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Weather extremes

How extreme does La Serena's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days La Serena has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the La Florida station 5 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days La Serena has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
90°F Feb 4, 2025

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal February afternoon in La Serena (typical high near 71°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 90°F Feb 4, 2025recent
2 88°F Dec 13, 2024
3 86°F Mar 2, 2025
❄️ Coldest night
32°F Aug 12, 1994

About 14°F colder than a normal August night in La Serena (typical low near 46°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 32°F Aug 12, 1994
2 32°F Aug 7, 1999
3 32°F Jun 27, 2018
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.90 in Apr 8, 1991

More rain in a single day than La Serena usually gets in the whole month of April (typical April total about 0.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.90 in Apr 8, 1991
2 3.90 in May 11, 1991
3 3.90 in Jul 1, 1991

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 90°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

La Serena's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — February's 90°F is about 19°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, La Serena's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 90°F and as low as 32°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at LA Florida, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →