Caguas climate — normals and trends
Caguas (Puerto Rico) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 1,258 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 August (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Caguas averages 0 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 255 rainy days per year.
Caguas has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 18 August 2024) and the coldest 17.4 °C (on 12 March 1951).
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
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- coords
- 18.23°, -66.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.0°C
Average daily high
27.9°C
Average daily low
22.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,258mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
3.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
255 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.9 °C
Average feels-like low
26.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
353 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
32.6 °C
18 August 2024
Coldest day
17.4 °C
12 March 1951
Wettest day
168 mm
18 September 2022
Windiest day
65.4 km/h
20 September 2017
Strongest gust
137.9 km/h
20 September 2017
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
18 June 2024
Coldest feels-like
17.0 °C
16 January 2000
Sunniest day
13.0 h
14 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 52 mm | +1 mm |
| Feb | 27.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 51 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 27.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 74 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 27.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 159 mm | +65 mm |
| May | 28.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 180 mm | +30 mm |
| Jun | 29.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 41 mm | -67 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 71 mm | -41 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 102 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 29.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 226 mm | +61 mm |
| Oct | 29.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 151 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 28.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 94 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 27.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 36 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Caguas?
Caguas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.0 °C and it receives 1,258 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Caguas?
The hottest day measured in Caguas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 August 2024, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Caguas?
The coldest day measured in Caguas between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1951, at 17.4 °C.
Does it snow in Caguas?
Almost never: Caguas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Caguas warmed?
Yes: Caguas warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Caguas?
The wettest day measured in Caguas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 2022, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Caguas?
The windiest day measured in Caguas between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 2017, with winds reaching 65.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Caguas?
The warmest month in Caguas is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Caguas?
Caguas receives on average 1,258 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 255 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Caguas?
Caguas gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Caguas?
Yes: Caguas has on average 353 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Caguas?
In Caguas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 18 June 2024, and the lowest was 17.0 °C on 16 January 2000.
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