Lagunillas climate — normals and trends
Lagunillas (Venezuela) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 2,455 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (17.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Lagunillas averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 320 rainy days per year.
Lagunillas 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 29.4 °C (on 24 May 2020) and the coldest 8.6 °C (on 10 March 1943).
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
LagunillasMérida
- coords
- 8.50°, -71.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.4°C
Average daily high
22.7°C
Average daily low
15.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,455mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
6.0km/h
Seasonal range
2.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
320 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.3 °C
Average feels-like low
15.3 °C
Average peak gust
29.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
29.4 °C
24 May 2020
Coldest day
8.6 °C
10 March 1943
Wettest day
162 mm
26 April 1961
Windiest day
10.7 km/h
14 April 1940
Strongest gust
58.3 km/h
18 August 2023
Hottest feels-like
32.8 °C
24 May 2020
Coldest feels-like
6.7 °C
5 February 1985
Sunniest day
12.3 h
17 June 1971
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 200 mm | +48 mm |
| Feb | 21.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 195 mm | +16 mm |
| Mar | 22.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 281 mm | +25 mm |
| Apr | 22.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 384 mm | +57 mm |
| May | 23.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 220 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 22.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 224 mm | +57 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 87 mm | -51 mm |
| Aug | 23.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 158 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 169 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 22.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 228 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 22.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 203 mm | -39 mm |
| Dec | 21.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 171 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lagunillas?
Lagunillas has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 2,455 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lagunillas?
The hottest day measured in Lagunillas between 1940 and 2025 was 24 May 2020, reaching 29.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lagunillas?
The coldest day measured in Lagunillas between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1943, at 8.6 °C.
Does it snow in Lagunillas?
Almost never: Lagunillas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Lagunillas warmed?
Yes: Lagunillas warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lagunillas?
The wettest day measured in Lagunillas between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1961, with 162 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lagunillas?
The windiest day measured in Lagunillas between 1940 and 2025 was 14 April 1940, with winds reaching 10.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lagunillas?
The warmest month in Lagunillas is May (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (17.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Lagunillas?
Lagunillas receives on average 2,455 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 320 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lagunillas?
Lagunillas gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Lagunillas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lagunillas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lagunillas?
In Lagunillas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.8 °C on 24 May 2020, and the lowest was 6.7 °C on 5 February 1985.
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