Arganda climate — normals and trends
Arganda (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 484 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Arganda averages 33 frost days, 71 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Arganda has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 46 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 13 August 2021) and the coldest -19.5 °C (on 24 January 1940).
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
ArgandaMadrid
- coords
- 40.30°, -3.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.6°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
9.3°C
Annual rainfall
484mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
20.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
33 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
71 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.5 cm
Average feels-like high
18.2 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
41.5 °C
13 August 2021
Coldest day
-19.5 °C
24 January 1940
Wettest day
46 mm
7 November 1982
Windiest day
47.4 km/h
30 March 1992
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
20 December 2019
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
24 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-24.5 °C
24 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.0 cm
9 January 2021
Sunniest day
14.7 h
23 June 2017
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 | 11.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 54 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 14.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 18 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | -2.1 °C | 182 mm | +132 mm |
| Apr | 19.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 86 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 77 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 33.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 21 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 33.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 35.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 3 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 7 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 23.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 36 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 14.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 67 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 10.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 55 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arganda?
Arganda has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 484 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arganda?
The hottest day measured in Arganda between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2021, reaching 41.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arganda?
The coldest day measured in Arganda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1940, at -19.5 °C.
Does it snow in Arganda?
Yes. Arganda gets on average 6.5 cm of snow per year and has around 33 frost days.
Has the climate of Arganda warmed?
Yes: Arganda warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Arganda?
The wettest day measured in Arganda between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1982, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arganda?
The windiest day measured in Arganda between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1992, with winds reaching 47.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arganda?
The warmest month in Arganda is July (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Arganda?
Arganda receives on average 484 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arganda?
Arganda gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arganda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arganda between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2021, with 19.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arganda?
Yes: Arganda has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arganda?
In Arganda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 24 July 1995, and the lowest was -24.5 °C on 24 January 1940.
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