Alpicat climate — normals and trends
Alpicat (Spain) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 462 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 July (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Alpicat averages 35 frost days, 69 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 69 rainy days per year.
Alpicat has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 49 to 21 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.9 °C (on 6 July 1982) and the coldest -18.6 °C (on 17 December 1963).
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
AlpicatCatalonia
- coords
- 41.67°, 0.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.9°C
Average daily high
21.0°C
Average daily low
9.6°C
Annual rainfall
462mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
35 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
69 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
69 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.0 cm
Average feels-like high
19.4 °C
Average feels-like low
7.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
43.9 °C
6 July 1982
Coldest day
-18.6 °C
17 December 1963
Wettest day
110 mm
22 September 1971
Windiest day
49.9 km/h
24 January 2009
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
43.6 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-23.1 °C
17 December 1963
Snowiest day
29.6 cm
25 February 1944
Sunniest day
14.2 h
16 June 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 19 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 14.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 20 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | -1.5 °C | 96 mm | +60 mm |
| Apr | 20.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 60 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 50 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 35.8 °C | +6.7 °C | 11 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 33.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 53 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 35.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 31 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 27.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 53 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 23.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 25 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 37 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 12.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 43 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alpicat?
Alpicat has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 462 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alpicat?
The hottest day measured in Alpicat between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1982, reaching 43.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alpicat?
The coldest day measured in Alpicat between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1963, at -18.6 °C.
Does it snow in Alpicat?
Yes. Alpicat gets on average 4.0 cm of snow per year and has around 35 frost days.
Has the climate of Alpicat warmed?
Yes: Alpicat warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alpicat?
The wettest day measured in Alpicat between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1971, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alpicat?
The windiest day measured in Alpicat between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2009, with winds reaching 49.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alpicat?
The warmest month in Alpicat is July (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Alpicat?
Alpicat receives on average 462 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 69 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alpicat?
Alpicat gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alpicat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alpicat between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1944, with 29.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alpicat?
Yes: Alpicat has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alpicat?
In Alpicat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -23.1 °C on 17 December 1963.
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