Velez-Rubio climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Velez-Rubio?

Velez-Rubio has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 348 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Velez-Rubio?

The hottest day measured in Velez-Rubio between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 41.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Velez-Rubio?

The coldest day measured in Velez-Rubio between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -16.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Velez-Rubio?

Yes. Velez-Rubio gets on average 11.9 cm of snow per year and has around 30 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Velez-Rubio warmed?

Yes: Velez-Rubio warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Velez-Rubio?

The wettest day measured in Velez-Rubio between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2002, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Velez-Rubio?

The windiest day measured in Velez-Rubio between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1989, with winds reaching 48.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Velez-Rubio?

The warmest month in Velez-Rubio is July (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Velez-Rubio?

Velez-Rubio receives on average 348 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Velez-Rubio?

Velez-Rubio gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Velez-Rubio (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 348 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Velez-Rubio averages 30 frost days, 43 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.

Velez-Rubio has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 43 to 17 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 14 August 2021) and the coldest -16.4 °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

Velez-RubioAndalusia

coords: 37.65°, -2.08°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BSkCold semi-aridWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

14.0°C

Average daily high

19.8°C

Average daily low

8.6°C

Annual rainfall

348mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

13.6km/h

Seasonal range

17.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

30 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

43 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

63 d/yr

Annual snowfall

11.9 cm

Average feels-like high

18.3 °C

Average feels-like low

6.7 °C

Average peak gust

35.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

41.1 °C

14 August 2021

Coldest day

-16.4 °C

3 January 1971

Wettest day

88 mm

1 July 2002

Windiest day

48.5 km/h

25 February 1989

Strongest gust

120.2 km/h

26 February 1989

Hottest feels-like

41.3 °C

14 August 2021

Coldest feels-like

-20.9 °C

3 January 1971

Snowiest day

39.4 cm

27 January 2007

Sunniest day

14.0 h

28 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.1 °C17 August 2025	-4.2 °C15 January 2025	16.0 °C	406 mm	95	16
2024	39.5 °C31 July 2024	-2.5 °C21 December 2024	16.3 °C	342 mm	65	5
2023	40.6 °C10 August 2023	-4.6 °C29 January 2023	16.0 °C	344 mm	64	32
2022	39.0 °C25 July 2022	-3.5 °C18 January 2022	16.0 °C	496 mm	82	13
2021	41.1 °C14 August 2021	-7.5 °C12 January 2021	15.3 °C	407 mm	59	14
2020	38.0 °C31 July 2020	-3.9 °C27 December 2020	15.2 °C	358 mm	57	15
2019	38.5 °C9 August 2019	-5.4 °C11 January 2019	15.2 °C	398 mm	55	22
2018	36.2 °C3 August 2018	-3.5 °C23 February 2018	15.0 °C	427 mm	64	14
2017	40.4 °C12 July 2017	-5.2 °C18 January 2017	15.4 °C	294 mm	64	28
2016	38.2 °C5 September 2016	-3.7 °C17 February 2016	15.6 °C	348 mm	52	6
2015	38.3 °C8 July 2015	-4.2 °C9 February 2015	15.5 °C	351 mm	66	26
2014	36.8 °C2 September 2014	-4.9 °C31 December 2014	15.7 °C	242 mm	64	12
2013	36.0 °C27 July 2013	-5.0 °C30 November 2013	14.6 °C	289 mm	56	36
2012	39.1 °C11 August 2012	-6.4 °C12 February 2012	15.1 °C	333 mm	74	44
2011	36.2 °C12 July 2011	-4.5 °C22 January 2011	15.1 °C	290 mm	67	17
2010	37.8 °C27 August 2010	-5.0 °C17 December 2010	14.1 °C	359 mm	40	25
2009	38.2 °C24 July 2009	-16.3 °C20 December 2009	14.8 °C	435 mm	61	19
2008	36.2 °C7 August 2008	-2.6 °C1 January 2008	14.4 °C	376 mm	44	22
2007	36.1 °C29 August 2007	-4.5 °C17 November 2007	14.3 °C	408 mm	44	29
2006	37.3 °C31 July 2006	-10.5 °C29 January 2006	15.0 °C	399 mm	53	23
2005	38.1 °C16 July 2005	-8.4 °C5 March 2005	14.2 °C	217 mm	49	59
2004	36.9 °C24 July 2004	-5.4 °C2 March 2004	14.6 °C	349 mm	55	21
