Salto climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Salto?

Salto has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,215 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2022, reaching 41.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Salto?

The coldest day measured in Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1967, at -4.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Salto?

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

Q: Has the climate of Salto warmed?

Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Salto.

Q: What is the wettest day in Salto?

The wettest day measured in Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1992, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Salto?

The windiest day measured in Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1999, with winds reaching 52.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Salto?

The warmest month in Salto is January (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Salto?

Salto receives on average 1,215 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Salto?

Salto gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Salto (Uruguay) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,215 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Salto averages 2 frost days, 70 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.

No statistically significant temperature trend emerges for Salto between 1940 and 2025: over this span, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 13 January 2022) and the coldest -4.2 °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

SaltoSalto Department

coords: -31.39°, -57.96°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.7°C

Average daily high

24.0°C

Average daily low

14.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,215mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

13.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

70 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

94 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.5 °C

Average feels-like low

13.0 °C

Average peak gust

33.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

58 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

No clear trend over this period

Over a short window, year-to-year swings outweigh the climate signal. Try 86 years.

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

41.9 °C

13 January 2022

Coldest day

-4.2 °C

14 June 1967

Wettest day

131 mm

29 April 1992

Windiest day

52.2 km/h

28 June 1999

Strongest gust

92.5 km/h

17 October 1982

Hottest feels-like

45.8 °C

20 January 2022

Coldest feels-like

-8.0 °C

14 June 1967

Sunniest day

13.9 h

30 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.7 °C10 February 2025	-2.9 °C2 July 2025	18.9 °C	1,118 mm	92	6
2024	38.0 °C8 February 2024	-3.4 °C12 July 2024	19.0 °C	1,395 mm	68	6
2023	40.1 °C20 January 2023	0.2 °C12 June 2023	19.8 °C	1,139 mm	91	0
2022	41.9 °C13 January 2022	-1.4 °C11 June 2022	18.6 °C	933 mm	89	3
2021	39.2 °C28 December 2021	-0.9 °C11 August 2021	19.0 °C	819 mm	93	2
2020	39.7 °C24 November 2020	-2.8 °C14 July 2020	19.0 °C	842 mm	88	4
2019	36.6 °C2 January 2019	-2.4 °C6 July 2019	18.7 °C	1,867 mm	59	2
2018	37.2 °C11 January 2018	-0.2 °C16 June 2018	19.2 °C	1,155 mm	94	1
2017	37.1 °C15 November 2017	-0.4 °C18 July 2017	19.5 °C	1,410 mm	76	1
2016	38.2 °C24 January 2016	-0.1 °C12 June 2016	18.4 °C	1,387 mm	78	1
2015	34.5 °C12 December 2015	-2.5 °C19 June 2015	19.2 °C	1,289 mm	76	1
2014	38.6 °C23 January 2014	0.5 °C19 June 2014	19.0 °C	1,687 mm	59	0
2013	39.2 °C26 December 2013	-2.7 °C27 August 2013	18.6 °C	1,086 mm	70	2
2012	38.3 °C10 January 2012	-2.9 °C7 June 2012	19.3 °C	1,305 mm	85	7
2011	39.8 °C16 January 2011	-2.4 °C4 July 2011	18.7 °C	1,257 mm	83	6
2010	36.2 °C10 December 2010	-1.1 °C16 July 2010	18.5 °C	1,193 mm	76	3
2009	38.5 °C30 October 2009	-0.7 °C24 July 2009	18.9 °C	1,227 mm	76	2
2008	39.3 °C8 January 2008	-0.6 °C30 May 2008	19.3 °C	693 mm	106	2
2007	36.9 °C3 February 2007	-2.8 °C11 July 2007	18.2 °C	1,211 mm	81	5
2006	40.7 °C10 January 2006	-0.7 °C1 August 2006	19.5 °C	975 mm	102	2
2005	38.8 °C7 January 2005	1.6 °C19 July 2005	18.9 °C	1,316 mm	77	0
2004	38.0 °C30 January 2004	-0.6 °C11 July 2004	18.9 °C	935 mm	80	1
2003	38.5 °C31 January 2003	-0.9 °C12 July 2003	18.5 °C	1,459 mm	64	1
2002	37.7 °C27 February 2002	-0.9 °C24 June 2002	18.9 °C	2,123 mm	64	2
