San Clemente climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of San Clemente?

San Clemente has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 427 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Clemente?

The hottest day measured in San Clemente between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2023, reaching 41.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in San Clemente?

The coldest day measured in San Clemente between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1952, at -15.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in San Clemente?

Yes. San Clemente gets on average 9.7 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of San Clemente warmed?

Yes: San Clemente warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in San Clemente?

The wettest day measured in San Clemente between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1997, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in San Clemente?

The windiest day measured in San Clemente between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1948, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in San Clemente?

The warmest month in San Clemente is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in San Clemente?

San Clemente receives on average 427 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 76 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in San Clemente?

San Clemente gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

San Clemente (Spain) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 427 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

San Clemente averages 40 frost days, 64 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 76 rainy days per year.

San Clemente has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 53 to 27 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 10 July 2023) and the coldest -15.5 °C (on 28 January 1952).

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

San ClementeCastille-La Mancha

coords: 39.40°, -2.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

14.0°C

Average daily high

19.7°C

Average daily low

8.6°C

Annual rainfall

427mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

16.9km/h

Seasonal range

20.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

40 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

64 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

76 d/yr

Annual snowfall

9.7 cm

Average feels-like high

17.6 °C

Average feels-like low

6.1 °C

Average peak gust

35.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

11 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.0 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