2003	36.0 °C31 July 2003	-5.8 °C14 January 2003	14.9 °C	374 mm	71	23
2002	32.9 °C27 June 2002	-3.0 °C20 February 2002	14.8 °C	349 mm	26	10
2001	36.7 °C26 June 2001	-5.7 °C16 December 2001	15.5 °C	282 mm	66	18
2000	37.4 °C7 July 2000	-2.9 °C8 January 2000	14.7 °C	241 mm	50	16
1999	37.9 °C2 July 1999	-7.4 °C21 November 1999	15.0 °C	299 mm	61	35
1998	35.4 °C27 July 1998	-3.9 °C7 December 1998	14.6 °C	267 mm	44	30
1997	33.5 °C13 June 1997	-3.5 °C7 December 1997	15.0 °C	457 mm	31	6
1996	35.3 °C24 July 1996	-6.7 °C17 February 1996	14.1 °C	389 mm	34	15
1995	36.4 °C22 July 1995	-4.0 °C14 January 1995	15.0 °C	202 mm	33	12
1994	38.4 °C4 July 1994	-5.5 °C24 December 1994	15.1 °C	175 mm	66	23
1993	36.0 °C25 July 1993	-4.5 °C1 March 1993	13.4 °C	302 mm	29	31
1992	33.5 °C18 August 1992	-7.6 °C22 February 1992	13.6 °C	399 mm	27	30
1991	36.4 °C14 July 1991	-5.0 °C15 February 1991	13.6 °C	315 mm	51	25
1990	34.2 °C24 July 1990	-4.9 °C15 December 1990	14.2 °C	332 mm	34	21
1989	35.2 °C1 August 1989	-3.0 °C5 January 1989	14.3 °C	542 mm	38	15
1988	36.2 °C29 July 1988	-4.8 °C28 February 1988	14.0 °C	394 mm	32	27
1987	35.6 °C16 August 1987	-8.4 °C23 February 1987	14.4 °C	264 mm	25	34
1986	35.2 °C22 August 1986	-4.0 °C25 December 1986	13.8 °C	367 mm	39	37
1985	36.1 °C5 August 1985	-6.7 °C9 January 1985	13.9 °C	335 mm	41	40
1984	36.1 °C24 July 1984	-5.2 °C11 January 1984	13.2 °C	364 mm	30	35
1983	34.4 °C14 July 1983	-12.8 °C14 February 1983	14.2 °C	245 mm	43	41
1982	36.3 °C19 August 1982	-4.3 °C29 January 1982	14.0 °C	297 mm	44	17
1981	34.4 °C13 June 1981	-5.6 °C3 February 1981	14.0 °C	277 mm	26	44
1980	35.7 °C21 August 1980	-6.2 °C2 December 1980	13.4 °C	412 mm	31	42
1979	37.1 °C29 July 1979	-4.1 °C3 March 1979	13.8 °C	263 mm	25	23
1978	38.8 °C17 July 1978	-5.6 °C13 February 1978	13.9 °C	259 mm	33	16
1977	32.5 °C16 August 1977	-3.4 °C31 March 1977	13.8 °C	360 mm	9	9
1976	36.6 °C6 August 1976	-4.9 °C22 November 1976	13.1 °C	374 mm	30	40
1975	38.4 °C14 July 1975	-4.5 °C7 January 1975	13.2 °C	409 mm	40	32
1974	36.1 °C7 August 1974	-4.0 °C18 December 1974	13.2 °C	369 mm	32	44
1973	36.1 °C25 July 1973	-5.8 °C21 February 1973	13.2 °C	455 mm	36	52
1972	33.2 °C24 July 1972	-4.0 °C1 January 1972	12.6 °C	682 mm	9	18
1971	36.1 °C31 July 1971	-16.4 °C3 January 1971	12.8 °C	576 mm	37	41
1970	35.9 °C8 August 1970	-6.7 °C25 December 1970	13.7 °C	271 mm	38	38
1969	35.7 °C14 August 1969	-4.8 °C6 February 1969	13.1 °C	543 mm	31	29
1968	34.5 °C27 July 1968	-4.2 °C31 December 1968	14.1 °C	360 mm	38	28
1967	37.9 °C21 July 1967	-11.4 °C13 December 1967	13.6 °C	439 mm	41	37
1966	35.8 °C12 July 1966	-3.9 °C24 November 1966	13.7 °C	247 mm	37	35
1965	35.5 °C31 July 1965	-8.8 °C20 February 1965	13.5 °C	336 mm	30	47
1964	34.1 °C2 September 1964	-5.0 °C30 December 1964	13.9 °C	248 mm	49	30
1963	34.4 °C8 July 1963	-8.4 °C27 January 1963	13.0 °C	316 mm	26	30
1962	37.2 °C20 August 1962	-4.8 °C24 December 1962	13.5 °C	393 mm	45	40
1961	35.2 °C11 July 1961	-3.5 °C6 January 1961	14.2 °C	198 mm	16	19
1960	33.7 °C27 July 1960	-3.9 °C18 December 1960	13.7 °C	405 mm	36	24
1959	35.8 °C28 July 1959	-3.7 °C6 January 1959	13.3 °C	410 mm	19	17
1958	33.2 °C11 August 1958	-6.2 °C24 January 1958	13.5 °C	236 mm	17	29
1957	34.5 °C5 August 1957	-6.8 °C23 January 1957	12.7 °C	436 mm	21	45
1956	34.4 °C25 August 1956	-9.1 °C18 February 1956	12.4 °C	273 mm	40	66
1955	35.4 °C11 August 1955	-5.7 °C11 March 1955	14.2 °C	206 mm	36	21
1954	36.6 °C28 July 1954	-7.6 °C6 January 1954	13.0 °C	289 mm	34	48
1953	36.7 °C26 July 1953	-5.2 °C10 January 1953	13.0 °C	328 mm	39	60
1952	35.0 °C8 July 1952	-9.6 °C23 January 1952	13.6 °C	242 mm	36	55
1951	35.9 °C22 July 1951	-3.6 °C6 January 1951	13.0 °C	411 mm	29	34
1950	36.0 °C2 August 1950	-5.5 °C30 December 1950	13.5 °C	314 mm	41	42
1949	35.4 °C18 August 1949	-8.1 °C14 January 1949	13.1 °C	434 mm	30	39
1948	34.3 °C28 June 1948	-2.5 °C18 January 1948	13.7 °C	529 mm	38	5
1947	36.7 °C4 August 1947	-8.6 °C1 February 1947	14.2 °C	357 mm	43	32
1946	37.7 °C13 July 1946	-7.8 °C23 December 1946	13.5 °C	363 mm	52	38
1945	35.6 °C7 September 1945	-14.4 °C3 January 1945	14.0 °C	146 mm	47	44
1944	37.9 °C1 August 1944	-12.7 °C25 February 1944	12.7 °C	231 mm	31	75
1943	33.5 °C1 September 1943	-3.8 °C1 January 1943	13.2 °C	401 mm	47	42
1942	37.4 °C30 July 1942	-10.2 °C11 February 1942	13.6 °C	431 mm	56	39
1941	38.8 °C26 July 1941	-8.1 °C11 January 1941	13.2 °C	272 mm	57	43
1940	38.1 °C26 July 1940	-8.7 °C15 January 1940	12.7 °C	358 mm	42	49