2001	36.3 °C6 January 2001	0.9 °C28 July 2001	19.2 °C	1,499 mm	72	0
2000	38.0 °C9 January 2000	-0.9 °C23 July 2000	18.4 °C	1,552 mm	72	3
1999	39.7 °C26 December 1999	0.6 °C16 August 1999	18.7 °C	1,178 mm	83	0
1998	37.3 °C27 December 1998	2.5 °C25 June 1998	18.3 °C	1,720 mm	49	0
1997	38.4 °C6 January 1997	-0.9 °C5 August 1997	19.5 °C	1,102 mm	73	2
1996	39.4 °C3 January 1996	-0.9 °C29 June 1996	19.0 °C	1,227 mm	83	4
1995	39.9 °C16 December 1995	-2.5 °C4 August 1995	18.6 °C	900 mm	80	4
1994	38.2 °C20 January 1994	-1.4 °C10 July 1994	19.1 °C	1,069 mm	71	1
1993	37.1 °C11 October 1993	-1.3 °C1 June 1993	18.4 °C	1,327 mm	67	1
1992	36.0 °C8 February 1992	-1.7 °C23 July 1992	18.3 °C	1,243 mm	74	6
1991	36.5 °C24 March 1991	-2.9 °C2 August 1991	18.7 °C	1,462 mm	68	4
1990	37.2 °C27 January 1990	-2.3 °C28 July 1990	18.4 °C	1,647 mm	43	6
1989	38.6 °C12 February 1989	-1.5 °C3 July 1989	19.2 °C	864 mm	95	2
1988	37.1 °C4 January 1988	-3.2 °C11 July 1988	17.8 °C	1,338 mm	71	6
1987	38.3 °C1 December 1987	-2.1 °C14 June 1987	18.5 °C	1,099 mm	68	3
1986	39.9 °C25 January 1986	1.2 °C31 May 1986	19.2 °C	1,661 mm	64	0
1985	37.4 °C15 November 1985	0.5 °C2 September 1985	19.0 °C	1,290 mm	83	0
1984	35.7 °C5 January 1984	-1.1 °C29 July 1984	18.1 °C	1,399 mm	54	2
1983	38.1 °C27 December 1983	0.1 °C10 June 1983	18.3 °C	1,316 mm	66	0
1982	37.9 °C30 December 1982	1.4 °C16 June 1982	19.1 °C	1,415 mm	69	0
1981	35.6 °C30 October 1981	-0.4 °C19 June 1981	18.8 °C	1,252 mm	66	1
1980	38.2 °C22 January 1980	-2.6 °C3 July 1980	19.1 °C	1,267 mm	87	6
1979	39.4 °C26 January 1979	-0.8 °C15 June 1979	18.5 °C	896 mm	65	1
1978	36.4 °C18 January 1978	0.2 °C5 June 1978	18.4 °C	1,288 mm	60	0
1977	36.6 °C27 December 1977	0.6 °C23 June 1977	18.8 °C	1,466 mm	71	0
1976	37.1 °C1 January 1976	-1.3 °C10 July 1976	17.8 °C	1,073 mm	52	2
1975	38.2 °C26 January 1975	-1.0 °C26 July 1975	18.3 °C	1,090 mm	68	1
1974	37.2 °C4 January 1974	-0.2 °C13 June 1974	18.0 °C	1,214 mm	41	3
1973	37.2 °C5 January 1973	0.1 °C2 July 1973	18.1 °C	1,411 mm	47	0
1972	37.9 °C6 February 1972	-0.8 °C4 August 1972	18.6 °C	1,254 mm	63	1
1971	40.1 °C29 December 1971	-1.7 °C16 June 1971	18.0 °C	1,174 mm	60	3
1970	36.7 °C27 February 1970	-1.4 °C2 July 1970	18.5 °C	1,499 mm	72	1
1969	36.0 °C17 December 1969	-2.0 °C18 June 1969	18.5 °C	1,089 mm	60	2
1968	38.3 °C11 December 1968	1.9 °C2 September 1968	18.5 °C	1,413 mm	72	0
1967	38.2 °C27 December 1967	-4.2 °C14 June 1967	18.6 °C	1,765 mm	63	2
1966	35.8 °C5 February 1966	-0.1 °C3 September 1966	17.9 °C	1,128 mm	51	1
1965	40.0 °C18 February 1965	-2.9 °C16 July 1965	18.7 °C	844 mm	80	3
1964	37.9 °C25 January 1964	-0.2 °C20 August 1964	17.6 °C	974 mm	46	1
1963	38.2 °C2 January 1963	0.0 °C6 August 1963	18.4 °C	1,803 mm	42	0
1962	38.6 °C29 December 1962	-0.1 °C25 July 1962	18.0 °C	602 mm	86	1
1961	36.1 °C20 January 1961	-0.9 °C14 June 1961	18.6 °C	1,149 mm	58	3
1960	37.3 °C24 February 1960	-0.6 °C8 July 1960	18.7 °C	758 mm	85	2
1959	36.2 °C4 February 1959	2.1 °C18 August 1959	18.2 °C	1,358 mm	54	0
1958	37.9 °C13 February 1958	0.5 °C26 May 1958	18.3 °C	1,060 mm	43	0
1957	36.6 °C12 January 1957	-0.7 °C14 July 1957	18.4 °C	1,202 mm	55	3
1956	37.3 °C4 January 1956	1.1 °C11 June 1956	18.1 °C	1,047 mm	46	0
1955	38.3 °C17 January 1955	-1.0 °C8 July 1955	18.1 °C	1,291 mm	56	1
1954	36.1 °C8 December 1954	2.4 °C19 July 1954	18.4 °C	1,064 mm	55	0
1953	37.2 °C4 January 1953	-0.1 °C20 July 1953	19.1 °C	1,177 mm	49	1
1952	38.5 °C27 December 1952	2.6 °C30 June 1952	18.8 °C	1,084 mm	68	0
1951	35.1 °C15 January 1951	1.6 °C30 June 1951	18.9 °C	1,556 mm	38	0
1950	37.5 °C29 January 1950	0.3 °C31 July 1950	19.0 °C	889 mm	83	0
1949	37.1 °C25 February 1949	0.7 °C17 July 1949	18.8 °C	942 mm	83	0
1948	34.3 °C1 January 1948	1.5 °C28 July 1948	19.0 °C	1,226 mm	46	0
1947	37.3 °C1 February 1947	0.5 °C10 July 1947	19.1 °C	947 mm	67	0
1946	39.5 °C18 January 1946	1.7 °C26 July 1946	18.9 °C	1,046 mm	63	0
1945	37.7 °C14 January 1945	-1.2 °C23 June 1945	19.7 °C	693 mm	94	3
1944	37.0 °C6 February 1944	1.1 °C27 June 1944	19.9 °C	1,334 mm	69	0
1943	39.8 °C15 January 1943	2.6 °C6 July 1943	20.5 °C	770 mm	104	0
1942	36.5 °C9 December 1942	-0.6 °C18 June 1942	18.5 °C	1,053 mm	61	2
1941	37.3 °C16 February 1941	0.9 °C19 July 1941	19.1 °C	961 mm	71	0
1940	35.7 °C9 March 1940	1.9 °C2 August 1940	18.6 °C	1,257 mm	70	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.8 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

