Selva Alegre climate — normals and trends
Selva Alegre (Peru) has a cold-summer mediterranean climate (Csc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 926 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 October (10.0 °C on average) and the coldest is June (7.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Selva Alegre averages 29 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Selva Alegre has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 41 to 17 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 22.6 °C (on 15 October 2014) and the coldest -10.8 °C (on 11 July 1953).
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
Selva AlegreArequipa
- coords
- -16.37°, -71.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
14.8°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
926mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
2.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
29 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
23.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · 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
22.6 °C
15 October 2014
Coldest day
-10.8 °C
11 July 1953
Wettest day
40 mm
28 December 1979
Windiest day
16.3 km/h
11 September 1940
Strongest gust
71.6 km/h
11 September 1940
Hottest feels-like
22.7 °C
15 October 2014
Coldest feels-like
-16.5 °C
11 July 1953
Snowiest day
9.7 cm
29 May 1941
Sunniest day
12.9 h
24 November 1940
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 | 13.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 231 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | 14.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 329 mm | +119 mm |
| Mar | 14.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 205 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 79 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 23 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 15.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 16.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 16.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 20 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 18.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 9 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 3 mm | -46 mm |
| Dec | 17.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 17 mm | -95 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Selva Alegre?
Selva Alegre has a cold-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 926 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Selva Alegre?
The hottest day measured in Selva Alegre between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 2014, reaching 22.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Selva Alegre?
The coldest day measured in Selva Alegre between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1953, at -10.8 °C.
Does it snow in Selva Alegre?
Yes. Selva Alegre gets on average 10.4 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.
Has the climate of Selva Alegre warmed?
Yes: Selva Alegre warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Selva Alegre?
The wettest day measured in Selva Alegre between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1979, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Selva Alegre?
The windiest day measured in Selva Alegre between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1940, with winds reaching 16.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Selva Alegre?
The warmest month in Selva Alegre is October (10.0 °C on average); the coldest is June (7.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Selva Alegre?
Selva Alegre receives on average 926 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Selva Alegre?
Selva Alegre 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 Selva Alegre?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Selva Alegre between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1941, with 9.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Selva Alegre?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Selva Alegre.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Selva Alegre?
In Selva Alegre, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 22.7 °C on 15 October 2014, and the lowest was -16.5 °C on 11 July 1953.
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