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.1 °C

+2.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

+52

Frost days (< 0 °C)

16 d/yr

-14

Annual rainfall

406 mm

+58 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	14.3 °C	+3.1 °C	6 mm	-22 mm
Feb	16.0 °C	+3.4 °C	11 mm	-15 mm
Mar	13.9 °C	-1.2 °C	118 mm	+80 mm
Apr	19.2 °C	+1.4 °C	21 mm	-23 mm
May	23.5 °C	+1.8 °C	71 mm	+33 mm
Jun	31.9 °C	+5.3 °C	11 mm	-11 mm
Jul	32.4 °C	+1.9 °C	30 mm	+23 mm
Aug	33.4 °C	+3.4 °C	5 mm	-8 mm
Sep	28.2 °C	+2.5 °C	33 mm	+3 mm
Oct	23.1 °C	+2.9 °C	44 mm	+6 mm
Nov	17.0 °C	+2.0 °C	4 mm	-28 mm
Dec	11.9 °C	+0.2 °C	52 mm	+21 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.1 °C

17 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-4.2 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

19.4 mm

23 May 2025

Windiest day

35.3 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

87.5 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

18 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-8.5 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

28 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Velez-Rubio?

Velez-Rubio has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 348 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Velez-Rubio?

The hottest day measured in Velez-Rubio between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2021, reaching 41.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Velez-Rubio?

The coldest day measured in Velez-Rubio between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -16.4 °C.

Does it snow in Velez-Rubio?

Yes. Velez-Rubio gets on average 11.9 cm of snow per year and has around 30 frost days.

Has the climate of Velez-Rubio warmed?

Yes: Velez-Rubio warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Velez-Rubio?

The wettest day measured in Velez-Rubio between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2002, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Velez-Rubio?

The windiest day measured in Velez-Rubio between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1989, with winds reaching 48.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Velez-Rubio?

The warmest month in Velez-Rubio is July (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Velez-Rubio?

Velez-Rubio receives on average 348 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Velez-Rubio?

Velez-Rubio 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 Velez-Rubio?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Velez-Rubio between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 2007, with 39.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Velez-Rubio?

Yes: Velez-Rubio has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Velez-Rubio?

In Velez-Rubio, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 14 August 2021, and the lowest was -20.9 °C on 3 January 1971.

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