All-time weather records — El Centro, CA

Record high
122.0°F
July 11, 1934
Record low
16.0°F
January 22, 1937
Wettest day
2.56 in
September 6, 1939

Climate change signal in El Centro

13.4%

of El Centro's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (49 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1930s
69
41
1940s
79
82
1950s
58
63
1960s
21
82
1970s
28
66
1980s
21
23
1990s
11
4
2000s
18
1
2010s
17
3
2020s
44
1

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1933, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1932-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 18, 1971 16.0°F — Jan 22, 1937 1.33 in — Jan 23, 2024
February 99.0°F — Feb 28, 2026 21.9°F — Feb 20, 1985 1.22 in — Feb 22, 2004
March 108.0°F — Mar 20, 2026 21.0°F — Mar 1, 1985 1.08 in — Mar 26, 1992
April 109.0°F — Apr 23, 1949 21.0°F — Apr 6, 1982 0.72 in — Apr 28, 1933
May 116.1°F — May 26, 1951 36.0°F — May 2, 1959 0.66 in — May 16, 2015
June 120.9°F — Jun 30, 1950 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1983 0.25 in — Jun 1, 1948
July 122.0°F — Jul 11, 1934 52.0°F — Jul 1, 1952 0.59 in — Jul 19, 2015
August 122.0°F — Aug 11, 1940 54.0°F — Aug 31, 1957 1.84 in — Aug 11, 1946
September 120.0°F — Sep 1, 1950 48.0°F — Sep 19, 1978 2.56 in — Sep 6, 1939
October 113.0°F — Oct 7, 2024 33.1°F — Oct 30, 1961 2.06 in — Oct 9, 1986
November 98.1°F — Nov 4, 1980 24.1°F — Nov 21, 1956 1.53 in — Nov 26, 1967
December 95.0°F — Dec 6, 1966 19.0°F — Dec 30, 1991 2.30 in — Dec 9, 1982

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in El Centro.