Salt climate — normals and trends
Salt (Spain) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 974 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Salt averages 26 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Salt has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 36 to 16 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 25 July 1941) and the coldest -14.2 °C (on 16 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
SaltCatalonia
- coords
- 41.97°, 2.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
974mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
16.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
26 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.7 cm
Average feels-like high
18.3 °C
Average feels-like low
8.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
39.1 °C
25 July 1941
Coldest day
-14.2 °C
16 January 1985
Wettest day
118 mm
19 October 1940
Windiest day
42.8 km/h
30 January 1986
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
30 January 1986
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-19.3 °C
16 January 1985
Snowiest day
39.2 cm
8 March 2010
Sunniest day
14.4 h
18 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 27 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 13.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 61 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 211 mm | +128 mm |
| Apr | 18.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 57 mm | -40 mm |
| May | 22.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 119 mm | +19 mm |
| Jun | 30.3 °C | +5.6 °C | 25 mm | -59 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 132 mm | +63 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 90 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 150 mm | +50 mm |
| Oct | 20.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 84 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 15.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 71 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 13.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 184 mm | +120 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Salt?
Salt has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 974 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salt?
The hottest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1941, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Salt?
The coldest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1985, at -14.2 °C.
Does it snow in Salt?
Yes. Salt gets on average 14.7 cm of snow per year and has around 26 frost days.
Has the climate of Salt warmed?
Yes: Salt warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Salt?
The wettest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1940, with 118 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Salt?
The windiest day measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1986, with winds reaching 42.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Salt?
The warmest month in Salt is July (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Salt?
Salt receives on average 974 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Salt?
Salt gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Salt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salt between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2010, with 39.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Salt?
Yes: Salt has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salt?
In Salt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 28 June 2019, and the lowest was -19.3 °C on 16 January 1985.
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