41.0 °C

10 July 2023

Coldest day

-15.5 °C

28 January 1952

Wettest day

57 mm

18 June 1997

Windiest day

47.5 km/h

29 January 1948

Strongest gust

111.6 km/h

25 February 1989

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

14 July 2022

Coldest feels-like

-21.0 °C

28 January 1952

Snowiest day

18.0 cm

10 January 1941

Sunniest day

14.4 h

30 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.5 °C17 August 2025	-5.9 °C15 January 2025	15.8 °C	488 mm	104	23
2024	40.1 °C30 July 2024	-2.3 °C14 December 2024	16.1 °C	433 mm	90	15
2023	41.0 °C10 July 2023	-5.3 °C29 January 2023	15.8 °C	285 mm	89	49
2022	40.1 °C14 July 2022	-4.8 °C16 January 2022	16.2 °C	421 mm	98	27
2021	40.8 °C13 August 2021	-12.3 °C12 January 2021	14.7 °C	506 mm	71	23
2020	39.6 °C27 July 2020	-4.9 °C27 December 2020	15.1 °C	424 mm	82	23
2019	39.8 °C29 June 2019	-5.6 °C11 January 2019	15.5 °C	390 mm	84	34
2018	40.3 °C3 August 2018	-7.0 °C6 February 2018	15.0 °C	499 mm	86	26
2017	40.9 °C14 July 2017	-5.5 °C18 January 2017	16.1 °C	283 mm	93	41
2016	39.3 °C6 September 2016	-6.2 °C17 February 2016	15.5 °C	453 mm	95	13
2015	40.3 °C6 July 2015	-4.7 °C8 February 2015	15.9 °C	252 mm	83	36
2014	38.2 °C17 July 2014	-5.2 °C30 December 2014	15.8 °C	373 mm	77	22
2013	38.5 °C1 August 2013	-5.0 °C2 December 2013	14.4 °C	444 mm	72	43
2012	39.9 °C10 August 2012	-5.8 °C12 February 2012	15.0 °C	367 mm	103	53
2011	37.8 °C20 August 2011	-6.3 °C22 January 2011	15.5 °C	341 mm	94	30
2010	38.2 °C26 August 2010	-6.3 °C17 December 2010	14.2 °C	522 mm	76	36
2009	38.1 °C26 July 2009	-9.4 °C16 December 2009	15.4 °C	401 mm	90	27
2008	38.6 °C4 August 2008	-5.0 °C1 January 2008	14.3 °C	424 mm	64	30
2007	39.4 °C4 August 2007	-6.6 °C15 December 2007	14.3 °C	347 mm	68	41
2006	38.9 °C10 July 2006	-5.0 °C29 January 2006	15.6 °C	369 mm	89	34
2005	39.2 °C7 August 2005	-8.7 °C28 January 2005	14.6 °C	222 mm	80	70
2004	38.7 °C24 July 2004	-5.0 °C3 March 2004	14.5 °C	490 mm	77	29
2003	38.6 °C11 July 2003	-5.2 °C13 January 2003	15.3 °C	459 mm	86	28
2002	37.5 °C22 June 2002	-2.8 °C20 February 2002	15.2 °C	437 mm	72	12
2001	38.2 °C1 August 2001	-7.4 °C26 December 2001	15.3 °C	317 mm	88	30
2000	38.6 °C1 August 2000	-4.8 °C25 January 2000	15.1 °C	314 mm	83	31
1999	39.0 °C24 August 1999	-6.1 °C1 February 1999	15.1 °C	323 mm	85	46
1998	37.8 °C24 July 1998	-6.9 °C22 November 1998	14.7 °C	336 mm	75	33
1997	37.6 °C2 August 1997	-8.6 °C7 January 1997	15.2 °C	646 mm	46	8
1996	36.8 °C23 July 1996	-3.6 °C16 February 1996	14.3 °C	611 mm	57	17
1995	40.1 °C24 July 1995	-4.3 °C14 January 1995	15.5 °C	238 mm	60	22
1994	38.8 °C30 June 1994	-5.5 °C24 December 1994	15.0 °C	244 mm	77	31
1993	37.8 °C29 July 1993	-5.4 °C25 January 1993	13.4 °C	250 mm	58	46
1992	36.7 °C18 August 1992	-5.0 °C4 February 1992	13.6 °C	374 mm	56	45
1991	38.1 °C13 July 1991	-6.4 °C15 February 1991	13.8 °C	346 mm	67	36
1990	36.3 °C10 July 1990	-5.6 °C16 December 1990	14.6 °C	317 mm	73	27
1989	37.0 °C19 July 1989	-5.7 °C2 January 1989	14.8 °C	561 mm	65	25
1988	38.4 °C28 July 1988	-4.5 °C28 February 1988	13.8 °C	443 mm	55	40
1987	38.5 °C12 August 1987	-5.4 °C5 January 1987	14.6 °C	457 mm	72	36
1986	36.2 °C8 July 1986	-5.1 °C10 February 1986	13.6 °C	483 mm	57	50
1985	37.4 °C4 August 1985	-8.1 °C9 January 1985	14.1 °C	368 mm	78	50
1984	37.8 °C23 July 1984	-5.6 °C11 January 1984	13.1 °C	472 mm	56	53
1983	36.9 °C13 July 1983	-8.4 °C14 February 1983	14.2 °C	277 mm	75	49
1982	38.4 °C6 July 1982	-3.9 °C29 January 1982	14.1 °C	384 mm	58	21
1981	40.0 °C30 July 1981	-6.6 °C3 February 1981	14.2 °C	379 mm	70	50
1980	37.8 °C23 July 1980	-6.7 °C2 December 1980	13.6 °C	345 mm	67	52
1979	38.7 °C28 July 1979	-3.7 °C26 February 1979	13.6 °C	515 mm	53	36
1978	39.8 °C16 July 1978	-5.2 °C12 February 1978	13.9 °C	402 mm	63	25
1977	34.7 °C20 July 1977	-3.7 °C31 March 1977	13.4 °C	560 mm	28	16
1976	37.4 °C5 August 1976	-4.5 °C16 February 1976	13.0 °C	515 mm	43	48
1975	37.6 °C14 July 1975	-5.0 °C7 January 1975	13.3 °C	464 mm	56	34
1974	37.3 °C16 August 1974	-4.4 °C24 January 1974	13.1 °C	432 mm	52	48
1973	36.4 °C14 August 1973	-5.0 °C4 December 1973	13.3 °C	326 mm	59	62
1972	34.7 °C14 July 1972	-6.1 °C3 January 1972	12.7 °C	742 mm	42	30
1971	36.5 °C30 July 1971	-13.9 °C3 January 1971	12.4 °C	805 mm	32	56
1970	35.0 °C11 July 1970	-7.0 °C31 December 1970	13.5 °C	376 mm	58	53
1969	36.6 °C22 July 1969	-5.8 °C6 February 1969	12.8 °C	689 mm	47	41
1968	36.1 °C27 July 1968	-5.1 °C11 January 1968	13.6 °C	476 mm	55	37
1967	37.4 °C19 July 1967	-7.3 °C14 January 1967	13.3 °C	452 mm	55	49
1966	36.4 °C12 July 1966	-3.7 °C26 December 1966	13.1 °C	457 mm	44	54
1965	35.0 °C5 August 1965	-8.0 °C9 December 1965	13.0 °C	537 mm	38	57
1964	34.4 °C5 August 1964	-9.1 °C9 March 1964	13.5 °C	355 mm	57	50
1963	34.6 °C16 July 1963	-6.5 °C2 February 1963	12.6 °C	594 mm	32	39
1962	34.1 °C13 August 1962	-6.3 °C25 December 1962	13.2 °C	489 mm	69	48
1961	33.8 °C11 July 1961	-4.6 °C22 December 1961	14.0 °C	458 mm	35	23
1960	34.3 °C23 August 1960	-7.2 °C15 January 1960	13.1 °C	694 mm	37	34
1959	36.8 °C28 July 1959	-5.7 °C6 February 1959	13.3 °C	495 mm	30	20
1958	35.9 °C30 July 1958	-5.6 °C24 January 1958	13.4 °C	424 mm	34	47
1957	35.3 °C2 August 1957	-5.2 °C17 January 1957	12.8 °C	425 mm	46	56
1956	33.9 °C13 September 1956	-9.3 °C12 February 1956	12.0 °C	421 mm	36	71
1955	34.7 °C17 July 1955	-4.4 °C2 March 1955	14.0 °C	526 mm	48	27
1954	36.0 °C26 July 1954	-9.5 °C6 February 1954	13.3 °C	290 mm	56	47
1953	36.2 °C26 July 1953	-5.9 °C21 January 1953	13.5 °C	285 mm	68	70
1952	36.6 °C13 August 1952	-15.5 °C28 January 1952	12.9 °C	352 mm	39	66
1951	36.3 °C28 July 1951	-3.6 °C31 January 1951	12.5 °C	625 mm	42	39
1950	37.4 °C29 June 1950	-4.5 °C30 December 1950	13.8 °C	304 mm	68	50
1949	35.9 °C5 July 1949	-8.5 °C12 January 1949	13.3 °C	399 mm	52	43
1948	34.6 °C26 July 1948	-4.2 °C18 January 1948	13.3 °C	490 mm	36	20
1947	36.6 °C3 August 1947	-9.5 °C31 January 1947	13.9 °C	486 mm	52	37
1946	36.4 °C5 August 1946	-7.0 °C19 January 1946	12.7 °C	486 mm	53	60
1945	36.8 °C23 July 1945	-13.2 °C17 January 1945	14.3 °C	272 mm	72	53
1944	37.3 °C31 July 1944	-10.4 °C26 February 1944	13.0 °C	285 mm	55	85
1943	34.8 °C7 September 1943	-3.6 °C4 January 1943	13.7 °C	293 mm	80	57
1942	36.7 °C29 July 1942	-13.9 °C11 February 1942	13.2 °C	450 mm	67	52
1941	37.1 °C25 July 1941	-13.2 °C12 January 1941	12.5 °C	428 mm	59	60
1940	36.3 °C11 August 1940	-10.7 °C24 January 1940	12.4 °C	479 mm	45	64

