Huéscar climate — normals and trends
Huéscar (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 361 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Huéscar averages 50 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 72 rainy days per year.
Huéscar has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 68 to 32 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 14 August 2021) and the coldest -16.8 °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
HuéscarAndalusia
- coords
- 37.81°, -2.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.5°C
Average daily high
18.3°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
361mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
13.1km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
50 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
33 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
72 d/yr
Annual snowfall
23.0 cm
Average feels-like high
16.5 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
40.1 °C
14 August 2021
Coldest day
-16.8 °C
24 January 1940
Wettest day
62 mm
19 October 1973
Windiest day
40.8 km/h
1 December 1959
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
1 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
9 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-21.5 °C
24 January 1940
Snowiest day
41.7 cm
27 January 2007
Sunniest day
14.1 h
27 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 23 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 14.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 10 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 98 mm | +55 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 30 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 55 mm | +19 mm |
| Jun | 32.0 °C | +6.6 °C | 13 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 16 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 33.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 4 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 27.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 21 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 22.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 27 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 14.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 15 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 9.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 46 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huéscar?
Huéscar has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 361 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huéscar?
The hottest day measured in Huéscar between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huéscar?
The coldest day measured in Huéscar between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1940, at -16.8 °C.
Does it snow in Huéscar?
Yes. Huéscar gets on average 23.0 cm of snow per year and has around 50 frost days.
Has the climate of Huéscar warmed?
Yes: Huéscar warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huéscar?
The wettest day measured in Huéscar between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1973, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huéscar?
The windiest day measured in Huéscar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huéscar?
The warmest month in Huéscar is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Huéscar?
Huéscar receives on average 361 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 72 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huéscar?
Huéscar gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Huéscar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Huéscar between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2007, with 41.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Huéscar?
Yes: Huéscar has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huéscar?
In Huéscar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 9 August 2023, and the lowest was -21.5 °C on 24 January 1940.
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