Lorca climate — normals and trends
Lorca (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 372 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Lorca averages 16 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.
Lorca has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 26 to 6 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 4 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
LorcaMurcia
- coords
- 37.67°, -1.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.1°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
10.0°C
Annual rainfall
372mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
12.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
42 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
63 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.4 cm
Average feels-like high
19.7 °C
Average feels-like low
8.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
40.2 °C
4 July 1994
Coldest day
-12.7 °C
3 January 1971
Wettest day
108 mm
13 September 2019
Windiest day
41.5 km/h
1 December 1959
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
1 December 1959
Hottest feels-like
41.7 °C
12 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-17.2 °C
3 January 1971
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
13 December 1949
Sunniest day
14.0 h
1 July 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 4 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 16.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 12 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 130 mm | +91 mm |
| Apr | 20.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 19 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 23.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 76 mm | +38 mm |
| Jun | 31.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 4 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 31.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 24 mm | +17 mm |
| Aug | 32.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 4 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 28.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 36 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 23.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 62 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 17.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 5 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 13.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 64 mm | +30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lorca?
Lorca has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 372 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lorca?
The hottest day measured in Lorca between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1994, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lorca?
The coldest day measured in Lorca between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -12.7 °C.
Does it snow in Lorca?
Yes. Lorca gets on average 6.4 cm of snow per year and has around 16 frost days.
Has the climate of Lorca warmed?
Yes: Lorca warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lorca?
The wettest day measured in Lorca between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2019, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lorca?
The windiest day measured in Lorca between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 41.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lorca?
The warmest month in Lorca is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Lorca?
Lorca receives on average 372 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lorca?
Lorca gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lorca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lorca between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1949, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lorca?
Yes: Lorca has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lorca?
In Lorca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 12 July 2023, and the lowest was -17.2 °C on 3 January 1971.
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