C8 June 1962	2.2 °C14 November 1962	14.6 °C	1,317 mm	0	0
1961	29.9 °C8 May 1961	1.3 °C12 February 1961	14.4 °C	1,253 mm	0	0
1960	28.8 °C1 June 1960	-0.7 °C14 February 1960	14.6 °C	1,136 mm	0	2
1959	27.9 °C28 April 1959	2.0 °C3 January 1959	13.8 °C	1,956 mm	0	0
1958	30.7 °C29 April 1958	0.9 °C25 January 1958	14.2 °C	1,747 mm	1	0
1957	29.2 °C24 May 1957	1.5 °C12 December 1957	14.8 °C	835 mm	0	0
1956	28.7 °C7 April 1956	-1.9 °C12 January 1956	14.0 °C	1,152 mm	0	4
1955	29.7 °C21 April 1955	-1.5 °C24 January 1955	14.2 °C	1,265 mm	0	1
1954	27.4 °C22 March 1954	0.7 °C21 December 1954	14.0 °C	1,322 mm	0	0
1953	30.1 °C21 May 1953	0.4 °C11 November 1953	14.2 °C	1,228 mm	1	0
1952	28.6 °C9 May 1952	1.4 °C5 February 1952	14.1 °C	1,235 mm	0	0
1951	29.3 °C22 April 1951	1.5 °C3 February 1951	14.6 °C	1,450 mm	0	0
1950	28.2 °C3 May 1950	1.4 °C22 December 1950	14.1 °C	1,253 mm	0	0
1949	29.7 °C21 May 1949	1.0 °C17 November 1949	14.3 °C	1,341 mm	0	0
1948	27.6 °C2 May 1948	1.1 °C15 January 1948	14.1 °C	1,691 mm	0	0
1947	28.3 °C7 April 1947	-1.4 °C2 January 1947	13.7 °C	1,715 mm	0	2
1946	31.0 °C20 May 1946	2.3 °C5 December 1946	14.2 °C	1,320 mm	2	0
1945	29.0 °C4 April 1945	2.6 °C5 December 1945	14.3 °C	1,229 mm	0	0
1944	28.9 °C3 June 1944	1.9 °C18 January 1944	14.2 °C	1,205 mm	0	0
1943	29.1 °C16 May 1943	2.4 °C14 February 1943	13.6 °C	1,505 mm	0	0
1942	27.6 °C6 May 1942	2.0 °C11 January 1942	13.7 °C	1,309 mm	0	0
1941	29.3 °C9 May 1941	1.4 °C19 January 1941	13.8 °C	1,849 mm	0	0
1940	27.3 °C14 June 1940	1.0 °C22 December 1940	13.7 °C	1,107 mm	0	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.8 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

6 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1751 mm

+277 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.4 °C	+1.7 °C	27 mm	+0 mm
Feb	23.8 °C	+2.3 °C	21 mm	+3 mm
Mar	26.7 °C	+2.9 °C	6 mm	-12 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+2.1 °C	3 mm	-25 mm
May	27.2 °C	+1.5 °C	89 mm	+5 mm
Jun	22.5 °C	-0.6 °C	337 mm	+92 mm
Jul	22.4 °C	+1.2 °C	312 mm	-19 mm
Aug	22.6 °C	+1.3 °C	392 mm	+85 mm
Sep	23.2 °C	+2.1 °C	406 mm	+157 mm
Oct	23.2 °C	+2.2 °C	105 mm	-10 mm
Nov	23.7 °C	+3.2 °C	9 mm	-26 mm
Dec	21.2 °C	+1.5 °C	46 mm	+27 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.0 °C

16 May 2025

Coldest day

4.3 °C

6 Jan 2025

Wettest day

30.7 mm

16 Jun 2025

Windiest day

21.2 km/h

9 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

27 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.0 °C

20 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.2 °C

3 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

26 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Zacapu?

Zacapu has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 1,474 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zacapu?

The hottest day measured in Zacapu between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1998, reaching 33.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Zacapu?

The coldest day measured in Zacapu between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1978, at -2.5 °C.

Does it snow in Zacapu?

Almost never: Zacapu sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Zacapu warmed?

Yes: Zacapu warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Zacapu?

The wettest day measured in Zacapu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2002, with 202 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Zacapu?

The windiest day measured in Zacapu between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1946, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Zacapu?

The warmest month in Zacapu is May (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Zacapu?

Zacapu receives on average 1,474 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Zacapu?

Zacapu gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zacapu?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zacapu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1947, with 7.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Zacapu?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zacapu.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zacapu?

In Zacapu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.4 °C on 22 May 1983, and the lowest was -6.0 °C on 25 February 1976.

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