92 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

6 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1118 mm

-97 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.6 °C	+1.5 °C	38 mm	-77 mm
Feb	33.3 °C	+3.3 °C	102 mm	-5 mm
Mar	29.3 °C	+1.4 °C	113 mm	-1 mm
Apr	23.8 °C	-0.1 °C	47 mm	-73 mm
May	21.9 °C	+1.6 °C	140 mm	+41 mm
Jun	15.5 °C	-1.8 °C	33 mm	-48 mm
Jul	17.6 °C	+0.5 °C	61 mm	-15 mm
Aug	19.5 °C	+0.5 °C	85 mm	-0 mm
Sep	21.5 °C	+0.6 °C	58 mm	-46 mm
Oct	25.5 °C	+1.7 °C	114 mm	-5 mm
Nov	26.8 °C	-0.2 °C	94 mm	-7 mm
Dec	30.4 °C	+0.6 °C	234 mm	+139 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.7 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest day

-2.9 °C

2 Jul 2025

Wettest day

108.4 mm

8 Dec 2025

Windiest day

35.5 km/h

1 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

68.0 km/h

19 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.7 °C

1 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

30 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Salto?

Salto has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,215 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salto?

The hottest day measured in Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2022, reaching 41.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Salto?

The coldest day measured in Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1967, at -4.2 °C.

Does it snow in Salto?

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

Has the climate of Salto warmed?

Between 1940 and 2025, no statistically significant temperature trend emerges in Salto.

What is the wettest day in Salto?

The wettest day measured in Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1992, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Salto?

The windiest day measured in Salto between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1999, with winds reaching 52.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Salto?

The warmest month in Salto is January (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Salto?

Salto receives on average 1,215 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Salto?

Salto gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Salto?

Yes: Salto has on average 58 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salto?

In Salto, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 20 January 2022, and the lowest was -8.0 °C on 14 June 1967.

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