Yecla climate — normals and trends
Yecla (Spain) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 334 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Yecla averages 12 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 61 rainy days per year.
Yecla has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 20 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 10 August 2023) and the coldest -14.4 °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
YeclaMurcia
- coords
- 38.61°, -1.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.6°C
Average daily high
20.9°C
Average daily low
10.8°C
Annual rainfall
334mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
17.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
12 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
56 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
61 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.3 °C
Average feels-like low
9.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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
41.6 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest day
-14.4 °C
3 January 1971
Wettest day
83 mm
11 September 1996
Windiest day
52.7 km/h
1 December 1959
Strongest gust
109.4 km/h
2 December 1976
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
10 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-18.9 °C
3 January 1971
Snowiest day
20.2 cm
11 January 1960
Sunniest day
14.0 h
9 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 7 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 16.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 7 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 80 mm | +49 mm |
| Apr | 21.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 18 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 24.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 46 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 33.3 °C | +5.5 °C | 6 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 26 mm | +19 mm |
| Aug | 34.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 12 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 28.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 37 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 23.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 51 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 17.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 6 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 13.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 56 mm | +31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yecla?
Yecla has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.6 °C and it receives 334 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yecla?
The hottest day measured in Yecla between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2023, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yecla?
The coldest day measured in Yecla between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, at -14.4 °C.
Does it snow in Yecla?
Yes. Yecla gets on average 5.2 cm of snow per year and has around 12 frost days.
Has the climate of Yecla warmed?
Yes: Yecla warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yecla?
The wettest day measured in Yecla between 1940 and 2025 was 11 September 1996, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yecla?
The windiest day measured in Yecla between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1959, with winds reaching 52.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yecla?
The warmest month in Yecla is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Yecla?
Yecla receives on average 334 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 61 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yecla?
Yecla 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 Yecla?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yecla between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1960, with 20.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yecla?
Yes: Yecla has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yecla?
In Yecla, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 10 August 2023, and the lowest was -18.9 °C on 3 January 1971.
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