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El Centro, CA

32.835°N, 115.577°W · station IPLthr · 1925–2026 · 102 years of record

The Almanac Ribbon

Every day of the year at El Centro: the record high and record low ever set (outer lines), the everyday normal range (shaded band), and the full record envelope behind it.
20406080100120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDechottestsince.com · coldestsince.com
Record high Record low Normal high–low band (1991–2020) hottest ever 122°F · coldest ever 16°F

Records by Month

MonthRecord highRecord low
Jan90°Jan 19, 197116°Jan 22, 1937
Feb97°Feb 28, 202622°Feb 3, 2011
Mar107°Mar 20, 202628°Mar 3, 1971
Apr106°Apr 28, 200735°Apr 4, 1945
May116°May 3, 194743°May 8, 1930
Jun122°Jun 20, 201751°Jun 17, 1931
Jul121°Jul 28, 199561°Jul 3, 1935
Aug119°Aug 4, 202160°Aug 4, 1928
Sep121°Sep 5, 202051°Sep 30, 1930
Oct110°Oct 1, 198032°Oct 30, 1971
Nov101°Nov 7, 200827°Nov 23, 1931
Dec90°Dec 3, 195821°Dec 23, 1990
All-time122°Jun 20, 201716°Jan 22, 1937

Longest-Standing Records

The daily records that have held the longest — set in the earliest years and never beaten since. Highs power El Centro on hottestsince.com; lows on coldestsince.com.

Oldest-standing record highs

DateRecordSetStanding
Dec 2580°1925101yrs
Jan 1585°1926100yrs
Apr 23102°1926100yrs
Apr 24105°1926100yrs
Apr 25102°1926100yrs
May 13110°192799yrs
Dec 185°192799yrs
Jan 1183°192898yrs
Jan 1286°192898yrs
Jan 1386°192898yrs
Jan 1485°192898yrs
Sep 18112°192898yrs

Oldest-standing record lows

DateRecordSetStanding
Nov 1434°1925101yrs
Nov 1533°1925101yrs
Jul 665°1926100yrs
Jul 864°1926100yrs
Dec 2727°1926100yrs
Apr 1143°192799yrs
Apr 1241°192799yrs
Sep 159°192799yrs
Sep 760°192799yrs
Oct 447°192799yrs
Oct 550°192799yrs
Apr 839°192898yrs

