Huercal Overa climate — normals and trends
Huercal Overa (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 370 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Huercal Overa averages 15 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 64 rainy days per year.
Huercal Overa has warmed by +2.4 °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 24 to 6 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 5 July 1994) and the coldest -12.7 °C (on 3 January 1971).
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
Huercal OveraAndalusia
- coords
- 37.39°, -1.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
21.0°C
Average daily low
10.3°C
Annual rainfall
370mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
17.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
15 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
48 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
64 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.3 cm
Average feels-like high
19.7 °C
Average feels-like low
8.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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
41.6 °C
5 July 1994
Coldest day
-12.7 °C
3 January 1971
Wettest day
108 mm
19 October 1973
Windiest day
52.9 km/h
29 December 1951
Strongest gust
113.4 km/h
26 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
43.5 °C
12 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-17.3 °C
3 January 1971
Snowiest day
30.5 cm
27 January 2007
Sunniest day
14.1 h
21 June 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 5 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 16.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 10 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 15.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 150 mm | +110 mm |
| Apr | 20.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 26 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 23.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 77 mm | +40 mm |
| Jun | 31.7 °C | +4.3 °C | 2 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 24 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 33.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 5 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 27.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 41 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 23.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 38 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 18.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 6 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 13.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 57 mm | +23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huercal Overa?
Huercal Overa has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 370 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huercal Overa?
The hottest day measured in Huercal Overa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1994, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huercal Overa?
The coldest day measured in Huercal Overa between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -12.7 °C.
Does it snow in Huercal Overa?
Yes. Huercal Overa gets on average 5.3 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.
Has the climate of Huercal Overa warmed?
Yes: Huercal Overa warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huercal Overa?
The wettest day measured in Huercal Overa between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1973, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huercal Overa?
The windiest day measured in Huercal Overa between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1951, with winds reaching 52.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huercal Overa?
The warmest month in Huercal Overa is July (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Huercal Overa?
Huercal Overa receives on average 370 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huercal Overa?
Huercal Overa 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 Huercal Overa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Huercal Overa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2007, with 30.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Huercal Overa?
Yes: Huercal Overa has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huercal Overa?
In Huercal Overa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 12 July 2023, and the lowest was -17.3 °C on 3 January 1971.
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