El Centro, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from EL CENTRO 2 SSW, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
El Centro has an annual average temperature of 74.3°F with about 2.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 106.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 42.8°F). February is typically the wettest month (0.43 in) and June the driest (0.00 in).
Best time to visit El Centro
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →49 of 366 (13.4%) of El Centro's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1930s | 69 | |
| 1940s | 79 | |
| 1950s | 58 | |
| 1960s | 21 | |
| 1970s | 28 | |
| 1980s | 21 | |
| 1990s | 11 | |
| 2000s | 18 | |
| 2010s | 17 | |
| 2020s | 44 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71.0°F | 43.4°F | 57.2°F | 0.39 in | — | 2 |
| February | 74.0°F | 46.7°F | 60.3°F | 0.43 in | — | 3 |
| March | 80.3°F | 51.6°F | 65.9°F | 0.29 in | — | 2 |
| April | 86.4°F | 56.7°F | 71.5°F | 0.07 in | — | 1 |
| May | 93.8°F | 63.3°F | 78.6°F | 0.04 in | — | 0 |
| June | 102.9°F | 70.7°F | 86.8°F | 0.00 in | — | 0 |
| July | 106.9°F | 78.0°F | 92.5°F | 0.08 in | — | 1 |
| August | 106.7°F | 79.3°F | 93.0°F | 0.23 in | — | 1 |
| September | 102.2°F | 73.0°F | 87.6°F | 0.25 in | — | 1 |
| October | 91.7°F | 61.7°F | 76.7°F | 0.21 in | — | 1 |
| November | 79.2°F | 50.7°F | 64.9°F | 0.17 in | — | 1 |
| December | 69.6°F | 42.8°F | 56.2°F | 0.37 in | — | 2 |
Climate twins of El Centro
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).