All-Time Extremes

Hottest ever

122°F
2017-06-20

Coldest ever

16°F
1937-01-22

Longest heat streak

175 days
≥ 90°F · ended 1952-10-30

The Warming Trend

El Centro's annual mean temperature, each year a stripe — blue below the 1991–2020 average, red above.
1926: 72.1°F (-1.7 vs 1991–2020)1927: 72.2°F (-1.6 vs 1991–2020)1928: 71.7°F (-2.1 vs 1991–2020)1929: 70.1°F (-3.7 vs 1991–2020)1930: 70.3°F (-3.5 vs 1991–2020)1931: 72.2°F (-1.6 vs 1991–2020)1932: 74.0°F (+0.2 vs 1991–2020)1933: 71.4°F (-2.4 vs 1991–2020)1934: 75.3°F (+1.5 vs 1991–2020)1935: 72.1°F (-1.7 vs 1991–2020)1936: 73.9°F (+0.1 vs 1991–2020)1937: 72.4°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1938: 72.2°F (-1.6 vs 1991–2020)1939: 72.7°F (-1.1 vs 1991–2020)1940: 74.1°F (+0.3 vs 1991–2020)1941: 71.6°F (-2.2 vs 1991–2020)1942: 72.8°F (-1.0 vs 1991–2020)1943: 73.0°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)1944: 71.2°F (-2.6 vs 1991–2020)1945: 72.1°F (-1.7 vs 1991–2020)1946: 72.4°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1947: 72.2°F (-1.6 vs 1991–2020)1948: 71.6°F (-2.2 vs 1991–2020)1949: 71.8°F (-2.0 vs 1991–2020)1950: 73.4°F (-0.4 vs 1991–2020)1951: 72.0°F (-1.8 vs 1991–2020)1952: 72.4°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1953: 72.7°F (-1.1 vs 1991–2020)1954: 73.9°F (+0.1 vs 1991–2020)1955: 72.0°F (-1.8 vs 1991–2020)1956: 72.7°F (-1.1 vs 1991–2020)1957: 73.0°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)1958: 74.4°F (+0.6 vs 1991–2020)1959: 74.2°F (+0.4 vs 1991–2020)1960: 73.6°F (-0.2 vs 1991–2020)1961: 72.9°F (-0.9 vs 1991–2020)1962: 73.2°F (-0.6 vs 1991–2020)1963: 72.4°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1964: 71.1°F (-2.7 vs 1991–2020)1965: 71.7°F (-2.1 vs 1991–2020)1966: 73.2°F (-0.6 vs 1991–2020)1967: 72.5°F (-1.3 vs 1991–2020)1968: 72.8°F (-1.0 vs 1991–2020)1969: 73.4°F (-0.4 vs 1991–2020)1970: 72.6°F (-1.2 vs 1991–2020)1971: 71.2°F (-2.6 vs 1991–2020)1972: 72.0°F (-1.8 vs 1991–2020)1973: 71.3°F (-2.5 vs 1991–2020)1974: 72.1°F (-1.7 vs 1991–2020)1975: 70.3°F (-3.5 vs 1991–2020)1976: 70.9°F (-2.9 vs 1991–2020)1977: 71.6°F (-2.2 vs 1991–2020)1978: 71.7°F (-2.1 vs 1991–2020)1979: 71.0°F (-2.8 vs 1991–2020)1980: 72.3°F (-1.5 vs 1991–2020)1981: 74.4°F (+0.6 vs 1991–2020)1982: 72.4°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1983: 74.1°F (+0.3 vs 1991–2020)1984: 74.1°F (+0.3 vs 1991–2020)1985: 73.2°F (-0.6 vs 1991–2020)1986: 74.9°F (+1.1 vs 1991–2020)1987: 73.9°F (+0.1 vs 1991–2020)1988: 73.8°F (-0.0 vs 1991–2020)1989: 74.2°F (+0.4 vs 1991–2020)1990: 73.0°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)1991: 72.8°F (-1.0 vs 1991–2020)1992: 73.3°F (-0.5 vs 1991–2020)1993: 73.2°F (-0.6 vs 1991–2020)1994: 73.0°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)1995: 74.0°F (+0.2 vs 1991–2020)1996: 73.9°F (+0.1 vs 1991–2020)1997: 73.1°F (-0.7 vs 1991–2020)1998: 71.5°F (-2.3 vs 1991–2020)1999: 72.4°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)2000: 73.9°F (+0.1 vs 1991–2020)2001: 73.4°F (-0.4 vs 1991–2020)2002: 72.7°F (-1.1 vs 1991–2020)2003: 73.5°F (-0.3 vs 1991–2020)2004: 72.4°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)2005: 73.0°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)2006: 74.4°F (+0.6 vs 1991–2020)2007: 74.2°F (+0.4 vs 1991–2020)2008: 73.9°F (+0.1 vs 1991–2020)2009: 74.4°F (+0.6 vs 1991–2020)2010: 73.2°F (-0.5 vs 1991–2020)2011: 72.8°F (-1.0 vs 1991–2020)2012: 74.7°F (+0.9 vs 1991–2020)2013: 73.9°F (+0.1 vs 1991–2020)2014: 75.6°F (+1.8 vs 1991–2020)2015: 75.5°F (+1.7 vs 1991–2020)2016: 76.0°F (+2.2 vs 1991–2020)2017: 75.9°F (+2.1 vs 1991–2020)2018: 75.5°F (+1.7 vs 1991–2020)2019: 73.2°F (-0.6 vs 1991–2020)2020: 75.3°F (+1.5 vs 1991–2020)2021: 74.8°F (+1.0 vs 1991–2020)2022: 74.9°F (+1.1 vs 1991–2020)2023: 72.7°F (-1.1 vs 1991–2020)2025: 74.5°F (+0.7 vs 1991–2020)19262025annual mean temperature · warmer ▲ redder