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.0 °C

+2.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

104 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

23 d/yr

-17

Annual rainfall

488 mm

+61 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	11.7 °C	+2.2 °C	50 mm	+8 mm
Feb	15.0 °C	+3.6 °C	16 mm	-25 mm
Mar	12.7 °C	-1.9 °C	140 mm	+94 mm
Apr	18.9 °C	+1.5 °C	58 mm	+11 mm
May	24.3 °C	+2.3 °C	50 mm	+10 mm
Jun	34.4 °C	+6.8 °C	15 mm	-9 mm
Jul	34.1 °C	+1.9 °C	9 mm	+2 mm
Aug	34.9 °C	+3.4 °C	6 mm	-5 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+2.3 °C	9 mm	-18 mm
Oct	23.3 °C	+3.3 °C	41 mm	-6 mm
Nov	14.5 °C	+0.8 °C	59 mm	+12 mm
Dec	10.8 °C	+0.7 °C	35 mm	-14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.5 °C

17 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-5.9 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

24.4 mm

29 Oct 2025

Windiest day

36.0 km/h

23 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

81.4 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

17 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.2 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.4 h

26 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of San Clemente?

San Clemente has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 427 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in San Clemente?

The hottest day measured in San Clemente between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2023, reaching 41.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in San Clemente?

The coldest day measured in San Clemente between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1952, at -15.5 °C.

Does it snow in San Clemente?

Yes. San Clemente gets on average 9.7 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.

Has the climate of San Clemente warmed?

Yes: San Clemente warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in San Clemente?

The wettest day measured in San Clemente between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1997, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in San Clemente?

The windiest day measured in San Clemente between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1948, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in San Clemente?

The warmest month in San Clemente is July (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).

How much does it rain in San Clemente?

San Clemente receives on average 427 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 76 rainy days.

Is it sunny in San Clemente?

San Clemente gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in San Clemente?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in San Clemente between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1941, with 18.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in San Clemente?

Yes: San Clemente has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in San Clemente?

In San Clemente, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 14 July 2022, and the lowest was -21.0 °C on 28 January 1952.

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