Rivera climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Rivera?

Rivera has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 1,398 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rivera?

The hottest day measured in Rivera between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2013, reaching 39.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Rivera?

The coldest day measured in Rivera between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1967, at -4.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Rivera?

Almost never: Rivera sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Rivera warmed?

Yes: Rivera warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Rivera?

The wettest day measured in Rivera between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2017, with 127 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Rivera?

The windiest day measured in Rivera between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 2012, with winds reaching 49.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Rivera?

The warmest month in Rivera is January (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Rivera?

Rivera receives on average 1,398 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Rivera?

Rivera gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Rivera (Uruguay) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 1,398 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 January (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Rivera averages 2 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.

Rivera has warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.06 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 1 to 3 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 26 December 2013) and the coldest -4.7 °C (on 14 June 1967).

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

RiveraRivera Department

coords: -30.91°, -55.55°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

18.0°C

Average daily high

23.2°C

Average daily low

13.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,398mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

12.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

49 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

111 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.7 °C

Average feels-like low

12.2 °C

Average peak gust

35.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

36 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.6 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.10 · p = 0.002

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

39.4 °C

26 December 2013

Coldest day

-4.7 °C

14 June 1967

Wettest day

127 mm

12 May 2017

Windiest day

49.8 km/h

19 September 2012

Strongest gust

102.2 km/h

17 October 1982

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

20 January 2022

Coldest feels-like

-8.7 °C

14 June 1967

Snowiest day

1.8 cm

8 July 1960

Sunniest day

13.8 h

4 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.2 °C10 February 2025	-2.8 °C1 July 2025	17.8 °C	1,522 mm	77	4
2024	35.1 °C8 February 2024	-2.4 °C9 July 2024	18.2 °C	1,826 mm	44	4
2023	37.9 °C12 February 2023	0.3 °C18 July 2023	18.7 °C	1,579 mm	67	0
2022	39.1 °C12 January 2022	-0.8 °C31 May 2022	17.7 °C	1,057 mm	80	1
2021	36.3 °C31 December 2021	-0.8 °C30 July 2021	18.0 °C	1,093 mm	56	2
2020	37.4 °C13 March 2020	-2.0 °C21 August 2020	18.3 °C	986 mm	72	4
2019	36.9 °C27 December 2019	-1.8 °C7 July 2019	18.5 °C	1,869 mm	57	2
2018	35.5 °C8 February 2018	-0.5 °C26 August 2018	18.4 °C	1,320 mm	70	1
2017	36.4 °C16 December 2017	-1.2 °C20 June 2017	18.9 °C	1,668 mm	59	3
2016	36.2 °C24 January 2016	0.3 °C9 June 2016	17.9 °C	1,280 mm	70	0
2015	33.3 °C6 January 2015	-1.3 °C19 June 2015	18.5 °C	1,827 mm	46	2
2014	38.0 °C7 January 2014	-0.5 °C20 June 2014	18.4 °C	1,879 mm	50	1
2013	39.4 °C26 December 2013	-0.5 °C25 July 2013	17.7 °C	1,393 mm	47	1
2012	37.1 °C10 January 2012	-2.1 °C8 June 2012	18.9 °C	1,156 mm	74	4
2011	37.5 °C20 December 2011	-1.9 °C7 July 2011	18.2 °C	1,263 mm	70	6
2010	37.1 °C10 December 2010	-0.8 °C4 August 2010	18.1 °C	1,300 mm	64	3
2009	35.8 °C10 February 2009	-0.7 °C24 July 2009	17.9 °C	1,429 mm	51	5
2008	37.2 °C8 January 2008	0.4 °C30 May 2008	18.2 °C	1,255 mm	71	0
2007	35.7 °C2 January 2007	-3.2 °C12 July 2007	18.0 °C	1,583 mm	71	3
2006	38.4 °C10 January 2006	-0.4 °C5 September 2006	18.8 °C	1,082 mm	83	2
2005	37.2 °C7 January 2005	1.4 °C20 July 2005	18.6 °C	1,331 mm	77	0
2004	36.0 °C30 January 2004	-0.7 °C11 July 2004	18.3 °C	1,030 mm	64	2