Days Above / Below the Mark

152 days ≥90°F in 2026 · normal 173 · record 219 in 1934
0 days ≤32°F in 2026 · normal 6 · record 26 in 1964

The Full Record

Every day of the year, record and normal high & low with the year each record was set. Type to filter, click a column to sort.
Show me the data — the full daily record
DateRec HighYrNorm HiNorm LoRec LowYr
Jan 179°201268°40°25°1948
Jan 280°201268°41°25°1979
Jan 381°196968°41°26°1974
Jan 480°200369°41°21°1949
Jan 581°196969°41°22°1971
Jan 681°200669°41°24°1950
Jan 787°196269°42°22°1971
Jan 887°196269°42°25°1971
Jan 982°194869°42°22°1937
Jan 1083°194870°42°23°1937
Jan 1183°192870°42°22°1937
Jan 1286°192870°42°25°1962
Jan 1386°192870°42°23°1963
Jan 1485°192870°42°21°1963
Jan 1585°192670°42°23°2007
Jan 1686°197671°42°25°2007
Jan 1787°201171°42°26°2007
Jan 1889°197171°42°26°1937
Jan 1990°197171°42°25°1943
Jan 2086°197171°43°23°1963
Jan 2181°199471°43°27°1963
Jan 2282°194871°43°16°1937
Jan 2384°194871°43°17°1937
Jan 2484°195171°43°19°1937
Jan 2584°195171°43°21°1937
Jan 2682°200371°43°25°1937
Jan 2783°197172°43°26°1937
Jan 2884°193572°43°27°1950
Jan 2986°195372°43°26°1948
Jan 3086°195372°43°27°1949
Jan 3188°200372°44°28°2002
Feb 187°200372°44°28°1985
Feb 286°199572°44°28°1949
Feb 387°196373°44°22°2011
Feb 487°202673°44°28°2011
Feb 589°196373°44°28°1932
Feb 691°196373°44°31°1989
Feb 790°196373°44°30°1989
Feb 887°199673°44°23°1933
Feb 988°195173°45°24°1929
Feb 1088°195174°45°26°1929
Feb 1189°197174°45°29°1933
Feb 1287°197174°46°26°1965
Feb 1389°195774°46°26°1948
Feb 1490°201674°46°28°1966
Feb 1588°201474°46°28°1949
Feb 1689°201674°46°30°1990
Feb 1789°201674°46°30°1956
Feb 1887°198174°46°32°1956
Feb 1989°193074°46°33°1955
Feb 2089°196874°46°29°1955
Feb 2190°197774°46°30°1953
Feb 2290°196574°46°30°1955
Feb 2390°196874°46°31°2019
Feb 2492°198674°47°31°2019
Feb 2594°198674°47°31°1960
Feb 2695°198674°47°35°1977
Feb 2796°198675°47°27°1971
Feb 2897°202675°47°27°1962
Feb 2996°202675°47°30°1962
Mar 191°193475°47°33°2002
Mar 293°193476°47°28°1971
Mar 394°193476°48°31°1966
Mar 494°193477°48°34°1965
Mar 594°193477°49°33°1971
Mar 697°197278°49°35°1971
Mar 792°197278°49°37°1931
Mar 890°195479°50°37°1956
Mar 993°193479°50°32°1964
Mar 1093°201780°50°33°1932
Mar 1195°201780°50°38°1939
Mar 1296°202680°51°36°1950
Mar 1397°201781°51°33°1956
Mar 14100°193481°51°33°1962
Mar 15100°200782°52°39°1956
Mar 16101°200782°52°38°1956
Mar 17103°202682°52°38°1963
Mar 18105°202682°52°38°2002
Mar 19107°202682°52°36°1935
Mar 20106°202682°52°35°1955
Mar 21100°200482°52°40°1948
Mar 2297°202682°52°36°1929
Mar 2396°202582°52°36°1929
Mar 2499°202582°52°41°1933
Mar 25100°202682°52°37°1964
Mar 26102°202682°52°38°1964
Mar 27102°202682°52°40°1948
Mar 28100°202682°52°41°1936
Mar 29101°193482°52°39°1944
Mar 3098°196682°53°38°1938
Mar 31101°201183°53°40°1938
Apr 199°194483°53°38°1975
Apr 2101°196183°53°39°1975
Apr 3103°196183°53°35°1945
Apr 4100°198984°54°36°1929
Apr 5104°198984°54°40°2023
