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Andorra's 2025 averaged 11.9°C, 1.3°C above norm, marking four straight years over 1°C anomaly amid record

heat trends.

Synthesized from:
Diari d'AndorraARABon DiaAltaveu

Key Points

  • Average temp 11.9°C (+1.3°C anomaly); past 20 years hold all 10 warmest years.
  • Precipitation normal (953 mm national avg); Perafita wettest at 1,239 mm.
  • Summer 2nd warmest; June hottest month ever at very warm; 3 heatwaves.
  • Frost days fell to 45 (-28 from avg); tropical nights rose sharply.

**2025 ranked fourth warmest year in Andorra since 1950 records began**

Andorra's 2025 average temperature reached 11.9°C at FEDA Central station, with a 1.3°C anomaly above the climatic norm, securing its position as the fourth hottest year since records began in 1950. It followed 2022, 2023, and 2024—all with anomalies over 1°C—and marked four straight years above that threshold. The Office of Energy and Climate Change noted that the past 20 years include all ten warmest years on record, with 2013 the last cold one.

Precipitation at FEDA Central totalled 858.1 mm—deemed normal—while the nationwide average hit 953 mm. Perafita recorded the most at 1,238.8 mm, and Borda Vidal the least at 854.7 mm. Rain occurred on 152 days, led by September's 129.9 mm and trailed by February's 21.6 mm. The heaviest 24-hour fall was 80 mm on 19 August at Perafita. Officials rated March very rainy, August, September, and November wet, April, July, and December normal, and the others dry.

Summer 2025 placed second warmest since 1950, after 2022, with three heatwaves driving central valley temperatures past 37°C, several tropical nights, and one in three days above 30°C. It formed the first four consecutive summers exceeding 1.5°C anomalies. June claimed the record as hottest month ever, surpassing July for the first time and classified very warm; most months rated warm, except cold March and normal July. August led at 21.1°C, while December averaged 4.3°C with a 0.6°C anomaly and normal rain. The previous winter ranked among the five warmest since 1950, with low rain and high temperatures yielding snow depths below the 30th percentile despite March's heavy snowfall.

Lucia Rivero, a technician at the Office of Energy and Climate Change, explained in a social media video that high winter temperatures and low rain led to much lower-than-normal snow accumulation.

Positive temperature anomaly days doubled negative ones. Frost days—minimums below 0°C—totalled 45, a drop of 28-29 from the 1950 average amid an annual decline of 0.38 days. Summer days—minimums above 25°C—hit 76, up 43-44 from records' start with a 0.58-day yearly rise.

The annual high was 37.8°C on 9 July at Roc de Sant Pere (1,105 m), equalling a record at La Comella (36.8°C). The low stood at -16.7°C on 21 November at Fonts d'Arinsal (2,681 m). October averaged 4.3°C with 58 mm rain—higher at 78.3 mm in Sorteny, lower at 45.3 mm in Grau Roig.

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