2003	37.0 °C31 January 2003	-1.5 °C12 July 2003	17.7 °C	1,425 mm	46	1
2002	35.8 °C20 January 2002	-1.1 °C24 June 2002	18.2 °C	2,114 mm	48	4
2001	34.5 °C5 March 2001	0.6 °C12 July 2001	18.6 °C	1,724 mm	49	0
2000	36.9 °C8 January 2000	-1.8 °C14 July 2000	17.7 °C	1,473 mm	53	1
1999	37.6 °C27 December 1999	0.7 °C6 June 1999	18.0 °C	1,251 mm	72	0
1998	35.1 °C14 November 1998	2.2 °C25 June 1998	17.5 °C	2,235 mm	29	0
1997	37.4 °C7 January 1997	-3.1 °C28 June 1997	18.4 °C	1,471 mm	55	2
1996	36.5 °C30 December 1996	-3.5 °C30 June 1996	17.7 °C	1,514 mm	43	6
1995	39.0 °C17 December 1995	-2.6 °C5 August 1995	18.0 °C	1,375 mm	62	4
1994	37.9 °C12 December 1994	-1.1 °C23 July 1994	18.3 °C	1,573 mm	56	2
1993	34.6 °C24 January 1993	-2.2 °C15 July 1993	17.6 °C	1,611 mm	33	4
1992	34.3 °C20 February 1992	-1.3 °C23 July 1992	17.5 °C	1,453 mm	43	3
1991	36.3 °C23 November 1991	-4.5 °C14 July 1991	18.1 °C	1,515 mm	49	5
1990	37.3 °C29 January 1990	-2.4 °C22 July 1990	17.9 °C	1,448 mm	45	9
1989	37.7 °C19 February 1989	-2.3 °C3 July 1989	18.5 °C	921 mm	87	3
1988	37.1 °C25 December 1988	-2.8 °C11 July 1988	17.5 °C	1,173 mm	62	5
1987	37.5 °C1 December 1987	-0.9 °C15 June 1987	18.0 °C	1,511 mm	60	2
1986	38.4 °C25 January 1986	-1.0 °C14 May 1986	18.6 °C	1,841 mm	48	1
1985	38.9 °C15 November 1985	-1.4 °C11 July 1985	18.5 °C	1,503 mm	64	1
1984	36.7 °C7 January 1984	-2.0 °C29 July 1984	17.7 °C	1,761 mm	43	2
1983	36.6 °C28 December 1983	-1.7 °C7 June 1983	17.8 °C	1,511 mm	61	5
1982	37.8 °C27 January 1982	0.7 °C16 June 1982	18.4 °C	1,636 mm	53	0
1981	34.6 °C14 December 1981	-0.4 °C19 June 1981	18.3 °C	1,275 mm	54	1
1980	36.8 °C22 January 1980	-2.7 °C31 July 1980	18.5 °C	1,622 mm	68	5
1979	36.2 °C4 February 1979	-0.1 °C15 June 1979	17.6 °C	1,065 mm	52	1
1978	36.7 °C19 January 1978	-0.1 °C1 June 1978	17.9 °C	1,272 mm	44	1
1977	35.8 °C27 December 1977	0.2 °C2 September 1977	18.5 °C	1,796 mm	50	0
1976	35.7 °C1 January 1976	-2.9 °C10 July 1976	17.2 °C	1,160 mm	35	2
1975	37.9 °C26 January 1975	-2.8 °C18 July 1975	17.7 °C	1,221 mm	50	3
1974	37.1 °C4 January 1974	-1.8 °C8 August 1974	17.6 °C	1,455 mm	29	4
1973	34.7 °C2 January 1973	0.1 °C7 September 1973	17.6 °C	1,562 mm	37	0
1972	36.0 °C28 December 1972	-1.3 °C5 August 1972	17.9 °C	2,054 mm	39	2
1971	37.7 °C30 December 1971	-3.5 °C17 June 1971	17.5 °C	1,179 mm	45	2
1970	36.4 °C6 March 1970	-2.0 °C2 July 1970	18.0 °C	1,441 mm	53	1
1969	35.5 °C4 February 1969	-1.5 °C19 June 1969	17.8 °C	1,188 mm	35	2
1968	36.6 °C19 January 1968	0.6 °C6 July 1968	17.8 °C	1,369 mm	63	0
1967	35.4 °C18 December 1967	-4.7 °C14 June 1967	17.9 °C	1,760 mm	32	3
1966	33.2 °C5 February 1966	-0.3 °C24 July 1966	16.8 °C	1,495 mm	13	1
1965	38.0 °C18 February 1965	-1.2 °C6 July 1965	17.8 °C	1,024 mm	69	4
1964	36.6 °C26 January 1964	-0.8 °C24 June 1964	16.8 °C	928 mm	31	1
1963	35.7 °C2 January 1963	-1.2 °C6 August 1963	17.7 °C	1,683 mm	34	1
1962	35.7 °C16 February 1962	-0.2 °C24 August 1962	17.0 °C	980 mm	49	1
1961	34.8 °C9 January 1961	-1.6 °C15 June 1961	17.8 °C	1,416 mm	33	5
1960	35.2 °C24 February 1960	-0.9 °C9 July 1960	17.8 °C	1,090 mm	59	3
1959	32.8 °C25 January 1959	1.0 °C10 June 1959	17.3 °C	2,014 mm	22	0
1958	35.2 °C13 February 1958	0.2 °C19 June 1958	17.5 °C	1,340 mm	18	0
1957	33.3 °C11 January 1957	-1.6 °C14 July 1957	17.4 °C	1,518 mm	23	2
1956	33.7 °C4 January 1956	0.1 °C11 June 1956	16.9 °C	1,086 mm	19	0
1955	34.4 °C17 January 1955	-1.8 °C8 July 1955	17.0 °C	1,298 mm	32	3
1954	32.7 °C8 December 1954	1.8 °C19 July 1954	17.5 °C	1,523 mm	24	0
1953	36.0 °C5 January 1953	-1.0 °C20 July 1953	18.2 °C	1,337 mm	38	3
1952	36.9 °C27 December 1952	2.7 °C30 June 1952	17.7 °C	1,110 mm	31	0
1951	32.4 °C2 February 1951	1.8 °C30 June 1951	17.7 °C	1,348 mm	18	0
1950	35.8 °C29 January 1950	0.5 °C31 July 1950	17.9 °C	1,282 mm	45	0
1949	36.0 °C16 December 1949	-1.2 °C19 July 1949	17.7 °C	988 mm	45	2
1948	31.8 °C12 December 1948	-1.1 °C9 August 1948	17.8 °C	1,264 mm	13	1
1947	33.4 °C22 January 1947	-1.3 °C10 July 1947	17.9 °C	972 mm	15	2
1946	35.7 °C24 January 1946	0.8 °C16 August 1946	17.7 °C	1,256 mm	25	0
1945	37.1 °C15 January 1945	-1.2 °C9 July 1945	18.6 °C	986 mm	43	5
1944	34.4 °C13 February 1944	1.3 °C27 June 1944	19.0 °C	1,406 mm	40	0
1943	38.5 °C17 January 1943	0.9 °C29 August 1943	19.4 °C	777 mm	69	0
1942	36.0 °C8 December 1942	-0.8 °C18 June 1942	17.9 °C	1,002 mm	43	2
1941	34.7 °C16 February 1941	0.5 °C27 June 1941	18.0 °C	1,392 mm	28	0
1940	34.1 °C22 March 1940	1.4 °C27 August 1940	17.9 °C	1,544 mm	42	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.6 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