Apr 6105°198984°54°37°1929
Apr 7104°198984°54°41°1975
Apr 8104°198984°54°39°1928
Apr 9100°202584°54°39°1928
Apr 10103°202585°54°41°1929
Apr 11100°202585°54°43°1927
Apr 12103°194085°55°41°1927
Apr 13103°196286°55°44°1929
Apr 14102°194786°55°44°1970
Apr 15103°194786°55°44°2009
Apr 16104°194786°55°44°1976
Apr 17102°195487°56°41°1976
Apr 18105°193887°56°43°1971
Apr 19102°195888°56°43°1968
Apr 20105°200988°57°43°1972
Apr 21104°201288°57°42°1971
Apr 22103°201289°57°42°1967
Apr 23102°192689°58°43°1968
Apr 24105°192689°58°45°1947
Apr 25102°192690°58°40°1963
Apr 26105°202090°59°43°1975
Apr 27106°200790°59°45°1953
Apr 28106°201391°59°42°1970
Apr 29104°196591°60°45°1942
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May 1113°194791°60°47°1967
May 2116°194792°60°46°1942
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May 5106°201892°61°46°1975
May 6106°196392°61°49°1964
May 7107°200193°61°43°1930
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May 9110°193493°62°47°1979
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May 11109°196094°62°49°1980
May 12108°198894°62°50°1977
May 13110°192794°62°50°1977
May 14107°193494°62°47°1951
May 15108°201494°62°49°1950
May 16110°197094°63°49°1962
May 17109°197094°63°50°1938
May 18110°200895°63°49°1974
May 19112°200895°63°48°1974
May 20109°200595°63°50°1948
May 21110°200595°63°50°1948
May 22111°200195°64°53°2021
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May 24110°195196°64°52°1965
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May 26110°195197°65°52°1998
May 27114°198397°65°53°2019
May 28110°198498°65°51°1953
May 29112°200098°66°48°1980
May 30111°193899°66°54°1937
May 31112°201299°66°51°1936
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Jun 2113°1970100°67°53°1971
Jun 3114°1957100°67°52°1934
Jun 4117°2016100°67°52°1999
Jun 5114°2016100°68°54°1948
Jun 6113°1973101°68°55°1963
Jun 7114°1985101°68°54°1988
Jun 8114°1973101°68°56°1965
Jun 9112°1973101°68°53°1954
Jun 10113°1939101°68°57°2004
Jun 11115°2019102°69°54°1976
Jun 12114°1940102°69°56°1998
Jun 13118°1940102°69°53°1943
Jun 14117°1940103°70°58°1962
Jun 15115°1940103°70°54°1973
Jun 16119°2021104°70°51°1931
Jun 17118°2021104°71°57°1944
Jun 18117°1936104°71°59°1944
Jun 19122°2017105°71°56°1975
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Jun 21117°1968106°72°60°1944
Jun 22116°1968106°72°57°1930
Jun 23118°2017106°73°60°1963
Jun 24120°1970106°73°56°1943
Jun 25117°1990107°74°58°1965
Jun 26118°1973107°74°58°1941
Jun 27120°1974107°74°55°1952
Jun 28120°2013107°74°61°1996
Jun 29118°1950107°75°53°1943
Jun 30117°1950107°75°60°1968
Jul 1117°1937107°75°61°1996
Jul 2116°1969107°76°61°1935
Jul 3117°1969107°76°63°1951
Jul 4116°1972107°76°63°1978
Jul 5118°1966107°76°62°1943
Jul 6121°2017107°77°65°1926
Jul 7117°1942107°77°65°1935
Jul 8120°2024107°77°64°1926
Jul 9116°2021107°78°66°1944
Jul 10117°1934107°78°65°1951
Jul 11117°1939107°78°63°1936
Jul 12118°1939107°78°65°1944
