Sangre Grande climate — normals and trends
Sangre Grande (Trinidad and Tobago) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 1,436 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 May (26.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Sangre Grande averages 0 frost days, 164 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 252 rainy days per year.
Sangre Grande has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 12 April 2010) and the coldest 17.6 °C (on 15 January 1949).
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
Sangre GrandeSangre Grande Regional Corporation
- coords
- 10.59°, -61.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.9°C
Average daily high
29.8°C
Average daily low
23.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,436mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
14.2km/h
Seasonal range
1.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
164 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
252 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
34.5 °C
Average feels-like low
26.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
364 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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
35.3 °C
12 April 2010
Coldest day
17.6 °C
15 January 1949
Wettest day
61 mm
15 June 2015
Windiest day
25.2 km/h
31 January 1998
Strongest gust
61.9 km/h
10 January 2020
Hottest feels-like
42.8 °C
15 September 2010
Coldest feels-like
19.0 °C
15 January 1949
Sunniest day
12.1 h
14 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 78 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 29.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 31 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 30.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 38 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 30.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 59 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 30.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 109 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 29.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 192 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 30.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 137 mm | -46 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 161 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 30.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 119 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 31.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 149 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 29.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 150 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 29.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 179 mm | +69 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sangre Grande?
Sangre Grande has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.9 °C and it receives 1,436 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sangre Grande?
The hottest day measured in Sangre Grande between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2010, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sangre Grande?
The coldest day measured in Sangre Grande between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1949, at 17.6 °C.
Does it snow in Sangre Grande?
Almost never: Sangre Grande sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sangre Grande warmed?
Yes: Sangre Grande warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sangre Grande?
The wettest day measured in Sangre Grande between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 2015, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sangre Grande?
The windiest day measured in Sangre Grande between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1998, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sangre Grande?
The warmest month in Sangre Grande is May (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Sangre Grande?
Sangre Grande receives on average 1,436 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 252 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sangre Grande?
Sangre Grande gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Sangre Grande?
Yes: Sangre Grande has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sangre Grande?
In Sangre Grande, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.8 °C on 15 September 2010, and the lowest was 19.0 °C on 15 January 1949.
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