Cabezón de la Sal climate — normals and trends
Cabezón de la Sal (Spain) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 1,259 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Cabezón de la Sal averages 8 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.
Cabezón de la Sal has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 15 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 17 July 2022) and the coldest -10.5 °C (on 9 January 1985).
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
Cabezón de la SalCantabria
- coords
- 43.31°, -4.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.0°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
9.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,259mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
11.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
180 d/yr
Annual snowfall
37.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
7.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
35.3 °C
17 July 2022
Coldest day
-10.5 °C
9 January 1985
Wettest day
66 mm
10 June 1966
Windiest day
48.5 km/h
16 February 1941
Strongest gust
117.0 km/h
15 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-14.8 °C
9 January 1985
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
13 January 1978
Sunniest day
14.9 h
30 June 2025
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 | 12.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 99 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 13.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 84 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 105 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 107 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 131 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 98 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 76 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 23.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 52 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 71 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 19.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 42 mm | -70 mm |
| Nov | 14.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 153 mm | +28 mm |
| Dec | 11.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 136 mm | +21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cabezón de la Sal?
Cabezón de la Sal has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 1,259 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cabezón de la Sal?
The hottest day measured in Cabezón de la Sal between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2022, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cabezón de la Sal?
The coldest day measured in Cabezón de la Sal between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1985, at -10.5 °C.
Does it snow in Cabezón de la Sal?
Yes. Cabezón de la Sal gets on average 37.6 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Cabezón de la Sal warmed?
Yes: Cabezón de la Sal warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cabezón de la Sal?
The wettest day measured in Cabezón de la Sal between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1966, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cabezón de la Sal?
The windiest day measured in Cabezón de la Sal between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1941, with winds reaching 48.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cabezón de la Sal?
The warmest month in Cabezón de la Sal is August (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Cabezón de la Sal?
Cabezón de la Sal receives on average 1,259 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cabezón de la Sal?
Cabezón de la Sal gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cabezón de la Sal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cabezón de la Sal between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1978, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cabezón de la Sal?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cabezón de la Sal.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cabezón de la Sal?
In Cabezón de la Sal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -14.8 °C on 9 January 1985.
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