All-time weather records — El Cerrito, CA

Record high
107.1°F
June 15, 2000
Record low
24.1°F
December 22, 1990
Wettest day
6.98 in
January 4, 1982

Climate change signal in El Cerrito

14.2%

of El Cerrito's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (52 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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 #
1890s
16
40
1900s
5
52
1910s
32
81
1920s
34
44
1930s
26
18
1940s
10
16
1950s
27
13
1960s
19
29
1970s
25
7
1980s
19
8
1990s
19
3
2000s
53
31
2010s
56
23
2020s
25
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 1893, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 18, 2021 25.0°F — Jan 21, 1937 6.98 in — Jan 4, 1982
February 81.0°F — Feb 10, 2022 28.9°F — Feb 12, 1905 3.20 in — Feb 13, 2000
March 87.1°F — Mar 17, 1914 33.1°F — Mar 3, 1966 3.20 in — Mar 22, 1899
April 95.0°F — Apr 27, 2004 28.0°F — Apr 21, 1920 2.49 in — Apr 24, 1896
May 100.9°F — May 31, 2001 36.0°F — May 9, 1922 2.16 in — May 1, 1905
June 107.1°F — Jun 15, 2000 39.9°F — Jun 13, 1916 1.16 in — Jun 28, 2011
July 99.0°F — Jul 23, 2006 39.9°F — Jul 5, 1953 1.40 in — Jul 8, 1974
August 104.0°F — Aug 25, 2010 46.0°F — Aug 31, 1905 0.84 in — Aug 30, 1896
September 106.0°F — Sep 5, 2022 37.9°F — Sep 27, 1916 2.52 in — Sep 18, 1959
October 99.0°F — Oct 1, 1980 39.0°F — Oct 18, 1905 3.93 in — Oct 13, 2009
November 86.0°F — Nov 4, 1921 33.1°F — Nov 28, 1905 3.89 in — Nov 5, 1994
December 80.1°F — Dec 12, 1942 24.1°F — Dec 22, 1990 4.73 in — Dec 13, 2002

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