Jul 13117°2003107°78°66°1944
Jul 14119°1936107°78°63°1932
Jul 15115°2016107°78°64°1943
Jul 16121°2005107°79°65°1943
Jul 17117°2009107°79°63°1940
Jul 18117°1978107°79°64°1940
Jul 19118°2023107°79°63°1940
Jul 20118°2006108°79°66°1973
Jul 21119°2006107°79°61°1940
Jul 22118°2018107°79°67°1961
Jul 23121°2018107°79°65°2001
Jul 24119°1943107°79°65°1965
Jul 25118°1934107°79°68°1944
Jul 26118°1934107°80°66°1949
Jul 27121°1995108°80°67°1944
Jul 28116°2016108°80°67°2012
Jul 29118°1934108°80°65°1948
Jul 30118°1934108°80°69°1940
Jul 31119°2020108°79°70°1999
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Aug 2117°2021107°79°68°1933
Aug 3119°2021107°79°60°1956
Aug 4117°2024107°79°60°1928
Aug 5115°2000107°79°68°1996
Aug 6118°2025107°79°66°1999
Aug 7115°2026107°79°66°1951
Aug 8115°1940107°79°61°1949
Aug 9117°1933108°79°61°1949
Aug 10118°1933108°79°64°1930
Aug 11117°1940107°79°62°1949
Aug 12115°2012107°79°62°1932
Aug 13116°2012107°79°63°1930
Aug 14118°2015107°79°64°1930
Aug 15117°2016107°79°65°1930
Aug 16117°2016107°80°64°1949
Aug 17115°2015107°80°65°1949
Aug 18115°2020107°80°65°1976
Aug 19115°2020107°80°66°1959
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Aug 24117°1962107°79°63°1928
Aug 25116°2026107°79°64°1978
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Oct 9105°195193°62°49°1949
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Oct 19103°200390°60°43°1949
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Oct 28101°193485°55°40°1971
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Oct 3195°196684°54°39°1935
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Nov 298°195083°53°40°1952
Nov 393°193182°53°39°1935
Nov 494°202082°52°39°1935
Nov 595°202082°52°35°1956
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Nov 2388°193375°46°28°1931
Nov 2488°193375°46°27°1931
Nov 2589°195474°46°29°1931
Nov 2688°195474°45°30°1931
Nov 2786°195073°45°29°1938
Nov 2885°195372°44°34°1976
Nov 2987°194972°44°30°1976
Nov 3087°194972°44°31°2006
Dec 185°192771°44°31°2004
Dec 290°195871°44°31°2004
Dec 385°194071°43°31°1934
Dec 485°193870°43°33°2011
Dec 587°193870°43°29°2011
Dec 688°193870°43°28°1978
Dec 787°193870°43°25°1978
Dec 884°194070°43°24°1978
Dec 985°195870°43°28°1960
Dec 1087°195870°42°30°1947
Dec 1184°195069°42°26°1949
Dec 1282°201069°42°27°1949
Dec 1382°192969°42°28°1931
Dec 1484°195269°42°27°1975
Dec 1583°202569°42°28°1964
Dec 1682°192968°42°28°1964
Dec 1783°192968°42°29°1928
Dec 1880°202468°41°30°1928
Dec 1982°195068°41°29°1968
Dec 2081°193468°41°29°1930
Dec 2179°195567°40°26°1930
Dec 2284°195567°40°21°1990
Dec 2383°200567°40°27°1930
Dec 2487°196467°40°26°1953
Dec 2580°192567°40°27°1974
Dec 2680°198067°40°27°1974
Dec 2781°196367°40°27°1926
Dec 2880°195667°40°27°1954
Dec 2983°198068°40°27°1930
Dec 3080°198068°40°27°1930
Dec 3176°192868°40°28°1972
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Data: NOAA/NWS Threaded Extremes (threadex) · normals 1991–2020 · part of Weather Trader