4 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1522 mm

+124 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.1 °C	+1.4 °C	67 mm	-64 mm
Feb	31.8 °C	+3.1 °C	111 mm	-14 mm
Mar	28.8 °C	+1.8 °C	70 mm	-42 mm
Apr	22.8 °C	-0.6 °C	104 mm	-15 mm
May	20.6 °C	+0.8 °C	187 mm	+77 mm
Jun	14.7 °C	-2.4 °C	129 mm	+12 mm
Jul	16.0 °C	-0.9 °C	119 mm	+11 mm
Aug	18.4 °C	-0.1 °C	117 mm	+10 mm
Sep	20.3 °C	+0.2 °C	164 mm	+32 mm
Oct	24.0 °C	+1.2 °C	71 mm	-63 mm
Nov	26.0 °C	+0.2 °C	118 mm	+16 mm
Dec	29.1 °C	+0.4 °C	266 mm	+164 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.2 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest day

-2.8 °C

1 Jul 2025

Wettest day

94.6 mm

9 Dec 2025

Windiest day

36.2 km/h

28 May 2025

Strongest gust

73.4 km/h

19 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.7 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.6 °C

1 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.8 h

2 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Rivera?

Rivera has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 1,398 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rivera?

The hottest day measured in Rivera between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2013, reaching 39.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Rivera?

The coldest day measured in Rivera between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1967, at -4.7 °C.

Does it snow in Rivera?

Almost never: Rivera sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Rivera warmed?

Yes: Rivera warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Rivera?

The wettest day measured in Rivera between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2017, with 127 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Rivera?

The windiest day measured in Rivera between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 2012, with winds reaching 49.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Rivera?

The warmest month in Rivera is January (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Rivera?

Rivera receives on average 1,398 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Rivera?

Rivera gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Rivera?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rivera between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1960, with 1.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Rivera?

Yes: Rivera has on average 36 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rivera?

In Rivera, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 20 January 2022, and the lowest was -8.7 °C on 14 June 1967.

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